Wondering why i am not blogging?
Wondering why i am not online as usual at night?
Wondering why i didn't reply your msn msg?

Haha! Jodi Picoult and ELB-01 (my new pet) kept me very busy on weekdays.

This is my new pet. I spent $3k on this precious. It is of so high technology (as compared to my EL-17) that i haven't manage rip off its mysterious aura. I have never mentioned once in my blog about my secret hobby. I did not buy this out of whim. I did not suddenly develop interest in electone. My good old EL-17 was with me for more than 10 years, meaning i started this hobby since i was 10?

I do not remember how i get in touch with music. Perhaps, by chance. All i remembered was my grandfather likes music too. Not professional kind but leisure. So he bought a keyboard, and i get to mess around with it. No, i am not like beethoven being able to compose out of nothing. I managed to get a few piano scores from my primary school and slowly decipher the 'tou kays' (aka notes) by myself. I dunno how i do it but i just did it. Being not well to do and no signs of inheriting 'music' interest from my parents, it was a straight no to any music school. On one fine day of my primary school life, a walk with my grandfather leaded me to those PAP under the HDB flats. Streams of music seeped through from the gaps of those old aluminium window panels. We peeked in. I got so amazed and when my grandfather asked if i wanted to learn, i said yes. The early days of my music learning was sponsored by my grandfather. It was expensive!

Why electone but not piano? I have no idea. Haha. I went to the nearest community center by myself and told the receptionist i wanted to learn keyboard. Keyboard was what i saw in the PAP classes. To my surprise, my first lesson was presented on two keyboards. So it just carried on. I am not talented in music. I am just interested. I had taken my grades from 13 to 6. Oh, Yamaha has a strange way of electone grades progression. Grade 13 is the lowest and 1 is the highest. Don't ask me why. Ask the Japs. After i completed grade 6, i stopped playing for a few years. Hmm, stop is strong word to use. Actually, i played the most during my relapse. It made me feel better. I have no idea how i could read the scores during those times. Basically, i play when i am upset and depressed. My brother would pop his head in if i played my electone, wondering if anything wrong with me. Haha. Now, i played it almost everynight. Grade 5 is no joke, really. It's freaking tough!

My EL-17 did not fail me for once. Now it is with her new owner, my cousins. I always grow attachment to things i have. It ached me to think that i had to scrape my EL-17 initially.

Enough of my new pet. There are other things like i mentioned in previous entry to keep me that busy. My brother said i am bo liao to make myself so busy. But i said it make me sane from his errentic working hours. At least i am paying to enjoy not like i pay school fees to suffer. LOL now, on top of what i am taking, i have driving lesson to go. And yes, i am done and over with my BTT and FTT! I am not really inclined to drive, just learn lo... so that i get to drive the car when the man is tired and when he's out of town.

Oh, LeeHom's concert is tomolo!!!! Yipee!!!

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10/31/2008 11:58:00 AM