Firstly, lots of new friends. I can say YST is the most heterogenous faculty in the entire NUS: it got students from 11 different nationalities! Besides, I got a friend from Australia, and she speaks a very articulate and fluent English (although with funny wierd Australian accent), so here is also a good place to practice my english.
But these couple of weeks have been an "enlightenment" for me.
I start to think more about my life.
What I want in my life.
And then about the music I play.
YST is just like the gathering place for all geniuses from all around Asia. I, compared to them, is just like nothing. I possess poor piano technic, and I am not as sensitive as the other.
Then what can I do? Can I really catch up with them?
These questions have rocked me to the core. I was shocked to realize that I have these questions in my mind. Is music all about competing with each other? Is music all about comparing myself with the others and saying,"hey, I am better than you, hey you're better than me", or "hey, he can execute this passage faster than you do"???
No, that's stupid.
I am here at YST to improve myself
I am here to study
I am not here to compete and to be towery!
I am here to make my own music!!
And the only one I have to defeat is
MYSELF!!
Yeah, looks like YST has changed me a lot.
One thing I love from YST is,
the "almost"-absent-state of "kiasu"
the like of which Medan possesses very deeply.
Here, a student can teach the other student,
I mean, to share what they have earned from their teacher
the freedom to criticize others' performance without the fear of being scolded
the very meaning of friendship here in YST has been heightened to its upmost level
that is to support the others
and to be glad of your friend's improvement
YST is just like an Utopia for me!!
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