For Real?!

I had a "For real, Ate Uge?!" moment this afternoon.

As my teacher and I were discussing about our schedules, she asked that maybe, if we could, we could join the Christmas recital this December. The conditions though are her presence (she will be gone on the 2nd week of Dec. since the chorale she coaches will compete in Vietnam that week) and my ability (or maybe confidence and willingness to join). The message was a tad short notice but it's okay.

I mentioned in my previous post that I have a lot to learn and master. However, my teacher added too that the usual CEP-M members that join the Christmas recitals are the best in their fields/students of each teacher. It's just either she has a lot of students that aren't super good yet or I'm just being a perfectionist again. Whatever reason, for a while there, I smiled deep inside. I didn't let it go to my head though since I know how I really fare and how it will be like in the recital. We'll be studying new pieces of Christmas songs for this, if ever.

I might have missed jazz today due to back pains, but this comment made my day and made me feel like I've done enough art for the day. Thank You, God. I really hope I can master my techniques more.