Three Decades Man

Whelp. Three decades have passed. Funny how things go, right?

Just ten years ago, I said I wouldn't live past twenty. And today, I sit and look back at that old me and smile.

I started to write my autobiography then, and ten years on, I'm still stuck trying to write down the stuff from when I was fourteen. Of course, there was procrastination involved---I started with a MSWord document, and then progressed to using LaTeX. All in all, roughly ten thousand words. Maybe I will write it till the chronological time reaches this very day, since from this point on, life is going to be different once more.

As always, something for myself as a reward for surviving yet another year: the GUO Grenaditte Piccolo. This is how mine looks like:

Ain't it a looker? But looks aside, the sound of the instrument is definitely more ``wooden'' than the Prelude PC711 hybrid piccolo that I was playing, and the keywork is quicker and sensitive. There's no need for very large movements, and the intonation is generally sturdy from pp to fff. The only thing that requires a little adjustment on my end is the embouchure positioning---the Grenaditte's lip plate is both lower and flatter than that of the Prelude, yet it's not quite like the way the dizi's embouchure hole is cut.

This means that I'm not quite precise in intonation on the Grenaditte yet, but I will get there.

Va bgure arjf, creuncf V znl unir sbhaq zl pbafbeg-pnaqvqngr. Guvatf ner zbivat fjvzzvatyl jryy, naq jr'yy unir gb frr ubj vg gheaf bhg. Gung vf nf zhpu nf V nz jvyyvat gb fnl ng guvf cbvag sbe gubfr jub ner unatvat bhg naq ner cynlvat nybat gb frr jung vf tbvat ba va zl yvsr.

And that's all for now. Till the next write-up.