If you gave me a chance I would take it,
It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it.
Know with all of your heart, you can't shame me.
Well, that's 2019 done and we're about to go into a new decade, wow. Bring on 2020!
But before that, a wrapup of the decade.
I am proud. I've grown as a person. It's a cliché thing to say, but it's true. I decided to make music my career after writing my high school graduation theme song that became a hit with my cohort. I've made some friends, I've lost some too. I found my way around a city that doesn't speak my language and whose language I don't speak. I've found reasons to live and have learnt to find joy in spending time alone - eating out, watching movies at the cinema, going to F1 and concerts. I've written songs and performed them, I found catharsis through my art. I've scored a short film and produced a theme song for a podcast. I've performed at concert halls and on international TV.
2020 is going to be busy. In January alone, we're having LASALLE's first-ever composer showcase, and later in the month, I'll be taking part in an orchestration workshop hosted by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Tim Davies (whose name I flipped out over after seeing in the credits for Frozen 2 at the cinema with my dad). I'm gonna start working on another short film. I'm looking to do more travelling this year. Hopefully, I graduate from college.
Sometimes I realise that some things also don't change, that as much as I try to be better, at my core, I still hold on to too many things. But I guess the important thing is that I'm actively trying.
All I can do is ... try.
Highlights of the year:
☆ Performing at the grand finals of Asia's Got Talent (in front of David Foster!!), which was filmed at the Marina Bay Sands Grand Theatre. (that's me at the beginning)
☆ Writing and conducting my recital, Degas Tableaux, find the full playlist here, and the programme here.
☆ Dru Chen remixing my original song - "Past Conversations".
☆ Oh, and one last thing. This technically has nothing to do with me but is too cute not to share.
My baby cousin was born in September.
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