Ice Skating 63

We had Maths makeup class early in the morning bcos we are skipping class next week for Popo’s 60th bday. Nobody complained about 2 Maths class on 2 consecutive days. However, it meant that Zaky would be tagging along for Lil Shauna’s ice skating practice and lesson in the afternoon. I gave him the choice to skate but reminded him that he would have no friends to skate with. He opted to play mindcraft and watch youtube on my phone instead.

Lil Shauna had 30 mins before her lesson and proceeded for her warm up and revised her program. She didn't need the all-powerful mummy’s nagging. Good. It took a couple of tries before she managed to get the entire program right. We had a little time to practice her spin before she went for her class.

She had the opportunity to practice her program a couple of times with music. It must be exhausting because I can see her panting at the end of each round but she was obviously enjoying it. Her spirals are still not high enough, her spins still travel and she is still not tucking her hands, she could hold her leg higher up when she lands for her waltz jump, she could flip her head more for the ballet jump….. I saw quite a lot of areas of improvement and I bet the professional Teacher Raymond saw more.

Teacher Raymond is always very patient and kind to Lil Shauna. I bet it has to do with the fact that she is always so obedient, never talking back… OK, she never talks to Teacher Raymond at all, even after 2 years. Anyway, he was never fierce to her and worked patiently on her spins with the little time left.

At the end of the class, Lil Shauna said that Teacher Raymond said almost the same as what I have noticed. Haha. I can be ice skating tutor coach already. The little girl worked hard during class and diligently practiced after class. I was so pleased with her. It was the little boy who irritated me. It wasn't his fault actually. He was just very restless and wanted so much to get my attention when I was trying to focus on jiejie. He so eagerly tried to show me what he had built on mindcraft but CONSTANTLY. Argghhh. Then he was moving about so much, climbing everywhere and falling everywhere. I was rather pleased when Daddy Lim finally picked him up for his TKD class. That boy needed somewhere to expel his pent-up energy. Haha.

Overall, it was a good session. Off ice training was great too. Lil Shauna is definitely stretching better and she knows that she has to work harder on her stretching at home to do her spirals on ice and all the other crazy poses. She is definitely motivated and is looking forward to the competition. Yeah!

I have just made payment for the Skate Bangkok competition registration fees - $128. Air tickets are booked. We will be flying Tigerair to save some money. The competition costume that I bought for her via Taobao will be arriving tonight. I really hope that it turned out well. We are definitely getting ready for the competition. So exciting.

Mummy Lim