GREAT Job for IPAC !!

Tonight, is IPAC's first debut, I'd say. This is the first time they had a performance with Gamelan group from Washington DC, _and_ Gamelan/Dance group from Minnesota, _and_ almost 400 spectators! It was really good! I can't believe I was in it either :p

The Gamelan group from DC is called Gamelan Mitra Kusuma. They played the Balinese Gamelan. There were about 12 of them, and I think only 3 Indonesians, the rest are either Chinese or Americans. Isn't it amazing? I heard they had been playing as a group for five.. years. No wonder, they played really really good. I was truly amazed.

Not only that, the gamelan group from Minnesota is called Friends of the Gamelan. They played the Javanese Gamelan. Similarly, there were about 12 of them, and mostly are Americans!! They played really good, too! And the dancers danced one of Javanese dances. Sorry I don't recall the name of the dance, but their dresses look certainly different from my dress, as I danced a Balinese dance.

Still, there is a group playing bamboo Angklung, which is majority Americans, too, some are seniors. Angklung is a set of traditional Indonesian instruments, and the sound is like.. hitting on bamboo, or flute. Oh I certainly enjoyed their songs!! They were those songs I used to sing in elementary or high schools, such as "Ayo Mama". I miss home.. :/

Yah, I guess I do miss home. It was a wonderful evening, except that nobody came to see me perform :'(, except Renny. Thanks to Renny for being so understanding and came to watch eventhough she had had other plans for the evening. I can never say thank you enough for your coming. The Lord has graciously provided her at the right time, when no one else was around to make me not feel lonely. I came to remember the song, "What A Friend We Have in Jesus". Jesus is always here for me, anytime, anywhere. He was there watching me dance, too :'), and the friends I have in Jesus are like Him. I certainly didn't expect Renny to come, but she came. I am glad.

Maybe in a way, I should learn not to expect too much from other people, too. As people can never satisfy. This is one of those things I have so much struggle to recover from, and change. But once again the Lord gently reminds me, and I am convicted. Thank you God for your everlasting love and grace. Bound me close to you forever.