Remember Aliyah started her taekwando class many moons ago? Ok, she dropped out. And I actually think we have a little bit to do with it. She was so enthusiastic at first, waking up early every Sunday to go to her classes. Then H1n1 epidemic started, we found there were cases at her school and forbid her to go to her classes for a few weeks. Then when things started to get better, number of cases not so alarming anymore, we asked her to continue but I guess she lost interest, giving excuses like Master so garang la, etc. So now, her taekwando uniform is nicely hung in her closet still like brand new.
After that we tried to get her to take up a hobby, an interest, anything. We thought 'revisiting' the driving range, but then Hubby pun dah lama tak pergi. Then, during one of our visits to open houses - Hissham Rizal's - we saw his kids (his girls too) play guitar. Aliyah commented that playing guitar looks interesting.
So, one fine day we were at our usual mall - Alamanda - that we decided to check out Yamaha music school. We signed up trial class for Aliyah but then Hubby's golf buddy told him of another music school in Seksyen 7. Last Wednesday, we took her to this music school where she got to try 4 types of instruments - piano, guitar, violin and drums - to see which one she's interested in. Obviously she enjoyed piano, found drums too noisy, guitar a bit difficult, violin OK but the awkward angle hurt her neck. Why this school and not Yamaha? This school gives you the choice upfront - whether we wish her to play for fun, or to play seriously and take exams. At Yamaha, they straight away told us that they will prepare her for exams. We are not even sure whether music is Aliyah's thing, so, we decided that 'fun' is the way to go!
She'll start her piano class mid next month.
After that we tried to get her to take up a hobby, an interest, anything. We thought 'revisiting' the driving range, but then Hubby pun dah lama tak pergi. Then, during one of our visits to open houses - Hissham Rizal's - we saw his kids (his girls too) play guitar. Aliyah commented that playing guitar looks interesting.
So, one fine day we were at our usual mall - Alamanda - that we decided to check out Yamaha music school. We signed up trial class for Aliyah but then Hubby's golf buddy told him of another music school in Seksyen 7. Last Wednesday, we took her to this music school where she got to try 4 types of instruments - piano, guitar, violin and drums - to see which one she's interested in. Obviously she enjoyed piano, found drums too noisy, guitar a bit difficult, violin OK but the awkward angle hurt her neck. Why this school and not Yamaha? This school gives you the choice upfront - whether we wish her to play for fun, or to play seriously and take exams. At Yamaha, they straight away told us that they will prepare her for exams. We are not even sure whether music is Aliyah's thing, so, we decided that 'fun' is the way to go!
She'll start her piano class mid next month.
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