exhaustion

Not much to say except that i'm physically and mentally exhausted. Soundless sleep is something i crave a lot of the times, and i finally got it last night...due to the stresses of deadlines.I had 2 articles due for April Issue of Fine Music Magazine and honestly, I forget how stressful the deadlines are!I had them done but it's the whole fine-tuning and re-working and MORE re-working of the piece which drove me into the wall. They say you yourself are the hardest critique which i completely agree...that's why I drove myself crazy reading the pieces over and over.The first was about the YouTube...

Child prodigy meets Australian Idol

Sunday 1st March, 2009Castle Towers Level 3, Grand Piano11am-1pmDynamic duo Van-Anh Nguyen (concert pianist) and Thanh Bui (Australian Idol Top 8 2008) collaborate to give you a mind-blowing sneak preview to the up and coming Victorian Bushfire Relief Concert (The Hills Centre, March 27th 2009). The performances consist of classical piano pieces, pop tunes, jazz standards and a fun improvisatory trip through favourites.Come along and support us!!! Would love to see you all there...

V-day weekend

I sort of started to write in the wee-hours of Valentine's Day morning but i thought, why bother? It's just one of those days...just another day really. This year for some reason, I don't know if it's just me, capitalism, commercialism of everything possible for those 'big' days or a combination of all of the above but Valentine's Day was plastered everywhere. Everywhere I turn, red this, love you that, teddy bear this, heart-shaped balloons that. I walked into the Chocolate Box store down in Melbourne on the weekend and what's the first thing I see? a candy-bra.I did my kind deeds to the community...

going the hard yards..

Sorry it's been a while since my last entry. The days leading up to the weekend was hectic as ever, getting last minute things ready for the Sydney Bridal Fashion Week. Then, the aftermath came with the calls to follow up and bookings for gigs this weekend which was perfectly fine because it just showed that the hard work paid off.Hard work or not, I was very satisfied with how my feet held up. In 4 1/2 inch heels from 9am-3am with barely a moment to sit down on the Saturday, then back into the heels for more promo work for Vivo Entertainment Agency on Sunday from about 9am to 1:30am (including...

revamp time

I've finally taken the time to do a quick browse and revamp my blogspot layouts. Nothing too fancy, nothing too overtly trivial - just pianos, cupcakes and diamonds :) 3 of the most important things.... ;)Unfortunately in the last 24 hours, I have had to visit the hospital once again after vowing not to go back there (after last year's stint...or 4 stints to the hospital). There was nothing much I could do, except get them to operate. It seems to be my constant reminder to wind down, have a bit of ME time but that doesn't seem to be possible. Hospitals are like enforced rest time for me. Sitting...

not having what you want

I've neglected this blog completely, almost forgetting that it existed until today. Blogs are funny things. When interesting things happen to you, you never have time to jot them down. Then when you have time, it's more of a reflection than anything.So, am I in a reflective mood? Pretty much. The past week has been ridiculously tumultuous. Vivo Music School is excelling as the days go by which just shows that if you put the effort in, anything is possible. We hit our target before the start of term, and Vivo Entertainment Agency is picking up gigs for weddings. Speaking of weddings, we will be...