When I ask myself every 3 to 5 days the question : “Is working as a church musician the right occupation for me?” I guess the answer is pretty clear: No. Why am I still keeping the job and keep renewing my work contract? Because I am timid. It is a secure job to pay …
I like to stay in a comfortable hotel, resort or friend’s guest room. I can enjoy the cleanness and tidiness without cleaning it. When I am out, I know my room will be cleaned when I am back. It is also very nice to enjoy a hearty breakfast without preparing it. After wake up, I …
One day I was having lunch with a friend in a restaurant in Germany and saw this tin. I was shocked, because the tin look like the tin I saw in Jakarta. People use the tin to stored prawn cracker or biscuit. Moreover, the word that printed on the tin is in Bahasa, the language …
I was watching ships go by in Hamburg on 3.5.2013, the time when Elbphilharmonie was under construction. As I was watching ships and clouds, a poem came to my mind. I’ve written a post about this: 在Hamburg二零一三年五月三日邂逅的云. The blog is written in Chinese, now I translated the poem in English. Ladies and gentlemen, let me …
Highlight of today: As we’re arriving in the church in Ponitz, Prof. Lohmann greeted us by playing choral variation – Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig BWV 768 on this blue organ bench. The organ piece of the day to me is III. Klavierübung – Vater unser BWV 682 (Organ Mass: The Lord’s Prayer). Again, it was …
The organ says: Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! This organ located in the J.S. Bach’s house museum in Eisenach.
I am very thankful about how we can stay connected digitally. Hopefully we will see each other in person, may be in this Cafe? Or any other suggestion?
What do I do to make myself relax? Tonight, when I am not reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, I am listening to Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 by Johannes Brahms.
Writing is an act of engraving memory.
1. What I care most when I die tomorrow?
2. Which stuffs that I am doing matter most after 5-10 years?
Everything that not related to the given answer, is just insignificant. Life is short, time is precious, pay more attention to stuff that really matter and bring joy.