A Day of Gratitude

"Dear God, please give me a loving, thankful heart, and help me to be as Christ in some way to every life I touch today by being thoughtful, kind, loving, appreciative and affirming. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

Hebrews 10:24-25(NIV)

How are you. my dear friends and family?

Even though this year's Summer Camp is over and everything went very well, we have so much more to do! I think this is actually the right time to start 'organizing' my projects and goals. =)

Yes, I am thankful and grateful for my family and friends. But most of all, grateful to God. He has made it possible for us to be in a place where we can learn, play and work together.

Yes, I do need alot of help, all the time.

My wishlist? My goals? They may or may not materialize, but it is still worthwhile to think and dream about things I want to do.

1. CD of my old English songs from my old albums

2. CD of my old Chinese songs

3. A Mandarin CD - covers

4. A new Cantonese CD

5. Christmas CD for Kids

6. Book of Clouds

7. CD & Book for Kids

8. International CD of Kids popular songs (famous kids songs from all over the world)

9. Coffee Table Book of Teresa Carpio's Life story

10. Cookbook from Andreas

11. Christian CD - English and Chinese

There! What do you think?

TV's Papa Rest in Peace August 18 2009

TV's Papa - God Bless his soul
How fleeting life can be....

I vaguely remember answering the phone at 4:20am.

I had just sent off the final rundown for I Love Music and then the phone call... wondering who would call at this hour? Picked up the phone, no sound, I said hello? Hello? ' Mom.... Papa just died...' Even before TV said 'just died' I knew... there is no explanation... 'he died two hours ago'....

I think I woke up two hours before to write the rundown... I was so tired around 11ish that I couldn't stay awake to do the rundown, so I slept. I had not planned to wake up at that hour, nor thought about doing the rundown at that time....

Yes, I am sad.

Someone from my past has died... that someone was my daughter's father. Father of my firstborn.

That part of my life seems like a blur... even though TV is here, even though Peter is her father, even though he died, it all seems so distant and yet....

I don't want to think of deja vu. but if that is the way to describe it, then it is... I thought I had heard TV say those words before 'Papa just died' ... or is it my imagination? I will never know, maybe it's shock, maybe it was deja vu. It doesn't matter, Peter is gone. I feel so sad for TV.

I want so much to be there for her, to hold her, to let her know she is not alone. That her Mommy loves her so much. Her sisters and Andreas loves her so much!

But I am glad she is there. Near her father and family. Peter always loved TV the most. And I am grateful and glad she was there with him. I am thankful she knows her Papa.

God Bless Peter and his family. God Bless his soul, his spirit and I thank God for having TV.

No matter what has happened in the past, all is forgiven.

Life is precious and most of all, it is so important to not judge how someone wants to live, to be able to love is very powerful. Peter loved TV so much. I am happy he was her Papa.

Life is Precious August 18 2009

The Wonders of Life and Nature

A New Flower!

Does anyone know the name of this flower?

I have never seen it before and it's growing in our garden! =)

I went outside and the heat fogged up my camera...so it's a beautiful effect....
A Beautiful Hibiscus in our garden.

What a week we had!

First of all, I want to thank God for His Blessings on our CD release, the promotion at the HKCC at the Audio fair and then the CD Launch at JJ's. It was a very comfortable and easy going event, with lots of friends who came to support me and my music.

Wong Cho Lam (my student), Louie Castro, Andrew Lam Man Chung, Jacky & Race, (both my students),

Anders Nelsson, Joey V. (my musical director and bandleader/guitarist/arranger), and Antonio Serrano (drummer), Mike Vincent & family, Philippine Consul General, Mr. Cristobal and his niece, Jasmine from NYC, Hans Ebert, Andy & Mimi of Fung Hang (my new CD distributor and partner for the release of the CD), Marlene & Jenny (my MJ buddies) TCI students, Nancy, Regina, Michael & Keiffany.

TCI team: Adee & Clement, Flora, Alexias and Serena and the TCI Kids.

And of course, my dear husband, Andreas.

Lots of reporters turned up and Shun stayed behind to interview for a special magazine.

Jade Kwan turned up near the end of the event as she had an interview before but still, happy she made it. We congratulated each other, Jade on her future wedding this Oct =) and visited for awhile. I will be supporting her at her 'Anti-Drugs for Teens concert' next month Sept 12.

