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Dinah (Soprano) and Daron (toto bears) in action...

Well, I love the words "well, actually, nothingness, blow over, ardent yearning for cloudburst, and the list goes on." Another recital down, and hell knows how many more I'll have next semester. One thing for sure, I can't wait to have MY OWN! I am not through with playing for others yet, no worries. I still enjoy playing for people! But I want to feel having my own thing. It's different, totally = this word is lame. Let's have a chronological sequence of the whole evening. May be boring but here is how my evening went. I started getting ready at 4 pm, showered for 15 minutes, ironed clothes and stuff. Amazingly, I still had time to chat and surf the internet. Wished I was actually surfing the sea, rather than going on cyberspace doing
bullshit. Just noticed that the pictures are a little too big. My friend is trying to talk to my in Thai right now but he's not making any sense at all. I forget to mention that the picture on the above is me with my newest wardrobe purchase, a barong straight from the Philippines. I paid a fortune out of that, and just found out that a really good friend of mine bought one today for 98% less of what I paid. Now, this is Dinah, who is graduating this year and who is also getting married. I salute this girl for her energy to handle so many big things in a week. The recital started out with the stopping of the rain and the still cool air that lingered at the nave of the church. People floated in like clouds, sesuai dengan the theme of the recital: "I wandered lonely as a cloud." Dinah first sang her four songs, starting off with William Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a Cloud." Followed by a German song by Schubert, and
then a Handel's piece, entitled "Oh, had I Jubal's Lyre." That piece is challenging, but Dinah executed it effortless, with all the ongoing, cascading, waterfalling runs. Man, she showed off how much time she's dedicated in perfecting the song. Next was a French song, entitle "Chanson Triste," which I messed up a little because I started the song in G flat minor when it's supposed to be E flat major, most didn't notice, thankfully. Next, were her solo pieces. She did four pieces, and man am I proud of her, proud of her enthusiasm of learning the pianoforte. She came to Mission College with minimal knowledge of the keyboard, but tonight she's shown that she has progressed a million miles. I just am so proud and admire those who really put their time and effort in making something happen, making something work. I shouldn't be writing this with this fabulous post, sorry it may be a little lengthy, but I have to fill in the spaces in between these pictures. I am through with people who keep complaining of the misfortunes they have and even though they have the power to change, they refuse to take any, and
i mean, ANY action whatsoever. Okay, a shift in topic, this is a picture of Gerald, my piano teacher, as well as Dinah's, and our vocal teacher, Tanya Anderson. I'm gonna miss all these music events we have every year, since I was here, almost three years ago.

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Anonymous said…
Hi Toto Bear :) Keep the action going... Love reading your blog. So gila and deep at times. Reminds me of my own time back in the 1890's... Hehe.

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