2008年12月21日 星期日

單飛的小鳥

明天我就是那隻單飛的小鳥了

獨自一人前往香港

去相會我的好友 與我的愛人 :P Lee Hom~!

謝謝爸爸媽媽 給我愛的機會

不管是愛親人 愛工作 愛地球 愛音樂 或者是愛力宏
都有自由 :)

我喜愛音樂 我熱愛力宏

它是我的idol 優秀有才華 亞洲人的驕傲

希望在不久的將來 我也能成為一為令大家引以為傲的人

2008年12月16日 星期二

琴緣.情緣

在我的收藏盒裡,有一張塵封久時的古典CD,上有一幅提琴家族的合照。它們排排站成一列,彷彿在對著我微笑。 小提琴那充滿自信的微笑告訴我:「世界是美好的! 而我就是那最閃亮的星! 看我!看我!」; 中提琴那靦腆含蓄的笑容則是像個害羞的小孩,第一次上鏡頭; 大提琴那優雅穩重的微笑充滿貴族氣質,不卑不亢; 而低音大提琴那充滿魅力且溫柔的笑容令人抵擋不了它的吸引力。 一幅合照所抅起的種種回憶如潮水般帶我穿越緩慢的時空而我也沉醉在這浪濤中所播放的夕陽樂曲。

維瓦爾第的 <<弦樂第六號G小調協奏曲>>,四種樂器合奏出完美無暇的夢想樂曲,然而其中各個樂器也獻聲出不同的音質。交織出春夏秋與冬的景象豐富的我的耳朵;創造出喜怒哀與樂的情感滋潤我的心靈。樂曲一開始有小提琴的獨奏,極絢麗的旋律、音符、與節奏,表現出開朗的個性、 強勢的格調、不服輸的信念。音質溫潤的中提琴陪襯著小提琴之奏,時出時沒,時而也助大提琴與樂曲的結合,總是扮演著橋樑的重要角色。低音大提琴那不定時的出現為樂曲加入些許變化有如雨天過後的彩虹,突然浮現。大提琴也默默的陪襯著小提琴之奏,穩重且負責任的低調,為耀眼的晴天加上一點白色的雲朵;靜靜的聆聽著中提琴之奏,一來一往的互相呼應,如多年好友般互相扶持;乖乖的傾聽著低音大提琴之奏,期盼能成為配的上彩虹的陽光。我情有獨鐘大提琴之聲,因為惟獨它懂的聆聽、懂的禮讓。琴之聲,緣之定;掌控在維瓦爾第的筆下。情不明,緣不清;全在這朦朧美之音。

一波波的海浪帶我到各提琴的獨奏室,而我如訪客般的一一拜訪了他們的心靈故事; 那些耐人尋味的故事。

柴可夫斯基之<>,高音符佔據了天空的每一英吋;蔚藍的天也被渲染成色彩繽紛的童「畫」。 只有柴可夫斯基看透了小提琴的心,為她寫出那段悲傷過往,慢板旋律,說明一切,那受傷的心靈,渴望你的一眼安慰。帕格尼尼的<<中提琴奏鳴曲>>,把中提琴的天真溫順、善解人意的特質「聲」出來,一位高音符與低音符的知心,也有自己獨立的一天。低音大提琴的爵士曲,不規則的旋律,隨性的節奏,自私的不顧他人聽覺上的舒適,有如吉普塞人的人生,無一定所,猜不透的心卻令人著迷。聖桑所作的名曲<<動物狂歡節---天鵝>> 唱出那寧靜又淒美的天籟之聲,優美又深奧的旋律彷彿在啟發人心深處之真誠。一種極微弱之聲如心跳般的寂靜卻也如心跳般的無可取代--- 那是大提琴之聲。她是那麼的輕聲,那麼的不起眼但在各個時空中扮演著那麼的重要,那麼的無可取代的角色。一個接著一個的時空,一捲捲的浪濤證明了這一切的存在,這心跳的存在。

流過多少淚、 費過多少心; 一切「音」緣已在掌控之中---音樂家的手中。
我偏愛大提琴而大提琴唯一愛的就是他。被忽略, 被遺忘,這一切是否值得呢? 在襯托他人旋律時妳是否遺忘了? 大提琴妳是否知道妳是心跳呢?

