FASHIONABLYYYY LAAATTEEEEE! Pardon my tardiness, but this was certainly unintended. The last week of 2009 and the first of 2010 saw me busy co-working on a project for a competition, of which was due on the 8th of January. The final product would not be uploaded online unless we win the competiton, but do drop me an email if you’d like to view it (:
Looking back at 2009, I marvel at the Lord’s grace and providence. He had brought through everything that came flying my way, and somehow I got out of it unscathed. In 2009, I
1.Bought Murray the Marigaux
2. Wrote my first 6000-word research paper
3. Did a 45-minute solo oboe recital
4. Got my driving license (!!!!)
5. Graduated with a second upper honours degree
6. Went to Germany, France, Italy and Austria for the first time
7. Visited the graves of Bach in Leipzig, Bizet and Chopin in Paris, and Stravinsky in Venice.
8. Walked the streets that Vivaldi walked, visited the place that used to be his house, and the place he used to be buried
9. Played a baroque oboe
10. Volunteered voluntarily at a hospice for the first time
That’s quite a lot of things to be thankful for!
I can’t believe almost half of January’s gone. 2010 will indeed be an eventful year. Here are some of the more important events:
1. Removal of all four (!!!) wisdom teeth, and three others to put in braces
2. LTCL Piano diploma exam
3. Planning, writing about and performing in a Baroque concert which will take place next year
4. Re-learning the oboe after putting on braces, or learning the recorder for the period of time that I cannot play the oboe
5. Learning and recording a neo-Baroque recorder sonata by Michael Talbot
Sounds daunting, doesn’t it?
Knowing I have the support from loved ones, friends, readers worldwide and a dear lecturer,
I have the confidence to fight the good fight, and finish the race.
Bring it on, 2010!
After all, “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” -Psalm 118:6