Andrew Lam also announced his concert this Sept and invited me as his special guest for all three nights. Sept 25, 26 & 27. I will sing the two songs which Andrew wrote the lyrics for:

Ga Yu (IF) and Yuek Nay Yiu Lay Hoi Ngo (If you leave me).

Louie Castro is celebrating 30 years as a singer, radio host and MC with two concerts at the Cultural Center this Oct. and also invited me to be his guest on Oct 31. I will be singing Memory and Never Can Say Goodbye and also one duet with Louie, 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love'.

Each of my guests who came get a free signed CD =)

Heard more good news from friends and our distributor.

The CDs are doing very well =) YEAH And the bus ads and posters are all going to out this weekend. Another YEAH!

Flora has been sending out so many CDs to her friends in Toronto and Houston, while I am trying to get my list together to send to my friends everywhere.

Still working on the songs for TCI Summer Music performance camp. Finished 'Adorable Me' and after listening to it a few times, some English words came to mind.... will work on it AFTER the show =) It's cute... Will have to work on finishing Better Tomorrow and Body Electric/A Thousand Suns.

Missing TV and wishing her all the best in her work with Spiderman, the musical.

Thankful for Andreas. His never ending patience and love for me ...

Love for my girls, Alexias and Serena.

Thankful for their amazing talent and hardwork in making it happen for the kids at TCI.

Thankful to Adee , Flora and Clement for their dedication, love and support.

This morning, I thought of Alexias and Serena.

How these two beautiful angels are doing their best and making such a difference in their world, with their singing, dancing and laughter!

Mummy loves you!!

I Like My Brain =)

"Children are the R&D department of the human species." Alison Gopnik

Hurray! I finished the music for the songs 'I Like My Brain' and 'Wheels on the Bus' =) Spent the whole day on the computer and so, my eyes are so tired and blurry......

The TCI kids and campers are doing great, working on their songs, TCI Summer Camp theme song, Summer is Here and the All Hearts as One!

Thanks to the kids for working hard! Alexias, Anson, Audrey, Keiffany, Vanessa, Nancy, Regina and the campers, Katie, Queenie, Nicole T.,Sam, Curtis, Zoe, Camilla, Charmaine, Chloe and Nicole Ng. Serena and Kelly stayed home because of sore throats, hope they get better soon.

Gosh, it is so exciting to think about the CD launch party tomorrow at JJ's.

The backdrop looks great even though it took Adee, Flora and Andreas almost an hour to put it together. Happy! =)

Andreas also did a great job on the design for the bus ads, the proofs came in today and it's SO beautiful!! YEAH for Andreas!

Everyone is working hard and I am thankful.

Have another great day, everyone and remember who loves you the most!

What makes a great Teacher

"The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires."

William Arthur Ward

TCI Fun Day!

TCI had a fun day today! =)

Even though the weather has been SO wet and it rained SO much last night, we still had a good day!

For the past 4 weeks, the TCI kids, Alexias, Serena, Anson, Audrey, Kelly, Keiffany, Vanessa, Nancy, Regina, Nicole and our TCI team, Andreas, Adee, Clement & Flora, and I have been hard at work with the camps, I just thought all of us needed some time off and some fun. So we went off and had a Thai lunch and watched a great movie today! Actually, some of us watched 2 movies!

'UP', I think is one of the best movies I have watched in long time. It had humor, good versus evil, loving relationships, cute kids, great acting voices, great credit and editing, adventure and a wonderful story to remember, to never give up on hope and your dreams!

It was a very relaxing and calm day for me after having quite a chaotic and drama-filled month =) I am thankful to be here and to enjoy my family and friends. Hallelujah! ^ ^

Still trying to work and finish the music for 'I Like My Brain', trying to get the inspiration from the kids for the show on the 19th, trying to record the kids on 'Muffin Man, I Like My Brain in English and Spanish, Summer is Fun. Andreas is hard at work again, trying to do so much at the same time. He is so wonderful! =)

Alexias seems to be getting back to normal in her work mode, so that is good news. I am grateful and thankful for Flora being here. She is such a great help and great mother to everyone. Serena and Keiffany are both being cute and helping out, too.

So keep up the good work everyone, no matter what you are trying to do, know that you are doing good! =)

Also, thanks to Matthew for being our summer intern and wishing him all the best in his studies in England and USA!

Listen to good music and think about the people who really love you.

