Thursday, April 12, 2018

Back and again

Back and somewhat adjusted for jetlag.
After hearing New York Phil in Taipei, I'm pumped to do more practising!
And I was told that Hong Kong Sinfonietta usually have auditions in June, so maybe I should shorten my stay next year to May till end of June.
If 2 months aren't enough to do the renos in my family apartment, I guess I can stay till July.
Haven't spent summer in Hong Kong without air condition for a long time, it's just too hot for anything to survive...
And maybe I'll spend some time in Taipei as well, since I'm already there.

My biggest concern is bringing Daemon over during such a humid season, and finding an emergency luthier to do any kind of work on him just gets on my nerves.
Hopefully I'll have David do some adjustments on Daemon before next year comes.
It's such an expensive move.
In both the sense that I'd be spending a lot over there, and giving up so much in Toronto.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Huh

Hmm.... just got a few gig calls just when I'm mentally ready to leave the scene here.
What exactly is karma trying to tell me?
That I should resist temptations and keep on with my new path?
Or stay on my current path and expect no change since I have random opportunities here?

Puzzling.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Making changes

I'm not upset at all that I was too nervous and lost the audition.
I'm actually opened to the idea of moving out of my comfort zone and venture to the Asian market!
My ideal world would be living in Taipei and having a performing job there, but since I'm not Taiwanese landing a government funded orchestra job is next to impossible.
So I'm thinking of starting out in Hong Kong and see what can be offered there.
At least it's warmer there and I have close family nearby still.
My plan is to go back to Hong Kong for 6 months in January 2019 and spend that time making connections.
And during 2018 I can see if my Chinese contacts here can help me make connections over there.
Then I can at least cover my spendings for the duration of my stay.

One door closes, another Doraemon door opens!

Monday, January 29, 2018

沒錢找卡數

多倫多 - 台北來回機票已經訂好, 只剩台北 - 香港要訂.  然後香港 - 星加坡 - 馬來西亞的之後再訂.
現在好窮, 好窮!!!

Thursday, January 11, 2018

我要離開你!

今天是與 Bell 的決裂日.
從 92 年開始用的電話終於從地線轉化成數碼線, 上網和電視也轉到別家.
時代跑的好快!  我老了!  XD