Lion Dance Indulgence
Child, Parenting, Places Kids Love, Videos January 23rd, 2010This week was extreme for my family. Everyone had some pretty absurd happenings for the past 9 days, except for the happy go lucky Binbin.
We badly needed a break from all the spellings, ‘ting xie’ (chinese spelling), endless homeworks, in and out of the house 8 times a day routine and the lack of fun ever since Keatkeat started Primary One.
So yesterday, after fetching Keatkeat from school at 6.15pm, we ignored the homework. Turn a blind eye to the spelling and ‘ting xie’. Forget about the madness of going through my main door 8 times a day. We just went ahead and had fun.
Witnessed the performances from some of the best teams flew in from different countries like China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan was a wonderful experience.
The four of us stood on our feet from 7pm to 11pm. That is how much my boys love to watch lion dance performances. They were so eager to find out who would win this 3rd International Lion Dance Competition held at the Central, they insisted on staying till the very end of the show. My boys legs, though little but amazingly strong. *Smile*
And the Winner went to Our Singapore Team! Whoo-hoo!!! With no demerits and a high score of 9.40, just 0.1 point higher than the second team (China), what a close fight!!!
January 24th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Hi Angeline,
Indeed,once formal education starts, homework is never ending. Still both the child & parents need space to breath, so at times, just take a quick break, it’s perfectly ok.
Just curious, why do u nd to go in and out 8 times a day?
astee
January 24th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
I’m curious about the 8 times a day routine as well! Will you tell us about it?
There is a saying I heard once: “You will break the bow, if you always keep it bent.” Or, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” A break is a great thing!
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January 24th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
ya ya …. write a new post and tell us about why you go through the main door 8 times ! =D
But I can imagine your situation because I’m just like you, go through the main door several times last year when Zenden went nursery for 2 hours and Anthiea in K2 4 hours ..
January 24th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
I think I know y 8x. Coz u’ve to send the 2 boys to and fro sch SEPARATELY, rite? :)
Standing for 4 hrs? Ur boys r really big fans of lion dance.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
I truly understand you…..
COz wit Yuv in K1 i do that 4 times and for you multiply 2 ….
But I agree abt the break n fu u guys had… sometimes… i also jus bring yuvan out jus like that n let him enjoy his time.. and as well though its tiresome for us, The fresh air with the kids is a good break for us too.. and ultimately itz the hapiness n the relaxed feeling that is more immense..
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January 24th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
I like it! Drop all things and have fun! Heck! :D
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January 24th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
It’s only been the 3rd week of school – that bad, meh?
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January 24th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
lols! that’s y i dread school re-open..remember both u and Ling were so looking forward to it *wink*
we too drop everything on friday evening and the whole of sunday (unless its exam period) :)
the lion dance is wonderful!! i kept replaying the part when they first hop onto the “pillar” such swift move!!! still cant figure out hor the back guy could jump up so fast!!! Amazing!!
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January 24th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
yes yes!! Nvr ending work. I also dropped everything on Sat!! Which i called it “pencil-less” day! ;)
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:16 am
sammicheng,
yup!
That bad because my boy is not used to the amount of work.
From one homework in a month.
To having homework almost every day.
From ZERO spelling.
To having 2 sets of 10 spelling words to handle on the same day.
January 25th, 2010 at 12:19 am
blessed mom,
Yup! Still remember the ‘soooooooooo look forward to’.
And it was ‘soooooooooo look forward to’ seeing him step on to another milestone’
NOT the work load.
*laugh*
so the ‘soooooooo look forward to’ was short lived and died after the third day.
*huge laugh*
January 25th, 2010 at 11:42 am
I’d like to do that too! Turn a blind eye to all the homework and ting seah etc. :)