My memory

It had been almost 6 years I didn’t touch my black cool piano already cause I am now far away from home studying oversea. And today, pianoman, which has earned the unique distinction of being the friendliest store to browse and shop for piano products and services in the Boston area, had brought out some long hidden memory in me.

Pianoman, what a unique name. It recalled my memory when I was 7 years old. At that young age, my mum always, every day, dragged me to sit on the piano chair and commanded me to practice the songs I brought back from piano class. Well, at that young age, I still don’t know how to enjoy and feel the happiness of playing piano because this practice was brought out by my mum. Last time when she was small, she so eager to learn piano but due to the financial problem, she was not able to learn it. So, now when she has her own daughter, who is me, she planted the seed of piano interest in me when I was 7 years old. She brought me to piano class once or twice a week. But at that young of age, I just follow my mum’s advise to learn piano and never enjoy in playing it. I did enjoy, not in playing piano but during the break time between the piano class, when we, all those who learn piano there, gather around and play games. That’s what I enjoy the most. Hahaha…

I still remember my mum, woke me up from my afternoon nap to bring me to the piano class and I cried so terribly refusing to go to piano class. She got so angry and pinched my hip strongly and only then I stop crying. Hahaha..Now when I recalled back, it looks so funny to me.

At the age of 9, my parents bought me a used baby grand pianos. My dad bought it from his friend who was not going to keep the grand piano because there are no one in his house going to play it.

Well, gradually, year by year, I slowly upgrade my piano lessons, grade by grade, at least one grade per year till when I was seventeen years old, I had finished all the basic 8 grades of piano.
During those year, my interest in playing slowly grew bigger and around twelve or fourteen years old, I was brought to serve God in playing hymns and others christian songs during different church fellowships.