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I was heartened when most of the boys in my cluster indicated that they would like to continue with the boarding programme after the three month window period.

I told one of their dads at the parent-teaching gathering last Friday... that the 34 who opted for the pilot programme basically had a taste of CSE in its entirety - it is kind of the missing piece to the whole jig-saw... the place where cross-consortia and cross programmes bonding occurs, the place where joy is emphasized.

Not that they get what they want, but it is the place where they learn how to help one another out, mix around... and engage in informal interactions, especially in the interstices.

We celebrated Hongwei's birthday towards the end of our cluster meeting... it took some time (the bonding and joy, that is), but I guess each photo does speak a thousand words.

Mmm.. yeah. Observing their interactions and how they're beginning to know one another better kinda cheered me up a little in the midst of turbulence.

The only things that would stand in their way in staying on would be their grades and attitudes... of which I'll trust that they'll really learn the co-dependence in the midst of independence which CSE stands for.