Maestro Daniel Barenboim gave a series of masterclass to young talents and that series is available on youtube. The masterclass participants were up and coming talents from all over they world (were - as Lang Lang was a participant), and they all performed movements of Beethoven's sonatas.

When Lang Lang was playing, Maestro Barenboim told him, he needed be believe that it was possible to do a crescendo on a single note on the piano, although it was physically impossible. An audience member then asked for him to clarify on this point. Maestro Barenboim, then gave a little personal anecdote about a lesson he had with the great Horowitz when he was 14.

"I was taken to play for none other than Horowitz... he said some nice things, he said some critical things.... At the end of the thing he said something that I'll never forget. 'You know, you must always have will'. In other words you must want. It's not enough to know there's a crescendo, it's not enough to do a crescendo. You must want and you must have the will to do that. And if you have the will, and you have sufficient knowledge of how this phenomena of sound functions, how it relates to silence, how it relates to each other, what is the relation between the vertical aspects of music (which comes in chords), and the horizental, the linear [...] And if you have the will to express things and to bring everything that you know and feel to this expression and you have knowledge and are conscious of the laws of nature and the laws of the function of the sound, then you create an illusion. "

1) Rubber duckies from a friend found new life.

2) You're still the one.

3) Toilet is ready in the kitchen.

4) Room is almost done.

5) Roller blinds or Blackout curtains.

Know the Difference Between Cold and Flu Symptoms

Can you tell the difference between symptoms of flu and the common cold? 

Symptom	Cold	Flu
Fever	Fever is rare with a cold.	Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.
Coughing	A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.	A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).
Aches	Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold.	Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.
Stuffy Nose	Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week.	Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.
Chills	Chills are uncommon with a cold.	60% of people who have the flu experience chills.
Tiredness	Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold.	Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.
Sneezing	Sneezing is commonly present with a cold.	Sneezing is not common with the flu.
Sudden Symptoms	Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days.	The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.
Headache	A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold.	A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.
Sore Throat	Sore throat is commonly present with a cold.	Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.
Chest Discomfort	Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold.	Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.

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If it hurts your feelings, close the window.

Edric

So with help from Juzzy, I'm finally micro-blogging on twitter.
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XOXO
Edric

Mark Gould (Ex. Met Opera Princ.) and Thomas Gansch kooking around

Thank you mummy!

It's been so long. Amazing...

I think I may be going to Church on Sunday.
A good friend gave me a very good idea.
I'm going to Church of our Savior on Sunday, and in the middle of the shit pastor's sermon I will stand up and shout!!!

"I'M THE ONLY GAY IN THIS VILLAGE!"  

Little Britain Style.

So the last time Thio Li Ann said something,  I went out and made a tee-shirt. Now that her mother opened her big mouth, Thio Su Mien, it's time for me to print another tee shirt. Any idea

Picnic this Sunday at the Botanical Gardens anyone. Something from from the usually wake up zonked out on a Sunday. And since the SSO is performing there. I guess, it's a good opportunity for a picnic :D

Vienna Phil Trumpets having fun.

So at Marc's place, I have officially proven...

I can't sing! :D

"I want to take my grade 8 [in piano] and get a degree in music."

AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Not so easy hor. Grade 8 is not where near music college standard hor. FAR FROM IT. People with Grade 8 are not even admitted into NAFA. And it isn't a music college to rave about.

Shit. I'm late again.

So I was rushing out of the house,
Now I realized I'm dressed like....

Speedo Tan/Eugene Wu

WAHAHAHAHAHA! 
I'm on a Mac.