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Guess which lucky person got his wish fulfilled on New Year's day 2010??

Ryan wishes he is 17 so he can drive. The hubby and I thought why not give him a cheap thrill now? Let him get a feel of what he thinks he wants. So after a New Year's day brunch of yummy dim sum, the whole family piled in the trusty pick up truck and headed off to a deserted car park. Oh, Ju brought his Ferrari helmet, too!

Anyway, we made a quick stop at the local shrine for prayers...Ryan was very excited and I think pretty scared as well cos he was the first one off the car to light the joss stick!! I think his emotions probably ran the gamut that day.


So....we got off to a slooooooow start. Luckily it was auto transmission, so no 'sei four' !! ( engine dying) , but it was a very very very boring slow drive up and down the car park. I think Ryan didn't bargain for the fact that we made him stop and actually look left ( where there will be traffic on a normal day) before he made a U turn. In short, he thought driving comprises only going straight, without looking for the back and sides!!! Anyway, since there were 2 instructors in the car , Ian and the backseat instructor aka the dad, I kept quiet. Would not help to add to the confusion!!!

Ryan did pretty well. He even attempted parking ( head in first) and on the 3rd attempt ( I think), managed to park it in the box!! And he thought parking was easy, always offering to park for me at Pyramid. Heaven forbid. :)

Perfectly in the box!!

He hasn't asked for a second round...yet. Maybe that was too much stress and excitement for some time.
Success!!! ( That's me in Ju's helmet)

B2

B2? What's that??? Well, for those of you who were not fortunate enough to catch their maiden performance.....by the way,you didn't miss anything..hehe.... ( oops- shouldn't have said that - must give support all the way ...afterall, I dragged them into this...)let me explain.

B2 stands for 'Brothers Yee' ( Not THAT B2 in Bananas in Pyjamas, ok ) - 2 in Cantonese read yee...get it??? Oh well, I am not too creative so that's all I can come up with. Anyway, B2 is a band ( comprising the Yee bros), hastily formed to play at a friend's daughter's 9th birthday party. To elaborate, the theme of the party was 'American Idol', complete with 3 judges ala Simon, Randy and Paula, and all the guests were requested to participate.

So, to oblige the hostess who is a very good friend, I managed to convince the boys to perform, and to put to test all the money I spent on their guitar lessons. Ian (who never had the benefit of any lessons), was given a crash course in playing bass, and they had a grand total of 2 practices before the big event!!! Talk about speed!!

Nevertheless, they gamely tried their best, and with a lot of support from friends on the floor, pulled through the excruciating 2 and a half or so minutes!!! Suffice to say, the express manner in which the whole thing was organised showed, and I have to admit very reluctantly, my boys would have not a very bright future in a music career!!! But they did look good on stage!!! Gaya ada but talent....???? Better stick to skating :) Shucks...I was hoping some talent scout would show up and make them stars....haha..okok.. I know.....back to dreaming. Sooo...the band was just as hastily disbanded immediately after that first gig.

Good news is, they did win a prize ( although the hostess was very diplomatic in not giving any ranking to all the prizes ! All winners were ranked the same) and the sad news is that they did not get any recording contracts!!! ( But if anyone with taste (?) wants them to play at birthdays, weddings, funerals etc... - call me, ya? )

Oh, I want to add that Ryan was so enthusiastic that he snapped a guitar string during the performance although it's not obvious from the video!!!

I want to thank them for being so sporting to do this to please their old mom. Love you guys :) You are always top on my chart!!