Took the kids out last night to our first live Dance competition at KL Live Center, Jalan Sultan Ismail. It was organized by 8TV and was telecast Live too.
Entry Tickets were courtesy of Sam Soon (thanks, Sam for the free tickets. The advantage of being home-schooled....you get to stay up late n win free stuff off the TV!).
We (Sam's parents and us) were probably the oldest audience there besides the producers and security.
The dance was Hip-hop and Break-dance (modern dancing) and there were 7 group vying for the title. It's still in elimination rounds so no winner yet.
We left the house at about half past 7, drove to Jalan Sultan Ismail, joined the queue there and promptly missed the entrance to the center! Then I had to drive all the way down Sultan Ismail to go round the back along Jalan Perak and join in the queue there.
After arriving at the Center, we took a short break at the mamak stall downstairs. The organizers were warning up the crowd at the front entrance then.
Well, I think Jon and Jay enjoyed themselves last night though they had to stand through out the entire show. It started at 930pm sharp (Live telecast cannot delay one you know?). No complains until near the end. As far as I can tell, if Jon decides that dancing (Hip-hop n so on) is to be his calling, well..I'll let him do it as long as he doesn't give up the moment things get tough like his swimming training now. He's been chosen to participate in a swim meet next month so he's under going some rather intensive (compared to his earlier swimming training anyway) training. I've been sending him to the pool 1/2 an hour early so that he can warm up n stretch with the rest of the team but he's been complaining that he wants to quit swimming or he'd rather wait for mum to send him.
Now mum only reach home by 7pm n have her dinner by 730 while I'd usually rush home like a mad man to reach home by 630-645pm, have an early dinner and we'd be out of the house by 730pm.
We had several talks with him about him quitting swimming before the competition and we highlighted several points to him: 1) we had invested money in his gears, 2) the chief coach has faith in him and so do the other coaches, 3) if he quits now, what is there to stop him from quitting every time gets tough?
Not sure whether this got through to him or not, only time will tell.
Jay now wants to learn guitar but not going for lessons, he wants to learn on his own. A child-sized guitar costs between RM170 to RM500 (depending on brand). Though I've had lessons before (like 3 decades or more ago), I really need to spend time to pick it up again. Now with my pay constantly being late (like nearly 1 month late), my budgeting efforts have all gone to waste! And my pay's being done by an ISO-9001 company to make things worse. Looks like the ISO certification has entrenched the wrong attitude and work-processes!
Entry Tickets were courtesy of Sam Soon (thanks, Sam for the free tickets. The advantage of being home-schooled....you get to stay up late n win free stuff off the TV!).
We (Sam's parents and us) were probably the oldest audience there besides the producers and security.
The dance was Hip-hop and Break-dance (modern dancing) and there were 7 group vying for the title. It's still in elimination rounds so no winner yet.
We left the house at about half past 7, drove to Jalan Sultan Ismail, joined the queue there and promptly missed the entrance to the center! Then I had to drive all the way down Sultan Ismail to go round the back along Jalan Perak and join in the queue there.
After arriving at the Center, we took a short break at the mamak stall downstairs. The organizers were warning up the crowd at the front entrance then.
Well, I think Jon and Jay enjoyed themselves last night though they had to stand through out the entire show. It started at 930pm sharp (Live telecast cannot delay one you know?). No complains until near the end. As far as I can tell, if Jon decides that dancing (Hip-hop n so on) is to be his calling, well..I'll let him do it as long as he doesn't give up the moment things get tough like his swimming training now. He's been chosen to participate in a swim meet next month so he's under going some rather intensive (compared to his earlier swimming training anyway) training. I've been sending him to the pool 1/2 an hour early so that he can warm up n stretch with the rest of the team but he's been complaining that he wants to quit swimming or he'd rather wait for mum to send him.
Now mum only reach home by 7pm n have her dinner by 730 while I'd usually rush home like a mad man to reach home by 630-645pm, have an early dinner and we'd be out of the house by 730pm.
We had several talks with him about him quitting swimming before the competition and we highlighted several points to him: 1) we had invested money in his gears, 2) the chief coach has faith in him and so do the other coaches, 3) if he quits now, what is there to stop him from quitting every time gets tough?
Not sure whether this got through to him or not, only time will tell.
Jay now wants to learn guitar but not going for lessons, he wants to learn on his own. A child-sized guitar costs between RM170 to RM500 (depending on brand). Though I've had lessons before (like 3 decades or more ago), I really need to spend time to pick it up again. Now with my pay constantly being late (like nearly 1 month late), my budgeting efforts have all gone to waste! And my pay's being done by an ISO-9001 company to make things worse. Looks like the ISO certification has entrenched the wrong attitude and work-processes!
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