While I can’t wait for the girls to return to school on 20 January, I’m also worried about their safety while they’re in school. My girls are pretty obedient when it comes to following the Covid19 SOPs. They’re always wearing their face masks the moment they step out of the house and they’re always sanitizing their hands.  But not all the students and teachers obey the Covid19 SOPs dutifully and fearfully. I’ve seen teachers and students with face masks pulled down and without keeping a distance from each other.
Keeping the girls at home for prolonged months is damaging psychologically. I can see that they’re losing focus and interest in their studies. Even during online classes, their minds stray from their Zoom classes to other more interesting sites. Alycia who’s sitting for her SPM is super chillax and does not look like she’s about to sit for her SPM in two months! Even her school teachers can’t tell her when the SPM Trials will be in the light of the worsening Covid19 situation.
Cass has been affected the most by the prolonged home quarantine. She doesn’t look happy being cooped up at home all the time and not being able to see her friends. She keeps telling me that she can’t seem to fall asleep at her usual bed time and will only go to bed at 1-ish a.m; and this leads to her not being able to wake up by 9 a.m. the next day for online classes. What saddens her the most is that she couldn’t even have a proper farewell to all her classmates, many of whom she may never see again as they will all be going to different high schools this year. Coupled with many other issues, especially those related to her health, it pains me to see Cass feeling dispirited throughout the MCO and CMCO.  Thus, I really hope that the girls will be able to go back to school soon. I want their minds to be kept busy with new knowledge, problem solving questions, quizzes, homework and extra curricular activities (but this will have to be on hold for another half a year I think) and not left idling.  An idle mind is the devil’s playground!
Only Sherilyn finds something productive to do at home with her baking and cooking, albeit this is hurting our wallets. These are some of the new dishes that she tried over the past 1 week and they’re all superb and comparable with those from restaurants! With her creativity, passion in cooking and baking, competitive edge and a fearless front, this girl has the potential to be a Masterchef yo!
Eggplant agebitashi
Agedashi tofu
Meat-free green curry, using the leftover frozen green curry paste that she made from scratch about a month ago. This dish is so flavorful and delish that I won’t mind having it everyday! If Sherilyn could dish up such delicious meat-free dishes for me everyday, I could turn vegan any time and give up on meat!
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