1. Un-forgiveness, as I understand it
"I understood.
I understood it from
the colour of the sky,
the shape of the moon,
the blackness of the night sky under which we passed.
The building lights,
the streetlights,
were unforgiving."
- Banana Yoshimoto, 'Kitchen'
[Halfway though the second story of the novel. Lovely, like her previous novels I'd read.
She managed to write about the concept of death and loneliness without going to the dark side. In fact, reading it draws me to the bright side.]
4. In retrospect
You were,
I was,
we were
the bitterness of past tense.
3. Try, try again.
"Over and over, we begin again."
- Banana Yoshimoto, 'Kitchen'
2. Always trying to be good enough
Dear Cello-chan and Bow-san,
Thank you for putting up with me for the past year and a half (almost).
We've come a long way together, haven't we?
And we've definitely been through lots of ups and downs together (up-bows and down-bows... okok).
From not being able to hold Bow-san properly, and not being able to produce decent sounds on Cello-chan, till now, when I can play a tune more confidently (and with a half-decent vibrato to boot!)...
and being acknowledged by H (cello teacher) to be good enough for the upcoming Cellography 2016...
thank you.
I know you guys must also be feeling as exhausted as I am (or even more exhausted) from all the intensive practice sessions.
But let's hang in there, alright?
From now till then, let's give it our best shot.
一緒に頑張りましょう!
Love,
the girl who is always trying so hard to be good enough
[Cello practice and rehearsals are pretty much taking up 80% of my time outside work. Although we're nowhere there yet, we're slowlyyyyy improving (at snail's pace, no kidding). An ultimate test of diligence and discipline. Ah, and emotion regulation.]
