I went for my first guitar class yesterday. When we (me and my sis) reached the music centre, we had to wait for like 5 minutes cuz ... maybe there's someone else still having their guitar lessons with the teacher..hehe.. I guess. While waiting, I can't stop imagining in my head what my guitar teacher would be like. I thought he'd be old around 50 like my former guitar teacher which I just had lessons with for only a month in Penang.
But when I popped my head into that tiny guitar room, I saw this young decent-looking guy around his 20s. He was totally the opposite of what I imagined him to be like. First, he's chinese. Well, I did expected that. Afterall, it was a chinese area what d'you expect. Next, he's 22! Totally didn't expect that.
He first greeted me with a 'good morning" when it was actually 5.30 in the evening.. haha.. It's so obvious he hasn't been out of that small room for quite a long time and he doesn't have a watch too for that matter. I'm glad he didn't ask me for the time cuz my watch just ran out of battery a day before. ^_^ I just can't resist wearing it cuz it felt like a part of me is missing without it.
After greeting, we were actually speechless for a few seconds and then I started with "Your name sir?" He said "oh" and suddenly realised that I don't even know his name yet. Then he started scribling his name, phone number and e-mail address on the whiteboard. I didn't expect him to give out all that info, I just asked for his name, that's it. His name is Jian Ming but he said I could call him Xiao Ming. At first I thought it was kinda funny cuz we usually use the name Xiao Ming in primary school like in the textbooks and stuff. It didn't occur to me that in real life someone would actually have such a sort-of-childish name..haha. Anyhow, the class went well eventhough my hand hurt like hell during the class. It felt like my hand was twisted 350 degrees and all the capillaries in it were tangled up in all the wrong direction. But then again, no pain no gain and this has only been the first class. Huh.. I'm glad the class was only half an hour. If its more than that I think my hand would just fall off instantly.
This makes me wonder though, How on earth do those guitarist play the guitar so effortlessly? I mean even teacher Xiao Ming played it so flawlessly. As for me, I'm sure I looked like I was in pure toture cuz the next thing the teacher said was "the guitar can coz stress too sometimes" huhu.. thanx for the obvious comment. But at least he was kind enough to let me exercise my hand for a while. He thought me to clamp the guitar between my fingers. It really helps. I never thought the guitar itself can be an exercising tool..haha.. I learned how to play the guitar and exercise with it too.. fantastic!
Now I'm gonna keep on goin and practice as much as I can till I get it right.. yippy! wish me luck >_< huhu
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