a star

Today, I was supposed to meet with my piano student earlier in the afternoon. She (and maybe her dad) became my first student(s) here in Oklahoma and today would be the first piano lesson I gave in OKC so I was pretty excited about it. I had like 7 students in Wisconsin but I didn’t really teach in my first year here. His dad called me last minute and said that his daughter had to take an exam and asked if we could do later in the evening… I went to school, bumped into Satoshi, whom I just met last Friday, he was a new graduate student from Japan. He knew I just started to learn Japanese. He asked how’s my learning going? I said, oh I just learnt .."night" yesterday. He said, Yuugata! "What?" "it means afternoon" "oh thank you, I have to go…."

Later I came out from the music school, wanted to go back for food, bumped into him again, same place, he was outside the library. I saw so many ppl walking in and out from the cafeteria so I went in to check out. Wow there was food right OUTSIDE the cafeteria (tables were set up and it was very crowded), I asked one of the people who served food there what was that about , she said...just free food...so I thought to inform satoshi about that since he was telling me that he couldnt cook in the uni dorm at all, he wasnt outside the library, so i went into the library and grabbed him...he told me..."hon" (=books) when we walked past the bookshelf. ok so today i learnt two words

进去不久却看见一个人在拉小提琴， 在cafeteria 别人的餐桌旁拉小提琴？ 这个人是怎么回事，在这么吵的状况下还拉得那么开心。 我门拿了食物后选了个位置， 我一直往那里看，忽然间想到， 他该不是那个我一直想认识的。。。kyle 吧， 第一次听到她是从贝的口中， 她说他有一个朋友， 跟她合作过， 很爱玩即兴，觉得我们有相同的兴趣 应该约出来介绍我认识。。听了关于他好多东西，我也一直都想找个小提琴家合作一些现代的音乐， 编曲或即兴之类。。。 终于有一天在一个作曲家的发表会上看到他演奏，看到节目表上写kyle, 那整个演奏会很震撼， 他的表演更是其中一个很大的贡献。。演奏会完毕我想过去道贺， 不知道怎么的我跟作曲家与其他的主要的表演者道贺了就是没有机会跟他说话， 好像是太多人走去找他而我又赶时间。 今天， 我忽然觉得现在这个人有可能是他， 身形很象， 不知道哪来的胆子 在他拉完一曲后， 我走过去，他一转过身看到我就很热情的拥着， 我想他大概是把我误 以为是一个他认识却不记得的fans。 因为我很肯定他不认识我， 所以我有点被吓到，我说。。。excuse me ..r u。。 kyle? "YES"..."OH I have heard so much about you....." "..........." "................".................. "oh thank you so much for approaching me, where do you sit let me come play for you.."结果他真的走向我门那一桌， 我们刚好坐在角落，桌与桌之间的空间小到不行，他就在那个很狭小的缝里拉起来，我还没那么近距离看一个人拉过琴，基本上整个乐器就在我眼睛旁边没有几公分的距离， 看着怕演奏者会 不自在， 不看也不是， 一曲 后又一曲，近距离看只觉得技巧很吓人， 而且他实在是太自然了， 纵使那么靠近观众， 然后他蹲下来跟我与satoshi 说话， 因为他站的位置小到没办法放张椅子...他听到satoshi 从日本来就说什么上过日本的哪一个电视台什么的， 惊叹的表情忽然间在satoshi 的脸上出现， 后来他才告诉我说那是日本最大的电视台。。。更让我惊讶的是，我还以为他还搞不太清楚马来西亚在哪里 的时候， 他说他到过那里好多次了。。我看他飞吗来西亚的次数比我还多。。他说他被邀请表演给我门的苏丹（就是我们国家宫廷里的皇族）。。这。。。感觉上我门就象看到大明星一样， 可是他一点架子都没有， 还拿出卡片， 我门请他签名， 我问他有没有在什么地方表演他说每个星期四在kamps 希望我门有时间可以去看看， 后来我准备跟satoshi 离开他刚好走过来跟我说话， 我坐回去， 聊了好一阵子， 聊 到一半 又 坐着拉了一首啊拉伯 乐曲， 说道我以前编过一个马来西亚民谣给以前我在wisconsin-madison 的乐团他忽然见拉起我门最有名的一个民谣还才唱起来。。。rasa sayang eh, 我刚感冒好没什么声音可是还是跟着一起唱了一点。。天啊他真的什么都会也。。他也很友善， 知道我暑假要到boston 和纽约去参加一些音乐活动，他说走前可以 get together， 我说贝之前有想过找他可是觉得他应该很忙， 到处飞到处演奏， 他说是没错可是呆在oklahoma 的时间也不少。。。哦对了聊 到一半 我看到了一个象我门学校president的人站起来准备离开，我说， 哦that is our president...他说哦have u met Tom? " I ...", 他忽然间 就这样子喊‘tom!。。” 他没有听到继续走， 我还来不及阻止kyle 他又再叫了一下， 他回头， 我吓到， kyle 带我走过去介绍说"have u met yl?" president 也很友善跟我握手说话， "she is a pianist."..' Oh I think I have seen you before...i saw you play.." 他想不起来哪一次， 我想可能他大概听kyle说我弹琴 就想到可能有见过我。。。’very talented.." 走前他有些激动地搭着kyle 对我说: 不管别人认不认同, kyle is the best student OCU ever produced....




