Yup… right down to their raw score… if more than 1 kid achieved the same raw score, then it’s choosing citizens over foreigners, afterwhich further segregation by computer balloting if more than 1 kid got the same raw score again… which is actually luck of the draw lah

detailed description of whatever that’s in the picture, & inject with personal opinions…

My dd also took cl oral today… from a reliable source (educator), park or playground acceptable… but more appropriately is playground in the park… it’s just a minor hiccup… if the child went on to talk about the "meaty content"… kudos to him/her…

Vaguely recall… extracted from English passage in a dsa test … sentence like "she can hear her stare"… questions (a) why does this sentence NOT make sense? (b) why does this sentence make sense?


Yes… math domain is very popular… round 2 at this sch, about 10+ kids for science, 20+ for Eng, and 40+ went for science… MT just a handful…

Chanced upon this forum when I was goggling more on Scoliosis earlier… decided to register as a member and share with those concerned our S journey since early this year…


My girl was 10, going on 11, when we were first asked to see the specialist at NUH. After physical checks and x-ray, we were told that she was 35deg off and needed immediate bracing… I didn’t even have time to digest any news/info at that time… it was all a blur as I recall now… she’ll need surgery if it goes 40 deg, that’s what the doc said… there were just no 2 ways about it… worse, her bone maturity level is at stage 0… you and I are at stage 5 = maturity stage…

S was an alien to all of us cos we have nobody in our immediate nor extended family who has it… imagine my panic mode… but I bet I could have got an oscar for the best poker face at that time!!.. the hubster was overseas at that time too! I just wasn’t straight sober…

… so, the nurse sent us to another place to fix a brace straightaway and told me that we were very lucky to get an immediate appointment… I didn’t even know what a brace was, let alone a hard one and a soft one to decide on… So, we fixed it… paid about $500++ish… and collected the brace some 3 weeks later…

My girl had to wear the brace for min 18hours straight per day for a month, before we returned to see the doc and have another x-ray done… I must say that this was somewhat the easiest part throughout the whole episode… she never once complained about it… she took it, put it on, and started wearing every day from the get go… the first 2 days we clocked in min 16hrs each… but by the 3rd day, it was at least 20 hours each day… it is now part of her… we have accepted it, or rather I have… I have to… cos it is what it is…

Doc said my girl has rigid bones when we returned a month later to have another x-ray done with the brace this time… what it means it’s that bracing may not help her much cos she’s just not flexible enough… with bracing, she only achieved about 30% lower degree, instead of the desirable 50% degree lower… I was disappointed… sad… worried… and cried a lot quietly when I was alone… again, I told myself… it is what it is… move on… if surgery is needed, so be it…

For the next 6 months before we next see the doc for checks again, my girl diligently wore her brace… I did what I thought I should do even though I was told there’s no scientific proof to it… I sent her to tui na for better blood circulation, another qi gong massage, chiropractor at Orchard Clinic, changed her diet to no process food & include fats & proteins with less carbs according to the chiropractor, ate whole food and as organic as possible… necessary exercises… I even saw a psychotherapist with her as I was afraid that her self-esteem may be affected… another words, I spent all my energy on her condition, and quite a bit of moolah these 6 months on medical and well-being just for her…

I am not sure what works… I am not sure which works… but we just did our 6-mthly check last week during the school Sept hol… after x-ray, she is confirmed to be now at 30 degrees… an improvement of 5 deg… and a bone maturity level at stage 1… but doc insisted that Scoliosis can’t be treated, only can prevent worsen… "30-35deg is about the same" that’s his actual words… I’m not bothered by it… 30 degrees NOW… it WAS 35 degrees then… these are facts… my lifeline was only a mere 5 degree… if it adds 5deg, my girl will need surgery at 40deg… now, she doesn’t… I’m happy… nothing he said at that time gonna change my mood…

It is still my daily routine to read up on S and find other ways to make her daily life more comfy… hence, I’m thinking of going to fix the soft brace for her, soon I hope… the one problem I have with her now is that she refuses to go to the restroom at all when at school… Imagine a full 7hrs on regular days without peeing… that’s another concern… I hope with the soft brace, it’s easier to manage when at school… all the more so, when she goes sec sch in 2015… longer hours away from home…

… our S journey continues… our love-hate relationship with brace(s) continues… so, to those who chance upon this now (like I did)… don’t be disheartened… move on positively… even though results differ for every one, don’t give up… and smile…