With Hope and Dreams!

p.s. I am still loving my new CD! Thank you, God and Andreas!! XOXOXOX

Autograph signing at HKCC

How are you, my friends?

It was a good day even though I was still not well enough to sing, but still excited and happy to have a chance to share the CD with 300 people in the audience. The event was held at the HK Convention Center where the audiophile fair was on and I was the special guest to introduce my new CD. We all had the opportunity to listen to the CD on very expensive speakers, even though it was in a theater, it sounded great!

Songs played: Hello, It Must Have Been Love, and then I tried to sing, Rainy Days and Mondays and it was ok.... croaky at times, but I was still happy singing. =) I was interviewed by Giovanni and shared the history of making the CD. How Michael and I met, how he picked the songs, and so naturally made the effort to work together on this album.

And for the last song, we listened to Memory. Then it was autograph signing time! =)

The audience was great and I think I may have signed over 200 copies.

I was also told that over 2000 CDs are sold and another 2000 on their way to the stores!! =)

So glad Andreas, Alexias, Serena, Flora, Keiffany, Adee, Clement, Nancy & Regina, Nicole Tong and Family, Douglas & friend, Marlene & Faith and my Dad came too.

Thanks to Fung Hang, Andy & Mimi and their team for organizing the event.

I really love my album..... thank you, Andreas and I love you!

p.s. cloud photo was taken in Terrigal, Central Coast near Sydney in Sept. last year...

Clouds and Hibiscus

Clouds on Alexias' Birthday July 2Hibiscus from our garden

Pam, my Sister Ant

Today I am sharing an email I sent to my dear friend, Pam, in Canada:

Believe it or not, I was thinking of you the other day, during camp.....yes, we are still running our Summer Music Camps..... just wondering what you were doing and how you were.... so happy to hear from you and what great timing, too. August 5th is our 15th wedding anniversary AND the release date of my new English album!

First of all, it's great to hear you are working with passionate artists!

Congratulations!

I want to hear more about your show.

I only just figured out and told Andreas a couple days ago, that only after 40 years in this business, with all the performances and experiences, that finally, I am satisfied and happy with my new album! Isn't that crazy?

The design and colours are great, the songs are great, just little things added up and you know, it's the people around me, that have inspired me, the right people!

For the past 12 years of teaching and performing, my family, my students, my friends, with living in Missouri, Canada and returning to HK, has been an amazing journey for me.

The influences from living there and teaching the kids, my girls, meeting new friends and getting to know them, is much more precious than just being on stage.

Even though the stage is the icing on top of the cake, everything else before that moment, makes the performance so perfect!

Of course, without the support of Andreas, his neverending patience, his strong will, his persistence, his love, his great food! All this couldn't have been possible. I do believe God is on my side and I am so thankful. =)

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~~ Mahatma Gandhi

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." ~~ Leo Buscaglia

This is exactly what we both do!!!!

How I miss you, Pam, your talent, your love and most of all your passion!!! =)

One day, a couple months ago, I gave the True Love Concert DVD to my nail artist and while having my nails done, they put in the DVD and I got to watch the show. And you know, it is a great show and made me miss our working together! You looked so gorgeous and so angelic in that BLUE cloak!! You made that look so good! =) What great times!

Yes, this little Ant on this side of the world is still working hard, climbing up that mountain and hopefully will get to meet you, my Sister Ant and have some time to reminisce, or work on a project together to get us going up higher!

Summer camps this year is going very well! Adee has worked hard the past year to bring more students in, through helping me write my column (in Chinese, of course) in a free paper, Take Me Home, getting our bus ads out, pushing Alexias and Andreas in getting the ads done =) Actually Adee is our supervisor!!! He pushes me too, in getting my music tracks done, but of course, with all the other little things that are happening at the same time, my music is the last thing on my mind...

But, with God's Grace, and my willingness to wait, it is all happening now.

Yes, during camps, I am in my room, making my music and so excited to have it released soon.

I have been performing here and there but not as much as I want to, so teaching is now really taking up most of our time.

