Good news!

Yes! I have got a mail from the NParks!

Good news! My students 5yo Jamie Dylan Tam and 8yo Chloe Chua Ke Ying were shortlisted! The email mentioned that they have been selected from thousands of entries for the final judging! I am so happy for both of them!

A little mix feeling for the rest of my art students, most of them did really well, but they were not shortlisted.

Here is my little message for students who are not shortlisted:

Dear Students,
You did well in your work, if you are not shortlisted, it is alright! You are young and have many opportunities knocking at your doors! So, never give up, take it as an experience and move on to the next one! Together we excellence in the art way! Cheers!

Love,
Teacher Esther

"Teacher Esther, come with me to Taiwan!"

"Teacher Esther, come with me to Taiwan!" 5yo Momo exclaimed.
"Really? Again?? Why me?" I asked.
"Because I want you to come!" She exclaimed.
Then 5yo Keanne grabbed my hand suddenly! He said, " Teacher Esther, come to Hong Kong with me!" I was like "Huh??!!!" He even repeated what he said, "Teacher Esther, I want you to come to Hong Kong with me!"
Oh dear, since when I'd become my students' favourite pet or toy or, well, favourite Teacher Esther and I have to go holidays with them, too!

4yo Momo said

Happy Mo Mo and her sheep!

"Teacher Esther, can we draw sheep when we come back to art class?" Mo Mo asked me this question during our Taiwan trip.

I told her I promised her I will teach her how to draw sheep when we come back to the art class. She held and pulled my hands for more attention, she had not finished her conversation with me, this time she whispered, "Don't let Donovan draw dog, teach me how to draw SHEEP first, ok!" Gosh, I wanted to laugh when she said that because Donovan kept pestering me to draw dog during the art class, previously.

Initially, I thought she would miss the art class on the week when she came back from Taiwan! She really came back! Her Mummy told me she must not miss the art class! As promise, I announced that we're going to draw SHEEP! Mo Mo was jumping up and down like a little lamb!

Job done!

I was urgently submitting 80 over entries of artwork to Trees for Life art competition! It was a hectic process, waiting for students' finishing artwork required a lot of patience and guidance, taking pictures of 80 over art pieces meaning bending my back for numerous of times plus scanning those entry forms, some even not completed, and I had to double check with the parents, on and on and on...

I was bringing forward the dateline from 9th March to 2nd March as I had a plane to catch on 3rd March! So it was panicking to me! Last Thursday (1st March) was a last lesson before I went for holiday, 13yo Theon couldn't meet my dateline as he couldn't stay late to complete his art piece, I asked him to continue at home and submit his picture of artwork and entry all by himself. Left 14yo James and 13yo Issac who were still rushing to finish up their work... They finished their artwork about 10pm. Thanks to my staffs who gave them extra time to complete their work. Finally!

Not to mention, everything took away my sleepless nights! But I managed to submit everything before my dateline!

Job well done! Teacher Esther! Time to pack my luggage!

Now I can focus to enjoy my holidays! Ya Hoo!!!!!!