claire's been selected!

yesterday, i picked up claire after her dance practice. this is not the same chinese dance group, it's another dance practice that emerged from the recent sports carnival house dance!

the intention is to downsize 40 stdts to half the number, to perform on stage on SHINE AWARD day!

amongst the 40 stdts, the teacher has selected 8 stdts or so to come under the 'SUPERSTAR' training! yup, like what hubby said, the 'SUPERSTAR' brand name is a lame name that got kids 'scrambling' to be part of the team.

the sch used to hv this 'superstar' thingie that requires kids to be auditioned, trained and selected for competitions and performance representing the school. but claire was not at all keen on such 'exposure' from young, though she enjoys her chinese dance training and public shows.

so, claire was 'honoured' to be the only one amongst p5 kids to be selected for training. in fact, she said,"mommy, what's yours is yours!" in the same tone as ther daddy, she felt that 'nothing can escape your hands if it's fated to be yours' and 'there's no need to try too hard if it's not destined to be yours!'

in other words, she's a firm believer of 随缘！

well, to me, it's another day of staying back in school! she casually commented,'i must learn to work hard so that my results will not suffer!"

i corrected,"claire, it's working smart, not just hard!"

all these activities are taking too much time but if it helps to groom a kid and develop confidence, as a result, i reckon it's still worth it!

i always stress that, i would rather have a kid who's an all-rounder, than a plain nerdy kid who comes in 1st each yr! life is made up of a bed of multi experiences and youth is the best time that you can give to acquire life skills!