Alexias and Serena are a great team! Gosh, can you believe it? Already 16 & 13! Aunty Flora and Keiffany both came to help and participate in the camps and doing great! Keiffany is already 11 and having a great time working and learning alongside her sisters! Flora helps with the yoga and student supervisor, and also became a first time lyricist! =)

Flora helped with our new song 'I Like My Brain' but I had to use a different melody, and the kids loved the songs!! I'm so thrilled!! =)

The Chinese version is called 'Adorable Me' =) Flora translates the English version and adds more of what the body parts do and I try to put those words into a melody. Adee and Clement helped alot too as they can tell which notes would make the words sound better. You know, the Chinese words are turned into foul words when sung in a different tone!!!! so we had to make sure!! =)

I had taught a class a month ago to the little ones on Saturdays, 3 -6 years old, and I asked them which part of their bodies did they like the most and the first girl offered a 'I LIKE MY BRAIN'!!!! She is 5 years old and the next girl, yelled ' I Like My Smelly FEET!!!!' She's 4. I gently told the little girl that I will try to think how I can incorporate smelly feet into the song..... and all the other kids chose the usual, I like my hair, my eyes, my ears..etc....Those kids are so cute!

So I wrote the first part of the song and TV (yes, she was here for 6 weeks June/July) helped me finish the song in 20 minutes!!!! TV also wrote it in Spanish, AND did another version in Spanish with a Salsa beat and dance too!!!! WOW!! I had promised to get the video uploaded and will do when the kids have their Summer Music performance Aug 19th at the Shatin Town theater, the smaller theater which seats 300.

I am staying home again today due to my bronchitis.. I couldn't believe it! I have not had bronchitis in maybe 10 years?? And I have a performance promoting my new CD TOMORROW!!! hahaha.... So I am resting at home, and diligently drinking my lemony drink which Andreas bought for me last night. I am getting better and need to sleep more.....

Andreas and the girls went off to the studio and today they will be revising the songs the kids have learned in the past 4 days, practicing their exit and entrances and finishing off their photo frames. The kids in each camp gets a photo frame, we have red, yellow, blue, green, white and sometimes black, photo frames which they decorate on their own. We provide all the materials, like little puffy balls, the folded stars, stickers, markers, feathers, etc... and a group photo is taken either on the second or third day of camp and given to the kids to put into their frames.

After each camp, which lasts for 5 days, the kids get to perform on the 6th day (Saturday) for their families. All the students get to perform together on the same songs and the little ones perform their songs which they know while the afternoon class would sit and watch. But sometimes everyone decides to join in, =) The Entertainers would perform their songs and finally, the TCI kids will perform the Salsa version of 'I Like My Brain' - Me Gusta Mi Cerebro!

The little ones - the Little Musical Stars - starts camp at 10am until noon. The afternoon camp -The Entertainers, start from 1pm -6pm.

The TCI kids, Anson, Audrey, Kelly and Vanessa, Nancy (from Vancouver, 2nd year at TCI camp and Regina, also from Vancouver, help to teach and work on other songs with me or Adee and Clement. Blossom left near the end of Nov 2008 to study in Australia but came back for one week of camp this year. We were so happy to see her again!

This is our 4th week of camps and there are kids who join the whole 4 weeks or first and last week, or just one week. We do have one more week for a performance camp, open only to kids who have joined any of our camps and personally invited by me, but not guaranteed to perform on Aug 19th. =)

Adee has a new buddy working with him. Clement Lee. He is one of my very first student from Toronto back in 1998 and he's great! Clement also teaches singing, translates my songs into ping yin in almost no time, and sings very well, too!! Last year he was our main guy performing with Liat, my God Daughter, also from Toronto. Liat & Clement, they should record together=)

Love you and miss you! Thinking of you when the kids are singing and dancing! your sister Ant Teresa =)

Clouds & Moon

The wait is worth it! Even after 36 years, that is.... Thank you, God

Yes, after 36 years since my first English album was released in HK, my very first USA recorded CD has finally arrived!

And, it's the best! I love it! Looks AND sounds GREAT!!!

Hallelujah and Praise God!

Of course, I do believe all of this was planned and nothing is coincidence. =)

Meeting Michael T., working with him, my trips to LA for recording, TV being there to help with Ooh Child, an original song by Reeve Carney 'Think of You", singing 'You're still the One', which I would NEVER have dreamed of singing, but the song described how people used to think about us, Andreas and I.

Yes, honey, we made it!

And.... Hello.

The song I used to sing when I was working in the clubs, and had always wanted to record it and now, I have, thanks to Michael.

Michael's arrangement is so good, so perfect for me, the way his guitar sang and cried, wow!

