An emotional and thought-provoking display of friendship between two young hearts with the passion and desire to discover a sound they can call their own.

the piano forest

despite the fact that the lunar new year has arrived, it is nothing more than 'just another public holiday' to me. guess 20 years of monotonous chinese new year visits to 'relatives-you-don't-even-remember-how-to-address' are more than enough to dampen the excitement inherent in this traditional festival.

a new beginning

life in army hasn't been this good since the day i got shackled to the life of a soldier. and it's been weeks since i've landed myself out in the field. has been spending quite a while teaching the new batch of aoc trainees.
as their instructor, the experience i had was way different compared to teaching cadets. as a cadet, one has to put up minimally decent behaviour wherever he is. words are carefully filtered before spoken, actions are properly considered before taken. there are always restraints and restrictions.
but things are different for the aoc trainees. there is an intrinsic element of sincerity between the instructor and trainees. the interaction with them is more of a heart-to-heart one than instructor-to-trainee. the ambience of our lessons was tension-free and enjoyable rather than a miasma of unease generated by a difference in rank, yet without compromising any aspect. simply amazing.