My University Sanctuaries
Living a busy university student's life is hard. It's important to find personal sanctuaries to release ones emotions and stress.
At universty: I usually sneak into the music department to use their music practice rooms. If I'm quite lucky, I won't get caught. If I'm lucky I find an empty piano room. If I'm really lucky I get to use this room (picture below) the room with 2 grand pianos - a Yamaha and a Steinway and Son grand piano. If the moons and stars are aligned and I'm extremely lucky, I get to use the ultimate, most expensive and biggest Steinway and Sons grand piano located in the concert hall - without being chased around by security guards. Nothing beats playing/banging/expressing oneself with music during dark times. I've had a few PHD music lecturers coming in to ask me whether I'm interested to join the University of Manchester Orchestra team but only to their dismay to find that I don't even study music. At least they respected my piano playing and let me carry on with my session without reporting me. =P
Outside university: Nothing like mahjong sessions to liven' up ones day. Been attending lessons from aunties every Thursdays - these aunties really crack me up. On a bad day, I'll lose and drown my sorrows in beer. One a good day, I win and get pleasure from watching aunties make horrible faces when they are forced to drink beer. Either way - takes my mind of university.
[It was a good night...]
7 Comments:
eh, where did my previous comment gone to?
anyway, can't believe you're one of the people who plays music by ear and don't have any black n white grades in music!
vss3t: i CAN play music by ear, but not as good as i used 2... i used 2 be able 2 tell u every single note u play on da keyboard without even lookin'... =P i DO learn piano up till grade 8, but then i realise learnin piano n classical songs was not fun, it was much more fun 2 improvise... if i managed 2 sneak into da music department again i'll recond some of my improvisiations on camera n post on youtube again k? =P
OMGGGGGGGG
you were wearing the shirt that i gave you!!! and you were playing mahjonggggggggggggggggggggg!!!
=P
hui ling: actually my sis is wearing it... n y cant i play mahjong?
ceh....tot you DONT even have any grades one...*rising my right hand up!* me lo. but i'm a lousy piece of shit lah. hiak hiak! my left n right doesn't syncronize, so gave up!
yeah yeah, must put in youtube k!
=D
teehee! can't wait!
the aunties agree uninamously that it was just beginner luck =p
vss3t: trust me, learnin piano has nothing 2 do wif improvising... u should see me playin da piano blindfolded... BWAHAHAHA! =P
sister: doesnt change da fact i won... =P
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