AWHOOAA

Yep, it's been a while since my last post. My former promise to myself that I'd post everyday was a little hard to keep this week, with travelling, settling into classes etc. I guess one could say that I've officially settled in at this point.

This semester, I'm excited about the opportunity to take more performance-related music classes. I hadn't been performing much last year, and that was just as much necessary as much as it was detrimental. Performing is fun, and incredibly beneficial to a musician, but it is also good to take an opportunity of self-discovery every now and then. For me, performing is the essence of music-making. I am used to performing for many people, but for a while my toughest challenge was performing for my most unrelenting critic---myself. I have been practicing more lately, and this next stretch of the musical journey already seems promising. I can't wait.

So that's what will be consuming most of my time in the near future. However, I do plan to continue contributing short, impromptu, and freelance writings of mine on subjects that I find interesting. I'll keep y'all posted. For now, here are some cool stories from this week:

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/la_democratic_party_to_gov_jin.html

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1957743,00.html

Peace and blessings