Saturday, October 14, 2023

War and Hope...

Been working hard on my piano player's guide booklet which I plan to sell via Shopee Malaysia. Not electronically like mss2.pdf, but physical printed paper. Planning to use premium stock and charge about $1++ / 5RM++. Hopefully, piano teachers everywhere will recommend it to their students. I hope to make a few hundred RM a day. A few days till the close of the Uplink water conservation challenge. I'm confident of grabbing a top 10 spot but may only be paid $10k as I have no intellectual property to sell, just an idea for a practice.

Planning to spend the windfall on the folks -get them some luxuries to enjoy. Maybe a holiday cruise to the Mediterranean. Myself, I could use a Casio MT-G circa $1k. But enough of dreaming.

Had a very good curry laksa ramen noodle (Mamee brand) for breakfast this morning. Just popped it in the microwave for 2 minutes. After several cups of pistachio milk, I'm still hungry. Must be the workout I did this morning, and my run. Exercise makes me more confident of my health which Mom wants to monitor closely for some (nefarious) reason.

I've started doing physiotherapy for my right hand that's been under withering attacks for over a year now. I need to rebuild its strength and dexterity.

Wearing my Q&Q moon phase quartz on real croc leather. Right now the moon just disappeared and will only be back on the watch display on Tuesday / Wednesday. It's interesting how we're controlled externally by the Sun and internally by our moon.

Even so, and being far away in South East Asia, the war in Europe and the Mediterranean looms ever closer. And I sincerely wondered if I should not be writing book(let)s anymore. Yesterday, we talked about being metaphorically and suggestively 're-born' of water and the Spirit. Not much knowledge is being given out these last few days and I've wound down my operations as well.

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Somehow the watch I gravitate towards more often nowadays is my Baltany DD on waffle-tropic FKM rubber. The super beater with sapphire crystal and 100m WR / screw down crown, quartz. I UHUed an earbud foamie to the caseback and turned the strap inside out, all to prevent sweat buildup. It looks a bit exciting now. But it's really most humble, bought off AliExpress for $99 shipped.

So it's almost time to make dinner and I've finished designing the DOG notation. It's quite useful to pianists (like me), and also good for composers. Takes a bit of memory work but is well worth it as it will eventually lead to independent hands and virtuoso speed. I've stopped here for now and will carry on after our meal.

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It's another Sunday evening here in Malaysia. Mom's playing the piano and my teriyaki chicken is roasting in the oven. I'm still wearing the Baltany DD with sweat management. Tomorrow, Dad may take us shopping at the mall. Although I have finished describing 'doggie' notation, it still remains to clean up the MS before I sell it. And I wonder how long the world has to go before Jesus comes -and how long we can run on stolen monies. Will make a push to work tonight, and take my meds about 9pm.

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