Just got back from YO.. I don't regret going for it at all. Played Shostakovich Suite from "The Gadfly", Op. 97a today.. it was beautiful. I can't even begin to describe it. When we came to mvt 7, it was so slow and melancholic, it wraps you into the mood of it. And yeah, you really feel it. Like what Mr Lim said, "it's just you and the music.." yeah. It really was. I like it when music such as this transports you away from the reality and bring you into another world, a world more beautiful, more soulful, than the one we're living in now.. it's like living again...

On a lighter note, I got this from Ting's blog! hmm.. don't mind yeah girl? Thought I would share this one. It's so sweet and meaningful.

"On the street I saw a small girl,
cold and shivering in a thin dress,
with little hope of a decent meal.
I became angry and said to God,
"Why do you permit this?
Why don't you do something about it?"
For a while, God said nothing.
That night, He replied quite suddenly,
'I certainly did do something
about it. I made you.'" -taken from Habitat for Humanity website

I think sometimes we're too caught up in the misery within us, we fail to see the misery around, fail to realise the purpose of our living. Yeah.... I don't wanna go through life thinking only about myself, my job etc. And when we look back on it, we haven't really lived a life! That would be one life wasted. Yeah, so what if one win medals, got that promotion, made so much money it could last generations.. it's all for yourself. The world won't lose anything if you were gone. It wouldn't have made any difference... but everyone gravitates towards working for their own survival. And when it one think about it, it's like we're all living in our own bubble, occasionally merging our little bubble with someone else's, someone whom we know and then floating off alone again. The world becomes so cold and distant. I wish I knew my aunt more. I wish everyone knew her more. If there were so many of her, we wouldn't have to find solace in music, seek a better world in the music... But what's gone is gone and she's never coming back. She was such a great lady, one of the very few selfless people I know. And I don't easily bestow respect on anyone, but she has my utmost respect. For her courage, her faith, her lovingkindness, her selflessness, her ability to love everyone around her...

Watched Desperate Housewives yesterday! And I actually learned something from the show! "The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Even if you hate someone it means you still have feelings for him.." Bree actually said that to her son! That's cool! and when you think about it, it's so true! hmm.. food for thought everyone!