Felix's exam scores were so good that Rulin Cram School offered a term of free math and English courses. He took the senior high school entrance exam on May 18th and 19th and graduated from junior high on June 4. He performed Julius Klengel Cello Concertino No.1 in C Major, Op.7 Allegro at Soochow University at the end of June. My dad traveled north from Kaohsiung to see him perform.
We bought a Maple Leaf 201 full size violin for $28000 on May 18 and had Felix's cello repaired for $14000.
Winter break started Jan. 21. Due to China's coronavirus outbreak, the start of the second term originally scheduled for Feb.11 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 25. All the teachers in my school go back to work on Feb. 24. My sons took 3 day swimming class before the Lunar New Year's Eve. Originally Felix had 5 day science research course and Regis had 3 day writing class after the holiday. Both were cancelled. We spent 6 days at my sister's family in Kaohsiung. My parents and brother were there for the Lunar New Year holiday too. We went pick a full size cello at維音on the way to Kaohsiung and decided to buy a Maple Leaf 201 cello for $45000. We bought a LG PuriCare™ 360º Air Purifier for $15900. It arrived on Feb. 2 when we came back from holiday.
Felix's piano teacher, Ms. Lee, who taught Regis for 3 years and then taught Felix for almost 2 years, is too busy to come to our place anymore. Felix went to her studio 3 times a month for almost 5 months. I found new in home piano teachers for my sons. Yang Tsao and Ms. Chen. The tuition is muchmoreexpensive!They'll start teaching this March, 3 times a month. We had lunch with Ms. Lee at URANIUM to thank her on Feb. 3.
