https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood Alternative ending to "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan en-us 2017-08-07 00:57:13 UTC 2017-08-07 07:31:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246200 After playing the piece, I felt satisfied by how gracefully I played. I realized that I wanted to start over again and try once more to live up to my mom's dreams. Two years later, I still continue to play the piano with the one my mother gave to me. My fingers slowly play each key to my favorite songs, "Pleading Child" and " Perfectly Contented". I slowly but surely realized that the thing I loathed was very quickly becoming my passion. I remember that after I played the pieces carefully, I immediately realized that these were connected. And I still continue to play the piano after I realized what my mother wanted. Never did I imagine that I would end up following her dreams for me. Hopefully, she's proud of me as I play until the very end.]]> 2017-08-07 07:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246200 https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246236 After two years, I finally had my own family. I have a sweet daughter named Cheska who is known at school for being so naughty especially at home. My head aches because everytime  she goes from school she always sings with a very high-pitched voice.

Although Cheska is really naughty, she was a good daughter and she exactly knows what she wants to be when she grows up. She surely decided to be a pianist.

So the next day, I enrolled her in piano lessons with  Mr. Chong. Surprisingly, she was very interested and passionate about it.

She immediately mastered playing the piano gracefully, as I realized how good she was at it. 

Instead of me achieving popularity, it was Cheska who became famous for mastering how to beautifully play the piano when she preformed in the Alka Talent Show.



]]> 2017-08-07 07:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246236 https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246301 Unknown to me, my dad was by the door, quietly listening to me play the piano. I felt a slight tap on my shoulder, as I looked behind me, my dad gave me a lopsided grin. "You're getting slightly better," he said happily "why don't you perform again?"

 Weeks passed, and I felt more content than I've ever been in the past few years. I stood in front of the theater, feeling the familiar rush of adrenaline.

Slowly walking towards the stage, I felt quite uneasy. Yet I felt a bit better knowing how much my mom wanted this for me. Seated on the chair, I let my tired fingers play the black and white keys, I let myself remember what had happened years ago. 

Before I knew it, my fingers stopped playing with the rhythm long gone in my head, only the sound of my beating heart and the clapping of the audience filled my ears.  

I looked above, "Mom, are you proud?"







]]> 2017-08-07 07:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246301 https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246475 A few years after my  mother dies, I gives birth to my most beautiful daughter, Jimin. 

Eventually, Jimin grows up—with the mindset that she doesn't have to be anything she doesn't want to be. I try my best to be lenient with her, teaching her that what truly matters is her passion. 

However, after those few years, I begin to realize something within Jimin beginning to curdle restrainedly within her. Jimin comes home fom school exhausted; she comes home without a smile on her face. 

Before the problem gets worse, I finally try to approach her about it. 

It turns out, Jimin didn't know what to do with her future; she had no idea what she wanted to become. So, I tell her, with all the heart I can offer, that all she has to be is the best version of herself.]]> 2017-08-07 07:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246475 https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246501 2017-08-07 07:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246501 https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246502 I looked to my side and saw my loving father, happily listening to the piece. He said "Why don't you start a music school?" I thought of what he said day and night and I felt more signs telling me to start the school. Many friends and family, started to encourage me to start playing the piano again. I happily decided to start the school. As I gained more students, I remembered my mother's dreams for me when I was a child. At the peak of my career as a music teacher, I have gained more passion and confidence for music. Lately, I've been joyfully enjoying teaching the children. As time passed by, I've realized that my mother just wanted the best for me and even if we didn't have a good relationship growing up, she made me the person I am today. And I am forever grateful for that. ]]> 2017-08-07 07:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246502 https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246623
After a year, I became a prodigy by trying and working hard. I am now happily contented with what I've achieved, being a professional pianist. Soon enough, I had a husband who's very good at playing multiple instruments. We met at San Francisco during a concert where both performed. Every month, we play at different countries. In three years of being married, we joyfully celebrated our first born daughter. Unfortunately, when our daughter turned 8, there happened to be a really tragic accident which sadly led her to a comatose. 

One day, while I was playin the piano in my daughters hospital room, she miraculously woke up.  After these years, when my daughter grew up, she inspirationally took my step in being a prodigy. Now, we play at some events in different countries. ]]> 2017-08-07 07:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chastbusto/storysequel_wood/wish/180246623