FollowI think 5th May will always be an inauspicious day for me. In fact, the month of May has never been kind to me. Last year at around this time, I went through a harrowing experience when the dentist extracted my tooth (positioned abnormally in my gums). That was the most frightening experience for me…
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Cass’ Yamaha Piano Lessons
Cass learning musical notes from flash cards that teacher K made. Cass is being taught musical notes based on do-re-mi rather than ABCs. Yesterday teacher K flashed the musical notes cards at an alarmingly fast speed, as part of the training in teaching her to do speed sight reading. Cass managed to read…
Of Exams and Results – IQ or EQ Is More Important?
As the girls grow, I tend to be less uptight in their exam results. I used to have a hangup and obsession with test results, placing emphasis especially on Alycia as I know that she can be groomed to excel. Lately, I have learned to let go. I don’t revise with her anymore. She prefers…
Cassandra Turns 7 Today!
This morning while Cass was dressing up for school, I asked her what cake she wanted us to get for her, to which I got this reply… “I don’t want any birthday cake. I only want to get healed. What is more important than being healed from incontinence right? Think of how much money you…
Classroom Stories From Cass
Awesome Pawsome Cass
Last night, I felt really blessed. While everyone else was watching TV, Cass gave me a massage on my problematic right hand. Actually I had forgotten all about massaging my hand to loosen the taut muscles and veins. I have hand numbness and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The physiotherapist that we saw on Wednesday taught…
School Stories From Cass – 11 March 2015
Cass came back from school yesterday with her school bag that looked as if it was about to burst out its contents at anytime. I helped her carry it and gawd, my shoulder was lop-sided and it hurt! I think her school bag weighed over 7kg, at least. Cass told me that the principal informed…
Cassandra’s Yamaha Pop Piano Course – Starting With Keyboard
Cass attended her 5th pop piano course at Yamaha last Saturday. She was introduced to the bass clef (left hand on the piano) and learned some theory in her 5th lesson. Cass can now play a handful of simple songs from the book on her keyboard that her grandaunt has lent us. When she goes…
School Stories From Cass – 6 March 2015
Cass came back from school today with hair that looked as if she was just caught in a typhoon. Her plastic bun holder was almost falling off from her hair. The black hair clips were dangling loosely from her hair. Strands of hair were straying everywhere. I was curious to know why her hair was…
School Stories From Cass
Life Of A Primary 1 Girl
Cheongsam Girl
Cass this afternoon – just back from school in her CNY outfit for CNY performance in school today… Can you guess how old this cheongsam is? Alycia wore this cheongsam only once when she was 3 years old! I think Sherilyn never wore it. And my soon-to-be 7YO baby girl can still wear it! And…
Cassandra’s Pop Piano Course
Cass at her fourth pop piano lesson at Yamaha on Saturday… Cass is now pretty familiar with the do-re-mis, A B Cs and counts of each note and which key on the piano representing which note. At her 4th lesson on Saturday (14 Feb 2015), her teacher taught her to play Twinkle Twinkle Little…
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First Week Of School (12 – 16 January 2015)
I survived the first week of school! And so did Cass (who started Primary 1)! After 3 days of waiting in the school to guide Cass and to give her moral support, parents were not allowed in the school anymore yesterday. Yesterday was the first time Cass sat on Aunty J’s van, along with her…