A question of quality
What a simple way to live each day of my holiday life.. waking up, walking to a mirror, and talk to myself:
me: Today you ain’t gonna get no rest till you do your best
Reflection: Today you ain’t gonna get no rest till you do your best
me: yep (does a 20394802km hop back to bed.. snorezzzzz)
hey, the 20394802km aside, this really is a good way to start a day… I often keep forgetting the importance of standing up to my full stature and it makes such a Eiffel Tower of difference in my personal performance.. does this justify the cancellation of talking to oneself as a symptom of schizophrenia? Er.. I don’t want to win a free lifetime stay at Tanjung Rambutan so perhaps I’ll just keep this routine within the boundaries of my imagination =)
Hmmm… priorities of life are as subjective as the clouds.. yet what a big influence it holds upon the way we think and act… by observing my little sister’s antics today I think I grasped something…
I woke up today to the melodic sounds of plastic CD cases creating music at the expense of their structural integrity.. my little sister just realized that broken CD cases don’t stick back together like LEGOS.. unfortunately, her realization was approximately 6 original cd casings too late = ="""""
My first response was to be angry. Those CD cases were expensive, they were ORIGINAL! and the CDs held sentimental as well as historical value to my household. In fact, one of them was my birthday present back in 1994.. bukan main marah lagi.. little sis, realizing I wasn’t exactly going to reward her with chocolate, quickly scuttled away to her ‘arsenal’ of toys and picked up her ‘magical rabbit stick’ (yea the stupid toys people make these days, a rabbit on a stick) and striking a defensive Shaolin Kung Fu pose in the event that I might ‘attack’ her… swt
I reprimanded her, and for a second there, was even about to execute the ‘big kor kor disciplinary microscopic slap on the hand’ attack when I began to ask myself… why am I so obsessed at the moment on disciplining her? All kinds of thoughts swam through my head.. so that she won’t repeat it.. so that she doesn’t become a spoilt brat.. but in the end.. I thought to myself, if I put my sister and the CDs on a weighting scale, my sister would definitely be more important.. with this thought, I managed to avoid acting stupidly… and released myself from the grasp of getting into the thick of thin things..
On the same neuron train, I thought of the management of organizations, how sometimes leaders are so concerned with the little actions of the subordinates… yet little attention to the welfare of the subordinates themselves? Also I thought of parents who find fault with every single little thing with their children, punishing them.. thinking it will do them good, when all the while unconsciously they were jeapordizing the child’s emotional growth as well as neglecting the more important thing, the child himself..
My paradigm of caring, understanding and unconditional love took on a few inches of growth today from this event… In the future if I get angry, I’ll be sure to remind myself to consider my priorities.. the important things… a tiny dispute? or the quality of the relationship itself?
TO ALL MUSICIANS OUT THERE
A recommended read, The Mozart Effect - written by Don Campbell… its available for momentary acquisition from the KL library (after I return it of course.. lolz) basically, this book outlines the music of Mozart, its healing properties and lots of other unconventional usages of music! Its really cool.. for me at least.. I’ve always had an innate belief that music heals the soul.. in fact I’ve even previously ranted about running a hospital filled with musicians which aim to promote and revolutionize the patient’s physical, mental, and spiritual recuperation.. hahaha… something like that.. Music is more than Ipods and Kazaa.. in order to not spoil any surprises of any musicians interested in having a look at the book later.. I’ll only talk about my personal experiences of using music to heal.. =)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO!!! was running through my head as I sat at the Chancellor’s hall during educamp recently… it was basically freakin boring… and in order to prep my senses up and avoid falling asleep, I visualize the music as I have often perceived it from the vibratory electromagnets of my ear phones.. instantly I enjoyed myself.. I didn’t even need an MP3 player! Imagining a full fledged orchestra and relating it to events that have or have not happened, is indeed an art.. a musical art for that matter.. lolz
On another occasion remember I mentioned headaches after the 2nd day of the hospital trip? The headaches were terrible… but after playing TURKISH MARCH on my electric Casio keyboard.. my headaches I felt, left me! Call it miraculous or hocus pocus alakazam if you may, but that day, after playing some music, I managed to get my left and right brain synchronized.. my thoughts became clear again.. the headache fleeted like a cloud.. and yep, I saved on Panadol =)
Take heed however that THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO and TURKISH MARCH are both Mozart’s compositions… from the research.. it seems Mozart’s music has by far the best healing properties… (spoiler alert) some people in Japan even bake their breads with the background music of Beethoven and sell the breads as Beethoven breads! A sound example of something unheard of to date in Malaysia. Imagine.. music actually makes bread more tasty? LOL
Improve your quality of life!
Meanwhile, I’m off to dinner.. I smell KFC.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… laterz!
