For a good part of January, I was doing my homework on childcare centres and finally decided on one which is around 10mins drive from my home.
Jan 31 - The nice lady in charge , over my telephone enquiry, was reassuring and said, 'Sure, there are vacancies now. Do fill up the form soon. That day, David and I paid a short visit to the centre and were pretty comfortable with our choice. I took the forms and started to prepare the necessary documents.
Week Feb 7 - Chinese New Year.
Week Feb 14 - I went on a business trip to Shanghai.
Week Feb 21 - Got all the forms duly completed, attached with Thaleia's picture, vacinnation history, my employment letter for the working mum subsidy, bank deduction details of the Child Development account.
Feb 22: Icalled the centre and enquired, "How much is the deposit to be written on the cheque?"
The nice lady answered, " Hey, it has been 3 weeks since you last contacted us. Now you are number 5 on the waiting list. I'm sorry! You only pay the deposit when you are confirmed a place. Most parents just fill up the form briefly to secure a place and hand in any outstanding information later. We will contact you when a place is available for your child"
I feel like kicking myself! We should have just completed the forms on Jan 31 on the spot and hand it in. It really pays to be KIASU! Now we just have to wait. Now, Thaleia is likely to enter childcare only in Dec this year, as opposed to June which was the initial plan.
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