After moving to Semenyih from Seri Kembangan, my wife has been ferrying our 2 children back and forth to their old school in Taman Desaminum for the last 7 months. It was tiring for sure but we had little choice since circumstances like lack of suitable school, no transport and limited choice of nurseries to send them to. Last month however, the stars aligned and we stumbled upon another school within the vicinity of the Bangi area and this one is just 8 kilometers from our place. How we did not know about this school before is still a mystery to me, but found it we did through word of mouth and we set in motion the process to transfer both our kids to this new school, much closer to home. You can read all about the procedures here.
When we broke the news that they are transferring to a new school, Mia and Hana were less than enthusiastic about the prospect of leaving all their friends behind. Mia for example has been going there for the past 5 years and have numerous bffs as they like to call it. Hana meanwhile is already a prefect even though she is just in year 2. So you would understand the hesitance about the whole thing. When we first drove right in front of the school, they were still not convinced, even more so when we brought them to the school office and sightseeing inside the school. The new school is a bit older than the one in Taman Desaminium, almost everything is less flashier and the facilities are not as good.
But like it or not, we don’t really have a choice but to move them here because for one thing, their mother is about to deliver the new big brother next month and once I tool over sending them to school, I don’t think I could make it in time, dropping them off before 7:20 and also arriving at work before 8:00AM. Even if I do manage it, it will be very frantic and I don’t fancy driving like a mad man every day as to not arrive late. Apart from that, I can list down about half a dozen other reasons why the new school is so much better in term of economy and travel time for all of us. We can save some money on transportation, they can come home much-much earlier every day - before 6:30PM instead of an hour later and most importantly their mother especially don’t have to drive so far away every day to send and pick them up from school.
I know it will take some time for them to adjust to the new school, new friends, new teachers and new environment. They will not immediately make new bffs or like their new teachers but I’m sure it won’t be long before they do. Mia for example had voiced how she misses all her friends at the old school and does not like the new school as much as the old one. Hana on the other hand is still adjusting with life not as a prefect. 2 months from now, I hope they don’t even remember much about life in their old school. It will be a little bit difficult at first children, but I know you guys will adjust nicely in time.