張開眼睛,我再次看見我手中的CD,看見那幅合照。我對它們微笑。夕陽放射的光芒如此浪漫,那些令人回味無窮的 琴緣.情緣 也在我的腦海中一波一波的 “帶走我的心跳”。 蝶戀花,花待蝶 若大提琴是花則我是那飛舞之蝶; 無論時空如何轉換,時間如何過往,蝶終究戀著花,而花滄海桑田靜待蝶。

*note: some parts are inspire by lee hom's new song : 心跳

2008年11月28日 星期五

APAC Orchestra 2008 Shanghai : )

A Music Trip; to Inspire My Inner Emotion...

This is my second year of participating in APAC Orchestra, however it is a completely different experience and I have learned so much from this event, both musically and mentally. I feel very honored to be selected among all the celloists in our school, to join APAC orchestra. This really means a lot to me, because I experienced once last year (APAC orchestra 2007-2008 in Seoul Foreign School) and it was unforgettable. Playing with 100+ musicians from so many other international schools gave me a lot of opportunity to meet new friends, learn from each other, meet famous conductors, learn more about music, moreover, to motivate myself with musical studies especially with the cello. Our HS Orchestra conductor, Ms. Bulteel, arranged a few rehearsals before we went to Shanghai (CISS) to give us opportunity to test out how the music sounds like with other members of the string families. During these rehearsals I participated all of them, because this is my commitment, moreover, these rehearsal really help me to be prepare for a higher level of understanding of the music when we get to meet our guest conductor. Every thing starts with the basics, and the basics for music is rhythm, intonation, dynamics, this year we had lots of wonderful music, but they are really challenging for me, especially the Serenade for Strings Opus.48 Movements 3 and 4 by Tchaikovsky. In order to be prepared for the festival, I practiced a lot and I think I got to know more about my instrument and it’s geography (the distances between notes) better than before. I worked collaboratively with our school’s students as well, especially with our cello section; we discuss the bowings, and the style that we should be playing.
The aim for the festival was to develop students’ sensitivity in music and orchestral expressions, and I think I achieved it with the guidance from our guest conductor, Dr. Sandra Dockow, and the other players from our school and other schools. This is my fourth year playing cello and I think the main reason that I was selected to join APAC because I have passion for music. Since I have passion for it, I practiced and worked hard to achieve all the difficulties that I have (with high positions, and accuracy of intonations). During the rehearsals, I paid full attention to the conductor, although having to rehearse eight hours per day physically and mentally, it’s really tiring. Here are some quotes that I couldn’t forget:
“What differentiates a professional orchestra and an armature orchestra is that one follows the conductor and one doesn’t.”
“Use full bows! Fast bows! Speed is important!”
“No body goes on without me!”
“Glasses!” (means watch the conductor, be aware of a change)

