The sudden 讲到做到 message from her on a Friday. She suddenly “woke me up from the monotonous afternoon ”. It came as a surprise coz she hasn’t mentioned about wanting to learn the cello (跟妈妈讲也等于没讲）for a long time.
Let’s dig up the past, the history
2nd Oct 2015 - Infact this isn’t the first time she mentioned she wanted to learn cello. Turn back the clock to 2015 when she’s in Sec 1 (thankful that that I’m able to trace back the date in FB).
I wasn’t going to let her learn coz we don’t print money, need the money for tuition, school CCA already take up so much time + tuitions + piano x2 kids I don’t have day to slot in a cello lesson without me getting more exhausted with all the chauffeuring around different places. And honestly it was a “what if she doesn’t stick thru this”? What are we going to do with the cello? I had to throw the violin away after 8 years before moving house just coz she didn’t even bothered to open the case and touch the violin. Gave me the hint that she wasn’t going to bother with violin anymore.
27th Apr 2016 - Then she tried asking me and I didn’t reply her 我假装没听到她 😌. I don’t want her to play me out again.
This photo was taken in 2007 and so coincidentally the only photo I took of her on stage was with a cellist not a violinist. But seriously I have no idea why she likes the cello.
Does she have musical talent? 🤭 mummy buay paiseh to pass this comment
In her short stint aka distinguished guest appearance in violin class, we attended one recital put up by Ms Low for her students. Che-che was selected as one of the two students in her little class to bow a few strings. Haha! Ok lah a few notes better than nothing at all, the rest of the class only have the chance to sing 🎶 “AAAAAAEEEEEE111111EEEEEE.”
That means my daughter has some talent right? I had to deliberately buy her a white dress just for that one recital. Sigh…. If she continued maybe she can wear it another time.
Can’t remember when but years later during one of our convos, she mentioned that I should have made her continue playing the violin when she was younger. How am I suppose to have the patience to coax her when she’s adamant to stop the violin? How to tahan? She’s basically complaining “I want to stop violinnnnnn…”, “my fingers are painfulllll….” Complains when I made her practice at home, when I’m sending her 🚗 to MParade Yamaha from Tampines and then from MParade to all the way home 🚗 in Punggol. Non-stop 唠唠叨叨听了都很烦 😡。
Tell me who is so patient? If you hear this all the time would you put a stop to it? But yes, I felt it was quite wasted in that short period of time. She was the one who requested to learn the violin AND ALSO the one who wanted to quit. Has the 三分钟热度. Do I dare to let her learn the cello or not? After 被骗一次我不要被骗第二次。
Screenshot from blog entry on 24th Feb 2007 https://athenamummy.blogspot.com/2007/02/massive-update.html?m=1
Haha! Think she’s like me, more interested in music than dance. She yawned and proclaimed “so boring” after accompanying her sister to watch Nutcracker back in 2017 🤣.
Two scenario that may materialise years later - she could have blamed me for letting her continue the violin/destroying her smooth fingers with calluses if she hated it OR in her case asking me why I wasn’t firm and insists she continues (afterall I’m a Tiger Mom). If it’s the former, I would have regretted like crazy over the amount of money wasted just like that. We aren’t rich people. If it’s the latter, I’d ask her back the question if she is in my shoes will she pull her daughter out of the class.
Yes over time I did think about the cello afterall it’s good to learn music, tho I have no idea how I’m going to squeeze out money for her. It’ll be nice to do duets with her (but I need to practice piano very hard first 🤣).
As for saxophone, I wasn’t going to pay for her when she mentioned after stepping down that she wanted to buy a saxophone.
So if she plays the cello, will she practice that often at home? She hardly plays the piano after she started work. Only the last 2 weeks she sat down and started tinkering the keys with classical pieces. Everytime she plays the classical pieces I will secretly record 😂.
I’ve never really love the sound of violin (I only like the sound) until she picked up the instrument. So for me to crazily think I want to learn is really a stupid idea. I’m not willing to cut my nails extremely short. But if I’m allowed to daydream, it’ll be so nice to play duets.
Learning the cello now means she’ll have to take the responsibility to pay on her own coz 她已经赚钱了 💰. When she comes up with the money herself she will feel more 心疼 and ensures she pulls it thru. So it’s wise for me not to give in to her request back in 2015.
She contacted the tutor, a reputable cellist, and a day is set.
18th May (Mon)
She must be excited / looking forward to the lesson, she has waited for 11 years to finally hold a cello. She wfh today, I sent her to the tutor’s place and waited elsewhere for her until time for pickup.
Logistics
Decided that I will pass her the car in the future if it’s possible. Quite silly to idly wait for her when the time can be used to do something at home.
Tutor loaned her a unique Japanese cello, not that I can tell 😬
The week
I secretly audio recorded a little of her practices. Hubby saw me snooping around outside her room door and asked what I was doing. 🤫 Mammarazzi in action. Recording so I have something to keep.
On Saturday. I requested to sit in her room to watch her practice. It might be my one and only time to sit in; the one and only time she allows me in. As I watched her an overwhelming sense of pride radiated thru my chest. 虽然不是我还学费, I’m just happy and proud of her.
25th May (Mon)
Lesson started earlier and she had to return to office. The idea of asking her to drive herself cannot be done today. Not wanting to return back to the mall (we had our dinner there) after dropping her off, Che-che asked tutor if we can sit and wait for her in the house. I finally got the chance to see the studio room.
Tutor is very encouraging. Although che-che is a fast learner there were few times when it sounded funny he encouraged and praised her. I will be the most critical person to tell her off lor! But since I wasn’t paying the money I shall keep my mouth shut and let her feel sim-tia if she continuously don’t put in effort and her progression is slow. He decided to photocopy another song for her since she moved quicker than he expected, was saying “shall let you play from Suzuki. I chuckled, he looked up from the music stand smiled and asked “why”? Explained that she learnt the violin using the Suzuki Method. When he asked her if she remembered which was the last piece, che-che sat there looking blur 🤣. I hummed two tunes coz I wasn’t sure which was the last piece. Now that I checked the songlist for Book 1, she only played 4 songs. 4 songs and keep complaining 😄.
Nevertheless I’m looking forward to her first cello recital.
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Old links related to violin :
Her first violin lesson, click HERE
21st Jan 2007’s Children Mozart Festival, click HERE
Children Mozart Festival thru che-che, click HERE
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