Ramblings

Sorry if I get too detailed in my ramblings.. will not talk to YQ till end of week, so may as well..

Eva said she has heard I'm going to 2 schools, and practise violin alot. She was wondering how I have the time. (Ha,she was also probably thinking, if I practise violin so much, how come my violin is still so bad, grin.)

I get this all the time. When people hear that I'm taking fulltime Swedish,MBA, learning violin and golf as well, that inevitable question will come. Got used to it. But hor, if u really think about it:

Learning violin and swedish dosent take much effort, seriously. Violin, I always find it as a good break when I'm sick of studying. Just pick it up and play a few tunes. Some people play computer games for relaxation, I play the violin. And half an hour a day for relaxation is not much isnt it? Swedish, that isnt much homework, its easy to do if u are attentive in class anyway. Classes are only 4 times a week, 5-6hrs each time (and we end early sometimes) , there's still the other half of the day/week. The only struggle is having to wake up for an 8am class. MBA is of course taxing- readings, homework and discussions to do. That means sacrificing the weekends, less TV at night. But seriously , u dun need every single weekend to finish your homework. And vice versa, u dun need to travel every single weekend. So, there is really that much time, isnt it? Plus u enjoy it, why not?!

Anyway, back to violin. Eva expressed her concerns at progressing to Suzuki bk 2, because she said its quite technical with pizzicato and all, and she dosent usually teach her students till after they are 3-4 yrs at violin. (So YJ, it looks like I wun be able to catch up with u! :)) I asked Eva when can I start learning vibrato, i see her doing it all the time. Surprisingly, she taught me the basic practices to start off with, yeah! I think she's finding it very difficult to explain to me in English now that we are getting technical. She starts rattling off in Swedish with the hope that I will understand sometimes, ha. Its abit paisei, our lessons always end up being close to an hour instead of the scheduled half hour, so I wanted to pay for an hour. She said she dosent mind because she has the passion to teach. I believe that. I found some rock music scores on the table, and was so surprised to find out that it belonged to her. She plays with the rock band for fun, on top of her commitments to the Karlskrona orchestra. Last wkend, she went to play for some old folks' home. That's passion.

Was checking my company emails today. We are supposed to take turns to write minutes for the weekly VP meeting, and I saw my name rostered in June 08, had a good laugh over it. But it was really heartwarming to know I'm still remembered.