The afternoon date with pianist...

It was a warm afternoon, the usual for mid June in Vancouver, unusual for this year, however. A few old classmates from Killarney secondary and SFU met up at Vancouver Art Gallery during their lunch hour.

Frank has been a piano instructor for as long as I have known him. He held a recital inside Vancouver Art Gallery and invited all of us to come. His music piano recitals have become a gathering of old friends for the past few years, of course, I wouldn't miss this one either.

When I got there, it was almost time for his recital, with the guidance of the gallery attendant, I managed through dark hallways and stairways, found myself in a room filled with people.

Frank started his performances with a bit of information on how the composers expressed their feelings in the music. As always, it was impressive, I could feel how passionate he is into the music he is playing.

Looking around the room, I saw familiar faces...

Graham who flew back from TW for a few days was with his gf, Angela. He is taking care of his family business now, even talking about what he does, starts a spark in his eyes.

Darren who took lunch off from his clinic just broke up with his long time girlfriend. Putting himself in 2 jobs, and a tattoo on his arm, he is definitely passionated about what he does.

Patrick, who also took a few hours off, the engineer at a publicly traded company, is happily married and recently moved into their own place.

Brian, whose office is very close by, working at a very well known international software company since university. His love is away, other than that, I think he is content, and happy.

Kevin, who also just came back for a short vacation, with his new-wed wife, looks happy and healthy as ever.

For the moment, we were been drawn into Frank's music. With him humming loudly with the music, we stopped for a moment. We did not think about what has gone passed us, and what will be ahead of us.

We were all there, paused for a Friday afternoon, enjoying and sharing that moment.