Hi y’all! I’m going on my well-deserved holiday. It’s about time to collect all the holidays I didn’t have in 2008/9 with people that are actually fun spending time with. No worries, no stress, no hidden agendas. Only good times! In case you think this is a luxury, it is not just like that. I have chosen to pick this road. I have worked hard to realize this. Anyone can do it. Only some courage and self-support is needed. 
Guess what, guess what! I’m going to see Jake performing LIVE!! I discovered it by accident. Yesterday, I decided to write something about this artist Jake Shimabukura, the Japanese miracle on the ukulele from Honolulu-Hawaii, because I think he’s totally awesome. I saw him for the first time when following the 2010 TED conference live stream a couple of weeks ago and was caught by his music. So I looked at his official website hoping to find some relevant information to write the piece. Clicked the tour section and saw that it would be possible to see him playing live!! Omg, isn’t that great! A wave of excitement went through my body. I love it when I can combine my traveling with events like this. For once, I am in the right place on the right time! This will be MY night out! Let’s kick some ass!
If I could change the way I live my life today
I wouldn’t change a single thing
Cos if I changed my world into another place
I wouldn’t see your smiling face
I started taking singing classes this week just for fun. I guess that’s a follow up on my famous Beatles performance in 2007 at KLM 
And I discovered I can still read the notes.. Yay! Lucky me!
Music has always intrigued me, that is… if it’s the right kind of music. There’s this music which can make me tremble inside and make me feel very real. With the right kind of music I can forget about anything else; all deadlines and stressed-workers, my sorrows and thoughts. When I was a kid my dad used to play the guitar for me. That’s the first time I got into contact with music. When I was 6 years old I started to play the wooden block flute. I guess it was a mandatory activity in kindergarten, not sure though. The teacher told my mom I had definitely some kind of talent for music. Around that age I moved down south 2.5 hour by car to a town called Maarssen where I continued to play the beautiful concert flute. This woman Berdien Stenberg was, besides the New Kids On The Block and Marky Mark & The Funcky Bunch, my idol at this age of 10. I even ended up in a harmony orchestra, but I wasn’t really motivated since I had to play one of the sub vocals. What’s the use of it if you can’t hear me? was what I thought by then, so I quitted after a while. I was never good in practicing to become better, my mom knows all about it. I only started practicing 1 hour before I had to go to my weekly class. Not a good thing. I just do things because I like them. I can do things only if I’m highly motivated. If I’m not, then better forget about it. I need to work towards a defined goal. That counts for all things in my life. Anyways, good memories… Maybe I should continue with music (guitar, piano, vocals?) .. but first… a reason why I should go for it!!
Jane