Did you know MT also played for Mr. Richie?

I am at lost for words, I want to sing more! =)

I thank my Dad, for his love, his adoration, his neverending support, in making sure I sounded good, always there to remind me of my responsibility in doing my best, no matter what!

Somewhere... Andreas' favorite. =)

Memory.... one of my favorite songs, but never could bring myself to record as it's such a classic and so hard to make the song my own. With MT's guidance and direction, I am proud to say this version is mine =)

Even after taking 18 months from beginning to the last recording, the songs still feel as if I had just recorded them yesterday, so new, so exciting, YEAH!!

It Must Have Been Love: MT's guitar soars!!! California and blue skies!

Dave Rideau: You are amazing!

Your work on all the mixes are fantastic and I am so grateful for your friendship and talent!

Thank you!!!

My darling Daughter,TV. What a gift she has, creating and making "Ooh Child" sound like it's ours! Honestly, it was the hardest song for me to sing, believe it or not. =)

Much love to my three beautiful girls, TV, Alexias & Serena. Thank you for loving me and making me so proud to be your Mother!! =)

Finally, my heart, my love, my soulmate - You're Still The One, Andreas!

Happy Anniversary, Darling. and Thank you for the Special Gift, my new CD!

It's so beautiful! I LOVE it!!!

Happy Anniversary, Darling!

Even though it's our 15th wedding anniversary today, Andreas darling, and because it's Typhoon no. 8, we may have to spend our anniversary at home..... I just want to let you know, how thankful and grateful I am for the CD design you did for my new album. For putting the whole project together, for getting the CD its release and promotion. It's the best gift ever, honey! =)

Love you, my Dearest, for your love and for always being there for me and our girls! Thank you for the happiness you've given me, for marrying me, for loving me no matter what and for being the best Father to our girls!

Happy Anniversary, Darling!

Another rainy day, another typhoon no. 8.

Yesterday was the 2nd day of Week 4 for our Summer Music Camp. Alexias wasn't feeling good, but still came in with Serena & Keiffany. I wasn't feeling well either and managed to rest up a couple of hours before finishing off the music for 'I Like Colours/Colors'. Happy about that.

Aunty Flora and Adee Gor Gor taught the morning class, and it seemed the kids had a great time. The little Musical Stars revised on the songs and worked on their picture frames, for their group photo which would be taken today. Always great when a child gives you a hug for no reason, like little Eily. Thank you for your love! =)

Clement taught Nancy and Regina a new Mandarin song, while Alexias helped with the Summer is Fun choreography, and teaching the song, Asereje! =) Another favorite for the kids. TV choreographed and taught this song 4 summers ago! I have to post the video soon as with other videos, hahaha... ! Thank you, Clement, Alexias, Serena, Aunty Flora. Adee Gor Gor & TV, for making all these kid so happy, learning music! =)

So excited to speak to Michael Thompson today, on the phone, as it's been awhile since we last spoke. What a thrill and a joy to know our CD is finally being released! Hallelujah!!

Wishing everyone the joy in music....

Weekend in Macau at the new Lan Kwai Fong Hotel

August 1st 2009 - After our TCI Summer Music Camp performance at the studio, Andreas, Adee, Clement, Aunty Flora, Alexias, Serena, Keiffany and I prepared for our weekend trip to Macau, to attend the opening of Lan Kwai Fong Macau Hotel. It was in a way, a short holiday and a little work for me. =)

By the time we arrived at the hotel, we were a little hungry and tired but anxiously waiting for our dinner at the Brazilian restuarant, Fogosamba, at the Venetian. Our reservation was for 6:30pm, so Andreas and I went to get our hair done and to meet the gang at the restuarant later.

Dinner was just a bit rushed, and most of us became quite full just a little too fast, even though it was good =)

Managed to walk out of the restuarant without feeling ill, and got back to the hotel to watch some TV and rest up. =)

August 2nd 2009 Sunday

I can't believe we were without the internet all weekend long and actually wasn't too bad. I could have written some, but just with the impending work and having to perform just with Joey and the one man Band -Ben, was just a bit of concern..... =) yes, I wished I had stuck to my guns in bringing the whole band, but sometimes, things don't turn out the way you want it to.

