Departure
It was a long long week since Professor Gulke’s arrival in Beijing. I was his OFFICIAL translator, and this morning, he left for Frankfurt. (he stays in Berlin, so he has to change plane). His appearance totally change my week’s usual rhythm and the ALREADY long hours of school TURNED longer.
I had to attend his rehearsals with the conservatory’s youth orchestra (Group A - formed by year 3 and 4 students) and translate every word he (the professor) says from English to Chinese. It was really fun as I got to know a lot of new people, and made some new friends. ALTHOUGH the hours were long and I had to stand THROUGHOUT the rehearsals… If it was a 5 hour rehearsal, I’ll be standing for 5 hours straight. Then end up with sore legs at the end.
Then when the conducting department has master-class organized, I had to ATTEND every single one of it even if it wasn’t me that’s actually INVOLVED in the class. Because I had to TRANSLATE~~ Haha, all these translating really drove me nuts for the pass week, but without doubt my chinese improved. LOL.
The conservatory’s youth orchestra performed Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and Brahms CONCERTO for piano No.2 with Mr. Andreas Bach. So, instead of one professor, I got to know TWO of them. A conductor and a pianist… and since I’m THE most FLUENT englsh-speaking people around the few selected translators (I’m THE only foreigner), I had to take EXTRA care of the 2 professors. Like: Go to the Great Wall with them, bring them out for dinner and lunch. (But mostly with the conductor, since the pianist has his own translator)… The GOOD thing about accompanying these people is that I get to have FREE food throughout the week… lolx. Feed myself until I’m bloated all the time. Lolx.
Oh well, all is an end now that Professor Gulke has gone back to Germany and Mr. Andreas Bach is now staying with his friends and has no longer any more business with the school. I’m FREE~~~ WoooKAKAKA. They both adore me very much… Professor Gulke even calls me his little angel. (Although I insist him not doing that because, I’m not dead)… The reason why he calls me that is because he KEEPS forgetting his things, leaving them behind, dropping them elsewhere and I ALWAYS HAD TO GO LOOK FOR THEM… then I always find them larrr, that’s why he calls me his little angel. tsk tsk tsk… I Forgive him for being forgetful, considering that he’s already 73 years of age.
He’s a real SUPERMAN though. Being a person of 73 years old, he’s also has FOUR PHD degrees and is GOING to get his FITFH one this September. He’s been through World War two, so he really really knows a lot. GREAT TEACHER, though not a great conductor. He’s good, he can really tune the orchestra in details and everybody adores him because he is so very kind and nice. But oh well, great pianist ain’t necessary great piano teachers…. so, same case here.
And so, this morning, he departed.
Another sad departure is Candy, who came to stay with me for no longer than 2 weeks. I woke up at 6am and found her frozen on the ground. I jerked from my bed when I saw her body in that position, not far away from my roommate’s cupboard. She usually sleeps beside my bed in her little blanky bed I made for her, and her absence made me curious so my eyes darted around the room for her. Then it shocked me.
Dead. Just like that… Candy’s gone…
1) She didn’t freeze to death because she has her own little bed with blanket
2) It is IMPOSSIBLE to starve to death because I fed her before she went to bed
3) No way did she get food poisoning cuz if food poisoning need to be sick for a few days before death
4) Nobody squashed her because at 4am she woke me up cuz she was scratching my bed side and I pet her and she was still jumping around… but at 6am when I woke up she was dead.
5) She couldn’t have fell from anywhere because she couldn’t jump up anywhere and she was on the ground
So… the only reason for her death so far: It’s was just, her time to go.
They tell me that those people selling these animals on the street got prob geh… and I was lucky that she actually lived 2 weeks… When she came she couldn’t even walk propery without falling over… And along these days she was improving a lot… jumping and all… then suddenly this morning… shock gila.
Maybe… she had a heartattack.
Sigh, god bless. May you rest in peace… Lotsa love~
