My exams are finally over. Two weeks of studying, two weeks of testing and now , two months of holidays.

I went to see Toyota Classics last night. With the Italian Orchestra Citta di Firenze.

Waiting in the car driving to the International Convention Centre. The night lights sort of synchronize to the Vanessa Mae CD we have in our stereo. Nothing else but that, and the sound of our car.

It was raining lightly and the splatters of raindrop seems like ice cracking. But the cloudless night sky made it seem like an impossible event to be raining. I was very excited for this is my first time to spectate a live orchestra. And from Italy!

We took the shutter service to the Centre as we waved goodbye to our parents who drove my sister and I there. People in black ties and coats and pretty dresses were everywhere. There was an old couple dressed like they were going to see a safari, but I guess its their way of interpreting music as exciting as a safari.

As we walked the red carpet, ushers in black coats greeted us good evening. Everyone was smiling. That liven up the mood of the evening. We took some pictures at the refreshment hall. It was a huge hall for just refreshments.

The orchestra was simple magical. Everything so together, so sound and so lively. The tenor was even more magical to be able to sing louder than an orchestra. Playing classics composed in Italy and some traditional Bruneian music arranged for orchestra.

Even the percussionist was full of emotions during the concert. Playing the triangle like it was a serious job. I took a picture with him and got his auto graph at the end.

AND ….

Today I took my Grade 5 Theory exam. It had such easy question. But I think thats because I did alot and alot of past years.

On the way back, the sky was like a still picture of godly clouds. Extreme details such like marble on one side and on the other, with proneness of rain. The sky is beautiful.Music Is beautiful.

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Lost his arms from an accident at age 10, Liu Wei from Beijing never gives up living strong. He managed to do everything with his feet and started to learn to play piano at age 19. His dream is to become a musician. He just turned 23 and he won the China’s Got Talent Show on Oct. 10, 2010. In the final, he played piano and sang the song “You Are Beautiful”, perhaps his vocal is not the best render of this song, but the power and inspiration of his zest for life won him the final. Bravo! Liu Wei’s motto is,”I have two options – I can die as fast as possible, or I can live a brilliant life. And I chose the latter.” Congrats to Liu Wei!

Liu Wei’s quotes:

“To me, there are 3 things can not be missed in life – air, water and music.”

“There are only 2 paths in my life for me – either to die as fast as possible, or to live as brilliant a life as I could.”

“I don’t feel that I am that different from other people. Normally everyone is used to do everything with one’s hands so your hands are more flexible. There is no rule saying that you can’t do things with your feet.”

“A man should be responsible to his dreams. My dream is to become a great musician.”

“I know if I want to do it better than other people, I have to put in more efforts”

On the note he wrote on the paper in this clip, it says’”
Walk on, at least I have a pair of perfect legs.”

His mother said in the clip,”Sometimes his legs would cramp, he couldn’t put any strength on them. He has worked harder than normal people.”

here are lots of books and articles out there about perfectionism, but they are all a little biased. Specifically, they all deal with how not to be a perfectionist. That’s all fine and dandy, but what about all those poor underrepresented souls who want some advice on how to become a more perfect perfectionist? Well, click here.

I came across Dr.Noa Kageyama’s website and blog. I found it extremely helpful in many many ways and I”m extremely sure it will help many budding musicians. And it gives you many ways to become “The Bullet Proof” permission.

I’ve received kind permissions from Dr.Noa Kageyama to post small snippets from his webpage. Be sure to check it out!!!

“You can’t do better than you can do.” -Neal Newman, Ph.D.

I’ve recently watch two programs on Discover Bio.

The first was the biography of Lang Lang. Tho I have already read both his biographies, I was always eager to see a documented version of his biography.

He demonstrated what the road to being a pianist would most definitely be like. He also lit another flame of inspiration in me.

The second one was a documentary about 5 Prodigies.

The first prodigy , is Alex Prior. Already an establish composer from England. He was commissioned to write a Concerto for four prodigies.

Michael Province for Violin, Simone Porter for Violin, Nathan Chan for Violin and last but not least, Zhang Xiao Ming A.K.A Jack, on the piano.

It was an extremely insightful documentary on how these people both experienced and inexperience rise and made their debut.