Music

Nalin started taking piano lessons this semester. She's only had two, but so far she's like it, and she also really enjoys playing the recorder in her music class.

Yesterday she got her first keyboard. I went and bought it over at Central. Central is the premiere chain of "malls" in Thailand. The one near our house is Central Chaengwattana, Chaengwattana being the street on which the mall is located. Only its not called a mall, because there is another mall that is named "The Mall". So if you say you are going to Central, you are really going to the mall. Although, there is also a department store within Central named Central, because in fact the Central "malls" started off as a department store. Sometimes they refer to the mall as a plaza, but not always.

Shopping center nomenclatures aside, Nalin really seems to enjoy her keyboard. We set it up in the girls play room. Our place has four bedrooms, but Nalin and Aleena share a room, and the other room has some of their toys in it. I'm going to buy Nalin some headphones so that she can practice some of the time without everyone else hearing, particularly early in the morning. Nalin is an early riser, especially on weekends, and is not always quit.