i once again know why i have stayed in chinese orchestra all these years. tonight was the finals for the chinese orchestra competition and it was tonight that the orchestra played the best it has ever played. to have 80-something people playing the same song, contributing to make a piece of music come to live... is just so incredible. words cannot describe the way i felt during our turn on the stage. my heart swelled along with music and im sure so did everyone else's. the orchestra seemed like an extension of the conductor, and through him, the pieces. it was perfect. the conductor actualy broke into a huge grin during the song...

now, i cant say anything to let those who werent there onstage experience what i felt... because it was indescribable. i honestly was close to tears - so much did the music move me. its got to be the best feeling on earth... to be part of this sensational orchestra and giving all that we've got to the public/judges.

we got the best chinese orchestra award, but that isnt important.

tonight, the apsaras flew, out of wall-paintings in the cave and up into the sky. fairies joined in the fest and danced a graceful silk-dance. before, finally departing into the wispy mists of the morning's fog.

tonight too, was the beauty of winter marvelled at. the fragile beauty of the snowflakes, gently falling onto the white ground, each and every piece reflecting the sun's rays, in all the colors of the rainbow. the winter wind blew, cold and harsh before finally succumbing to the sun's majestic rise from the horizon.........

tonight, we were the brightest star.