Vox // A Long December

Oh what a month so far! And it's not even halfway through it yet. Shall we make a list? We shall!

- Quit architorture school. Calling it 'architorture' for a good year and a half didn't help me not wanting to be there
anymore in the first place so my dad finally wrote a letter to enable me to withdraw from school. No questions on
this, please.
- Still mulling over choices on what to study next. This is the most likely option so far, the only drawback is that it's
two years in Pudu aka 'Shitsville' (thanks boo).
- Finally cleaned up my room! Like majorly cleaned up. 7 bags of garbage, a 4-foot stack of papers and magazines
for the old newspaperman, a box of books and toys and two bags of clothes and stuffed animals to give away.
- I. Bought. Makeup. Okay, my mom bought it for me at Avon but still! I have eyeliner, eyeshadow, lip gloss and
blusher to call my own! Someone's getting lipstick on their collar soon *ahem*.
- Maryam and Elaine are back from Australia and I must say, the mere knowledge of knowing that they're just a half
hour drive away is enough to calm.
- It'll be one year soooooon. Milestone much? :)

Vox // Terharunya

My latest student is yet another tiny little girl, my front door neighbor. After a month of frustratingly trying out a new teaching technique with her (I'm a new teacher so I try out different things with different students), I discovered that she is by far the best beginner I've had. I got her the now-proven Tunes For Ten Fingers and she could straightaway read the notes! When I told her mother about it, it came as a surprise to her because apparently Nadia -that's the student's name- doesn't read well. She clearly loves music; she lights up when she sits at the piano. And judging from her lightning speed at picking up the skill so far? A prodigy on my hands? About time :D

(She showed up for class today with a lily for me. It was fake, but it's my first gift from a student.)