A time for everything... Rest

Finally I got to rest this weekend. Not because I have planned for it, but rather because I had to. I was down from mild food poisoning that had made me so sick on Friday night that I had to push away 2 important events over the weekend.

The first was a volunteering event for the launch of EMIT, which is a series of program Student Care Services (SCS) is organizing in celebration of Youth Olympics Games happening next year. After so much planning and coordination, it's kind of a pity I could not be down on the actual event. The second event was for the children church service which my cell mates and I had promised to help out. Essentially it's to give the teachers a break while we take over the whole program, from the worship session to the activities that follow next.

Maybe I kind of packed too much into my life these days. Too much to the extent of not having time to rest. With the recent surge in workload, i guess that kind of made me more vulnerable to sickness. So in a way, I am thankful for the "rest" i had this weekend. The surprising thing is that I am recovering pretty fast, and hope I will be fully recharged and rejuvenated by Monday to face the new week ahead. Of course, I must now learn to say yes only to selective invitations and not to all that comes my way.

Limitations

You are in a bath-tub with warm water. Every few minutes, the water temperature increases by 1 degree Celsius. You know the water is getting hotter as your skin tells you so.

But the question is...when do you know the water is too hot and unbearable and you need to shout STOP?!? When is too much, too much?

A new Drum beginning

I have officially withdrawn from Yamaha and have moved on to a new drum school - My Drum School (That's the name)

Looking back, I have not learn much during my 2-3 yrs in Yamaha. Thou I did acquired some valuable skills like reading drum scores, proper sticks handling, basic rhythmic beats and simple fill-ins, but it seems to have stagnant off after a while. I have to admit my laziness and lack of discipline in practising is largely why I haven't been improving much. But somehow I feel the lack of inspiration and dull teaching method from my drum teacher played a part too. Now that I have moved on to a new environment, I hope to be more inspired and motivated to really master my drum. Then I can move on to the next instrument. Have in fact eyed on the next instrument that I want to learn. Haha... Greedy me.