These are all the words that our conductor, Dr. Dackow, kept reinforcing and emphasizing, and eventually, as a group of string players, we did it! Following the conductor is one of the hardest challenges for this year’s group. It is because we have a lot of players and sometimes it’s really hard to get everybody to play the same (same timing, same bowing). Especially with the new schools who haven’t gotten a chance to experience playing in such a large group, it was even more challenging. I think I did well with following the conductor. When I was playing, I not only played the notes with the right rhythm, I also tried to taste and understand what the composer is trying to tell us from his/her music. One of the ways to know is to follow the conductor. The conductor gives us a lot of support with understanding the deeper meaning of music. Each movement of her conducting, gives us clues about how long or short we should hold the note; what style we should play the phrase in.
I’m very glad to have the chance to sit in the front of the section. the first stand of the second cello section. This opportunity of leadership was very meaningful to me. It’s great to be in the front because I am very close to the conductor, and I could hear, see her very clearly. When she conducts, I follow her very well. I met a new cello player in this festival, who sat behind me, and she said that she would often look at me and follow my bowings; I was very happy when I heard that, because this is the first time for being a leader in a large group of players. Although I’m not first cello section (who usually are the best players), I’m very thankful for my hard work that helped me to develop my cello skills, and gave my the opportunity to be the leader of the second cello section.
One of the unforgettable memories that I gained from APAC was that I really enjoy the feeling of four instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass), 100+ players, and the conductor, creating music together. It is because playing together with others and listen to each others can really convey meaningful message to listeners, a mature and deep message. For example the Serenade for Strings Opus.48 Movement 3 and 4 by Tchaikovsky piece, there are times when we(cello players) need to show off (when we have melody), and there are times when we need to back off (when they don’t have melody). Thinking about this ‘show off and back off theory’, I think it can also apply to daily life. Sometimes when we are the main character, we should stand up and stand out to perform or to show what we got; however, there are also times when other people are the main characters, so we should give them the stage to do the same thing. The idea of “back off” also means support the “main character”; and this is an important thing as well. During this rehearsal the conductor said a joke, but a joke that we could get a lot out of it:
“What’s the difference between a violin and viola?
Violin has a big head.” (Meaning they show off more than viola)
Violas can be seen as the “shy character” of the string family, because it doesn’t have many solo parts as the violins. Although they look alike in style and in size, violin
s almost always have the melody. I like how the conductor encourages the viola players. I think she told us the joke to encourage the violas to play more confidently and to show off more when they have the solo parts. She even asked the viola section to stand up when they have a solo part. Honesty, this is the first time when I heard violas’ true sound; it is actually a really beautiful instrument as well! I was also impressed by voice of the viola. Through this small event, I think it helped me to develop the appreciation for other instruments. Another example of learning to respect other is when Dr. Dackow says: “Don’t pluck the strings!” As string players we often have the habit of plugging strings and practicing before the actual rehearsals, or any time when we are not playing as a group. Very often, the conductor would stop the whole orchestra and work with one section, some people from other sections would start to plug, and have their own practice sessions. Dr. Dackow often told us not to do so, because it is not respectful to the others and I think that is true.
I think playing cello, and enjoying music made my life more colourful! It is because:
Playing music can sometimes bring me out of reality and into fantasy;
Playing music can sometimes express my emotions and feelings;
Playing music can sometimes help me to understand relationships;
Playing music can sometimes motivate me to improve;
Playing music can sometimes teach me to respect others;
Playing music can sometimes help me think;
Playing music have so many positive influences on me and I can go on and on and on; however, my point is this APAC trip inspires me mentally, emotionally , and musically!






2008年9月19日 星期五

吸氣 吐氣

日日夜夜 我努力生活奮鬥為自己的目標賣力付出
分分刻刻 我想著我該做的事項和該做的完美計畫

但事情總是不像預期的順利
只有我的雙手在扶著那些脆弱的藝術品
風輕輕的吹 風重重的吹
似乎我的雙手不夠用
卻沒有他的身影相伴 相扶


爸爸說過 彈簧原理
說不定我應該試看看
讓他休息一下
放開吧

吸氣 吐氣
吸氣 吐氣
吸氣 吐氣

聆聽 大提琴
大提琴 聆聽
彷彿是最好的聽眾
為受傷的心靈
付出點安慰

2008年8月25日 星期一

Heavenly Days~ Chapter Three



“We will have another elementary schoolmate’s party when you get back!” These words were in my mind for a year, it was said by my elementary classmates…and I waited and waited for a long, long year…

I was so looking forward to meet my elementary schoolmates since we’ve gone to different schools and went on our lives. Of course I’ve been keeping in touch with most of them, with internet or met few of them separately. Although we were just elementary schoolmates, we do have close relationships, especially after the past away of my friend JiaSheng.

July 2, one of my closest friends ShaoTin and I met at “NET” (a clothes shop near my house) first before going to the party. It took me a while to recognize him since he grew taller and looked more mature. We took a taxi to where we should be meeting with the others, and on the ride we chatted. I was really impressed with what he has been doing, and his growth through these years; moreover, I could strongly feel the dreams and goals that he has from his words. I was really glad to hear him working hard on what he is interested and his plans for his next steps. ShaoTin is studying in a school of restaurateurs studies. This summer he went to Taipei Hyatt Hotel to be an internship of the restaurant, and he has participate in lots of restaurant- studies related events; which would greatly help him with his future. As a friend I felt really happy that ShaoTin organize himself so well, and I also felt inspired to see that he tried so hard to achieve his goals. These stories of ShaoTin incite me to think more about my future and suggest that I should work harder on my studies :)

