The end of Aisyah's music class

Last Friday marked the last day for Aisyah's music lesson. To celebrate the graduation ceremony, the school had organised a mini concert and a small makan-makan pot luck style for the parents. The kids were supposed to present 5 songs.. Aisyah only performed the first and the last bits. Despite this, I must say that I was very proud of her.

Aisyah, although quite a talkative and active child at home, is indeed a very shy girl outside her house especially in the presence of strangers or to unfamiliar faces. She always looked forward to her weekly music lesson, although she might not perform or participate in the classroom activities. Her music teacher advised for Aisyah to repeat her course rather than continue to the next level. She worried that Aisyah's shyness would limit her learning as taking part in classroom activities is the main core of the next class.

I must admit that her shyness sometimes worry me, and it reminds me of my childhood days. As a child, I had low self-esteem and always thought that other people were much better than me. When I was in Standard 5, I was just a fat boy with lots of pimples on my face who was always being left behind by my friends due to my inability to play badminton with them. Yeah, I always get bullied! Yeah, I sucked at it!

I promised myself that I would never ever let my children to go through the same situation like their Daddy. I want Aisyah (and definitely Aliyah) to be more active and full of energy like their Mummy. I know for a fact that Aisyah could easily outperform the kids who were on stage the other day (I saw her signing and dancing in our living room - the same string of songs over and over again). I just need to polish her PR skills.

Perhaps its time for us to enroll Aisyah in a kindergarten. Not for her to learn things but more for her communication and inter-personal development.