How was our 1st night in the hotel? Daddy Lim happily had the bed to himself; nobody wants to sleep with him leh. My night wasn't too great. I was dead tired but woke up 4 times. The 1st 3, the aircon died and I woke up bcos it was so warm and stuffy and switched it back on. The last, it was too cold. Zzzz.. why like that? By then, the sky was bright at 7am and the boy was up, which meant that there wasn't chance to sleep in, despite me pretending to sleep.
We went to the lIving room, only to find the cartoon network channel not working. Noooooooo! While the boy was entertained by the ipad, I decided to check my office email and I got totally sucked in. There were suddenly so many urgent matters that needed my attention. The next 1 hour was spent trying to get the urgent issues resolved, including calls to my colleague in Singapore, asking for help.
Finally, we made it out of the room for bfast. The kids had their favorite "pick and choose". The selection wasn't fantastic but good enough to keep the kids happy.
I don't know what happened to time bcos we woke up at 7am and the next moment, i was rushing to get Lil Shauna ready. We had to be out of the hotel by 10.30am and be at the rink by 11am. Her item was at 11.30am.
Who did her makeup? Yours truly.
Her hair? Yours truly.
I almost felt like it was her wedding day. Lol.
All done up.
Our hotel was only 10 mins by cab to Mega Mall. We arrived early and couldn't find Teacher Raymond. He did find us instead and then we followed a fellow mummy to find where the rest of the Singapore gang was camping. We also found out that though Lil Shauna was physically biggest among the kids but she wasn't the oldest. We have big genes in the family lah. Lol.
Bcos it was solo compulsory, meaning that she only has to do 3 basic items - ballet jump, half jump and one-foot spin - without music, she could do so in any attire. This was what we agreed upon - her usual practice attire. She said that she didn't want to wear her costume.
While waiting for her turn, she was looking at the other skaters and asked why the other skaters were all in beautiful costume. Heng mummy got foresight and packed an extra costume. It was a tad too small and she complained like hell about how uncomfortable it was while trying out at home. Suddenly, all discomfort didn't matter. We made a last minute change. It was the angle, in actual fact, it was really quite tight and her tummy was so obvious. Haha.
The schedule was delayed and we had a long wait before it was finally her turn to warm up. It was only 2 minutes and Teacher Raymond gave her instructions. She warmed up with the other skaters competing in the same event and they all were super good.
Two minutes were up very quickly and the next moment, she was preparing to start her solo compulsory.
How did it go? Well, she didn't fall down but she didn't go as fast or jump as well as she sometimes could. I think she was a bunch of nerves. The other skaters were really better than her, all alot more confident and were bowing to the judges and showing their stuff. Lil Shauna was just glad to complete her item. She did say that it was a little exciting after her event.
The results were out about 10 mins after her item. We photo bombed while waiting.
She got 4th but there were only 4 skaters. Lol. We didn't dare to tell her that she was the last; we only told her that she was the 4th. We didn't dare tell her that there were only 4 skaters too. She didn't know that and was very thrilled to hear that she was 4th. Sometimes, half truly is very important. Lol.
The top 5 skaters will get a medal, which means that Lil Shauna has a medal though she was last. She was super overjoyed. She said that she didn't expect to come in 4th. Zzzz. Smile, mummy, smile.
Zaky was grumpy. He was tired and bored. We left soon after the result was out but had a picture with Teacher Raymond 1st.
He was all encouraging though she came in last. I think it is really the experience.
Until now, we didnt tell her that there were only 4 skaters but tried to hint to her to not to be too complacent. We encouraged her that she now have more confident to do better for her Freestyle 2 event on Saturday and if she skater faster, more powerful and jump higher, she could have a better score. We also reminded her that there would be more skaters for the item and it was be a stiffer competition.
The most important thing is to spur her to have stronger passion for ice skating. I hope that is a checked. She was too nervous; I will ask her again when we are back in Singapore.
Mummy Lim
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