Soon as ShaoTin and I arrived there more a more classmates appeared from all directions. Everyone grew, some more mature, some taller, some dressed differently, and of course there were some that I couldn’t even recognize! Everything we had before like our friendship and memories came back, every one came together quickly, talking, chatting, singing, laughing, remembering classic quotes and special events… these happened just like that! It was fun and unforgettable :) We had lunch together, played games, talked about what we each have done these years! Although we were planning the party to end like around three or four PM, we couldn’t stop and stayed till nine or ten at night :P As a result we all agreed that ZongJun and YunWen changed the most (appearance-wise); and we have lots of smart people in our class! Every bud has been starting to bloom to beautiful flowers! Hopefully, I would be one as well :)

Two of my best friends didn’t attend the first party due to school reasons, which was really sad! Any way, to make it up (for me mostly) we met separately :) Grace and Tiffany both studies in awesome Taiwanese girls high schools! I am so proud of them :D Grace and I met first and took the bus to Tiffany’s school, since she was having volleyball practice there. Grace is still so gentle and elegant like before, nothing much appearance- wise has changed for her. To visit Tiffany’s school have always been one of my dreams~ and course it was on bucket list! “Taipei First Girls High School” is the best girls’ high school in Taipei obviously, and it was my first choice of high school when I was back in Taiwan. Grace and I walked into the school and saw the trees and students in the school, I fell so in love with it! There were people dancing, playing sports, and it was really pretty and clean. After visiting a bit, and asked a few people, we soon found Tiffany. As expected, she is still so thin! With the new hair style she looks prettier :) Tiffany needed some more time before she could hang out with us, so Grace and I went to Taipei train station and shopped the book stores over there. There weren’t much friends who I could spent the whole day at book stores, but Grace was the exceptional one :) She loves books, and I enjoyed them as well, therefore two book lovers went around the book stores and suggest books to each other :D I can always learn a lot from Grace and Tiffany! They are so smart and the things they talk about help me to get to know the student lives in public Taiwanese school, which I miss a lot. We went to have some food and chatted about our lives, schools, and dreams. They got to know more about mine in ISB, Beijing; and I got to know more about Taiwanese schools, and life in Taipei. It was great to hear them, and especially the news that Grace is coming to Beijing!! I look forward to that~ and wish both girls the best! In order to have such good friends, I believe I must have done something really kind last life :P

Special thanks to all my classmates! Thanks for making time to meet me and share lots of great information with me~ I love you all and wish you all the best! GanBaDae~

謝謝思遠&正軒 籌劃這字的同學會 :) 因為有你 讓六四的相聚成為事實而非夢想  謝謝你們 :)

謝謝舒晴 寫卡片給我  真的很感動:)我也愛你 你才是為國爭光呢 :P 我會盡力的! 一起努力吧~!


~End of Chapter Three~

Heavenly Days- Chapter Two

“Sunday 8/10 XiMenDing 2:00 pm
LEE HOM MUSIC MAN – The Only Autograph Meet”

At the moment when my eyes finished reading those lines on the Lee Hom Taiwan Fan Club websites, my heart stopped; my hands stopped; but my smile appeared! I was so so so happy that this was going to happen! Of course on my ‘Bucket List’, to be able to meet Lee Hom was one of the listed things. Lee Hom is my favorite musician, not only because his music is awesome, his appearance is perfect, but he has a kind heart and a smart brain! He is the perfect guy on the earth that I love love love so much: P He is my idol!

10 o’clock in the morning, I dressed up so as my family (well, I made them to come with me, since he is my love! haha) walking towards the bus station. We went on bus #22, and passed by lots of pretty places such as 中正紀念堂 and the North Gate. About 20 minutes, we arrived at XiMenDing, I was so excited! Ready to meet Lee Hom, however lunch comes first before meeting today’s "main meal" J We had some traditional Taiwanese 小吃; they were delicious! I wish food in Beijing were half as good as Taiwanese 小吃~ well, these are just my opinions! Beijing still have lots of good food, it’s just I’m not totally into them yet. After the delicious side dishes, the main meal was coming up…

