Towards the End of Term 3 at Yamaha JMC

It’s towards the end of 3rd term in Yamaha JMC and Nick is beginning to show signs that he's a little bored with the program. Usually he will look forward to attending classes, but lately, he's looking forward to Sundays more than Wednesdays because he will learn to dance like MJ in a dance studio!

Should i insist that he finishes his 2 years at JMC or allow him to stop after term 4? Stop after term 4, no certificate leh!

Nick's Music Class

It's been a while since Nick attended music lessons.. And, i am proud to say, my little monkie can play simple pieces on his own, and he never fails to practices his electone every evening when he comes home from school.. :)  I cannot help but to be proud of him for being so discipline.. 

Some pictures of him in class.. 

On the electone, practicing before teacher comes around and hear him play..

 

Music and movement time

Percussion Time

It Must Be My Fault that Nick is SO SO STRESS!

Nick went for his music lesson today, Grace had to come along because daddy was working late.. Mummy had to ensure Grace's itchy fingers don't touch the electone while Nick was playing..  Perhaps mummy was too focus on Grace's fingers, and Nick was in a dreamy mood likely due to the weather, Nick didn't do well for his song and he was sitting on the chair with his legs up (like the hawker centre man..). 

    

Mummy got mad and scolded Nick harshly saying that he is the SLOWEST student in class.. Whacked him hard on his arm to wake him up.. 

    

Poor Nick, when we left class, he kept apologizing to mummy say he will practice harder and not dream.. He also told mummy not to get angry at him.. :( Mummy felt bad!

  

Now is 2am, and in his dreams, he is singing his "Doe, Doe, Ray, Ray, Mi, Ray, Doe" and his fingers are "practicing" as if they are playing on the keyboard.. 

  

Nick, mummy is so sorry for hitting you and telling you that you are slow... It's okay to be slow now but as long as you keep trying, you will be as good as the others one day..  I promise i won't say anything so hurtful again okies.. 

The Latest Toy at Home

Nick has been learning the electone for quite some time already.  He's been practicing his pieces using the old keyboard that mummy has. Yesterday, while the kids were away, mummy had time to google and look for some 2nd hand electone, and chanced upon this that was going at $150.

  

It's not a latest model or anything huge and impressive, mummy thinks it's probably one that mummy used when she was a little girl, so it could mean it's approx. 10-15 years old..  But for $150 bucks, mummy couldn't resist the temptation!  Mummy sms-ed the seller and to asked on the condition and if the price is negotiable, and decided to view it with daddy that same night. 

   

After viewing the item, mummy decided to get it from Nick, offered $120 for the item instead of $150. The seller accepted the offer, and even helped daddy to load it into the car! 

  

And here we are, home with our new toy! :P

Mummy thinks if Nick is willing to spend time practicing on the instrument, and use it for the next 2 years at least, her $120 bucks is well spent! 

Daddy, although wasn't too supportive of the decision to purchase this, told Nick if he really enjoys playing the electone, he has to practice hard and daddy will upgrade the electone to one that he uses in class (which i heard from the teacher, it costs almost 7k)! 

PS Daddy :  I hope u mean it cos mummy will from now insist Nick practice cos mummy also likes that model! This one is such a far cry from the EL900 series that grandpa bought for mummy when she was learning the electone. 

  

* Grandpa was pretty upset when he came over and saw the electone that mummy bought! He was grumbling that there wasn't ebay at that time, that he ended up paying  almost 20k for mummy's electone and mummy only learned for 2 years and gave up learning afterthat!  Well, grandpa's 20k wasn't spent for nothing! At least, mummy learnt that she shouldn't cough out that much on the children's instrument until they are very interested to continue learning it after a few years!

  

PPS : Not sure if it's only grandpa and daddy, but it seems like the man in our family isn't very keen on the kids learning music!