Susie's Blog

I bought a new car today. The one only has two doors, very sporty looking. White colour. It's going to come to me in 2 weeks!! I have been searching for cars since this monday. First went to Volkswagan to see Eros the convertable one but dad said it's dangerous. Then to Mazda to see the new Mazda 3. It's pretty and the price is cheaper but i don't feel safe in it. Went to BMW too but didn't like it either. Too high tech for me. So I went to Mercedes cause I have been driving Mercedes for 14 years...and in terms of keeping in long term it might be good for money. So today I got a very good deal from the Mercedes Macintosh in Mosman. The sales is also very quick and efficient too. I walked in to the shop yesterday afternoon and this morning 10 am I bought one from him. I also registered it as a company car for my business so it's great for tax benefit. This is the new scheme that current government has for small business owner so love to take advantage of that too. I will show you the photo soon as soon as i get my new car! A brand new white colour CLC 200 Mercedes Benz!!So exciting!!

Tuesday I had to take kids to school. I always laughed that they are like my step kids cause I can't have blonde kids obviously. As she got off the car she gave me a kiss then I said have a good day in school love ya! and she said Love you too bye. Haha. Have you heard any piano teacher does things like this? Anyway I drove to Gym to do yoga class. Then took Mara home cause she won't get her new car till today. She cooked me an italian risoto and coffee then I dropped her off in Artarmon before going to Chatswood. I called my massage therapist Eri and went in for a massage. To Rebel sport to get a pedometer....want to know how many steps I walk in a day! Got in touch with the star theater director. I will go for a visit tomorrow at 11. I told todays'kids that we might do it there. Little kids will say "Oh my God. that's massive..and jump up and down keeping saying My god..." older primary school kids said "Cool....That's so exciting!!I might screw up...." Then older teenagers will say "Can we afford this? It looks pricy Susie." HAHAHAHA what a reaction.

I have the habbit of writing diaries for many years. Always bought the thick fancy one from broader once every 3 month to be my diary book. Now I have my new Macbook so then just write it on my blog in bed before i go to sleep! If it's something I don't want people to know I still go back to my pretty diary. However my life must be quite boring that I have nothing secretive or emotional to say. So what you see here is what i am and how I live. Bummer. Wish I can say something deep. HAHA

After teaching this morning I went to the 9:30 am Yolates class. It's the combination of pilates and yoga. Very hardcore. Even with this flexible body I still feel very challenging. But Yolates is just wonderful. Went home and cooked the cornsoup. Audrey and Monica were at home having girly talk. I got to practice Piano cause my own piano lesson was at 12:30 pm. Called my massage therapist Eri when I was in the waiting to have piano lesson....my shoulder and neck pain was getting severe. She didn't pick it up. Maybe tomorrow I need to pay a visit to chatswood to get my shoulder and neck fixed.

I found an awesome venue for the showcase.Star of the sea theater in Manly that caters for 300 people.

http://www.staroftheseatheatre.com.au

I called the director and he wasn't in the theater so I sent him an e mail. Last time he told me all sat and friday nights were booked out. I want this theater. How about sunday? If Sunday afternoon or evening is ok I am moving the whole showcase to whatever time they have. The kids are going to be sooo exciting. This theater is going to cost us lots of money by the look of it. So far I have been to Independent theater in North sydney. Zenith theater in Chatswood. Mosman RSL club. Crows nest theater hall. and make inquiries for all major private school around the areas for their recital hall. But as soon as I see this star of the sea theater webiste, I am totally in love with this place even though I have never been there. I knew this theater will work for my piano kids, singing kids and dancers. All of them!! ok settle down Susie. If this venue meant to be yours, it will be. I am waiting for his e mail to tell me when this theater can be free in Dec and how much it's going to cost me. I WANT THIS ONE. WANT IT BAD.

These are my cutest two kids. I was teaching them how to do Hoedown Throwndown from Hannah Mantana by Miley Cyrus. At the moment the hottest song for girls between age 5-13.

I was teaching these two girls to dance Hoedown throwdown by Miley Cyrus. Maddie suddently said that her feet were cold. Amy, without hestitation, pulled of one sock and said "there you go! Share my sock!" Gorgeous.

Even though I am used to all kinds of outfit appearning  in the lessons, today it was nevertheless a bit of a shock seeing this little devil turning up for lesson at 7:30 am sunday morning in this. There you go. Well done Indiana.

i drew these for the dressmaker to make dress for my girls. Do you like the design?

Three days ago I got my sore throat. However with bad sore throat I could still talk and sing very loud. Yesterday it was so bad by the time I went to bed you could hear the change in the voice. Today I started to cough. chesty cough, not often but strong cough and I couldn't talk now. I don't want to see a doctor because they are going to tell me the same thing like andy said, rest sleep drink water. And there is no way I will like to wait in the medical center for advice like that.....damn i might have to cancel all students tomorrow.....how long is this going to take to recover ah....i feel very good and healthy though. But this losing voice is costing me money.This is the tool that  i live for!!

