bz sat - 23 july 2011

early in the morn, we sent joy down to toa payoh cc for her dance audition. two of the other girls, g and j, came into our car from toa payoh mrt for a short ride to the destination.

g had a new rebonding hairdo with tinge of red on her left side. well, she's lucky to be in polytechnic coz' the rules are not stringent with hair color/ appearance. i thot she looked chio too! i mean, the hair color did carry a lil of k-pop dancer feel. j, in her usual naturel look, except with 2 big dash/ brush of strokes on her eye lids, was pretty too! j, while seemingly shy in public, has a powerful aura on stage!

i asked j,"u must hv got a lot of attn on the mrt, i mean ur net legging and the strokes on the lids.."

"no lah, aunty, my dad fetched me here. coz' this morn, when my mom saw my eye make-up, she said i looked like a panda and told my dad to fetch me here!" j responded in a humorous manner.

i took off my sunglasses and told her,"look at my panda eyes. how could u beat me?"

well, off we whizzed the girls to the destination.

anyway, they got through the audition with favourable comments from the judges about their schronized choreo, appearance and power swing in hair. the only small feedback was that the costumes could be more uniform and some small steps could be perfected. the girls were elated coz' they were the first group to get the golden ticket, haha.

during the shoot after the audition, joy told me that she and the other 4 girls were natural and happy to pose, when the photographer's lenses were on them! she must be imagining herself to clear the semi-final and final round in sep, to get into the teens' cover page. well, may her wish come true, though i always tell her,"不要强求！"

afterall, these competitions meant a trade-in of study time. but at this age, she has won my TRUST on time mgt. in fact, she had discussed with me about the possibility of taking part in this competition, given that it will be near to her vjc's promo exams.

i said yes, only after her assurance that she would make earlier sch preparation.

claire also had an syf public performance at nlb, the plaza. it was a breezy afternoon with parents as supporters. when it came to her item, many kiasu parents flooded to the front to take videos and pics of their own kids. this blocked off many's views of the front stage. how unthoughtful, i was griping to hubby a little.

soon, we left for a bdae party at costa sands, where joy and claire had 2 common friends (siblings). for the first time, my 2 daughters helped out with bbq chickens and others. well, not a job for me definitely.

e-hub was certainly crowded, not a place for us. upon my recommendation, hubby and i went hunting for simple fish beehoon soup at the foodcourt. it was delicious and light, after our heavy seafood meal on friday night. yoguru was next in line, with 2 toppings of almond. haha, that filled up our whole bowl and 我们也吃得过瘾哦！we spent time playing some simple games, stacking letter after letter to transform into new words, while waiting for the kids.

i must say he was good....the usual creative mind was at work! from the word PLOT, we reached level 50 (ha, my best stdt with me had only reached level 16). i was truly satisfied. in fact, we used to play scrabbles over the wkend before joy's birth.

soon, a group of women came in to eat the yoghurt. naughty hubby remarked,"didnt knw that aunties also knw how to eat here!" i took a peek and responded,"hey, they are about our age, u knw? why call them aunties, it's our generation, yo!"

haha, maybe the MAN felt that he didn't look like an uncle? or my companionship at his side made him feel that he's younger, haha. in any case, as long as aunties and uncles could afford it, no one could forbid them to visit any places,rite? lame.

then, it was home sweet home! i was completely bushed as well as claire's. her dance performance usually drained her of a lot of energy, coupled with the fact that she only had light snacks like otah and satay for dinner at the party. i made her a cup of hot milo with 2 cream cracker biscuits....that wrapped up her 'lovely' supper meal....and it was time for 'ra ra' dreamland!

joy was still reeling from the hyper mood of the audition and managed to sleep only much after!