Diaries of an iceskater mom.....#5.. Not of ice but of wind and rain.

Alright, at this juncture, I have to confess that my life isn't only about ice skating. Amongst the few ( yes, I am boring) other passions that I have, 2 in particular stand .....errr..a better word would be jump out....My school and my step classes... in no particular order.

And .... to cut a long story short, I was involved in a project which has a few of us Alumni going back to the school once a week to conduct English sessions with the girls, in the hopes of raising their level of English.

So..... yesterday, when I reached the school, immediately I noticed some girls busy decorating kolams in the foyer. Since it was just when school has ended, there were a lot of girls and traffic was heavy. I made a mental note to come down and take photos after our English session.

We wrapped up as soon as the storm died out, hoping to get the girls home as soon as possible. As we were locking up the room, the HM came and requested us to go and judge the kolam making competition. Apparently the storm had done some minor damage to the kolams and the girls were desperately trying to shelter their masterpieces with their bodies ! So nstead of leaving the judging to the next day, which was the original plan, she wanted it to be done now to avoid any further damage.

The kolams were amaaaaazing ! All done by Third Formers . I had such a hard time giving marks to each. The theme was 60th celebration of Independence and the slogan was NegaraKu Sehati Sejiwa. All possible Malaysian icons were represented, including Rimau... the SEA Games mascot !

Which would you choose?

I am so proud of the fact that these girls took so much pride in their work that they will defend it to death !! In my eyes, they are all winners.

Proud to be a St Marian.
I Serve
(Some photos and video credit to Puan Chee and Eunice Yeo.)
Footnote - The storm wrecked havoc on the school and trees fell. They are now in the midst of organising a gotong royong to clean up the damage.