I found this two brother and sister look so alike. exactly the same faces. just one boy and one girl. cool ba.

Can you believe how much was this master teacher charged me? He was the master teacher from speech level singing method. The one that all the hollywood stars learn from. These guys came from USA and Canada regularly and lots of contemporary singers, entertainers or singing teachers do private lesson with them when they come. I am also part of the team for their teacher training so I book 3 half hour lessons with him as well. Each 30 mins lesson costs me $ 120 US dollars. In other words, 1.5 hours lesson costs me around 700 Australian dollars. Plus the teacher workshop that weekend of singing lessons and workshop costs me $950. Very very expensive..... But I am open to all methods and love to learn more. my god. He was really really good. Now i really understand how to sing from chest voice to head voice smoothly in contemporary singing. I have since taught quite a few classical singers to sing in modern pop style. Next time I must show you the video clips of my voice singing classical and contemporary. it does sounds quite different. I have been listeing to all the recordings of lessons. The more I listened to it, the more I was amused by his teaching. Very very fascinating.

These are some of the happy gorgeous faces I see everyday...they are never worried, always happy and everything is always exciting. They teach me how to live like that. 

Phoebe is one of the girl that does weekend talent class (singing and dancing) with me as well as doing private piano lesson. This is the core of my business that girls do it as a package. Anyway this Saturday the class was not on. so for the first time she didn't have to turn up with dance costume and hair in a bun (she normally has a piano lesson on the same day after the class) Before this I have never seen her with normal clothes and hair down. But she turned up with hairs like that....She looks like she just rolls out of bed. "My bad hair day"She said. Oh yes we can see that baby....

Out of the blue I had this idea that we could use the song Sway by Michael Buble for my dancing  girls to do the finale number for the show. I have four girls under 7 , all i need is to match them with the boys I got. They will do this in latin style. I have drawn the design for the latino dress and the parents will discuss with the girls what colour to make. Very exciting indeed. I haven't thought about the choreography yet. But I had spent some time trying to think about who should dance with whom. I showed the girl what the guy like look first. Then if the girl agrees I will show them the boy's photo. Here is Leonardo and Madeleine. Boys will be in suits and girls in costume. Gonna be so much fun.... More to come....

Tom asked today "do you want to hear a joke thats very gross?' "No i don't" I said. "Ok I will tell you"(gee whats the point of asking me then). "What's the scary thing to see if you throw my underwear to the wall?" " I won't touch your underwear. Won't throw it" "Well The answer is...IT STICK ON THE WALL!!!hahahahaha" "Yuck Tom". "Ok what's the even yuckier thing after 5 mins?" "dunno. don't care darling can we get the book out and concentrate?" "IT WENT AN INCH HIGHER ON THE WALL!!!HAHAHAH Funny hey Susie!!

I finally decided which builder to come to fix the rails of the house. After comparing 4 quotes i could tell you all the dramas I have been through. One of them even got angry when I confronted how expensive he was. The one I am going to ask is the builder/handyman from a friend. A middle age australian who really looks honest. I checked his work at my Italian friend's house and it was indeed very good. I have no idea how one person can do such a big job but he did. At the end it's $3000 cash price for doing the rails, fix the front door and pressure clean. To be able to get 3000 only we are going to pay in cash. So each of us will pay him 1000 in cash and he will start on the 20th April. profession in trade is not that bad isn't it. These days the economic is so bad that all professional guys are losing jobs and the umemployment rate reaches the top 5.7% in Australia according to the news last night. But the trademan's business goes on and on....

I used my I phone in class very often. Lots of time I download pop songs so we can pick which one to play. Sometimes I put on youtube for them to see the video clip. Sometimes I record their voice and lots of times i take photos of them. These two girls one day looked at me very seriously. "How come my photo is not in your I phone?" Oh dear. I am so sorry. Now they are in. Everyone is happy.

When I started with Mason he was a little boy. Now he is 16. Good looking 190 cm young man with massive hands. I still boss him around. That doesnt' change. But see how they grow! He said that Susie just gets smaller.

I like how Amy changes her face dramatically during the 30 mins. Concentrate so hard as if she needs to go to the toilet.

then she is happy

then we got to dance. Really happy. Look at the shirt. Clearly we know who bought that shirt.

On the weekend a few friends and i went to Balmain for the organic afternoon. We had great lunch, walkabout and then checked out all the organic shops and cafes in retro balmain area. We walked past this shop and I had to stop everyone and took the photo. See those pillows with names? I have every single one here in the studio. Quite a coincidence. Harry Jack Cooper Mia Ella Olivia. .every single one. Awesome.

I honestly think all of my students can play Gu Zheng. I really teach every single one of them regardless they learn piano, singing or dancing with me.  My Gu zheng skill is really crap but at least I am putting a bit of multi culture elements in all these OZ kids. really fun watching them playing. They can all read the simplified Gu Zheng score. Pretty amazing.