oops, i almost forgot about my student because of all that, i better left..。。



what an interesting day today, it was like meeting a star...我比较可以理解歌迷疯狂于偶像的感觉了，i hardly felt that kinda excitement on many things (or people) that many people might be crazy about, but i think when it comes to musicians whom I like i would be so excited to meet and talk with them

咖啡

i thought i would have a long intro. about blog, but no, no intro this time

今天心血来潮拿出咖啡色的外套，穿上出门，手插口袋，摸到一个感觉好熟习毛毛的东西，忽然间很高兴，觉得可能是它回来了，果然是我咖啡色绑头发用的圈圈没错。 好久不见，你回来了，原来你在这里，一定是我之前因为穿上咖啡色外套所以配上了咖啡色发圈... 我在等我的手表。。学生证。。你门什么时候回来

今天第一次在oklahoma 煮给那么多人吃

今天回家9点半，本来要练琴，结果遇到一个小学朋友，聊得正起劲，我说我要去练琴，就讲到钢琴这乐器，然后他说他想学爵士， 从那时候起就停不下来，讲到jazz club....jazz in m'sia..in australia.......后来又被问我毕业后要干嘛，最近好多人问。。。。最后我说我对business 也有兴趣，在马来西亚开个爵士餐厅 (应该是前所未有）？ （什么？？？没有啦，只是想到吃就想到这个。。。）

然后聊完，哦11点了，还要去吗，觉得还是不行，忽然间很坚决的穿上咖啡外套就出门了

经过我一个japanese conversation partner 的apartment, 想 到我该回个电话约时间，说好每个星期见一次，这几天他可以的时间我刚好都不行，今天临时决定要煮所以又不行，觉得不好意思还是道个谦好了，站在他的窗外，记得他说过这是我的APARTMENT， 你随时有事拿东西丢我窗口叫我，看到他灯还亮， 想说这个时候他不是应该在跑步吗，我找不到什么东西丢，打了通电话，说我就在你家门外要不要出来谈，他刚好要出去跑步， 请我等一下，我向泳池走去，风迎面吹来，真不错， 很舒服，忘了自己还在感冒，他出来我向他道歉并交代好后就说你可以开始跑了，结果我们用走的向音乐馆走去，他说他还有很多时间可以跑没关系，我说你真的每天都一定要跑吗？一天不跑不行？他说不行，一定要，他从8岁就开始MARTIAL ARTS, 从那时候起就好像注定似的，离不开，我说可是跑步又不是MARTIAL ARTS,
他一本正经的说，it is like the same, but i do it in my mind when i am running, it is hard to explain..i cannot stop, it makes me feel good, makes me confident..
我 ： i wish i can be like u, that kind of discipline, that kind of voice in mind that tells u that u cannot stop, u have to, u must...（i was thinking about practising obviously) how sad, i always need to have someone pushing me (i was thinking about how i still needed my teacher to push me..), but... u shouldnt be fear of stopping anything
他： i feel confident from the training ..so i cant stop, but i think u have the confidence..
我：。。。。(really? am I a confident person? what makes u think that)
...............
我：ok i have to learn a word everytime
他：what do you want to learn,
我: what about ...night?
他： 哦。。yoru
觉得有点冷，我就用日语说‘冷’，问他说要怎么说， it is cold here....

