so proud of them =) especially e freshies who have had just about 2 months worth of wushu training in their entire lives....like them, this is e place (& exact spot - comm hall!) where e cat first started learning wushu 7+ years ago, & a very confused cat also had to be part of a (external) performance after just 2 months of training.
xiang3 dang1 nian2, e biggest hurdle for e cat (& Boy too) was language! totally lost trying to figure out & make sense of what e coaches & seniors were rattling off. at that time we didn't even know e Chinese words for 'wrist' & 'elbow'. e cat took far longer to remember e Chinese names for e various moves than to learn & master them. even after a year, still had to depend on translations throughout e entire 3+ hours of training, & never stood in e front row for la1 tang4 since we didn't understand e instructions for what to do next. 7+ years on, quite amusing to look back on e days when e cat struggled for months to remember e terms 'yun2 jian4', 'liao2' & gua4' & not jumble e latter two up....really cannot make it =P big fat 10-Q to seniors like YH, ZG, SX & JX & team mates like Dr Kwek & Dr Chia for their superb 'on the fly' translation =)
so happy tonight - e energy was simply GREAT! =)) & e kids had plenty of fun & laughter & enjoyed themselves which is e most important thing =)
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quick trip back to e lao3 di4 fang1:
e doors now have peepholes. brings to mind how we hockey girls were told to keep our hockey sticks ready behind e door in case of intruder came knocking (anyone wants to buy a Grays hockey stick + puck?). e cat lived here when e toilets didn't even have main doors & PGP wasn't there to spoil e magnificent view, & A1 was connected to B1 instead of B2.
also popped by e baby's current room:
e cat dunno this guy & dunno what he is doing. but he looks evil *frown*
parents have radar. nothing can escape ;) in this photo they are within earshot of each other.
e family, with another cat, e BOI, & a very un-baby-ish 'baby-in-law' (for want of a better title) but missing e tuition teacher. in this photo e 'baby-in-law' is trying to stay within earshot of e baby.
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