Millidream II: You suddenly grew taller!

This is a Lynn catch up post.

For a few months in the first half of this year, she grew taller rapidly. It was so obvious, almost everyone, including myself, made the remark "you grew taller!", one fine day or another. And I have been watching like a hawk since; very soon, she will be going through puberty.

In February, we attended TPY CDC Education Merit Award presentation ceremony. This was the first year this award was given in a presentation ceremony. In the past, we only receive the certificate in the mailbox. And as an encouragement to the children for their hard work, there was a monetary award starting from this year too, which was a token sum of $80.

In April and May, we attended 3 secondary schools' open house. Ha! Yes we were quite KS; instead of doing this at P6, we started in P5. I wanted to know more about these schools, to make informed decision about her P5 and first half of P6 studies. We visited some of the top girls' schools, which are probably out of league for Lynn. Nevertheless, we encouraged her to do her best.

It bothers me that all schools nowadays talked about was "leadership". It used to be "creativity" and "entrepreneurship" that were the in-thing. Our meritocratic society doesn't know how to appreciate and celebrate individuality and diversity. Every cloud has a silver lining; every child is unique. I hope my sweetie will be able to find her place in a nurturing environment during the emotional teenage years.

At NYGH

The seeds she took back from NYGH grew beautifully.

At RGS

During June holidays, I brought her shopping, to a movie, and for baking class.

Here, we forgot to bring a skirt for change after swim, so I "made" one on the spot for her with my extra set of blouse :)

At the beginning of June, she performed a piece at her music school student recital. I cajoled her to choose the pop song piece "Faded", which I had earlier bought (scores) for her online upon her request. I am very happy with her progress, as I have reached my aim of equipping her with a solid foundation in the instrument. As to how far she wants to go eventually, I promised her that it will be up to her.

Her Rocker outfit we bought specially for this performance. The boots are mine!

Ms Qi Ke, our piano teacher.

Finally in July, she watched the NDP rehearsal as part of P5 curriculum. I call it the highlight of primary school education. Having watched it live only once, I always remember the fantastically impactful atmosphere of that night. I was glad that Lynn loved it too. She kept saying how hyper she was still feeling at 10pm, when I fetched her at the school canteen. She described the experience as "going deaf repeatedly during the whole performance".