Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Eye Openers In Singapore

I realized that my not even 1 1/2 year old toddler is so deprived!!!! I discovered that... here, in Singapore. Well, cruel mummy doesn't give him the chance to develop his golf playing skills because he's not in "TOTS GOLF" (golf for toddler). Neither will he have the skill of Ronaldo or Ronaldino by the time he is 5, because he isn't in "SOCATOTS" (soccer for toddlers), nor will he win Wimbledon in the year 2015 because he hasn't joint "TENNIS FOR TOTS" yet. Besides those different sport activities you can sign in your toddler at many different day care centers (e.g. "SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS".... what a name is THAT????) or Art Boot Camps (their slogan is: "The disciplines approach to creativity"... hmmm) or you can give your child a classical musical education as soon as your baby turns one. Poor, poor deprived little Ned, he has to PLAY with other children and even worse, his own PARENTS. No golf, football, tennis, art or not even a classical musical education, poor child!! But it seems that this is a reality for many children living in this area, which to be honest is rather on the posh side of life (by the way, did you know that the word POSH origins from those looooong voyages between mother England and India??? It stands for "Port side Out, Starboard side Home", those where the nicer cabins during the voyage,... thought you might wanna know :o) ). We see very young babies being dropped off at the day care center just opposite of our hotel. Okay, we neither know the circumstances of the parents nor how long and how often those babies go to day care, but it makes me sad.... hang on, Ned goes to Kindergarten as well, and he is only almost 17 months.... speaking about which, I should go and pick him up now, the one hour is over :o))) more about eye openers later

2 comments:

  1. Good you can enjoy your son and not have to go to work isn't it

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  2. oh dear, that is pretty funny

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