CNY Decorations

With Chinese New Year approaching, the malls are quite packed around KL.  A friend at church said that it was important to buy new things to bring in a good and fortunate New Year, so there is lots of shopping of all the new things, according to some traditions.

The decorations (at least when we are brave enough to frequent the malls) are definitely impressive as it is the year of the ram (goat). 

World Record Holder. . .Still

While at Melawati, we checked the record board.  Never in the history of the world (since they began keeping records, anyway...) has anyone at ISKL ever run 100 m faster than Reeve!

He is still holds the record, as we discovered in all its photographic glory!

Sleepover

It is always fun to have sleepovers.  Gabi got to have a friend over, and they had lots of fun.  Good times laughing and enjoying themselves.  So great to have fun friends!

Artwork

As the second trimester wrapped up, we got to see some pretty cool artwork that Reeve did as part of his middle school art class.  Impressive work with line and design.  So cool to see his progress and attention to detail when working to improve.  Congrats!

Quiz Night

We made our first trip to the PTA sponsored Quiz Night, which was quite a bit of fun.  Unfortunately, Michael Ortiz, our ringer, was away on an IB conference.  We had lots of fun, with out themed table of togas / Greek theme.  There were some unbelievably creative tables - lots of fun, for sure.

Unfortunately, our quizzing skills were quite middle of the pack.  Who knew that Canada has more miles of coastline than Indonesia?  (Probably those who won!)

Gold Medal Basketball!

While Tracy and the girls were at the track meet.  Doug was coaching Reeve's team in their end of year basketball tournament. 

After falling to the rival Garden International School in the round-robin, ISKL still managed to secure a berth in the finals against the same team.  This time, ISKL came through in a much better played game, shot better, rebounded better and did not foul nearly as much!  As a result, Reeve had a key role as starting point guard in securing a dramatic victory for ISKL Panthers. 

Track Meet

The girls were involved in the Mt. Kiara track meet, which was a great experience.  Hosted at Melawati, it was a great opportunity for the kids to be involved in the high jump (Rania) and 100m, 200m, and the relay. 

At the end, they were proud ribbon winners as part of excellent relay teams!

 At the end of the day, the whole team had a lot to celebrate!

Lip Sync Video

Here is the video of his performance. (Reeve makes his entrance at the 2:01 mark.)

Lip Sync Performance

As part of the Performance Assembly at the Middle School, Reeve's drama group helped out the Dance Corps.  Reeve played the role of the rapper, and did a super job on stage!  He might have a bright future in performance should he desire the limelight!

Pictures courtesy of Ms. Casares, Yearbook Teacher.