a great day for claire!

other than a fun-filled children's day party at church, claire also enjoyed her afternoon dance in the studio with joy and others.

apparently, it was joy's turn to demonstrate her choreograph dance for next yr's concert (shortlisting success rate is 33% only). basically, she had to stand right in front of a class of 20 or more to show her steps and teach the rest...voting will be conducted at end of the viewing conducted over many weeks, and the successful candidate will get the chance to 'showcase' her dance at 2012 concert.

joy was so sweet to rope in claire to participate in the video presentation, that was shot and sent to the stdts ahead of her demonstration session. joy's intention was to boost up claire's confidence and at the same time, hopeful that claire would be selected to dance with her as well. she introduced claire to do a couple of cartwheels to start the session, which was a piece of cake for the younger girl.

after the lesson, JOY was beaming with joy and pride that she thought her choreo went well. it was fun,easy and acceptable by most stdts. more importantly, the coach realised that claire could actually dance better than her normal show in the class, and actually gave her words of compliment. the other stdts also applauded when they saw claire do her cartwheels. haha, how many pple can actually do ONE-HAND cartwheel at 180 degree turn? few, i reckon.

so, over the short session of choreo, claire sort of rose to 'stardom' which resulted in her grinning from ear to ear. this was despite her homework not finished and she hasn't even revised for her composition exam on mon (ie. today).

when i told her that she wasn't productive on sat, wasting much time in doing non-eseential stuff, she quickly responded in a sweet manner,"ya, mom, i knw i was non-productive. i promise u this will not happen again! i will do my best when i get home!"

well, as i told hubby, a kid's mood is really the main determinant of her behaviour. when she's 'stroked' and feel on cloud nine, even the meanest taunting will not get her into a rage.....

well, with her, i guess she has to learn along the way. joy even commented that claire is very 'cool' about exams, ie. not taking them too seriously. in fact, we have never seen her sitting there like a 12-hr statue to revise her work....she can tell u,"i'm done with reading my compo writing!" yup, and that's over a matter of 5 minutes......

anyway, this girl is eating a lot more and joy is totally envious of her 'ability' to stay slim. we brought her to see a doc at 8 plus coz' she seemd to be very uncomfortable with blocked nose. in fact, her nose mucus was turning thick yellowish and that worried us a little.

well, let's hope this week with all paper 1 stuff will pass by quickly.....and we will be on the way to celebrate gillian's wedding on 15th oct, sat.