The Ugly Duckling Concert

My daughter was very excited last night and could not sleep until 3am in the early morning. She will be performing in her childcare concert today. We were traumatized and we were kept awake by her rolling in bed. She is sleeping with us in a Queen size bed and a single bed placed side by side.

Morning comes, and I have to dreadful task of send her to the childcare before 9.20 am, while my wife catches more sleep. My daughter was very excited in the morning, and you cannot feel the tiredness she had, but her eyes did get puffy due to lack of sleep. So I brought her to McDonald's for breakfast before sending her to her childcare. After that, I head right home to catch some sleep as well.

My wife and I managed to reach The Grassroots' Club beside Yio Chu Kang MRT station at 1.40pm. The shows starts at 2.00pm. We were anxious to see our daughter in her performance. She is acting as an old lady in the concert "The Ugly Duckling". The show started with speech by the childcare director, and followed by the Graduates Ceremony. My daughter is in K2, so she is one of the graduands. The sight of her wearing the graduands clothes makes me realised how fast she has grown up.

My daughter's performance did not appear until the 2nd half of the concert. She sat on a rocking chair, holding 2 long "needles", kneading a piece of cloth. The music started and her friends danced on the stage, and after 2 minutes, she walked gingerly with a cane to the centre of the stage and started dancing. It was a pleasure to watch her dance, and she seems to enjoy it a lot. She danced for about 30 sec, and she talked to the ugly duckling and returned to her rocking chair, and she stays that way until the scene ends.


My wife and I were disappointed with the childcare arrangement of my daughter's performance. For all her efforts, she was given slightly more than 5 minute play, in which she is involved in only 1 minute of action. She was one of the best dancer and performer in her last year's concert, and she is still attending ballet lessons. So we are disappointed she is not given better role and a full song/music to accompany with her dance.

I am very proud of my daughter's performance nevertheless, and I believe even with the short little time, she is one of the best performers in the concert. Well done Victoria, we are proud of you!