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Ramblings of a Sleep-Deprived Caffeine Addict

I have no idea why you bother reading but don't stop X)

musical thots...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 9:25 PM

Well, i was thinking of writing this post a little later in the future but a few encouraging words from a certain wife of mine *ahem farahin* stirred me to start typing. =)

The piano has been an ever-permanent presence in my life. Not that i'm bragging or anything but having an aunt who teaches piano & who is extremely close to my mom does have its 'consequences' you know. All my cousins & EVEN my bros play/have TRIED to play (my bros' case would be the latter) the piano so it wasn't a big deal to me. IN FACT until i went to primary school i assumed that everyone is required to play the piano, as if it's a natural stage of the infant's development. (piano & walking..hmm...doesn't make much sense to think about it now)

OK ok i'm not gonna bore you with my idiocy any longer but be succinct. Due to the EXTREME boredom of this holidays (stupid aused/starbucks..i'm thinking of going to kumon alred..; ~~the yr end sale hasn't started so no shopping~~ wifey informed me that it has started!! SHOPPING!!), i have to arrange some 'uncommon' activities into my schedule. When i say uncommon i mean hobbies/obligations that i've long stopped doing/fulfilling. Aside from reading, gym-ming (yes,i invented the word, any comments?), doing toefl practices & stuffing SAT vocab into this thick-head of mine, i've been flipping my NiHon-Go (jap language) books, reading manga online (back to otaku mode, OURAN HIGH SCHOOL ROXS HOST CLUB!!!!) annndddd playing the piano.

a tiny dedication to ohc,it's rare bcuz i have no fave character,lurv all of them,also,it made me larf like a nitwit in front of my pc X)

Lol, i think i digressed alot...AGAIN. Well, i was trying a few new pieces like La Campanella, some of Chopin's Etudes, Waltz & Nocturnes (yes i lurvvv Chopin) when i had this ineffable feeling...well..to put it in words, it's like the music was taking me where it wants me to go. Ok, i'm not going cuckoo here, it's actually very normal when you're playing a piece which you're very familiar with(i think), when you actually can close your eyes & just let your fingers go free, guided by the music & your emotions, yet the music that comes out is still perfect in dynamics & rhythm. (haha..i'm a romantic in heart) But it happened to me today when i was practicing on a couple of new pieces which i'm totally unfamiliar with. Well i stumbled here & there at the beginning (no surprises there) but when i reached the middle of the piece, i can actually sight-read faster(it was in a different variation so it's not the experience), as if the music was coaxing me to continue with the flow. Figuratively speaking of course. Sighs, i'm sure this will not make any sense, i don't really know exactly what i'm saying but, it's very very exhilarating. It's like feeling invisible i guess. (though i've never known what it feels like, its just me assuming that's what it feels like, but as you know my assumptions are ~~USUALLY~~ALWAYS wrong so...blablabla)

I will just stop rambling like an idiot.

Some pieces are awfully tough to overcome though. Overcome=When i can play the piece well. Or should i say my fingers are pathetic & useless.

Woah...i AM naggy. Better stop before this becomes a 5 page essay. If you know what i mean.

Bro's coming back in...2 hrs, midnight bus & i have the HONOUR to wait till then to disarm the alarm & unlock the door for him. Note the sarcasm.

Konbanwa
ash

ps: i have no idea how i passed the jap proficiency test. i can't make heads/tails of the grammar/vocab!!! The number '1' has at LEAST 10 ways to pronounce. And that's just '1'. DANG!

pps: cous Jo's bday this sun at Holiday Villa. The theme is purple. I dun have anything that is remotely close to purple. Shopping has to be brought forward. ------------------- WEEEE!!!!XD

ppps: bear with me. i heard this song from sue-ray's blog. lurvved the song for ages + lurvvv the video now= LOVE it to max. and yes, i teared a little. only a little. its the dust i tell you.