1: 45 pm we arrived to the autography place, Lee Hom’s music was playing and lots of fans were already lining up. This meeting’s theme was to let Lee Hom sign the MUSIC- MAN CONCERT tickets, in another words, if you don’t have the ticket, you can’t meet Lee Hom and talk to him personally. The sad thing for me was that the concert is going to be on Sept. 19 and 20, where I’m already in Beijing studying hard for IB subjects and SAT. I would love to come back, or even just bought the 2500 NTD ticket and meet Lee Hom and talk to him! However these are all just desires and dreams. To get real, study is in fact more important then other things for a student L. Anyway I tried my best to hold my desire, and fight with it. I waited calmly for Lee Hom to come.
Finally, a big black van drove Lee Hom to XiMenDing, and he walked out of the van with the charming atmosphere around him. Just like the Japanese dramas, when the prince comes to school, all the girls would fawn and deeply fall in love with him; this actually happens during that particular moment when he walked out the van, and I was one of the fawning ones. Time passed on, however for me each seconds were ten times longer then the usual time, each move and each word he speaks filled up my broken heart, bit by bit. While the line of fans starts to move forward one by one, I was standing five meters away from Lee Hom gazing, only the distance felt like five miles away. Although the distances between us were far, I gazed at him the whole time, very focus indeed. After three hours, when it started to get cloudy and about the rain I decided to head back home since there’s another date to attend at night. Gently walking away from Lee Hom, with the mixed feeling of eudemonistic and sorrow (just like one of Lee Hom’s song lyrics “幸福搭配悲傷 同時在我心交叉” (Kiss Goodbye)), slowly Lee Hom disappeared from my eyesight.

Thinking about it afterwards, I’m really satisfy with just looking at him. I felt really lucky to have the chance of seeing him especially that I’ve written down ‘to meet Lee Hom’ on my bucket list. I would not forget the way he walked out the van and said hello to us, and of course the scene where he was like a ‘big boy’ playing with Bat Man, and Super Man models when he receive them as gifts. I look forward to his new music and of course the next time when we can meet again. If there is ever a chance that we could have a long talk about music, the world, and just to get to know each other, that would be really really awesome! Yes, I’m writing it down on my ‘life – bucket list’: P
Oh, I forgot to mention one important thing… special thanks to my father, mother, and Oscar! Thanks for being with me, accompany me to meet Lee Hom, although you guys left early and left me alone… what did you mean? ‘看到就好?’ enjoying each moment of meeting your idol is much more than just see him~ but still thanks to my family, I love you all too~! (讓我跟Lee Hom 獨處:)

~ End of Chapter Two ~

2008年8月21日 星期四

Heavenly Days- Chapter One

“What is this? A Bucket List?”
“It is a list of things that I would like to do before leaving, and I would try to accomplish it.” ---- (Dialogue from the movie ‘The Bucket List’)

This is an unforgettable scene from the movie “The Bucket List”. I thought it was a great idea to list out the things that one would like to do. Although the ‘leaving’ in the dialogue meant to leave the world, it inspire me to think what’s important in my life, and what’s the things that I would love to do. This is the last summer before entering to the IB world. Lots of elder students told me to play as much as possible this summer, to pressure the last relaxing summer, so I did planed out things that I would love to do. A year might seem short for some people, but for me it seems really long, especially when it meant to leave my hometown. Life in Beijing isn’t that bad of course, but life in Beijing for me is mostly about studying, since I go to school here. This summer I gave myself a ‘Long Break’, away from studying, I enjoyed my life in Taiwan, completing the things I wanted to do. Right before going back, I wrote a ‘Bucket List’.

Right top on the Bucket List, was to meet my best friends and family members. During this amazing two months, I met my friends and family and together we created lots of awesome memories. YaZhu was the first friend that I met, who came to see me on the night that I arrived in Taipei. YaZhu is one of my best friends from HSNU (FuZhong), my junior high school, although we’ve never been in the same class, we walked home together almost everyday. She grew so tall from last year, and of course became really pretty! We sat on the 2nd floor of Mr. Doughnuts’ store and talked for almost two hours. It was kind of short to summarize two people’s story in two hours, however we did discuss AMAP about our life during this passed year. YaZhu got a boyfriend, a really sweet, intelligent, and caring boyfriend. She smiled like an angel when she mentioned about him, as a close friend I’m really happy to hear about it : ) We also talked about school, and study, hearing her story, made me wonder: what would I be like? If I’m still in Taiwan, studying in the public school? Well, as the talk goes on, time past by silently, YaZhu walked me back home, and happily welcomed me back to Taipei. I waved her good bye, till her shadow fade away from my eyesight. The same night, she sent me a message after we separate apart, ‘Moly, next Tues. like’s go to ShiLin night market!’ With a smile, I turned off the night light, and enjoyed my first night at home.


~ End of Chapter One – Bucket List & YaZhu ~