MusICian

i shall start off by declaring that i’m now stuck in the central library till i either finish my essay or they chase me out! haha. just finished watching ‘enter the dragon’ by bruce lee for my film and history module. so many stereotypes! shall comment on that in my group forum instead of here. went for dinner with zong geng, and we chat about loads of stuff. we talked about how difficult it is to find some good friends in our faculty, and it’s not because the people in our faculty are stuck up. it’s just how our faculty works! we take such a wide variety of modules that we seldom meet some friends who we see all the time. and it’s tough to keep in contact with friends from previous modules because we’re just so busy with our own other modules.

that’s why an ECA in university really helps! it sure helped big time for me and zong geng; we made many friends there whom we see every practice. well, ok, not every single practice. these friends of ours, regardless of faculty, have seen us through thick and thin in our music making and also in our outside lives. we wouldn’t have otherwise made these friends if we didn’t join NUSWS.

and we talked about forgiving someone. we both know it takes a bigger heart to forgive someone, and the person who forgives also is the person who has learnt to let go. and to let go is to gain more freedom! haha, so philosophical, right? but it’s true. and i realised how much courage it must’ve taken me to forgive that incident with my ex. and i feel glad about it, because i really feel so much less burdened after that! that was long ago anyway.

my friend’s become so different from the person i knew from the very first NUSWS welcome tea i’ve attended. so… enlightened! i’m glad that my friend is happy now with the way he lives his life. that is truly very important.

another meaningful incident yesterday brought me to realise how much my friend cares about how i felt. this is a different friend (in case readers are confused), and this friend has been like a big brother to me. gave me loads of opportunities to improve my skills, let me try the Eb clarinet, got me the opportunity to use one of the finest instruments i never dreamt i’d touch! he said sorry to me. he was sorry that i was upset because playing the Eb clarinet caused me to lose my original embouchure, and hence tone, on the Bb clarinet. yup, it’s true that i was upset, but frankly, i have never blamed my friend. i am, in fact, still thankful that he let me try out on the Eb, as this proved to be a major milestone in my music learning; to cope with the changing of embouchure! i will eventually balance out my playing and become a better and more versatile clarinettist, and many thanks to my friend for providing these opportunities for me and paving the otherwise rocky road with his genuine generosity and big heart. i’m really touched to have a friend like you!

if only every one of us can just take that extra little effort to make someone happy! i question that and i ask that of myself. there is nothing quite as precious as love and friendship, and i don’t mean love only in the relationship sense. interpersonal relationships are built on such wonderful little feelings. make this extra effort to please your loved ones today! it may simply be a verbal ‘thank you’ or a simple pat on the back (don’t molest hor). just let them know you care, and you will realise how much impact that little action will make on yours and their lives

spread the love, my friends

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