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Even Malaysians get the blues

Luke — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:07:15 +0000

(while eating dinner)

LR: (singing) We all live in a yellow submarine!

RJ: I know that song! I love that song!

LR and RJ: (joyously singing together) We all live in a yellow submarine!

RJ: (after the cacaphony quiets down) When I was a little kid (in Malaysia), we used to sing that song all the time… But it was a bit different. It was about a blue submarine.

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Luke — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:07:34 +0000

After a month of singing along to the soundtrack in the car, as well as learning about it in music class, Sunday afternoon finally arrived. Grammy and Poppa took us to see the full production of Cats (Australian cast).

We all loved it. Fantastic show!

Oh well I never! Was there ever a cat so clever as Magical Mr. Mistofelees!

RJ in Concert

Luke — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:07:43 +0000

At the end of the year, the kids have a seemingly endless run of concerts and exhibitions. RJ has been working on his song for a while and finally had his big concert. He did a fantastic job and got a massive round of applause.

RJ takes a bow.

Make sure to click “Continue Reading” to get to more pictures and the video!

RJ and Mum do a greeting dance to start the concert.

RJ tells the other members of his class where he's going immediately after singing.

The entire class sang “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” together, which was followed by most of them singing it again individually afterwards. We were pretty much all-twinkled-out by the end of it.

RJ and the other members of his class sing "Twinkle twinkle."

Even in the midst of the concert, RJ just cannot resist the chance to cause some mischief. Here he is attempting to loosen the microphone stand and cause some extra drama while someone else sings.. “Twinkle twinkle”.

RJ attempting to discreetly cause chaos... onstage... in front of 60 people.

Eventually, it was his turn to make it up on stage. Unfluttered by the crowd, he sang the whole song perfectly to a very enthusiastic audience.

RJ singing for all he's worth. He did a fantastic job.

Please, please, may I have a bikkie.
One for me and another for Scarlet.
Because when I eat one of those,
Her tongue goes drip, drip drip.

She’s had her bone,
and she’d like dessert,
and I just don’t think one bikkie would hurt.

Please, please, may I have a bikkie,
One for me and another for Scarlet,
Because when I eat one of those,
Her tongue goes drip, drip, drip.

Afterwards, everyone went and got icecream and RJ picked mint chocolate chip (this had been planned days in advance).

Time for a remix

Luke — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:07:03 +0000

(in the car, on the way to school)

RJ: Can I sing a song for you?

Dad: Sure RJ. Which one?

RJ: Puff the magic whale. It’s like the other song but it has different words.

Dad: Go ahead mate.

RJ: He was stuck by the sea, and he had to dig a hole… a BIG one. It was whale shaped. Then he got back to the ocean.

Dad: Okay. You can sing it now.

RJ: (singing)
Puff the magic whale,
lived in the sea.
And chased some fish
and other things.
And splashed them with his tail! Oh!
Puff, the magic whale….

(He continued on with a bit about pirates and lots more splashing. It got decidedly weird when it transitioned into Puff the Magic Sunscreen… )

I Hear Mary liked her Lamb too…

Luke — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:14:18 +0000

RJ: (singing) Old MacDonald had a farm. Eee eye eee eye oh!

And on that farm he had a cow. Eee eye eee eye oh!

With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there. Here a moo, there a moo everywhere a moo-moo.

Old MacDonald had a farm, Eee eye eee eye oh!

RJ: And after that he ate the pig and the sheep and the duck too!

Run fellas! Old Mac-D is on the way!