Happy, Happier and Happily Ever After

My happiness index is soaring.........

This is especially so since I bought a new violin, its German hand-made by Franz Sandner in 2004. I especially like its antique looking hand painted varnish and most importantly the mellow voice that seems to click with my heart.

Buying a violin is something totally new to me. While I did surf the net and seek the advice of my violin teacher, eventually its a matter of personal preference and of course the all limiting BUDGET. A word i did not like since my college days when i studied principles of accounting.

Every day I tried to practice on my new love. My heart actually warms to the sound!!! Come to think about it, I am quite sensory and auditory in nature. My dreams almost a daily affair since I was a kid were like movies, full colour, with sound track and of course my emotions. (my mum ever said her dreams were black and white which I cannot relate to since she watches so much colour TV.) Many a times, I remembered the tunes in my dream and would hum them while I brush my teeth when I wake. Other times, i just feel as I hear the music mostly classical orchestral or solo piano or violin and wake up with my feelings evoked!

Last night I dreamt that yan bought a small boat the type people use in lakes. In my dream, every where was flooded, and the waters the mad rushing waters were rising so high up to almost few metres. (now I am forever dreaming of being safe from floods since I was in my teens). So as I tried to seal the windows, I noticed on the left slip road cars, MPVs, being washed away by the torrential waters, somersaulting as they went. One car was turned turtled with the crank shaft so visible from the apartment window. While I feel sad that the weather was so freaky and people are really inconvenienced, I was feeling pleasantly peaceful that our family is safe and on dry ground and the head of the family had secured a rescue boat just in case. This dream spoke of God's protection and provison and peace in the midst of unexpected chaos. Thank You Jesus!

Now my life is simpler. Apart from cleaning the house, trying to cook a meal or two, teaching rachel through all sorts of play including water colour, its exercise and music and of course the usual must haves : newspapers, coffee, daily communion (communication) with my God.

I look forward to having more time to practice when Rachel attends pre-nursery next Jul. At this moment, she either imitates me on her toy violin or gets angry when I refuse to let her play mine. "exchange" She would say and when I say "next time when you're older Mummy buy you a violin, this one is too BIG for you." She would throw herself to the floor and wail. In the mean time, I appease her with highly supervised moments as she saws the long bow over my beloved violin on the bed for a few minutes. Seeing her chuckle with joy, she knows the huge difference between a toy violin, a spoilt old violin and mummy's new craze.