Another thing I have been very particular and wanting to implant in my daughters is time management.

My hubby and I has different view. IF the class starts at 9am, I would prefer to be there at least 8.55am. But my hubby’s way, reaching there at 9.05am is sufficient.

Being a working mother, trying to get the most out of the time for my dearest daughters, I feel and I know the important of time mgmt.

So, a lot of time, I am quite strict with the girls about ‘doing thing following time’. I spent quite some time, thinking of way to let them understand why sometimes, you just can’t do thing your time your way.

When they are so into playing and don’t want to leave the house for meal (especially weekend), Ling even will come out idea like “I don’t feel hungry yet.”. So there was one time, we just let it be, until it passed 3, only we departed to search for food. Well, a lot of restaurant started to rest during that time. And the girls were starving. I took the opportunity to lecture them.

“All other people work according to time. Now all the cooks are resting, then you can’t find food to eat lo..”

“Teachers go to school at the time set, like morning session, they go to teach in the morning. If you want to follow your way, only go to school after you finish watching your show on TV, the teacher might have left for home. No one is there to teach you. And you miss out what teacher taught that morning.”

“You know you need to sleep at 10pm. But you still want to chit chat. The clock will continue ticking. The time will not stop at 9.59pm and wait until you finish talking then only continue to be 10pm. Time and tide wait for no one.“

Then the ever cheeky girls will ask, “Mummy, what is tide? “

“Tide is like the wave in the sea…. ” blah blah…

When I finished, only realized I was tricked, side tracked from my lecture.

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Girls, remember, time management is not just doing thing in a timely manner.

Need to go out early in the morning, still choose to watch Hong Kong drama till 2/3am, and next morning skip breakfast to reach on time, that is not time management.