Sometimes I think I am not a cultured person at all. I know nothing about drama and playing music. Yet nowadays I have a craving to learn to any kind of musical instrument so I know what I do at times when I feel down or bored. Actually, at first I never thought of playing guitar. The first instrument that I wanted to learn is drum. I find it really cool to hit it with such a great rythme. If you have watched the performance made by the strikeforce (one of my church ministry), you will know what I mean. But drum is not practical as you need to maintain it and not easy to practice as well. One set of drums can be quite costly and the noise it produce may invite complaints from your neighbours.
And then I thought of playing piano as I have learned in the past and know how to read the notes and play the key. But piano notes are not easy to look for and it is pretty tough to play and practice when the notes get complicated. Besides, you can only practice it at home and play it to yourself.
So I choose to play guitar. Guitar chords are easily obtainable online and the music are mainly those that are popular and those I normally like to listen to (pop, rock, classic). You will play better when you know the song well yourself. Guitars are more affordable and portable and so I can play at anywhere at my own leisure time. Guitar is also great for group gathering where you can play and your friends can sing along. This certainly helps to bond each other...a way to socialise with your friends without much talking ya?
Today I had my first and probably the one and only lesson with Chongyu (above) on playing guitar. Thank God Chongyu is a patient and great teacher, for bearing with me for all the wrong tunes and mistakes I had made. We both went to choose my guitar at a shop at the Paradiz Centre. The shop owner was very nice to us and gave me lots of discounts. I guess I have made quite a good bargain. Thank you Uncle! :p
Together with Huiling, we went to SMU benches and start strumming and pressing the strings. It was not easy for me at first as my hands are quite robotic and stiff. But as time goes and after much practices, I finally catch the skill and improve so much more than before. At least I earn some praises for my strumming! Chongyu also show off his skill by playing a few of the songs...it is really enjoying in this way, the three of us sitting together in a small circle and drowning in our own world of music...haha...
After the guitar lesson, we join our friends to watch the Lake House. It certainly worth every single penny you spent on your movie ticket for it! (Though mine is a blessing from Manling who won her GV voucher and gave it to me... :P) A love story that tells about two persons, two years apart, to fall in love with each other simply through their communication by mails. I wonder if I can ever write like them too. The movie really moves your tears even though you can expect what is coming next. It is just a simple classic romantic love movie. But yet it makes you want to be like the stars inside too.
It really makes me wonder if I have the faith and the courage to go into another relationship like them...and I know when I can, I will love the person with all that I can so he will the happiest person on earth. The book "Persuasion" by Jane Austin was mentioned in the movie and I wonder if love is really worth waiting for. I had thought myself of waiting for someone I truly love, even knowing I am no longer in his heart. Yet I choose to give up now, not because you no longer love that person, but simply you love him too much. I remeber the lyrics from Jay Chou's song "An Jing (Quiet)" where the last part of the song interprets as "I choose to give you up because I love you so much". Sometimes you just want to make sure the person you love and the person who loves him is much better than you so you know someone great is taking care of him. Sometimes you just want to know that his life is much happier than yours. A bit stupid way of thinking, isn't it?
But probably different people have different values on their relationships...I only know now is not the right time for me to think about all these stuffs and that I believe what God has planned for me for His vision is much greater than mine. So until that time when I met the person He has prepared for me, I will focus on my own studies, my walk with Him, my knitting, sketching and my guitar...
"Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." - Philippians 1:6
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