Thursday, February 6, 2020

Guitar Lessons at Aureus Academy

I remember Steffi would often strum some notes on the old guitar that my mother-in-law brought over for the kiddos to play with, and ask me to guess the songs. I was rather surprised she could play a few tunes, but later learnt that YouTube was her resource. What else one cannot learnt from the internet these days?
 
 
It seems she also has guitar lessons in her school, but then she would have to compete with rest of the entire class for the teacher's attention. It is not exactly the most conducive environment to learn how to play music instruments, but there is only that much time a school can allocated for music. It so happened that a review collaboration with Aureus Academy opened up and they had a branch over at AMK Hub too. That made everything really convenient for us and we enrolled Steffi for her private 30min weekly guitar sessions with her teacher, Mr Hazriq, much to her happiness.

 
Now more than half a year into her lessons, Steffi is still enjoying her time at the academy, under the caring guidance of Mr Hazriq. I had noticed on numerous occasions while waiting to fetch her from her lessons, that Mr Hazriq looked and sounded like the most patient music teacher I had met. In comparison, my primary school music teacher was a terror.
 
 
He would update me on Steffi's progress without fail whenever I turned up, and share with me on the songs or techniques that he is coaching her on. I would also remind Steffi that she should be enjoying the whole experience and never to feel obligated because I know schoolwork is tough enough. We signed her up not for her to become a musician, but for her to get better at something she enjoys doing, and I am glad to report that she is still loving every moment for now! I am also looking forward to singing to her music lor.
 
 
With their many schools in Singapore, I am pretty sure you would be able to find one Aureus location suitable for your little ones. You can check out their website for more information and to book your free trial so as to gauge its suitability for your kiddo.

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Sudio Fem

[Review]

I was introduced to my first pair of wireless earbuds last year when I tried out Sudio Tolv. I personally found the sound quality really good and it served me really well. I do have a concern though, and that was losing the earbuds somehow!

The Sudio Fem came in a nice CNY package!

We are nevertheless, really happy to try out Sudio's latest true wireless Fem, which was just launched last December. And here's my take on the latest product that we got to try out for the past couple of days!

My Sudio Tolv is in black while the white is the Fem!

It looked really modernistic, comes in white, black, blue and pink, and even thought the name is Fem (sounds like feminine to me), the casing and buds looked bigger than the Tolv. At first I was kinda worried that they may not fit well but hey, I was wrong because they felt more snug then my Tolv!

Easy to carry everywhere I go!

Battery life is good and one charge can last me a couple of days as I mainly use them on my daily commute. A full charge of the carrying case would require about 90 mins and the fully-charged buds can last about 6 hours. However the carrying case can charge the buds a further 2 more times with the full charge!

The kiddos trying out the Sudio Fem but it was a little too big for Leroy.

Just like the Tolv, pairing the Fem with my handphone was as simple as can be. One just needed to turn on bluetooth, find the Sudio Fem, pair it and viola it's done! As simple as ABC! I do not have the ears of a musician, but I find the sound quality really decent and it felt immersive too lor!

Hahaha... need some music to cancel out the noise of these little ones!

I seldom exercise lah but I can imagine how comfortable it would be wearing these buds and going about jogging with the music playing! No worries about sweat or rain also, because the buds sweat and rain "tolerant".

The Sudio Fem comes with a special CNY package and pouch too! No mandarins though!

There is a CNY promo happening right now till 14 Feb. Get a special CNY package + crossbody pouch + buy any 2 sets for 10% off. But if you use my code: THEPERFECTFATHER15, you get an extra 15% off, for a total of 25% off! So hop over to http://www.sudio.com/sg/ and get your Sudio Fem with free worldwide shipping and 18 months warranty now! You are still in time to get a pair for Valentines lor!