如果旋律是灵魂， 词就是躯体。
去铸造躯体是个磨人的过程。是辛苦的快乐着。
一个躯体的价值最终是要给灵魂一个适合他它的位置。
让它用全新的生命去挥洒它的一切，去用生命替别人说话。
所以词赋予躯体也给予生命。
所以要当一个铸体人。并不简单。
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Today
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we Love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
by Jalaluddin Rumi
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we Love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
by Jalaluddin Rumi
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Music and passion
I think something truly amazing happens when you listen to music.
Like many, I am guilty of zoning out when listening to classical music but when you understand what the music is trying to convey, the piece takes on a whole new meaning. This probably explains why a piece which you might not have liked at first becomes one of your favourite piece the more you practice. You simply understood more of it.
If there is something I've learnt of life it is this - that we are afraid of that which we do not understand.
Ok with the preamble over,enjoy the 20 min talk! It is worth every single minute,I assure you.
Like many, I am guilty of zoning out when listening to classical music but when you understand what the music is trying to convey, the piece takes on a whole new meaning. This probably explains why a piece which you might not have liked at first becomes one of your favourite piece the more you practice. You simply understood more of it.
If there is something I've learnt of life it is this - that we are afraid of that which we do not understand.
Ok with the preamble over,enjoy the 20 min talk! It is worth every single minute,I assure you.
Monday, July 20, 2009
i want a piece of the apple...
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.
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, 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!
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