Just Miss Chan

Yesterday i went to a mini singing recital at Esplanade call Just Sebastian. It is a solo singing show by local singer/stage actor Sebastian .

When the show started i remember the lady pianist walking out from the side of the stage with her heels making the echoing knocks with the parquet floor. i thought that that was slightly irritating. Anyway Sebastian came on and gave it al his best with his singing which was refreshing and attention catching.

After his first 2 songs he started to talked about the pianist. The lady with the heels. " lets welcome Elain Chan out pianist." FIrst thing that came to my mine was the surname Chan. Chan and music spells one thing for me.. my secondary school music teacher.

" Miss Chan Miss Chan " we will go during those younger days of teens. Being in a neighbourhood school music lesson was something that is not so much in our blood. And to us back then Miss Chan was this Ang Moh pai teacher who sings even when she is walking alone. A little crazy in my opinion back then.

I only had Miss Chan as a music teacher for about 2 years i think but she has left a very very deep impression in me as the ang mo pai music teacher who is not bac looking really.

I never kept in contact with her till one day I bumped into her 3 years later at Bukit Timah area when she is walking alone ( to dunno where ) but one thing for sure that helped me identify her as Miss Chan. She was walking alone and SINGING to herself. It was a sure thing that she is Miss Chan. We only brushed shoulders but never spoken. Back then i was thinking.. maybe she has gotten married to a rich guy along bukit timah road and now living a tai tai life. I wasnt sure if i were right.

So along came yesterday night, the night i met Miss Chan again. I am thinking whether i should approach her and say hi Miss Chan, i was once your student and i remember you clearly. But she kept on playing with the passion and dedication that she has always portrayed as a music person.

It was a special night as I went there paying for Sebastian but gotten Miss Chan as a surprising bonus. As he sang , the memories of me being her student came back vividly. I laughed at myself for laughing at her when i was still young. Laughing at the fact that i used to scoffed at her for singing to herself on the road. Now when i am older i know this is what we call passion. She showed it to me and lived the word passion.

I never get to speak to her even when the show ended. But it was a good lession as well as a show. Seems like the music lesson that she have not ended with me 13 years back then. But this time round she taught not only music but the meaning of passion to me. It comes 13 years later but it is a class that she never knew she has given to one of the audience that night but never will be forgotten by one of her students sitting there looking at her with great respect.

Just Miss Chan

Yesterday i went to a mini singing recital at Esplanade call Just Sebastian. It is a solo singing show by local singer/stage actor Sebastian .

When the show started i remember the lady pianist walking out from the side of the stage with her heels making the echoing knocks with the parquet floor. i thought that that was slightly irritating. Anyway Sebastian came on and gave it al his best with his singing which was refreshing and attention catching.

After his first 2 songs he started to talked about the pianist. The lady with the heels. " lets welcome Elain Chan out pianist." FIrst thing that came to my mine was the surname Chan. Chan and music spells one thing for me.. my secondary school music teacher.

" Miss Chan Miss Chan " we will go during those younger days of teens. Being in a neighbourhood school music lesson was something that is not so much in our blood. And to us back then Miss Chan was this Ang Moh pai teacher who sings even when she is walking alone. A little crazy in my opinion back then.

I only had Miss Chan as a music teacher for about 2 years i think but she has left a very very deep impression in me as the ang mo pai music teacher who is not bac looking really.

I never kept in contact with her till one day I bumped into her 3 years later at Bukit Timah area when she is walking alone ( to dunno where ) but one thing for sure that helped me identify her as Miss Chan. She was walking alone and SINGING to herself. It was a sure thing that she is Miss Chan. We only brushed shoulders but never spoken. Back then i was thinking.. maybe she has gotten married to a rich guy along bukit timah road and now living a tai tai life. I wasnt sure if i were right.

So along came yesterday night, the night i met Miss Chan again. I am thinking whether i should approach her and say hi Miss Chan, i was once your student and i remember you clearly. But she kept on playing with the passion and dedication that she has always portrayed as a music person.

It was a special night as I went there paying for Sebastian but gotten Miss Chan as a surprising bonus. As he sang , the memories of me being her student came back vividly. I laughed at myself for laughing at her when i was still young. Laughing at the fact that i used to scoffed at her for singing to herself on the road. Now when i am older i know this is what we call passion. She showed it to me and lived the word passion.

I never get to speak to her even when the show ended. But it was a good lession as well as a show. Seems like the music lesson that she have not ended with me 13 years back then. But this time round she taught not only music but the meaning of passion to me. It comes 13 years later but it is a class that she never knew she has given to one of the audience that night but never will be forgotten by one of her students sitting there looking at her with great respect.