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Now you see: what you thought was yours could never be had. Take a look around, try to understand that it’s a game that you’ll never hold onto very long.Where we are isn’t just a place where everything remains ( Savoir Adore : Dreamers) This world did not just happen.  

Years ago, my piano teacher (Mrs. Tjin Tjin, Ng) performed this composition on one of our annual recital in Balikpapan. As far as I can remember, that was the time when I fell in love with this piece. It was not only about the sound, but the whole performance; how it was being played. Since then, I had always been dreaming that one day, I would be able to play it. Well, apparently, I still do. This Improptu by Chopin brings some kind of mysteries to my ear and to my senses. So, it's relieving to find a video that tells the history of this renowned "Improptu No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66" or popularly known as "Fantasie-Improptu". Paul Barton: Chopin 'Fantasie-Impromptu' - History & Tutorial Makassar, January 24, 2014

Monica witnessed a bombing that exploded an office building across the street, while she was having a conversation with her two angel friends. In that very shocking moment, she—along with the other two angels of God—abruptly run toward the building and hysterically cried for what they had just seen. It turned out that the horrible scene she saw had frustrated her and, at the same time, shaken her faith to God. She thought that learning to use heart to feel was no use for angels, since it was only made to be broken; a very human thing. Later, Monica wandered alone and unexpectedly, questioned about God’s will, her faith and principle as an angel. Then there she was visited by a man—that later she recognized as no ordinary mortal, but satan—who offered her another choice of living by becoming a human. At the beginning of their conversation, she explained her reason of frustration and why the bombing had brought her such a misery to the human form of the satan, ...