Key's in D Major

Things are going out of hand with summer school, work and training for my upcoming fight.
So far this has been the worst training camp EVER! I reinjured my knee….and once again my ligament in my knee is torn once again. To make matters worst, I had an arm wrestle showdown with my friend’s cousin lost the first time but manage to almost pull a victory the second time until my elbow popped and I had to give up. On the road to recovery, I attend parties, late night activities and so forth…even though most of the time, I don’t even take a sip of alcohol. Just to take my mind off the monotony of training. Just a little something that stuck out of mind during my absence from training all day…

Went to Promise Piano Bar the other day just to catch up with some friends and it was pretty empty when my friends and I got there. As usual it was all laughs and jokes with old buddies around. It was one of my friend’s idea for me to go jam on the piano because he never heard me play before. I walked up to the piano and gently placed my fingers on the keys. My fingers were rigid stiff from the calices, bumps and bruises accumulated form years of boxing and not practicing piano frequent enough. As soon as I played the first note, I was in a zone where I couldn’t hear a thing and my mind was 100% focused on playing. I played song after song all in a medley, some included (Neyo - So Sick, 王力宏 - 心跳,
and bunch of old songs we grew up listening to in high school). I played for at least 15-20 minutes straight but it only felt like 5 minutes. I finished playing to a thunderous applaud from customers at the bar; customers that strolled in while I was playing piano in my deep trance that I didn’t notice. I looked around the bar, everyone had smiles on their faces clapping, the waitresses all stood there clapping along with all the kitchen staff that came out to listen. I turned and glanced over at my friends; they smiled and nodded in approval. I sat back down at my table, everyone in the bar kept their eyes on me. A young gentleman walked over from his table where his girlfriend was sitting I assumed as request that I play Kci & Jojo song “All My Life” because its his girlfriend’s favourite song. In return, he offered to buy me any alcohol of my choice. As I walked closer to the piano again, it is as if a blanket of silence descended upon the bar. Everyone in the bar was dead still, I can see candles flickering against the walls. As I through the intro of the song, I became more confident if the chords and I got my timing down. People started singing along too, before I knew it I was sing along while I was playing too. Because I was unfamiliar with the ending, I improvised and slowed the song down a bit. (booo, my mistake!) The gentleman walked up to me afterwards, I can see a big smile across his face, he handed me a twenty dollar bill and said, “Here, go spend it on something you enjoy!” Before I left the bar, the manager came out and asked if I was interested in playing piano at the bar on weekend nights and of course I turned the offer down. My friends said, “That’s the first genuine smile I’ve seen from you in a long time!”

The experience was like a breath of fresh air for me