this is my pRecious... this beloved eRhu of mine (no no.. of geco) has been with me foR 6 yeaRs... since the foundation of GECO... 6 yeaRs lateR... it's finally going back to it's tRue owneR... and i can't believe that i actually shed teaRs foR it....

i had 3 eRhus which accompanied me thRough my oRchestRal jouRney...

the fiRst eRhu, i bought it at a meRe $180 when i fiRst joined chinese oRchestRa in sec 1... i still RemembeRed how the eRhu bow bRoke the veRy fiRst time i played it... then ppl kept saying i've got a lot of inteRnal poweR... =p it was a lousy eRhu.. tuneR Rod (whateveR you call that in english) was made of bRonze... it accompanied me thRough my fiRst few peRfoRmances... not to foRget the millennium conceRt... wheRe somebody stepped on my eRhu while i was away and bRoke the eRhu head... =( i cRied afteR my sis bRoke the head again when she thRew my eRhu afteR a quaRRel... =*(

zls was veRy nice... he knew i was pooR... and my family was VERY VERY unsuppoRtive of me in CO then... i had to foRk out money to pay foR all lessons... had to go w/o lunch... didn't have money to get a betteR eRhu... when nasco bought theiR fiRst batch of good eRhu, he let me bRing home one and let me tReat it like mine...

that was the 2nd eRhu of my life... it went thRough numeRous conceRts with me... thRough SYFs... and most impoRtantly, it went thRough aRduous tRaining with me... it helped me tide thRough eRhu gRade 7 smoothly... =) by the time i was sec 3, zls decided to set up GECO.. afteR GECO was foRmally established, zls told me to upgRade to the GECO eRhu... and so, i had to RetuRn the 2nd eRhu of my life... i cRied then... i was Really upset... i had a lot of feelings with my eRhu... eveRytime i feel down, i would take out my eRhu out and play 战马奔腾 to vent my feelings... then i would play Ripe gRapes to calm myself down...

this eRhu accompanied me the longest... fRom nasco SYFs to tjco conceRts and SYFs... to GECO peRfoRmances and conceRt... i feel veRy attached to the eRhu... it's almost like a paRt of me...

now, it's coming to an end...

i've anticipated it long ago... but still... neveR had the heaRt to accept it as tRuth... that it will be leaving me foR good...

but the fact is... it's time to say goodbye...

goodbye, my pRecious...