The Piano and I

I remember the time my dad signed me up for an organ/piano class. He then also chose an individual teacher for me. Every time our session approaches its start, I also started to feel lazy and didn’t want to attend and have figured different ways to skip from it. 

My dad didn’t condone this laziness of mine. Hee made an arrangement to bring the teacher to our house instead. A teacher to conduct the lesson just in front of him. That’s how serious my dad was and would do everything for me to learn to play the piano (I was using an organ that time).

The most awkward is the best person to teach

I was not-so-excited to learn, but I was so curious about who was this teacher that was so willing to come and guide me in our humble house. Dang! The day has come… It was the moment for me to find out who my teacher was gonna be. Would he/she be totally strict, would he/she be totally a stranger to me, or was he/she someone I already know. As I walked into our home, I noticed a familiar guy sitting down in front of our old organ, as I approached him, “Uncle Danny?” I was so shocked to know that the teacher was my dad’s brother, literally my own uncle, the last person I would think of, yet left me no choice at all.

I would never forget his face until now. Especially when he gave a smile and said: “Let’s learn to play this!” I wasn’t able to even run away or make any excuses not to follow what he said. So I sat and started to learn how to play that damn old organ, which I totally hated the sound for a couple of months.

Travel From Home

Another travel from home during these hard days because of the CoronaVirus outbreak brought me when I passed through the Seoullo Bridge in the middle of Seoul last year. I saw a piano where anyone can play, it reminded me of those memories as it suddenly flashed back in my mind. I just felt the happiness within, and I smiled and smiled! Perhaps, that’s what traveling does. 

Traveling makes you remember something and someone special. Like I remember dad, who never gave up on me until he brought his own brother so I couldn’t do anything but to learn and practice playing the organ. If I learned harder at that time, I probably will sit there and play. But, yeah, I still choose my own path rather than playing instruments, which to some could have been more fun.

Still, those are sweet memories I will cherish forever.

How is your #travelfromhome while you #stayathome ?