on organ lessons

I have organ lessons every monday that i'm here in heidelberg. And it's been fantastic so far. Lessons are inspiring, the organs are inspiring in themselves. For the last lesson we used an organ in the Musikhochschule für Kirchenmusik. It's a small historical organ, following the german baroque tradition of organ building, with parallel pedels, and with the short and high upper notes in the pedals.. (this is probably not making a lot of sense to most of you, but oh well. for my memories sake. =p ) .. The touch was so wonderfully clear. And although my bach didn't sound fantastic because I was still getting used to the organ, whatever little quality stuff I could muster sounded so so deliciously good. And it really is the organ. It's just.. really really nice compared to the electronic speaker ones that we have back home. So very different. ... If only good things were movable. I'd move the organs and the teachers to singapore.. or move the family, friends and food from singapore to heidelberg. if only.

(i want nasi briyani... and laksa yong tau fu... and tom yum soup.. and grandma's food.... oh dear. ok. should stop thinking.)

Joshua Radin - the fear you won't fall

'Digging a hole and the walls are caving in
Behind me air's getting thin but I'm trying
I'm breathing in
Come find me
It hasn't felt like this before
It hasn't felt like home before you
And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel
This way
And I miss you more than I should
Than I thought I could
Can't get my mind off of you
I know you're scared that I'll soon be over it
That's part of it all
Part of the beauty of falling in love with you is the fear you won't fall
It hasn't felt like this before
It hasn't felt like home before you
And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel
This way
And I miss you more than I should than I thought I could
Can't get my mind off of you
And I hate the phone
But I wish you'd call
Thought being alone
Was better than was better than
And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel this way
And I miss you more than I should
Than I thought I could
Can't get my mind off of you
Can't get my mind off of you
And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel
This way
And I miss you more than I should
Than I thought I could
Can't get my mind off of you'

... it's so simple. and so nice. love it. =)

Pavarotti

Quote from one of my movie marathons

'I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. '

a week back in london..

prata and milo dinosaur! =) .. sharon brought the milo from nottingham (it's cheaper there. and yes, there's milo in the UK) .. got the prata from chinatown. 

matthan and me! i look like a happy chipmunk walking the most handsome puppy in the world. =) ..

pink daisy... bought from king's cross..

made apple crumble! the first successful one. the other two that i made before had apples peeking out of the crust. This was a huge success. =p .. yummy success.

our darling. =)

our handsome baby.. =)