Every night I look forward to do something really enjoyable after work. Like my violin classes every Monday night. Teacher said I have been making progress, eventhough I have only been practising once a week, which is like the last final minutes before my class starts haha. And teacher said I learn very fast.
I guess it proves to say that I’m really talented *smug*.
Hey just imagine, if I really practiced everyday, I can be the worldest classiest violinist. Currently, teacher has been giving me these retarded Chinese pop songs to play. No challenge at all. Maybe I shouldn’t study pop violin, I should go for classical violin course. Take exams. Get a cert and go teach. It is very hard to find violin teachers nowadays, I’m sure there is a demand for them.
My teacher inspires me too. I like watching him play the violin, and everytime he does it, I tell myself I want to be better than him. In some ways, I got hot-hot chicken shit also on violin playing. I took it up for the wrong reason. I took it up because I adored Wang Lee Hom, then, and he knew how to play the violin and the piano. So I wanted to be like him. But when I stopped adoring and started hating him, I was lost as to why should I even continue violin playing. Sure, I’ve bought the violin… sure I’ve signed up for a month course but I had no reason to continue.
And now, my teacher is my inspiration, and he taught me many many things about the violin which I didn’t know. I used to look at a violin as a violin, but now I look at it as a beautiful musical instrument.
That’s life isn’t it? Just when you thought that you know everything, along comes a person who will make you realize and show you that there is so much more beauty in this world that you wouldn’t have noticed in the first place.
Also, my teacher has a wicked sense of humour like he will say, "… look at this chord, this can end on 5th right…. or is it…. hmmmm….?" and trails off with a mysterious tone of voice.
Apart from teacher, listening to songs with violin or cello accompaniment, or violin solos, also motivates me to continue learning violin. Like songs by One Republic. They were made famous by Timbaland featuring them in the song Apologize. Even in the song Apologize, you can hear the intro by a cello and a bass violin. And the same can be said for all their songs in their album "Dreaming Out Loud". I love the album, all the tracks are very good. If they hold a concert in Singapore, I will definitely go.
I have been addicted to exercising as well. Scientifically, exercising makes you spurt more endorphins. Emotionally, exercising makes you happy. Financially, exercising makes no difference. One visit to the gym was enough to set me fired up in wanting to sign a 3 years membership with California Fitness. Their nearest gym is just 1 MRT stop away from where I stay and there is also another outlet just walking distance from where I work. I had a one month trial membership so I am going to try until the trial expires then…. err… see how. A few thousand dollars for a bloody gym membership is unnecessary expenditure, really. I can bring that money home and let my parents shop till they drop. Buy whatever they want. Then seeing them happy is priceless.
Actually, local community centres here provide gym facilities too, at the cost of $2 per entry, no need to sign up any membership whatsoever. You get the same gym equipments as those private ones. Of course the slack part is you don’t have showers, saunas, personal trainer, lockers and towels la. But the equipments are as well maintained.
Last weekend, I was back at KL. My main intention was to be in the ‘zone’ of election campaigning. Turned out that my zone was pretty dead. All the exciting actions only took place at ‘hot’ areas like SS2 and Lembah Pantai. Even Puchong saw the visit of Anwar Ibrahim. So I painted my house in protest. Orange colour. My next door neighbour, who was an Indian, was fed up with the ruling coalition as well, especially Samy Vellu.
Even so, I could still see the ceramah like I am there, as they are many many video uploads of those ceramahs at Malaysiakini.tv or YouTube. I particularly like Haris Ibrahim’s speech at SS2 and one of his lines that struck me was,
My friends, Dr Chia mentioned just now, 50 acts to amend the constitution introducing 700 amendments… this is OUR document! They took an oath, every time an MP enters parliament he takes an oath of office. What does he say?
I swear to defend, uphold and preserve the constitution.
BN has been dismantling our document SYSTEMATICALLY, in the process taking away our rights, in the process taking away our constitutional institutions… we have been sitting back and allowing this to go on for too long, why?
Jangan…don’t get involveeeee…. (laughter from crowd)
ISA……
They, they hope we will continue to fear. And as long as we fear, they will rule the day.
and
Now, I think it was late last year November, Gerakan at assembly, suggested to Pak Lah, maybe it’s time for us to move away from race based politics.
What did he say?
"Nation not yet ready." (laughter from crowd)
He don’t want us ever to be ready…. alright? As long as they can continue to maintain their race based politics, they will continue to divide us… they will continue to divide the economic pie. UMNO will say, this bahagian we want to give to our people, you don’t ask how we divide, OSA.
(laughter from crowd)
And that is all I have to say.
violin one+republic california+fitness election haris+ibrahim gerakan umno
