Favourite Pets!

My advance level students were working on Manga character drawing recently and we were discussing about the next project that they are going to work on and this time I asked them to paint their favourite pet with acrylic on canvas and required them to bring a picture of their pet!

11yo Joel Gn exclaimed, "Teacher Esther, you mean I can bring my dog here to the art class!!!"

I have no idea this kid came out with this question, I thought I just told him to bring a picture of their pet??? 10yo Chloe agreed with Joel and she wanted to bring her pet to the classroom as well!

I told them, "No trouble, just bring the picture of your pet will do good."

But both insisted to bring their pet for the next lesson... guess what, they said it and they did it! But instead of dogs, both brought the same animal, terrapins!

I really admired by their say and their action!

Their pets are really their FAVOURITE! They must not be missed!

Sweet memories for their painting theme! :)

5yo Momo said...

Momo's Mummy told me that Momo is like a superstar, her schedule is so packed with classes and activities. When she mentioned about her most favourite classes and activities she has been attending. Momo exclaimed, "Art class!"

Then her Mummy continued, "Art class, cycling and roller blading....hmm... how about violin???"

"NO! I want to focus on Teacher Esther!!!" Momo replied in no time.

We were both laughing at her exclamation.

I lost my sketch book! :(

It was an old muji sketch book that I used it to sketch on the spot to inspire my art students at the zoo! They love it so much that they were bugging me to teach them how to draw more! Very meaningful sketch book but it was gone :'(

After the zoo event, I was tired and hungry. I told myself I needed a soupy dinner, I called my husband, I will eat dinner before home. Went to the Kopitiam and order a bowl of hot bee hoon kueh soup. I placed my sketch book on the chair and moved on to collect my dinner. Then I placed my bag on top the sketchbook. There, I was enjoying my simple dinner. After I finished the food, the dish collector Uncle came and collected my tray and wrapped the table, I thanked him and grabbed my bag and went off!

I moved on to the Four Leaves Bakery and bought a loaf of bread for our next day breakfast. Then moved on to the bus stop. Hopped onto 167 bus and alight on the stop before and bought two bowls of Tou Huey without syrup and walked to the next bus stop to catch another bus home. When I finally reached home, I realized my sketchbook was not with me!!!!!  What am I doing! I totally forgot about it! Quickily, I called my colleagues to go to the food court and checked, no sign of it, someone took it away... BIG SIGH! 

The next day, I went to ask the dish collection counter, there was only lost umbrellas but no sketch book of mine... 

Life goes on....

Why my students hug me and love calling me Mama!?

My little students have been hugging me and called me "MaMa!" almost every classes lesson!

I told this to my older students 10yo Melody, 11yo Zhen Hong, 12yo Reina and Shania (10yo Keer & 11yo Teng Meng were absent) who are in upper primary levels, they told me straight without even thinking about it, "It is because when you do demo on the artwork and you are very good in art! That's why they hugged you!" 

Hmm...That could be one of the reason why they hugged me and called me Mama...