2007 年 7 月 5 日 星期四 【晴】

樂團的 admin 打了電話來～　說 director 希望我演多４場音樂會．我最後都 GIVE IN，會去 Singapore．之前不想去是因為怕有 risk．

仲有 28/8 的音樂會，不過就推了，我不想拖 IELTS 啊．


UNKNOWN ． UNKNOWN

1) 這個學期畢業與否
2) 星期一的 medical exam 是否能預期進行 (some issues)
3) 月底是否能申請 PR
4) Hong Kong - Macau - Sydney - Brisbane - Hobart - Singapore - ? - Melbourne 的行程
5) 入澳洲境的 VISA．希望月底前趕到 PR，出到 Bridging，申請到 Bridging B
6) 樂團及 travel agent 讓我由 Singapore 返 Melbourne，instead of Sing - Hong Kong - Melbourne

主，sorry，女兒在與各方溝通時沒有次次都祈個禱先～　又作了很多 risky 的決定～
我都唔知我是憑信心去 or 憑什麼了．這次很多 decision，每一個都會影響另一個，一條 chain 咁，大大求您保守一切．女兒不想失見證，promise 了又 break my promise！

I know that if every condition is YES, all should go smooth as planned. Lord, have mercy on me! And no matter what issues come up, please grant me wisdom!!!

>>July 6, 2007 at 2:03:40 PM GMT+8

2007 年 7 月 5 日 星期四 【晴】

HURRAY STRING PLAYERS!!!

Perlman:
Vioinists have a harder time to make pure music than pianists. Pianists are immediate force to turn the phrase of a piece of music. They don't have to deal with vibrato, shifting, sliding, bow speed. Fiddle players have to deal with intonation as well! You know, we THANK GOD when we play something decent without a scratching! By the time you master all these, you are already 95 years old. No need to due with the music!


I am watching the DVD "The Art of Violin" these 2 days. Great works, great playing in this movie. I wonder when I will be playing some master pieces. I am doing MUCH MUCH technique stuff these 2-3 years at uni, and only recently played a decent double stops scale. My teacher told me that I can perfect it in 5 years. FINE. And one of my classmates who graduated from uni last semester returned to HK. He is now learning with Michael Ma. He's playing OPEN STRINGS in his lesson. This is no surprise to me as I know OPEN STRINGS are the most difficult thing on earth for the violinists! However, he told me that he realized that he doesn't know how to play the violin. It's like when you finished a bachelor degree (學士學位), you only entered a stage where you have learned how to learn (學習). And that's it!!!

>>July 6, 2007 at 3:13:01 AM GMT+8

2007 年 7 月 4 日 星期三 【晴】

今日打個電話去 agent 問一問野~　結果有機會同 Case Manager Emily 傾下．．．

聽到她的聲音同我想像中的她很不同．我只知道 Emily = hardworking，所以好感謝神我的 case manager 叫 Emily！

感恩打左 e 個電話，如果唔係，我好多野都唔知！本來我想 9 月初先做 medical examination，但她說不行啊！交 application 時就要做好個 medical check！收左線就 "look" 左上 HSA 整個 appointment．更感謝主，我 book 到７月９日去做， SO FAST！

不過．．．我真的憑信心～ risk 下～　

>>July 5, 2007 at 1:49:08 AM GMT+8

2007 年 7 月 1 日 星期日 【晴】

在 Camp 之親近神

我在 Camp 頭兩晚都睡得好好~ 第三晚就 4am 先去睡覺！起來了時感覺到我燃盡了自己！



最最最大的傷口，最大的錯誤，最深刻的經歷，我的軟弱，我的體會，在這兩三天都在不同時段，被我把握了機會與大家分享了．我怕會給未信的朋友仔留下一些 negative 的印象．但兄姊說我很有勇氣及有份真誠．

我們的 team：有些組員玩 games 時很活躍，靈修分享時則是靜靜的．而我，不太喜歡玩野外定向，但就很 enjoy 去分享自己的經歷．謝天父的 team setting！

神呀，請用我作您的樂器，來頌揚讚美您的聖名；願我奏的歌是您的愛，一生宣揚您的恩典！

>>July 4, 2007 at 11:42:36 AM GMT+8

2007 年 7 月 1 日 星期日 【晴】

在 CAMP 之 mAke A WIsh

Tonight 有幸一起再玩 fireworks．支野燃燒著之時，各人就一個一個 make a wish．當中聽到有好幾位朋友都為著畢業而 make a wish，很開心大家都是 on the same boat @ final semester！

nervous 是很正常，worry 也是．．．今天番開了上年的 notebook，找來了 Erma Bombeck 的一個 quote：

WORRY is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

>>July 4, 2007 at 11:16:51 AM GMT+8

2007 年 6 月 30 日 星期六 【晴】

”孫悟空，您唔好以為您識舞功就可以亂咁沖呀！”

