All Glory and PRAISE to JESUS!~!

I've been waiting for a week to post this ....

I just want to testify to all of you out there who don't know Jesus or believe in Him personally that He is real!He is alive ! He is watching over you! HE LOVES YOU more than anybody could!!!

Of course that's the conclusion of my story .. it all began after i attended the 2 days music kids seminar on 13-14 february last 2 weeks ago. I went downstairs in Yamaha Kelana Jaya to look for the dean of Yamaha Academy of Arts and Music (my future college) to set a date and time for an audition so i can register to enter school this semester .

Our conversation went pretty dull as she was confused and blur as to whether me , being a Yamaha contracted teacher , can study and work at the same time or not . So she told me she needed to ask the people (my seminar instructor) to confirm , and so happen Loretta walked pass us and she questioned her . Loretta was very encouraging and diplomatic at the same time , trying not to get us all into trouble and kept telling her that it was she who recommended me to come to Academy to study . Anyway , the conclusion from the conversation was the dean would call me and let me know the outcome and arrange an audition time . That's to enter the Foundation program or course , because i have failed my Fundamental 5 exam last Nov . (and i got a good scolding from Loretta because of that! heheh)

And so after a few days of worry and prayers , on Friday the 17th the dean called me and informed me to go for an audition the following Tues morning at 10am . She told me to prepare 2 pieces of repertoire and the rest would be sight singing etc ... Then so i went home and with the next couple of days being so busy refurnishing my room and the whole weekend being used up , i totally had no time to practice improvisation or study for theory placement test on tuesday . Then on Monday afternoon when i was on the way back from 1 Utama , the dean called to save my life!

She asked if i can come the following monday (27th) instead for the audition because it's been postponed . I was overjoyed and relieve to hear that ! Boy , God must've answered prayers really fast ... i just prayed that God let your will be done . I mean , hey it's only an audition for the Foundation program ...they just wanna see my standard of music skills , so no stress!!

After the phone call .... i received an sms immediately from my teacher (mr phua) giving an even splendid news! He said that Pok(sounds familiar??) has talked to the dean and they both agree that if i pass the audition then they'd let me skip Foundation year and go through to Diploma 1 straight away . Most probably Pok would audition me. He then continued by asking me to practice more and practice improvisation , singing and repertoire and warned me not to miss my last opportunity to go straight to diploma . I was trully touched and glad at the same time but also filled with unnecessary stress and pressure again!

Oh gosh i had the most busy next few days of my life before the family Cameron Highlands trip on fri-sun . I practiced improvisation and singing like some mad dog sitting on my electone for hours without moving my butt ! I even played while standing because i sat on the chair until it was so sweaty and sticky ! When i had my last class with Mr Phua , we both just sat down and recap the Gd 5 improvisation and after that class i thought i was a loser AGAIN! My playing was sucky ,how to pass the audition!?? That's when i started my next busy days .. ahahahha .... At the same time at night i prayed and thank God for His love to me .. i often thought ,

"What did i do to deserve such help and love from Him ? What did i do to deserve such help from people whom i hardly knew .. (Pok i mean) i mean , he could be just doing my teacher a favour ... but am i really taht worthy to deserve it ? "

I stopped practising and proceeded with a not too bad Cameron Highlands trip with my family ... and came back only at 5+pm on Sunday evening feeling drouzy and feverish . I felt even more pressurised when Mr phua sms-ed me again to remind me to sleep early so that my singing and hearing won't be affected and asking me what time is my audition and stuffs . I know he's being nice , but i got even more scared after that sms! Thanks to the change of weather also , i felt so sick that after doing my last few practises i dropped dead at 10pm sharp!

And so the next day waking up at 8+am i drove to Kelana Jaya and reached there at 9 30am sharp . Hoping that someone would come upstairs to the studios and entertain me , there was no one related to the Academy there ... instead they were just people i knew but not related to my case . So , i barged downstairs to their office and knocked the door down and at 10 15 am i finally managed to catch them . The dean made me do the theory placement test immediately and while doing it , my handphone was vibrating like as if it was going to explode! Everyone was so concern about my audition ....

At 11am this malay lady from the office called me and asked me to go upstairs for my audition . I thought that Pok must be here already . And in state of shock i went upstairs through the back staircase and when i reached upstairs , there i saw him .. Pok .. with his casual clothes and friendly wave and smile , i could not help but wave back at him . Yes , he was walking towards the studio to audition me . WIthout hesitation , i dropped my bag on the corridor chair and walked straight into the toilet . HAahhaah

While peeing , i even prayed my last prayer! ahhahaaha .... So after the toilet episode , i went into the studio and immediately Pok asked me to play my 2 repertoires ... i was like

"alah! why? Why not after all the other subjects only play for u to hear!??"

