The first award won by Fay in Februray was for her art piece. Shame on me, I didn't get to take a picture of it and put it here. Anyway, it was a picture of Melbourne icon, the tram.
She is in school band and participated in the Melbourne School Bands and Strings Festival for the first time. She plays the clarinet.
She went for audition for the school play, 'Kids at Sea' and got the role of 'leader of Sultanas in Pink Pyjamas'. In her own words, "I love this role, I get to boss people around!" I do not know where she get this 'bossiness' from.
Here are some photos of drama queen in action.
This is the highlight of the play according to Fay, taking her bow.
Australian Girls Choir Annual Concert at Hamer Hall, Melbourne Arts Centre.
A spectacular moment of the concert, they were singing the 'Lion King' theme songs this year.
Words of wisdom from Fay:
As you know, she is into music. This is what she has to say when she was 'enlightened'. "Mum, music affects my feelings. I am listening to these sad songs and I started to feel very, very sad." Isn't that good that she is so aware of her feelings?
For those who knows her personally, you would know she is a chatterbox. Yet she is trusted by her friends to keep their secrets. According to her, she is everyone's 'little diary' at school. Burdened with all the secrets she has to keep, she decided that she needs a BIG diary - by the way, that's ME! It's actually one of the few roles I really enjoyed.
NAPLAN (National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy) is an annual program to assess students in Austarlia for Year 3,5,7,9. As Matt is in Year 9 (Form 3 equivalent in Malaysia) and Fay is in Year 5 (Grade 5 in Malaysia), they both sat for the assessment this year. Both Fay's and Matt's spelling is well above the expected level of achievement. Fay's teacher said her spelling is at Year 10 level (Form 4 in Malaysia). Hmmm, I have no idea spelling is their strength. This reminded me of the times when the kids were young, I will spell out words rather than say the word if I don't want them to know what I was saying. It was really funny when they said, "Mum, I know what that word is." I guess that would be my first clue that they are good at spelling!
Matt is going through puberty - as Fay would remind me on a daily basis. He can be very cranky and seems to get angry (for no apparent reason). The other day in Nov, out of the blue, totally unprompted, he told me he likes holiday in Tasmania. We went to Tas in Sep 2011. So if you ever want any feedback from Matt, you might have to wait for a year. Seriously, what is the rush?
This is also the first time Matt has participated in an examination - as practice to next year when they will have semester exam. This is a shock to my Malaysian friends, where they have exam from primary school. He doesn't seem to be stress about it. The night before the exam, I asked if he is studying for the exam. His response is this, "No, there is nothing to study, I already know the subject well." I thought I would have the upper hand when I got his results, as I don't expect him to do well. Let's just say, I have to shut up when I saw his results.
Jono has graduated from university this year and landed his first job late Nov. I don't think he is really thrilled about the job, he said he is just 'fixing bugs' whole day. That's not what he wanted, he is creative and would have preferred to use that talent rather than his logical skill. Some people would think he is my imaginary son, as you don't see any photos of him, you are lucky if you get to see him in person these days. To prove that he does exist, here are 2 links to youtube video - for his university assignment.
career in acting
this shows his creative side
I think if he can't find a game programming job, he can always turn to acting as a career.
“We may know who we are or we may not. We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians but until our hearts become the mould for every heart we will see only our differences.”
― Rumi
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