The whole performance still went very well, and everyone had a great time. =) So I am happy about that. So thankful, too, for Flora's lovely, bright, TC's LV- like blouse/top, which was a lifesaver!!! I was 'told' it was very casual, 'everyone' who wants to sing can just get up on stage and Ben, the one man band/Ben, can accompany them..... but I am sooooo glad I insisted on bringing Joey! =) He was great, of course!

Adee, Clement, Flora, Alexias, Serena & Keiffany left around 9:45pm, just as I started to sing, to catch the 10:30 pm ferry back to HK, as they have camp the next morning.

Andreas and I managed to hang around and felt like groupies, (especially me), having photos taken with all the celebrities...... =)

Everyone seemed to be having a good time, and it was good all in all.

August 3rd 2009

Our Summer Music Camp started its 4th week and we see some more new and old faces! I managed to work a little on 'I Like Colors' and it's sounding good..... =) The kids did great and revised on some old songs.

Oh yes, Andreas received two more mixed Kids songs today from Dave R. and 'Twinkle Little Star' and 'Three Blind Mice' sounds absolute wonderful!!! Spoke to Dave and I was so touched and honored he liked my arrangements and the girls' singing plus my first kids' composition of 'The ABC Song'! YEAH!!!

*

A IS FOR APPLE

B IS FOR BABY

C IS FOR CAT AND

D IS FOR DOG

E IS FOR ELEPHANT

F IS FOR FOX AND

G IS FOR G-O-A-T GOAT!

H IS FOR HIPPO

I IS FOR ICE CREAM

J IS FOR JAM AND

K IS FOR KANGAROO

L IS FOR LION

M IS FOR MONKEY

N IS FOR NOODLES AND

O IS FOR ORANGE

P IS FOR PAPAYA

Q IS FOR QUEEN

R IS FOR RABBIT AND

S IS FOR SNAKE

T IS FOR TIGER

U IS FOR UMBRELLA

V IS FOR VI.....O.....LIN....... AND

W IS FOR WATERMELON

X IS FOR X-RAY

Y IS FOR YO YO

Zee IS FOR ZEBRA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! *

2nd time

Z (British pronounciation - ezed) IS FOR ZEBRA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!

Written : Teresa Carpio & TCI kids Arranged: Teresa Carpio Vocals: Alexias & Serena

Thankful! for my BRAIN!

Today is another good day! =) How was yours?

Spent the morning working on cleaning up the vocals for B-I-N-G-O which were recorded last week, but I didn't get to finish it as I wasn't feeling well all week..... So it was good I managed to get it done today. Did I mention I had been trying to release a TCI kids CD for 4 years???

Well, I think this is the year which the first CD will be released!

Alexias and Serena's voices have matured abit but still sounding cute and fun! Gosh, listening to my very first composition of ABC, their voices really sounded so young and so sweet! I am glad our sound engineer, Dave, LOVES...... our 'Three Blind Mice!!! =) We've sent three songs to be mixed. ABC is done, next will be TBM and the third one is Twinkle Little Star! Did you know originally it has 7 verses? Well, it's not that long and Alexias did a great job singing it, 4 years ago!

The past few years I had been teaching and rearranging the music for some older classic pop songs, like Everyday People, Happy Together, a couple of Canton pop songs, like, I Really Love You, A Thousand Suns, which needs to be redone and vocals added. I still liked the arrangements for the English songs, but the Chinese ones need some more work.

In the meantime, I do have 3 new songs which were written just the past 2 months and I am so excited to work on the music! I Like Colours, Adorable Me and I Like My Brain!

I LIKE MY BRAIN!

One day during the younger kids' class, I asked the kids which part of their bodies do they like the most and the first kid quickly said 'I Like My Brain!' and another kid followed with ' I Like My Smelly Feet!' Of course I said it's hard to think as quick as they can, on how to incorporate 'smelly feet ' into a song..... mmm....

So, right there and then, I started to play the notes to 'I Like My Brain!'

I LIKE MY BRAIN, I LIKE MY BRAIN

I LIKE MY HAIR , I LIKE MY EYES

I LIKE MY HANDS, I LIKE MY HANDS

I LIKE MY MOUTH, I LIKE MY EARS!

The kids loved it!! I went back and asked TV, my oldest daughter, who was visiting last month, to help me finish off the song, with notes which Serena wrote down from the kids on what they said during class!!! =) So much fun!!

