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"Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easliy angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails."
1 Cor 13:4-8
"Ideal love is fostered only between two sincere, mature and independent people.
It is the inner struggle to polish these attributes that is the key. Real love is not two people clinging to each other; it can only be fostered between two strong people secure in their individuality."
-Ikeda Sensei, Wisdom of Words
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The "A night of Jazz" was great today!
Credit to Peijun who gave me a ticket to watch it at her SSA headquarter at Tampines.
Their wind ensemble was great, and their special guest - Nestor Torres, an American flautist and Latin Grammy Award Winner, was even better!
It was Latin Jazz, and I love it!
I may not be very experienced in hearing out the essence of the technique of being a very good flautist, but as an audience, I felt that he was fantastic.
Especially when he changes from a song to another, or even in a song, when he transist into another tempo. That gradual change was simply perfectly done.
He gets the audience into da mood of the wave of latin jazz, nice way he did with his flute and how he worked with a local jazz band.
To people who have no idea of his background, one may think that he is just another professional flautist.
But to many in the SSA, he is not an ordinary person.
He is one who has overcame great challenges and continue to pursue a higher level of his profession. I guess he is a person of great determination!
His ending note was a very beautiful and inspiring speech.
He speaks of us, every individual being a burning star, and the sun is always there with or without rain, and the presence of rainbow after every downpour.
Meaning, there is always a chance to do everything and we should never give up hope
when we meet up with obstacles.
After everything, I was so glad that I accepted this opportunity to watch this concert, although that it is the exam period now.
I'll never know if I am able to have another chance again in the future.
Besides, this concert is pretty meaningful!
Fantastic music, great words of wisdom! :)
:: dawn tan :: at 12:12 AM
dawn tan pei yi
8 feb 1985
live to smile,
For everyday
is a beautiful day!
reading:
How to walk in high heels
- Camilla Morton
song in da head:
::voice out::