Week 2 End

So, the end of week 2 of 1st semester has come to an end. I have more or less settled down, although my parents are not in Australia with me anymore.

School has been pretty fine for me. Had my first tutorials and lectures. Not much complains so far, probably because I am studying what I love. Made many new friends from COSDU (Catholic Overseas Student Down Under). I guess I made a right choice in joining cosdu. It's always good to make friends of the same religion, same faith. We had a mass today, which I played the keyboard in. Mass went very smoothly, received many good compliments about the music. Jenan (the guitarist) was telling me how happy he was today because the music in general went very well. Yay! After mass, we went to korean/ japanese restaurant in the corner of La Trobe St. and Elizabeth St. for dinner. There is a large population of Malaysians and Singaporeans in Cosdu, strangely most of us are Asians, except for 1 or 2 from France. I am very excited about the events coming up next organised by COSDU, for e.g. a Postlude to WYD mass which cosdu is in charge of music and liturgy. I always missed playing for mass.

Yesterday, attended an audition for St Francis Choir. I did sucessfully got in, joining the Bass section. The choir is really good. It's a challenge for me to sing in latin, especially in the diction of latin words. I love the Rachmaninov's Ave Maria, it's splendid. For now, I wont be joining them on Sunday till when the music director says I am ready.

I manage to successfully cook meals for myself, from potato rice, wanton mee etc. Yay! I guess it's good to stay alone sometimes. You get to learn to be independent!

Oh yes, I was assigned to a piano teacher, Ms Caroline Almonte. She is a renown Australian pianist who has done many recordings for ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company).

Ok. Got to get back to work! Loving it! :D