Anyway i started playing and Pok already started making me comfortable by striking small small converstaions and stuffs ... After my 1st song , because of a slight mistake here and there my right leg was literally shaking till it could rock by itself i tell you! I was like "hey! Stop shaking , why are you so scared!?"

Then i proceeded with Let IT Be from The Beatles and after playing , Pok came to me with a remark

"Very good feel huh .. very good feel"

I smiled and feeling sick and yucky he just continued with improvisation . And so while preparing my diskets , he asked if can i do Swing style and out of nowhere and don't know why , i just came with the thought of bargaining with him! I went like

"Swing ah? Can i do latin instead? "

He agreed and even humm the first few notes for me ... ahahhaha how nice of him . I played my impro and there he came with a second impro question of Motive . This time he insisted on C major and swing . Ahahahha and so i did ... without bargaining . Though i screwed up a bit here and there , B section was playing rubbish but before i could playing finish completely he was already up and ready to test my other subjects . Hahahaa

We did some hearing tests and the 4 bar melody test was the funniest ... he thought (THOUGHT) that my hearing shouldn't be any problem because i teach JMC but i'm sure he's sorry for what he said . hahhahahha i could only catch the 1st 2 bars but needed so many times to catch the last 2 bars . How poor could my ears get ? He even talked so much that i felt it wasn't an audition but instead like a normal class ... some things he said resembled so much of Mr Phua that i thought ,

"hey , he talks like him!"

Anyway , after it was all over .... finally Pok and the dean both agreed to let me skip Foundation and start with Diploma 1 straight away!! But with a condition i must pass my Fundamental 5 exam by end of this year and if i want to brush up on my theory side i can take the Foundation program theory classes for FREE as long as it doesn't clash with my dip clasess . How nice!!!

After the practical audition , i was over the moon! We walked down the back stairs and into the academy office to continue my test and some paper work .. so on the way down Pok did striked some small conversations with me here and there ... and so yeah again the dean warned me about coping with studies and teaching . They must not clash and i must cope . Pok again , trying to be helpful ... asked me on my teaching schedule and suggested ways to help but too bad it's not practical because of the location i teach in .

Later Pok came and asked me to fill up this audition form and when i saw him writing , guess what! ? No he doesn't have awesome writing ... in fact it's pretty ugly . Hahahha but he's LEFT HANDED! ahhahahaha (in case u don't know , i especially have good impression on left handed guys)

After he left , i stayed there for about another hour or so finishing my theory test and signing up for school ... registering and applying documents and stuffs so i could start school on Monday . After i left KJ , i felt so glad that my fever was gone ! aahahaha

I've never felt this kind of joy for a long time .... ever since i passed my Gd 5 performance exam , or something related to God .... It's like as if i graduated already .. ahahahha Then i made the necessary calls to my mum , sister and also sms to the most important person that needs to know . Mr Phua ....

After i left KJ , i went to midvalley to meet my sister and bro in law ... as a conclusion .. don't you think all these happen for a very good cause ? Hey , who says there are no second chances in life ? who says God doesn't love us when we need him? Though i failed my fund 5 exam , it doesn't mean the door is totally shut . God can work just through anybody He wants or anyway He wants to get me if it's His will . If it wasn't because Mr Phua insisted on asking Pok if he could help me , then i wold probably have to start from Foundation and spending extra rm 10 000.
Suddenly the rushing audition date , then suddenly the postpone of the audition date giving me extra time to prepare , and suddenly the tips i got from Pok . Sigh , where to find people like these!???

So folks , when you think at times that God doesn't care or seem far away from you ... Think twice . It's just the exact opposite thing happening . Or when you think things are impossible , always remember that nothing is impossible through Jesus ! Once again , i've never felt so excited about starting school even if it was going ICOM last time! I'm trully looking forward to learning from people like Pok , James Boyle (JAzz piano) and Charles ...

GOD IS GOOD! ALL THE TIME!!

P;s : Have i explained the relationship between Pok , Mr Phua and myself ?
Well , Pok is Mr Phua's teacher and friend , lecturer in Yamaha Academy , and my
collegue in LS music (center i teach in) , and Mr Phua is my teacher .