Double Promotion - Orange Belt 7th Kyu!

I went for my grading 5 weeks ago and got a double promotion.  From 10th kyu to 7th kyu.  In belt language that means I'm an orange belt now.  So I skipped yellow belt and went straight from white to orange.  Lincoln didn't join me in grading that time because he still couldn't remember his Heian Shodan (平安初段) and Gohon Kumite (五本組手) steps.  

My "new" orange belt

Lincoln's K2 Graduation Concert

Last Friday was Lincoln's graduation concert.  It was a combined graduation event involving more than 300 children from 29 centres which took place at The Theatre @ Mediacorp.  It was just 1 week after his primary 1 orientation.

The event started with a presentation of certificates to the graduating classes.

Class photo at certificate presentation

Linc's P1 Orientation

Last Friday Lincoln and I attended his school orientation at Zhangde primary school.  It was an important session as it was the 1st time I had to send my child to Primary 1.  It was the time to get some knowledge and information on what he has to do/bring to school, what should I do as a parent, etc, etc.

Lincoln was the first in his class to assemble.  I was rushing to make sure I get the good seat!

First Student to Arrive!

Lousy Weeks

It's been quite a while since my last entry.  Things had been crazy too.  A slew of major enhancements were released for one of my projects.  Testing was complex, even up till now there's still one function which I'm not confident to wrap up.  At least most are already cleared...

And some news concerning work came early this week too which no doubt caused some jitters (http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/japan-s-k-line-mol-nyk-to-integrate-container-shipping-business.html) in the office.  With the current market situation however, this is a logical move, better to merge, be lean and efficient than to sink (like Hanjin...) although it will come at some major expense on the staffs of the 3 companies who, if fortunate enough will be re-deployed to the new company or other existing businesses else it's the door for some of them.  

I'm actually more angry than disappointed at this news.  I mean, I've been working on the project for 3 years by now and there's a chance that it might not go off.  Even if it does go live, usage will be limited to less than 2 years if the merger plans go according to schedule.  

Performance wise, I know that I've been doing quite well too and I had been looking forward to next year's appraisal.  But with things the way they are now I'm back to square one.   

Going forward, I have to maintain a positive outlook and see this as an opportunity, although exactly for what, I don't know just yet.  I'll be waiting and looking out for some signs (which will somehow appear, I hope..).  

Here's a closing for this "lousy" entry: 

Coconut Ice Cream + Jellied Water Chestnut From Co+Nut+Ink at Esplanade

~ Photo taken with LG G5 ~