Last minute Substitue Piano Teacher

B3's piano exam is next month. However, he has missed a few lessons as teacher was not available. Though it's just beginner grade, it shouldn't be that difficult to pass but I'm still worried. Furthermore B3 is planning to quit piano after the exam, I hope he can get a merit or distinction for this exam. At least have an honorable conclusion. Managed to get Mag to stand in and give extra lessons. Hopefully, it will help B3.

Learning about Stones

Since the aquamarine, I have been reading up on gemstones. Beside turquoise colour the next interesting colour to add on would be the yellow stone. I prefer the Bright banana yellow for it's cheerful and sunny disposition. This colour can match with the beige and brown clothings. It'll also look fine with black and purple just like the turquoise. For yellow stones the choices include Sphene, Sapphire, Yellow diamond, Yellow Topaz, Golden Beryl, yellow citrine and yellow zircon. Sapphire and yellow diamond are the most expensive. Sphene comes next in terms of price. It's brilliancy is just below diamond. Yellow Topaz is more expensive than citrine. Unscrupulous dealers may sell citrine as yellow topaz. Golden Beryl is in the same family as aquamarine. However, golden Beryl often has a greenish tint. I believe buying a stone involves affinity. While we choose the stone, the stone also chooses us too.

Plant

The plant is so thirsty and all withered. Added some water at 3.55 pm. Fortunately. by 10 pm, it managed to revive.

English for B3

Found out that recent English test results showed that B3's English is at low Band 1 to Band 2 range. Comprehension section is weak. This evening I started him on newspaper reading. For a start, we just read selected news and advertisements in the Home section. I told B3 that eventually he will have to read the main section as well. Need to work hard to catch up.

Palm Top

2007 when I needed a gasket to load in the FS software, my friend highly recommended the palm. It's a very neat gadget but at that time I felt that the blackberry would be a more suitable option. The blackberry will allow me to email, use as a phone and load in the software. The only drawback is the small buttons. Though he himself is using a blackberry, he thinks he would prefer the palm for the bigger font size. He also felt that the palm is the logical choice due to economic reason. I took his advice and bought this palm. It has bigger font size, no small buttons to deal with and cheaper than a blackberry. He was also very kind and helpful to help me shop for the palm and load in the software I purchased. However, the palm has to stay home most of the time because my handbag can't fit in too many items and if I were to use a bigger bag, the bag would become heavy to carry during my frequent shopping trips. Do listen to other's advise but follow our hearts. Only we know our own requirements and needs most.

Jasmine Tree

The Jasmine tree has been with us since 2005. It grows out of shape very quickly. Once that happen it also flower less. I did a trim last month. Quite a major job, cutting off the long stems that grew outside our garden boundary. Since last weekend, the tree is filled with small white flowers. Some of which have fallen to the ground decorating the green lawn with speckle of whites. Last week I also added Fluffy's dropping to fertilize the tree. It probably helps the tree to blossom. My photography skill can't portray the beauty well.

Aquamarine

I am very happy and excited with the aquamarine stone and read up a fair bit on this stone. Mine is a bluish green colour - Turquoise 34.04 (6.808). Turquoise was said to promote intuition and communication. Too much of this colour, a person becomes over-analytical, fussy, egocentric, making decision based only on logic. Too little of this colour, will cause a person to be secretive, closed, confused, paranoid, introvert. Stones with this colour helps to unblock the 5th Chakra which is the throat. When 5th Chakra is blocked, we experience emotional problems in our relationship with others. Other blue green stones include blue green topaz, blue green jade, blue green agate.