Music

As I was searching for the handy sharpener of mine, I had to browse through the drawer of antiques and junks. I found something which brought back those 'unforgetable' memories, which ironically, I seem to have forgotten. It was a recorder(the music instrument, not the gadget for recording voices and musics). Because of this, I could recall my past experiences with music and musical instruments... Indeed, it might be a good time to share some cute memories of mine.

Let us go all the way back. Back to kindergarten. That time, I clearly recall and doubtlessly regret the fact that I was only 4-going-5 years old. The most mischievous brat in the entire nursery. My first encounter with music was when I learnt alphabets until the third day. The third day, we sung the ABC song. Everyone were newbies to this, yet I grasped the tunes and lyrics upon my teacher singing the second time. Yeah, I stood out very remarkably. Then after that was me always singing, non-stop like a chicken's ass, and the teacher actually got pissed off by me. Then she dragged me on the floor and abusing me and stuff. Yeah, you should be able to imagine. I was embarrassed in front of the entire kindergarten class, my parents were informed of my mischief and I was refrained from brunch. Kindergarten teachers aren't that cruel, so the teacher gave me a handful of snacks. I was gracious of it.

Next, we learnt to sing newer songs, I developed a phobia of singing because of the dragging-on-the-floor and embarrassment. So I didn't sing. The teacher saw me not singing, then dragged me out of the class. She then 'tutored' me on how to sing. I was narrow-minded on vocabulary, so the only thing I repeated was "I don't want." The teacher was really kind to me afterward and start encouraging me. I continued not to sing and this dragged all the way to Primary 3. When we first learnt the recorder, I didn't have to sing. I was glad so. I blew the recorder at the top of my voice, everyone looked at me. Then I felt a different form of attention towards me. Everyone seemed amused and jealous of me for being able to do so. I was like kept blowing at the recorder until Ms Pravithra(present- Mrs Chris) told me to shut up, I did.

I sucked a lot in the recorder, until I've reached Primary 5, I became frightened by both singing and recorder. Primary 6 marked the very first music test of mine. I was always nervous about it, until Peh Yu Heng 'partnered' me for this test. I was anxious that I would fail, but then Yu Heng then encouraged me by asking, "You got sing the national anthem one right?" Then I was encouraged. In the test, we sung a retarded duo. Guess what, my voice back then was frigging awesome, thrice as good as Justin Bieber, or maybe more than that. Furthermore, I haven't hit puberty yet. Yu Heng flunked it with supposedly a C grade, but my awesomeness gave us an A grade. Many were impressed, so did I.

Now, we shall move on to Secondary Two, cos sec 1 was nothing interesting to be talked about. Secondary Two was the first time I ever touched the famous instrument; a Guitar! Obviously, I sucked in it. Yet my class covered the song for me, I just had to pretend to play. I only had to pretend, sit back, relax and enjoy the performance. Our class was staged for a guitar performance, I was encouraged and even played and contributed into the song. Despite my lousy skills, I had confidence. I continued playing and didn't read the song sheet. Every single audience were touched by my participation. Thus they applauded like thunder. I feel proud.

When we reached Secondary Three, we stopped learning music. However my life ain't rid of music yet. I developed a sense of appreciation for pop songs, then K-pop, then some other nice songs. These songs clouded my mind. Now I'm preoccupied by self-anticipated songs. Music flows in my mind, every week is a new song, or one I invented before and "now playing". Every now and then, I would sing nice songs, or hot ones live on radio. An example is Katy Perry's "Firework" and Bruno Mar's "Grenade". I also practiced on the guitar and finally I've mastered it.

Now, I'm Secondary Four. A critical year for me and everyone else. Forever I'm stressed with school work. However, this doesn't distract me from my musical life. I still have music flowing in my head. Now, I even tried playing the piano. Now I'm still trying to learn the piano ALL BY MYSELF. As long as I believe. Nothing is impossible. Feel a passion and enjoy it, as things start off with friction, then naturally they will turn smooth, just for you.