Time flies. I can’t believe I’ve done the first year of my master’s study. During this year, I took tens of thousands of photos and videos to record every precious moment, and to share what I saw and heard with my family and friends. Looking back to this academic year, no matter in music or life, I take everything seriously and have grown a lot. First of all, for me, “time management” is the one thing that I feel I have changed the most. In the beginning, I didn't have the habit of writing down my schedule and plans, thinking that there are only a few things to do within a day, and there is no need to write them down. However, especially around the final exam week, when homework, exams, rehearsals, or piano jury all come thick and fast, I realized the importance of keeping a schedule. Gradually, I got used to placing two schedules on my desk - a monthly schedule and a weekly schedule, on which I wrote all the things that should be done. On the weekly schedule, I also add a plan for what time to do what each day. If completed successfully, I marked a check on the item. In the long run, I found that this will not only prevent wasting time but also give me a clearer goal and direction. Every time I completed a task on the schedule, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. Although I had already lived in another city other than my hometown during my undergrad, this time I was truly living “abroad”. I have also become more independent this year. Whether it is buying food or daily necessities, cooking or doing housework, or even going out to class on snowy days. No one can help me anytime, anywhere, so I do these all by myself. Especially in cooking, every time I cook, I take pictures of the finished dish. Looking back now, seeing the progress from having noodle soup every day in the beginning to more diverse dishes and even desserts, I feel very blessed. During the year, I also met many new friends and thrived in various cooperative processes. During activities such as group work in class, piano collaboration, and the wind orchestra, everyone respects and listens to each other, creates music and shares insights on music, and strives for the same goal of making beautiful music. I also have met many non-music major friends in the school’s extracurricular activities. We keep in touch and sometimes meet for travel, meals, and exercise. Time spent with these friends during my master’s life created great memories which I will always carry with me. The scene where I got on a plane and came here to study still dwells in my memory. Unbelievably, I have completed the first academic year here! I am very happy that I can grow stronger, and I really look forward to creating more memories in the next academic year! I am very grateful to my family, friends, teachers, classmates, and even kind strangers for their help so that I can stay in a foreign country smoothly and comfortably. Last but not least, thank you all for reading my blogs. I hope you enjoy the stories I have shared this year! - Chin-Hsuan Cheng, written in May, 2022 回顧我在這裡的第一年時光飛逝,轉眼間我已經順利完成我的碩士第一年了!在這一年中,我拍下了數萬張照片和影片,紀錄每一個珍貴的瞬間,也跟親人朋友分享我的所見所聞;而在音樂和生活方面,每件事我都認真對待,也在這些過程成長了許多。
首先,對我而言,「時間管理」是我覺得我自己改變最多的一項。剛開始,我完全沒有寫下時程表的習慣,想說一天不過也就幾件事,腦袋記住就好,不需要筆記下來。但尤其到了期末考週左右,無論是作業、考試、排練或是鋼琴考,全部接踵而至,我才意識到做時程規畫表的重要性。漸漸地,我養成習慣,書桌上放了兩個時程表,一個月計畫表、一個週計畫表,把所有該完成的事項寫在上面,在週計畫表更會加註每天幾點做什麼事情的計畫。如果順利完成了,就在事項上打勾。長期下來我發現,這樣不僅不會再虛度光陰,也能給我一個更明確的目標、方向,而且每當在計劃表上又多畫一個勾時,我都覺得非常有成就感。 雖然以前讀大學時就已經自己住在外地,但這次更是「外國」。這一年來,我也越來越獨立。無論是食物或生活必需品的採買,還是下廚、做家務,甚至是在下雪日出門上課,沒有人能隨時隨地幫我,我也是都親力親為。尤其是做菜,我每次都會將成品拍照下來,現在回顧起來,從最開始的天天湯麵,到後來更多樣的菜色和甚至甜點,看到自己的菜品的日漸進步,我總會覺得非常欣慰。 在這一年中,我認識了許多新朋友,也在各種合作過程中茁壯成長。像是課堂上的小組作業、鋼琴合作、還有管樂團,在參與過程中,大家互相尊重、傾聽,共創音樂,分享對音樂的見解,為了共同目標而奮鬥。我也在學校課餘活動中認識了許多非音樂的朋友,大家保持聯繫,偶爾相約出遊、吃飯、運動,相處下來非常開心。和這些朋友相處的時光都將成為我碩士生活的美好回憶。 還記得當時隻身坐上飛機來到這裡讀書,如今竟然已經完成一年的學業了!在這些過程中,很高興自己能夠越來越茁壯,也希望下一學年可以繼續進步,創造更多難忘回憶!非常感謝家人、朋友、老師、同學,以及好心陌生人的幫助,才能讓我順利、舒適地在異鄉生活。最後,感謝各位讀者,希望我這一年來分享的故事您們能喜歡! Chin-Hsuan Cheng, 2022年5月
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