I decided to spend today in a special way, to give myself a day off from my usual routine. (Ok, I know I'm actually very slack so I don't really deserve a whole-day break! But still... I don't care, although I'd probably regret it when I still haven't got my pieces ready for the next lesson.) It's not exactly very special, but I guess it's different enough from what I usually do. I decided not to do anything related to music today... which means no practising piano, no listening to anything classical. Haha isn't that news...

I succeeded quite well in the morning. Was actually quite tired because I kept getting jerked awake last night by irritating, inconsiderate motorcyclists vrooming past the street outside my window. So I slept in later than usual. Ok, don't be surprised... by "later than usual" I mean like, eight! Hahaha. Spent most of the morning catching up with people. Firstly, thanks to everyone for the smses! Felt a little guilty about some of them since I don't exactly know much about what's going on in their lives now, so when I msged "thanks" back I included questions about where they're going to study etc. And decided to read their blogs to find out what they're been up to.

Later I got very hungry... wonder why though. I've been getting hungry very easily nowadays, why?! Anyway, I bummed around watching TV during and after lunch to burn some time. Then suddenly I had an urge to create something... draw, paint, whatever. Maybe it comes because I haven't done my usual bouts of practising so there is a need for some creative outlet. I did a drawing of the guan yin zhu ("guan yin" bamboo??) in the living room. Haha this is my second time doing art since like dunno when. The first was some time back when I decided on the spur of the moment to do a painting.


The drawing I did today...


And the painting I did previously.

After the drawing, I enjoyed tons of quiet time reading (guess what!) Harry Potter! Actually it wasn't very quiet, since I was listening to a compiled CD of many songs in MP3 format... created in year 1 and have been played many times over and over again since. (And also especially during cramming sessions before tests and exams.) Brings back all the old memories of sec sch and jc... sighz... and some songs are also from the CD Jiehui compiled for us for valentine's day back in sec 4, brings back the good ol' band days!

Had dinner at Swensens' with my family... yesterday was my father's birthday. And mine too, according to the chinese calendar. A rare occurence! Yep, so that was my day without classical music!