嘿！嘿！你真棒！

Last Sunday, Jiaheng went for an abacus competition. He was the one who requested to join the competition. Kai Hock and I believe that learning always happens when there is fun so we initially didn't really want him to go. After all, he is just 5 years old. Too early for competition lah. But since Jiaheng thought it was FUN, so we just went with his request.

There were about 500 children at the competition. What's even scarier is the number of parents! Easily double the number of children (maybe even more, plus the maid, the extended family... aiyoh) The whole place was just jammed with people, people and more people!

There are two categories. One is the abacus one, the other is the mental calculation. Jiaheng signed up for both.

Quite amusing to see our own son doing the competition cos he was in the big hall and we parents can only see them through the glass windows. A bit like Charlie Chaplin movie. No sound, only movements. We see their hands raise and then come down, raise and then come up. Then start doing the sums, then raise hands.

And the ultimate thing is we caught Jiaheng yawning just before the competition started. YES! yawning... aiyoh.

The whole event lasted from 1 pm to 5.30 pm with the 4 rounds of competition, answers marking, prize presentation all thrown in.

We are proud to announce that Jiaheng came in second for his abacus category and third for his mental category. Look at his cheeky expression...



Jiaheng says he still wants to go next year.

---- posted by Mommy