I got an early Christmas present from Keith yesterday. A Canon Ixus 870IS. Yay! I've been wanting to upgrade my Olympus digital camera so this is a perfect present. Hopefully it will inspire me to take more photos. Anyway, I would like to wish my family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! :)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Angela Hewitt in concert
Sometime in October, I had the pleasure of attending a piano recital by Angela Hewitt, a famous Canadian pianist specializing in Bach's music. She played Preludes and Fugues Book I and II over two days. I never did like playing preludes and fugue as a child because my piano teacher would make me play the same pieces over and over again for one whole year in order to prepare me for my piano exams. I did pass with flying colours but I always viewed Bach pieces as practising for exams and not playing for pleasure. However, give me Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and I will be sight reading their pieces gleefully.
Now that many years have passed and I don't play the piano any longer, I've started to appreciate some of Bach's music. This has also got to do with Keith's love for Bach so I've been surrounded by Bach's music at home and in the car nearly everyday. Thank goodness I've changed my view on Bach now. I find his music calming, soothing, simple and easy on the ear. It makes me want to pick up my piano playing skills again.
Anyway, here are photos of the piano recital held at Melbourne Uni. Also, some photos of me while waiting for the recital to start. We got there an hour early.
Now that many years have passed and I don't play the piano any longer, I've started to appreciate some of Bach's music. This has also got to do with Keith's love for Bach so I've been surrounded by Bach's music at home and in the car nearly everyday. Thank goodness I've changed my view on Bach now. I find his music calming, soothing, simple and easy on the ear. It makes me want to pick up my piano playing skills again.
Anyway, here are photos of the piano recital held at Melbourne Uni. Also, some photos of me while waiting for the recital to start. We got there an hour early.
Cherry blossoms
Who would have thought that I would have cherry blossom trees growing in my own front yard! You guess it, I was excited when I woke up one morning to find them in full bloom. It's only been a year living at our new place so I never knew what the two plants were until one fine day in spring. Too bad, their lifespan is exceedingly short. Only lasted about 2 weeks or so. Here's what I snapped in a hurry, it looks better in real life! Pardon the unruly lawn :P
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