this meeting is good, i learnt sth, it is saving both our time, because we both were walking for our own purpose, i was walking towards practise room, he was walking towards his "running track"

Motivation for the day:


他每天一定要跑步的定力，加强了我每天也要练琴的定力, so i did, which brings today to an end

good nite

back to two days ago

5/25 (friday)
morning, I woke up early, I had to be in a film, our school is making a feature film this summer. The director of this feature film talked to me in the film festival at OCU earlier this semester, trying to promote this film class in which we not only can get credits but we can become part of the film crew. That time he probably didnt know I was participating in the film festival, he just knew I was a pianist. Some time later, we met in the music school, he told me that he liked the documentary that I made that was shown in the film fest and then he asked me if I could be the organist in one of the scenes of this feature film.

So today was the day. There was a big delay...I know how film works when I was in a film production class in Wisconsin...so I could kinda understand..u just had to spend so much time on everything...

I met this Japanese student called Satoshi..Interesting, I was complaining about not seeing a lot of Japanese students here at OKCU because I really wanted to learn Japanese, I even requested for a Japanese roommate before I moved in here, they told me that there arent a lot of japanese students in this school...but lately, it just so happened that I met a lot of Japanese, or I should say, got to know a lot of them better....one just left (yoshi)..

even though it took much time than expected, good thing was that they basically drove me everywhere with that little golf car (sorry dont know what that should be called, but it just reminded me of the golf cars people use to travel around the golf field), and I got to join them for lunch..it was a good one! and then they drove me back even though it was such a short distance

Later bei came and brought me whole bunch medicine and even some chinese herbs and tea...that was sweet of her..she is leaving too in couple days

evening, I had dinner in ken's place..zeus was the cook! i heard he was good so i thought i should really go try it ....wow a lot of people, kinda surprised, stella made me ginger tea for me to help me recover, that was very kind of her, people were shocked by my 'sexy' voice..

Then we went to watched "Pirates". That night was the first showing..I think this was my first time ever going for 首映，basically it means more people= more cars= no parking= have to go early and..more expensive . we were the last car who reached, it was pretty full, we ended up have to sit separately from the group . I love the movie. It got pretty cold, I kept coughing


5/27 （Sun)

I didnt go to dallas today, mainly because I wasnt feeling well and it was probably not suitable for me to have a long trip, plus I wouldnt be able to eat all the good food....esp seafood!!! ah..

I had lunch with zeus instead, he is leaving monday! I promised to treat him before he left because he did me a great favor by bringing my computer all the way to washington to see if it can be saved...my computer was sick..since it was hard to find a time that works for him, I decided to cancel my plan of going to church and the meeting with my japanese conversation partner...he was late though!!! haha but it was ok, he was the 'big person' of the day..we went to a jazz restaurant, he told me that he liked jazz so i thought i should bring him to the place before he leaves here, plus that is the only place that has live jazz music in sunday afternoon..Issei, shy, hal who were jazz musicians were all there either playing or hanging out, kinda surprised, they came talk to me one by one..was a little bit surprised cuz shy never really came talk to me before i think, and he said they would play ballad because i liked it as i mentioned in facebook....they played "someday my prince will come", my favourite tune...reminded me of my jazz teacher, it so happened that everytime I went to see my teacher play he would play this tune

after that we went to check out paseo, a place I heard from yaniv who highly recommended it, never been there, zeus did though, i was telling him about places that he had to go before leaving OK, later he found out that he had been there before, it so happened that they have art festival today, so i thought this might be the good time to take a look, though i know i should be back to school to practise. It was basically like a street...with a lot of booths outside...we tested some wine in the booth that offers wine testing.....cant imagine that i felt a little bit headache later even just a tiny bit....he was like...what? haha

热爱耳环的我买了一对耳环，因为有点损伤所以半价， 嘻


晚上， 发生了一件非常突然的事， 近乎一年了，没想到我竟然得到了个答案，解释与交代， 解开了长久以来的疑惑与不解，totally unexpected, 世事难料