”您要去取聖經唔係取西經！”



在 CAMP 裡做 drama．．．

我一向都想做下路人 A/ B，又或者扮下樹，誰會料到我的角色是先知約拿呢！KC 的創意為我們提供了很多很有趣的對白及個 plot．出場時我手上拿著聖經，其實想寫下對白可以讀，不過最後都沒有．我想我是了解我們的故事的 story line，知道我的角色要做什麼，用 own words 反而 smooth 好多．背左的對白反而講得不好．


有人說我扮約拿很神似，可能有先知恩賜啊！在劇中，約拿提醒，責備孫悟空的行為．．．的確，我平時都 naturally 會咁做！

>>July 3, 2007 at 3:07:15 AM GMT+8

2007 年 6 月 27 日 星期三 【晴】

I LOVE MONASH!!!

9-4pm at uni today! I've got another kind of feeling when I enter the campus today, feeling a bit proud to be a final semester student! Today we had listened to information regarding the application for PR, although much of that doesn't affect me, I came to learn a lot more about skilled migration. And roughly, I see that I will only get 90 points in the point test. That's NO WAY I gonna get into the point test system!

Other two topics for today are LIFE SUCCESS & JOB SUCCESS. The speaker is from Singapore and he looks like George Teo!!! Thanks him acknowledging that CHANGES are normal, and a mixed feelings of excitment & worry begins when we leave uni. I love that, he gives affirmation ^.^ !

I was about to fall into sleep before lunch time, probably it was a bit bore. Luke made us to write a letter to ourselves which he will post back to us in a few months time. And by then, we shall see some progress in our life, kind of an encouragement .

LOVELY LUNCH. Monash Program often caters GOOD FOOD, join them and you will love it!

In the afternoon, I gained a lot! The DOS AND DONS of job success!!! Writing resume! The career counselor is so professional & friendly! I've learned a bit of TRICK! (hohohooh~ )

>>June 28, 2007 at 9:25:58 AM GMT+8

2007 年 6 月 24 日 星期日 【晴】

原來見 agent 只是上星期一的事．單單一個星期，感覺似幾個星期了．Handle 了很多 paper work，個腦就不段思想我下一步棋如何．

很快，很快也出 results 啊！

接下來是很 busy 的一星期．希望入到 camp 不會操勞過度！

>>June 25, 2007 at 6:37:17 AM GMT+8

2007 年 6 月 20 日 星期三 【晴】

澳門青年交響樂團在本地扮演一個重要的角色，每年提供很好的機會讓青少年在臺上一展身手，今年藉十周年的慶典，樂隊將往澳洲、新加坡巡迴演出（十四天四城市五場音樂會），這又是一個澳門音樂史的重要里程碑。澳門青年交響樂團能夠獲邀出訪雪梨等國際文化之都，與高水平樂團彼此交流、同臺演出，是非常難得的，同時證明大家的努力是有價值的。


** YAY, I know where is the performing venue!

David Tong Concerts with the Macau Youth Symphony / Ka Wong (Grieg Concerto)

August 7 Macau, Macau Cultural Centre
August 11 Sydney, Auditorium of the New South Wales Conservatorium
August 16 Hobart, Hobart Town Hall

Also in Brisbane, dates to be confirmed.


Our soloist:
David Tong - Pianist

David Tong was born in 1983 in Macao and came to live in Australia in 1988, where he studied with Nehama Patkin and Stephen McIntyre. At the age of twelve he won the National Keyboard Final of the Symphony Australia Young Performers Award. He was featured soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in May 2002, and in September of that year moved to New York to take up a valuable scholarship at The Juilliard School.

In 2003 he performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and gave two concerto performances with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, to great critical acclaim. In September 2003 he was soloist with the Matav Hungarian Symphony Orchestra in Budapest. Tong is a regular guest with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and performed at the 2001 Sydney Festival to an audience of 120,000. In 2004 he became the inaugural recipient of a $15,000 Harold Mitchell Foundation Fellowship.
In 2005 he appeared in concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and in recital at Government House, Melbourne Australia.

Tong has performed as a recitalist and concerto soloist with major orchestras in New York, Australia, New Zealand and China.

>>June 24, 2007 at 11:31:47 AM GMT+8

2007 年 6 月 19 日 星期二 【晴】

這個星期，我感到時間過得特別快啊！很多的東西要幹，更有很多的約會．

>>June 20, 2007 at 9:20:43 AM GMT+8