I did not know.

i'm impressed,

i'm inspired,
i'm overwhelmed by the pianist.

i wish i'm good at something.

-yen mei, s.H.[R].u.G.S.s-

I used to think like that.
When I was seven (I think), dad dragged me aside for a little talk.
He told me my younger sister was naturally gifted in piano and I was not.
I cried like mad wei.
But it made me realize and recognise that it's ok if others are better.
What's important is the fact that I enjoyed playing the piano
and I'd work hard at something I enjoyed
even if Hwei would always be better no matter how hard I tried.
Anyway God is fair.
Everyone has something from Him.
^_^

-sis, in commenting on yen's post-

I never knew that talk happened.
I always guessed sis might have felt that way.
I never knew the extent of it.
I lived in ignorance.
True...
I have seldom felt that way -
That someone else was so talented it suffocated me.
Except the gazillion mad pianists like...
Colin Kirton...
David Khoo...
Samuel Lee...
I guess it's different when it's your sibling.
Or someone you're close to.
But most of all, I have seldom felt that way because...
I have never endeavored to try something I wasn't good at.
I have always chosen to live in a shell.
So all you who feel suffocated by a more talented person
because he excels in the same thing though you may work harder
Take comfort in the fact that you feel that way
Because you dared to try.
You dared to fly.
Praise be to God if you do fly one day.
As for myself, I will never fly.

Because...

I have never accepted the challenge my inner self proposed.


As for you, my sister.










you memang pandai ber-hiperbola la!




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