Thursday, June 17, 2010

continues

i'm quite crazy over music these days. i have a new software in my comp now. been searching and downloading new songs from it. now, i've had some of my favourites on my handphone. antaranya, gravity from glee and the korean series' theme song (coffee prince, their life) are my fav among the fav. besides, i'm also practicing my cantonese reading by singing cantonese songs.

wednesday, i went to my violin lesson. i went up to the classroom early cos my teacher wasn't there yet. i practice and warmed up. he came in and asked me to play the exam pieces. so, with some butterflies in my stomach, i play la. turns out, it sounded like another level, i can play smoothly and all the dynamics correct, even the parts that were difficult. my teacher said if this is the standard that i'm playing in the exam, i'll be sure to get a pass.
I wasn't practicing for the last 11 days out of 14 cos i was feeling pain around my arm for over practicing last time. so, i figured i should rest to relieve the pain and as a tactic to upgrade my playing skills. (before this, i have experience some improvements after a long break from playing the violin) for me, it's like miracle, man!
-really love music now. wish i could find an orchestra to get into later. I wonder whether kbu has a music club...

been to the book fair lately, once with family and once with my friends. even they say i'm fat.. haiz~ i've bough 榴莲公主 and 2 art and craft books. the 2 art craft books are for inspirations. can't wait to get digging when school starts for art and craft. and i've decided to order the missing 榴莲公主 series that i am collecting.^^

update

it's been long since i last send a status on fb or blog here... it juz din cross my mind to update anything. maybe i though there's nothing new what..

before i read every1's updated blog, i'd like to update mine first.
i've lose a little weight (judging from the reduction of fat meat on my body). i think it's because i've been driving lately, but still fat. quite hate the fat me though. yesterday i went to a photography studio to take a passport-sized photo, it's for my registration into kbu this week. the girl showed me the photo (on camera) , asked me whether i'm satisfied. i look fat la~ haiz~ but after 3 shots, i say 'ok la'. but i can deal with it, having an ugly photo for registration.

these few days, pa n mi was running around here n there to get me n teng's teeth done, to have braces. so far, we've been to 4 places to do so- 2 government hospital/ clinic, 2 private clinics. for the governments, we'll have to wait for 3 yrs to be call back, and to actually wear braces. the g-clinic said my case is very minor so i din get any 'refer' there. the 1st clinic said my teeth need nails which costs rm400 per nail. today, we went to a specialist clinic in damansara utama, the doc here said normal braces will do. once we decided to make my braces here, they do x-ray, few photograph on my teeth structure and also some 'marking thing' for them to mark my teeth structure. i felt stupid doing those. I had to bite a thingy, the assistant lock my head with the machine just to get one x-ray.. well, i'm going to get my braces next week. now that i've sentle here as where i'm doing braces, thanks for pa n mi's hard work for me n teng.

it's going to be long, better break it into 2 blog posts..

Thursday, June 3, 2010

violin!!

ha! long time no blog^^
I've got nag by my violin teacher for weeks about my lower bow and straight bowing techniques. got quite disappointed with myself after that lesson. that night, I was lying there , thinking of buying some book to improve my skills, maybe a violin for dummies book. So, I went on net to research about this book. then accidentally found this person, todd ehle, on youtube. He's a violin teacher for 20 yrs, probably teaching in a university too. got some tips to improve my straight bowing. He said that it's important to start with baby steps, do a million repetition to make techniques a habit. I guess i must have forgotten that before, almost like enlightenment. He also said that repetition are programming to muscles, that way, when you're in nervous or panic mode during exams or performance, the repetition helps you deliver.
went to the lesson this week, my teacher stop nagging about this issue anymore. after last week of research on youtube, it's like falling in love with violin all over again. well, it's more of regaining the passion i had for violin. bought a music stand yesterday! it's a good thing, right? to research abt these things since i'm already a music teacher now. I've practice like almost everyday since last wednesday (during the one week interval between weekly lessons), I felt some pain in my arm, wrist and neck, especially that 'mark' there which every violinist has, a little over-dutied them i guess. But they're not injured so don't worry. I'm stopping the practice until saturday or sunday ...

i've installed a new software in my pc lately. got crazy with k-songs now, no need to go to k-box for karaoke ^^. ya! and, i'm sharpening my driving skills lately, fetch wan teng back from school almost everyday. i'll keep it short, bye for now.