So it has been a very long while since I’ve written anything! I’m terribly sorry, I know I’m really bad at updating. So, A LOT of things have happened the past couple of weeks! Both good, challenging, and bad…

First things first! I was able to perform not once, not twice, but FIVE times the last time I wrote…it felt SO good being able to step out on stage again after not being able to for almost a year.

So for Chinese New Years (a.k.a. as Tet in my culture) my Church’s youth group was asked to perform a dance, so I was lucky enough to get chosen to dance and I did…it was so very fun. I used to do Vietnamese traditional dancing for a couple of years, but since I got older I started to choreograph instead. So it was very refreshing being able to be on stage again and dance how I used to. We did the dance for a festival and it was a fun experience for everyone. A couple of weeks later for a Chinese New Years celebration at our Church, we were asked to perform the same dance, and it turned out pretty good…here’s a youtube video if you guys want to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3QRka7a7P8 …Also during my Church’s celebration, I was asked to play the Taiko drums. That was so much fun. It was tiring after wards, but it was super fun.

So two Thursdays ago, my school held a talent show, which I decided to enter. Of course, I didn’t win anything or placed, but looking back, it really doesn’t matter because I got to share my music. I think that at the end of the day as long as I got to share a part of me with someone and changed them or touched them with my music, that truly makes me the winner. The performers were all good in their own way and super talented. I was kind of hoping to work with some of them in the future. Doing the talent show, I realized two things…how much I lacked…and how much I’ve grown…I know that I still need to craft my talent and make it better and stronger…but at the same time I realized that I’ve come a very long way since I started pursuing my talents…I know I still have a long way, but I’ve come to an understanding that as long as I keep trying, I’ll continue to grow and strengthen myself.

That following Sunday from the talent show, my Church held it’s annual charity event. I was able to perform another song and also dance. When I finished my performances for the night, one of my previous teachers came up to me and told me how much she loved my music. She expressed how much my music meant to her and how much it touched her heart. I honestly was so happy upon hearing what she said. It wasn’t because I was getting praised, rather it was because someone else could feel all the emotions into the music I put my emotions in. I’ve always had such difficulties expressing myself for as long as I could remember and writing was usually the only way I could express everything. My goal in my music is to just be able to express and convey all the things I feel deep in my heart and to be able to touch someone else with it. And being able to hear that from someone  really made me so happy inside. I really want to continue to somehow touch other people’s hearts with my music.

Wow, this is a very long post…and its very corny…haha well I guess I’ll end it here, even though I have a lot more to write. I guess I’ll save it for the next blog update!

Love Always,

Ann Ngo