nurturing a student is not just teaching them grading songs but to expose them to more genres of music, other musicians, and other conductors' styles. plus survival in these challenging songs will make them grow quickly. this time round, PA concert's songs are super challenging to ruan. but also means a lot of learning and growing in sight reading, techniques and musicianship.

teaching should be always beyond the classroom setting. learning from everyone, things and experiences around you.

the acting doll

merry christmas to 10 years of friendship with NAS buddies.
Had great laughter at Tampines safra mindcafe....

Time flies. and this is another christmas which marks the end of 2009.
life might be different or the same for next year, who knows.
but i am graduating which means the pitstop of education,
hope everything will be fine.

a nice gathering with unifriends...and delicious dinner prepared by me.
hehe...always wanted something interesting or fine dinning at home.
first time trying to do this setup. very happy.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

short but finally realised trip. all thanks to dear denys and egi for the planning and driving. it is cool and smooth if not without you all. thanks. i enjoy a lot. last semester of university life and that means we are approaching another phase of life. hope we all still keep in touch and enjoy each other companionship.

i cant shop alone. i went IKEA this morning and spent $500+ dollars on couch and boxes and new stuff to decorate my room for the festive seasons. suppose to buy things for the uni-frz dinner but end up...buying room decor and couch...

but the couch i want it all along since i bought the loaf bed. think this year christmas would be a cosy one.

they have nice songs, nice jokes but the best part is the meaningful stories that make me rethink about what i am doing now...

Old monk instruct young monk to go downhill to the well to bring up 2 full buckets of water. And he did as told, but didnt realise that the buckets had a small holes, hence the buckets brought back to the temple were always not full. And young monk had to get some scolding...and old monk ask him to go carry again. he did it repeatedly with an unpleasant feeling...then one day old monk told him to look around the track that he walked everyday to carry water. and young monk realise that beautiful flowers grew all over the track that he carried those water. the leak water nourish the plants and make them grew.

Moral: sometime we do things without reasons, but if we know is good then we must do. we might not know one day success might be at the doorsteps.


2nd story:
boy's hand is stuck in the flower vase. Mother of the boy tried to pull the hand out of the expensive vase but wasnt able to, hence she had to break the vase to free the hand. the hand of the boy wasnt hurt at all. the boy clench the fist. the boy is holding to 1 dollar coin. and that is the reason why the hand cannot come out of the vase.

Moral: sometime in life, we held on to little things, and at the end lost more important and major things or opportunity...

best friends...dinning at fave TCC.

ouch! i cant enjoy my dear holidays with such unknown incident happening. snacking at night..suddenly shoulder and neck felt so uncomfortable. the next morning is worst when i cant even brush hair with the shampoo. OMG. my fault- nv seek doctor immediately and went on to watch the stupid New Moon. that night it worst- i cant move. thanks to buddy jh, he introduce me this TCM at upper paya lebar. Went there...to my horror the medic just move and twist my hand like nobody business, then he started doing acupuncture and ba guan...my first time.scared the hell of me...and i have to keep biting my right hand. omg....but at least after everything...i feel much better now.