that was a close one.

well, all is well again. phew. that counting/breathing/giving-it-up-to-God thing really does work pretty well... :P

anyway, thanks everyone for tonight. using pre-study as a decoy. and then actually having one afterwards. (good discussion by the way. i know that i learned more things.) ahhahaha. you guys are great! :D

justin, thanks. *muah* :)

breathe.

"...forgiven so that I can forgive..."

take a deep breath. count to 10. give it up to God.

good grief.

m e r c y m e | how great is Your love

My heart is steadfast O God
And I will sing
With all my heart and soul
Music for the King
And I will awake the dawn
With my praise to you O Lord

How great is Your love
So much higher than the heavens
With faithfulness that reaches the sky
How great is Your love
So much higher than the heavens
With faithfulness that reaches the sky
O how great is Your love

Praise the Lord O my soul
And glory to the King
Forever You are robed with majesty
We come to you O Lord
And Lay our praise at your feet

Be exalted O God and let Your glory reign
Be exalted O God and let Your glory reign
Let it reign
Let it reign
Let it reign
Let it reign
Let it reign
Let it reign

good bye ugly.

wow! laurier has changed the webpage! i went to check my e-mail and BAM. there it was! finally. geeez. that old one was frickin hideous. HIDEOUS. it was purple...with this wierd dot thing in the background. everything looked really bad. did i mention the dots? so ugly. looks sooooo much better now. :)

check out the new and improved (and non-embarassing) website here.

that's right boys and girls, laurier is moving up in the world.

t g i f.

so the first week of classes has come and gone. somehow i managed to keep up with the reading this week...but ugh. i feel so swamped with all this reading i need to do in order keep up with the keeping up. i have a feeling that this whole double major in music therapy and psychology thing might kill me. (methods I is so frickin boring.) but that's ok. i'm ready for the challenge. or at least...that's what i've been telling myself. chin up, right? :P

compared to what my schedule will be like when things really get into full swing, this week has been relatively light. my music therapy placement starts this coming week. :) i'm a little excited...but at the same time i'm completely terrified...i'm so glad that i have a partner. and a good one at that.

all in all, there are no complaints from this girl. God has been sooooo good...He has been taking care of me in every aspect of my life. i was a little worried coming into this year, with me deciding to go ahead with the double major thing, agreeing to be a cell group leader this term for LCCF, being in music therapy (everyone already tells me it's a lot of work on its own) and then working at K-W keys as a piano/keyboard teacher...i was just worried that i wouldn't have time to do everything that i needed to do, and to do everything well. however, He has really reminded me over and over again that He is in control...and that He knows what He's doing - and as long as i do my part (ie. manage my time wisely and do my best in everything)...it'll be okay. :)

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
- jeremiah 29:11-13

oh laurier.

ah, school is back but this time things will be different. crack out the books, and get out the glasses because this year, sharon is gonna be a geekface. ;)

phew, what a weekend.

taken at the MIAC show at the international centre in sauga on sunday and monday

this weekend was hectic, but so fun. i was asked to play synths for a composition being played in a Special Gala Concert at the Living Arts Centre in Missisauga. it was a night to celebrate the dipomatic relations between japan and canada, as well as pay tribute to the great Canadian jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson. anyway, it was nice getting a chance to play with professional musicians (mark kelso - drums, the madawaska string quartet - strings) as well as Francis Li (the composer of the piece.) The piece, Winter Colours, had a kind of europop feel to it, which i thought sounded pretty cool. different, but cool. and it was fun to play - which made it even better. :)

the first half was mainly compositions from Yamaha students (from Canada, Japan and the US) as well as other musicians/pianists from around the Toronto area, but the second half was just...WOW. i met the jazz pianist, Hiromi Uehara, back in 1996 when we were both part of the Yamaha National JOC concert held at the Glenn Gould theatre in TO. she was amazing and blew me away then, but this weekend she made me wanna quit piano altogether. geeeez. so amazing. her style has definitely progressed and developed over the years and...wow. "Hiromi fuses jazz and classical with traditional Japanese music, and injects an element of techno funk with frequent helpings of electronic keyboards. Somehow, she makes it all jell—brilliantly." couldn't have said it any better. the cool thing is that she immediately recognized me as "Liz's sister". :P (apparently we look like twins?) and after telling her bassist, Tony Grey (who was also amazing), that Liz was a Berklee graduate from the same year as them, he realized that he knew her too, from being in some brazilian harmonies class together at berklee. haha. such famous, talented people knowing my sister! wooot! go liz! :D small world. crazy berklee kids. ;)

after the gala concert on saturday, i also played in 4 other mini concerts at the MIAC show held at the international centre on sunday and monday...and it was pretty great getting to talk to some of the other musicians that were there as well as seeing some people from the Yamaha Canada Music Head Office - they actually remembered me! i didn't even think that they knew who i was. :)

anyway, there was one thing that i learned in a big way this weekend:
the music world is frickin big. i knew it was big, but it is so much bigger than i originally thought. as with everything, connections are key.

olympic fever...

ah, so the olympics are here again and they're as exciting as ever! too bad canada isn't doing too great. (hopefully in the days to come, the canadian team will make me eat my words *crossing fingers*.)

so instead, i've been focusing on australia. their swim team is so impressive, but my favourite has to be ian thorpe. for me not the best to look at (haha), but he's definitely great at coming back at the end of races. gooooo thorpedo! AND he's an OCTO baby!!! (which is an added bonus. haha.):D

yay thorpedo!!! the 200m freestyle was great! loved every second of this race! yeeeeah! it was good swimming action. :D haha.

COME ON CANADA. we gotta get another medal. one bronze is just not good enough. :P

peaching picking pictures are up! yay fun times with adrienne, will, judy, ian and steph! click here for pics. :)

kangoojumps

during my lunch break last friday (i spent the day being an rcm theory proctor) i was sitting down on a bench by a waterfountain enjoying the nice weather when all of a sudden this guy gave me a flyer (which i realized after reading promoted the new revolutionary fitness industry product that he was wearing.) at first i thought they were rollerblades, but when i saw him bouncing away (like literally) i knew that they were something else. it was quite a sight, seeing a grown man bouncing along yonge st...

anyway, i checked out the site and they're actually supposed to be really beneficial for your health. plus, it looks fun! :P