The piano, the cello and a few guys on a cliff

It's always great to be inspired, even better if it were to happen at the start of the day. :P

Listened to an interview with the founders of ThePianoGuys this afternoon. These guys produce really great music (videos). Beautiful compositions that criss cross between classical and modern music genres played on the piano and cello, sometimes the violin. with the grand piano and cello planted and being played on ice, in the middle of the dessert, a cliff, beside a waterfall and even on a moving train. Wow. now who can Not be inspired by that?? ok no my next dream isnt to plant an organ on a cliff :P church organ i mean. pun unintended. xP but when u see ppl doing things they love so much WHile blessing the community with whatever they're doing, it makes you wana get up and do the same. wow i do wish i can play the piano upside down and as brilliantly as John Schmidt... * faraway look.....

one of the key things they shared was that music was something inborn and deeply indented into them. it was stg they loved doing. all 5 of them initially had their own jobs but later on decided to work full time on ThePianoGuys when they realised there was potential in developing it into stg much bigger.

awed...

*snap

so.... err hmmm heheh... what do I love doing in my free time?

tough question. that question that gets the cliché answer at introductory sessions, icebreaking activities etc. the guy who's really good at drawing will say drawing. the girl with the amazing voice will say singing. the girl who bakes awesome cakes will say baking. the avid reader will say reading. and I..... am not actually totally brilliant in any extra curricular areas.... hmmm..... (oh no)

that said since I cant bake/make music/draw/dance/sing amazingly, I cant actually quit medical school and pursue a totally different area of interest. xD

but anw getting back to moderation, to enjoy doing things we love dont necessarily mean we have to be excellent at them i guess. there's a reason the piano guys are so unique. it's bcz not ev1 can do what they're doing. but I guess we can still bless the community or ppl around us with the abilities we have, however limited they may be. :)

I do love to sit at the piano once in a while to play some simple songs, sing a long to whatever i'm playing, strum the guitar at my own pace, playing chords that i'm comfortable with, bake a cake following a random recipe off the internet, read a particular interesting mystery novel, read the jokes off the reader's digest, glue bits and pieces together in a handmade card, blog once in a while when certain thoughts come to mind and photoshop random photos following the step by step manual on websites. definitely not close to being a pro in any of them as u can see. :P

that said, it occurred to me that we can still bless those ard us with the little things we are capable of doing. I've had a fair share of blessings from lovely ppl ard me throughout the past -many- :P years: beautiful handmade cards, drawings, handwritten messages n posts, ppl sharing their experiences, free guitar lessons etc. thank you! xP

Cheers to living life to the max -as much as we possibly can in the circumstances we're in.. :P, doing things we love, enjoying every bit of it and blessing those ard us with them. :D optimistic mode on. ahaha.

somehow this post evolved into stg different from what i initially intended to write on. heheh.

still wish my fingers can glide across piano keys as effortlessly as John Schmidt... sigh..... :))

Had dinner at this place called Quan Ice Cream and Coffee House at Pandan Indah, Ampang for a friend's farewell. They have good ice cream coffee! :)
There's also this coconut ice blended coffee that's pretty good. nice ambience, good pricing- food's about rm7 onwards. coffee's about rm5-7. google them up n u'll easily find them. :)