More Than Life

I think i used this title for a post before somewhere .. during my bloggin days . Aaah i think it's to express how much i really love this song and how much the lyrics enthusiast me ... and inspire me to think that Jesus is more than our life and Jesus is the truth , the life and the way!

Today is the 3rd day of the new semester which means i've only been through 3 days of school and am already feeling exhausted and worn out .... know why ? I had a late Monday class which lasted till 8pm by just c hatting and clapping some weird complicated rhythms that almost killed 9 of us . .. while i had a gruelling Tuesday from 9 30am- 9 15pm non-stop! Chasing from one class to another ... .from attending it as student to being a teacher teaching it .

The schedule from today onwards to Friday is a little more relaxing , thank God for that! Well that's if i'm OK not to join the vocal ensemble ... otherwise i'd be rushing all the way to Melawati and getting all my adrenaline pumping while stuck in the jam and not being able to do anything besides praying and shouting to God to help me get there before 6pm . So no point ... of all that s stress and getting anxiety 10 years later and ending up being a very negative person .(ALREADY AM!)

Had an interesting few days of school ... from being very emotional on Mon night after knowing i can't change my Electone class time to later ... to being shocked by the Student Council Mar 07' election results today .. I think women are absolutely emotional and dangerous .. from 1 minute to the other i could just be over the moon and the next thing you know i'm furious and on fire. Crap ... i'm trying to avoid that kind of thing but aaaah... that's just me .

Mon night i slept extra early due to the hectic schedule on Tues and i woke up feeling freshed and good! So i had another good enjoyable electone class again .. as usual with C.H .. hahaha ... it was cool ... but i now realize he's no more the "Something like that la .. ok ok la... hmm .. ok la..." person anymore .. he made a statement during class that shocked me by saying ,

"From now onwards ah .. you must strive to play perfectly! I want perfect wan ah.. Everything you play now must be perfect ah!"

Great .. i thought . That's a nice one .. thanks C.H .. pressure and expectations ... AGAIN ... so yeah , being the best is always not enough .. you always have mountains to climb and steeper hills to achieve . I'm fine .. am enjoying this his lesson more than usual ... even though he's more strict with me now , and scolded me so much on Tues morning that i didn't felt offended at all .. (Coz he did it in an extremely nice way , not REALLY raising his voice to scold-and i expected it to come coz i chose to play softer and more expressive pieces this sem to scrap my weaknesses off in that sense!)

Then had an eventful Wednesday today ... started off with Workshop class with Karen .. aahh.. THE talented and experienced Karen .. she really is cool ... and knowledgeble ... you can't pull her leg .. in any sense in terms of music . She really knows her thing well and in fact we all get tricked by her easily ALL The time .. when you're in her class you feel you know nothing about music and you're just an ant talking to a giraffe ! Seriously .. very diff from last sem.. hahahah!

Then i proceeded to James' jazz piano class... guess what . I for the first time enjoyed his class so much that i forgotten i used to have this feeling once upon a time ago... I was given 2 pieces to play , Spain (Chick Corea!) and So What (Miles Davis) ... both COOL and BIG pieces to play with.. And HARD ... but i'm taking up the challenge ... i felt so passionate once again with jazz and i totally forgot how much i love it again! After his class i decided not to change my minor instrument to Classical piano and just aaah.. stick with him ..

Then we had the ALL interesting Orientation with only 1 new student to mingle around with this time ... and the all important March 07' Student Council Election ... without going round the bush i just want to say i'm shocked .. really shocked to really see this on the board after the final countings of nomination ,

President : Lily Tan
Vice-President : Ng Teck Yeong

I went like ,

HEY! This is not what it's suppose to be!!!

The thing is .. i've not been in the Student Council before and i really thought being the president suddenly is too heavy a job for me ... knowing i've got to commit to work as well ... but somehow i'm taking up the challenge coz i know i have the brain as my Vice .. haahah .. i just need to use my mouth service .. (THAT"S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS ANYWAY! USING MY MOUTH!) arrgrhh ... so by God's grace la...

Then at 4 20pm i had to go for the Yamaha Teachers' Certification interview with MR errhmm... so yeah .. it was a good interview actually . I never know Mr Errhmm was nice enough to treat me so nice . We had some really good chat and he seemed pretty concerned about my studies and how am i coping with work as well . Of course i'm also shocked to hear him being able to spot my passion and suddenly preaching to me like as if he's my dad . (Even my dad doesn't talk to me like he did today!) So thanks for ur concern ... but i felt extremely guilty for laughing at him on Tues morning ... GUILTY! MY FAULT! Shall never gossip!

Tomorrow morning's going to be a fun one hopefully where we all start practising our Summertime for EF .... i don't know what to expect but i'm quite tired of pushing both parties .. (the teacher and my fellow team-mates!!!) ...

Whatever .. am really sleepy now . I'm just going to enjoy another semester of my studies and do my best in whatever i can . Lord , i need You! Please help me and continue to work in my life no matter in studies or work or family or financial .. they are all from You and only YOu can take control of it . Help me to constantly remember that i need to be humble and there are many other musicians out there better than me! In Jesus' name , AMEN!