Home Visit Lesson

At noon today, Ms Mok phoned and told me that she'd be doing a on-site lesson with us today instead of us going over(reason : no one's home to look after her dog and it barks alot unattended, :D). Happy as we were, we quickly text Janice and asked if it's still possible for her to come over after the lesson since we'd still have some time as it's gonna be a 'home lesson'. However, we were abit late and she's already out for shopping. Renee even phoned to speak to her direct, lolz...

Renee's violin teacher finally got to see, well, not entirely, the playful side of Renee and she even "wow, she's really playful huh", hahaha.

Some remarks/progress noted by teacher:

1) Musically inclined

2) Shocked that she could practice on her own, independantly, especially even when she's just started on the sight-reading play

3) Tend to play too fast

4) Will try to do 'mock test' for her before exam(seems to be pushing her to exam again) to build up her 'stage'/performer's confidence

5) Teacher's late, so I went look at her videos and when she came, I just showed her 1 of it that shows Renee synchronise played with the online music and she remarked : "she's really not bad"(heee, happy me... : D)

6) We were talking about Gifted Programmes and out of curiousity, I asked her on how to tell if a child's gifted in something 'cos I've seen some kids on youtube and the way some of them played was like 'wow' but instead, the teacher said : "actually she can be considered gifted but lazy", "but most kids usually need pushing til they've reached teenage". This comment took my off-guard...Lazy, oh yes, she really can be, hahaha and much earlier, she'd said that she's talented, that I think I can agree but Gifted? Hmmm... it's not that I'm not confident about my child, it's that 'Gifted' seems like a strong description. However, looking up the dictionary, the word 'gift' = natural talent, superficially, it had sounded pretty 'wow', get wat I mean, heee. Anyway, whichever it is, I merely wanted music to be her alternative outlet of stress relief when she grows up, so for now, I'm not going to be 'bothered' about it, :).

7) Her bowing's alot better now but when changed to the new bigger sized violin, there's gonna be another period of adjustment again. But that's inevitable since she needs to change size more often...

Today's new song 'Long Long Ago' entails more dymnamics(loud/soft, etc...-yeah, I heard the teacher saying it today, and finally I got the word for it!) and a new key 'low E'(on the 'D' string) but since she's just started on the 'sight-reading' play, I'm going to let her go slow - 1 at a time...

No star for the piece 'May Song' though, 'cos although she managed to play it pretty well, there was a couple of hiccups due to no assistance of the alphabets, so Ms Mok said to only give her the pass when she's more confident.

In the midst of the lesson, daddy phoned and told me that my BIL would be borrowing my car for a couple of days as his was sent to the workshop and he's already near our place as we speak...Aiyoh, why didn't he inform me early?! It's a good thing I've not arranged to meet with anyone, else what's gonna happen? In any case, what can I say? This BIL has helped us sooo many times, so it's only natural that we lent our help when he needed it, I only wished I could be informed earlier, I guess they see it not necessary for me to have the car...*ok la ok la, sell it off!* lolz

Today's lesson lasted a little longer than the 1/2 hour range(our previous one lasted 1 hr) as we chatted abit now & then, during the lesson. And at the end of the session, Renee was upset when she learnt that my car's being borrowed and naturally, she fretted. She even phoned her papa to complain about it and asked him to come home to send us to the mall, hahaha.

My plan to dine out with Renee was crushed since I don't have the use of my car and I decided to order pizza. Much to my surprise, our dear girl has volunteered to eat up 'everything' - meaning that she'd eat the pizza on the 'whole' when she usually only eats the crust! Well, she tried, liked and disliked, but she managed to finish at least the whole of 1 slice + a few crusts, :D.

Daddy came home at 9pm when we've expected him to be late and guess what, he bought my favourite fruit - Durian! but Renee, after tasting that tiny bit, had exclaimed "yucks!" and rushed to get her water, :D. We didn't finish up the whole durian and so, I guess our refrigerator's gonna smell tomorrow! lolz