Holiday Monday | 2011

Jakjak has been on holiday since Monday. School holiday that is. For him, it's a hyper-extended weekend of playing and lounging around the house and even more playing. That's all good for him, but it has become stressful for us.


When he had not been going to school, we had already accepted the life we would have at home. Noisy. Messy. And I meant both of those in a good way. When he started going to school regularly, mum had a short window to clean up, look after the house and sleep (although the sleeping part had never really become a problem even when Jakjak was not in school). So, with Jakjak being home for the holidays, the house, well, let's just say is a "little bit" messy.

Life is never a bore though. Even way back when, Jakjak seemed to have a little surprise lurking at the back of his head to entertain everybody. It could be a new dance move (which is either weird or uncanny), it could be a new song he had just learned (we had a week of Singapore NDP songs just before the holidays), or it could just be a witty remark here and there. Whichever surprise he may have concocted, it is magnified when he is on holiday mode. Maybe because he has all those extra hours to think them up, I don't know. But one thing I do know, is that his head is full of surprises. And coming home to him is like coming home to a party. Noisy. Messy. But always a charm.