When we got back home, TV said it was so easy, she wrote the song in 20 minutes!!!

continued from above, by TV:

EVERY FINGER EVERY TOE

EVERY TOOTH, AND YES, MY NOSE

BUT ONLY MY MOMMY LOVES MY SMELLY FEET!! =)

I LIKE MY BRAIN I LIKE MY BRAIN

I LIKE MY CHEEKS I LIKE MY TUMMY

I LIKE MY KNEES I LIKE MY KNEES

I LIKE MY ELBOW I LIKE MY CHIN

BUT MOST OF ALL I LOVE MY MOMMY AND DADDY

AND THEY LOVE ME AND MY HEART

BUT MOST OF ALL I LOVE MY MOMMY AND DADDY

AND THEY LOVE ME FOR MY HEART!

Thanks to my lovely TV, not just for this song, but for the Spanish version to the same melody AND another Spanish version with a choreographed DANCE!!!! YEAH!! Will post the video of their rehearsal and the lyrics to the Spanish version soon!!! TV is a genius!!! =) And also much love to my little TCI kids for their inspiration! This song is for you all.

So thankful!

I remembered someone told me a long time ago..... when you are looking for answers, you don't have to look very far, as it's really so close that sometimes you don't realize it's right in front of you! ^ ^

Have a lovely day and keep smiling! =) Someone out there loves you!

A Better Tomorrow

Even though I had gone out to town with the family, I wasn't feeling too good today so I returned home on the train today, Andreas taking me back....so that was nice,

But then, the kids at camp were learning 'A Better Tomorrow', a popular Mandarin song from the 80's and I thought I would try to do the music track on my Logic and ended up on the computer for 5 hours!!!! my eyes are kind of blurry now... but the music is almost done even though I used a midi file from Adee, which had so many wrong notes!!!! That's why it took so long.... anyways, the music is sounding abit more updated =) so I am happy.

Yeah, Alexias and Serena were quite happy when they got home as their day with the kids turned out pretty good! Especially the workout!!!

It was so funny when the girls told me they could go on and on and on with the jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups, etc....without feeling tired, BECAUSE, quote ' Mom used to work out THREE times a day and TV used to work out everyday, so that's why we feel we can go on and on!!!!'

So cute, my beautiful girls!

Alexias and Serena are still so young and innocent. ha ha ha ha ha ha.....

So glad, Alexias, Serena and Keiffany finished 'The Muffin Man' & the 'Bingo, AEIOU song'

I still have a few more songs to do for the next two weeks of camp! So excited for the kids' CD to finish! YEAH!

Have a great day!! Love & Music always!

HELLO TERESA CARPIO NEW CD

Release Date August 3rd 2009

Songlist

Somewhere Memory Goodbye Yellow Brick Road All Around The World Hello

La La La Means I Love You Ooh Child You're Still The One It Must Have Been Love

Rainy Days And Mondays I Think Of You

Sharing Good News!

Hello, dear friends!

Yes, I have good news!

My new, long-awaited, exciting, amazing, beautiful, precious, wonderful, fantastic, special, first ever recorded and mixed in the USA studio album, is finally being released on August 3rd 2009!!!! Yeah!! Thanks to Michael Thompson, yes, THE Michael Thompson, for arranging, for choosing the songs, for being my vocal producer, for introducing his friend, Dave Rideau, to mix the songs and for being there to make it all happen!

Of course, thanks to my dearest husband, Andreas, for getting the CD released. We waited almost 2 years and now, it's here. I am so excited and so happy! Thank you, GOD! =)

Andreas also posted the ads on facebook, and it looks great! =)

Today at camp, our TCI team and the kids all did great.

The morning class had started to learn our new song ' I Like My Brain', both in English and Spanish and the TCI kids performed the dance version of it and the kids loved it! They revised on Summer is FUN!, I Like to Teach, and the kids song, ABC.

In the afternoon, the class all started to decorate their picture frame to get ready for our photo shoot tomorrow. We usually have group photos taken and to give them to the students as a souvenir from the camp, plus the decorated photo frame.

Alexias made some changes to the Summer is FUN! dance and it really looked and sounded great!

Alexias, Serena and Keiffany also finished recording the two songs "The Muffin Man" &

B-I-N-G-O (AEIOU Song) after class. The girls were so cute and funny! Alexias and Serena had to control their laughter, which was easier said than done, and some of it was recorded too! =)

Looking forward to tomorrow's classes and wishing everyone much love and God's Blessings!