i had been going for some classes on the sly.
its a real roller coaster ride.
i'll let you know if i do well for my exam.
i hope i do ok, but this class is SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT than i imagined it to be.
i have homework...n i haven started. psst.
but i like what my sensei said..you do something because it is difficult not because it is easy. well, everything i do is not easy (lack of talents n brains)so i'll just stick to this
Regards.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Everybody knows
It is a weird thing to have your friend ask you to play something on the violin, smirk while you are playing and then tell you it doesn't sound very nice, all in a very condescending tone, as if one instrument could be superior to another.
What your friend doesn't know is that that very violin you are holding got you through the tougher times of your life, that the sound he is hearing is the result of about a year of practice and that maybe, sounding nice on the violin isn't as easy as the professionals make it out to be.
It may even be that his remark even hurt a little.
But it's perfectly alright because not everybody knows. And admittedly, your playing isn't very good yet.
What your friend doesn't know is that that very violin you are holding got you through the tougher times of your life, that the sound he is hearing is the result of about a year of practice and that maybe, sounding nice on the violin isn't as easy as the professionals make it out to be.
It may even be that his remark even hurt a little.
But it's perfectly alright because not everybody knows. And admittedly, your playing isn't very good yet.
Monday, March 24, 2008
the more i read about physiology the more i am blown away by the functions of our body.
it seems to now that normality is far more difficult to achieve than abnormality.
it tells me how little i know. i knew i know v little. now i feel even smaller.
never take ur body for granted. never.
take the heart for example, the beauty of its function is beyond my ability to describe. well, i dun want to type my notes in this space...boo. what a design or maybe its not a design at all-quoting my pathology prof.
anyway, i am feeling quite...BLEH. cos there is so much to learn but SO LITTLE TIME. and honestly, i am really blown away....i just need more time to digest my stuff.
it seems to now that normality is far more difficult to achieve than abnormality.
it tells me how little i know. i knew i know v little. now i feel even smaller.
never take ur body for granted. never.
take the heart for example, the beauty of its function is beyond my ability to describe. well, i dun want to type my notes in this space...boo. what a design or maybe its not a design at all-quoting my pathology prof.
anyway, i am feeling quite...BLEH. cos there is so much to learn but SO LITTLE TIME. and honestly, i am really blown away....i just need more time to digest my stuff.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Opportunities
There are so many opportunities to learn when you are in school. It takes just that little bit more effort.
Like the other day, I was helping my friend out to prepare for the exhibition we are going to have in conjunction with our 40th anniversary on 15 March 2008. The concert was a major success and one of the few times I felt so touched and moved by a piece I played. The piece is none other than the great 50 min work by Johan de Meij, Planet Earth, conducted by our resident conductor, Mr Leonard Tan. So touching was the piece that our resident conductor allegedly wept during one of the finer moments!
As I was saying, I learnt many things while helping my friend set up for the exhibition. One if these is bending acrylic and doing it brought back memories of my Design and Technology days in Hai Sing. So did drilling wood and spray painting surfaces. But the thing about doing all of these is that it requires that little bit more effort. Like my team and I, we stayed up till 5am on concert day to finish what had to be done.
But all said and done, what mattered at the end was that we stuck to the end and we made it happen. So take advantage of every chance you have, because you never know!
Like the other day, I was helping my friend out to prepare for the exhibition we are going to have in conjunction with our 40th anniversary on 15 March 2008. The concert was a major success and one of the few times I felt so touched and moved by a piece I played. The piece is none other than the great 50 min work by Johan de Meij, Planet Earth, conducted by our resident conductor, Mr Leonard Tan. So touching was the piece that our resident conductor allegedly wept during one of the finer moments!
As I was saying, I learnt many things while helping my friend set up for the exhibition. One if these is bending acrylic and doing it brought back memories of my Design and Technology days in Hai Sing. So did drilling wood and spray painting surfaces. But the thing about doing all of these is that it requires that little bit more effort. Like my team and I, we stayed up till 5am on concert day to finish what had to be done.
But all said and done, what mattered at the end was that we stuck to the end and we made it happen. So take advantage of every chance you have, because you never know!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
学华语
I think my love of Mayday will eventually lead to my Chinese actually improving- which is something quite amazing considering my lack of use of the language. ( I haven't properly read a Chinese essay since... my 'A' levels?)And it's all thanks to a Mayday lyrics website; With English translations no less! I think I can K the songs knowing what it means now. Finally. =)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Andante cantabile
by Tchaikovsky.
from wiki
Let music set you free.
from wiki
String Quartet No. 1 in D major was the first of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's three string quartets.
The melancholic Andante cantabile movement of the quartet has become famous, and was founded on a folk-song the composer heard whistled by a house painter. When the quartet was performed at a tribute concert to Leo Tolstoy, the author was said to have been brought to tears by this movement.
The quartet was premiered in Moscow on 16/28 March 1871, with an ensemble consisting of Ferdinand Laub and Ludvig Minkus, violins; Pryanishnikov, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello [1]
Let music set you free.
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