Today while I was waiting for my laundry I went to play the piano in the music room . Then there came a guy entering the music room and took a book out . I quickly gave the piano ( keyboard ) to him ..... curtosy is my policy .... never mind , too much details already . Anyway , what happened was he heard me play the piano and wanted me to teach him piano .....
Wohoo !!!! Means I got income even in university ..... but compared to the last time I taught piano , the rate is quite low even if i convert to RM .... but who cares .... money is money ..... lol
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
San Xi Lin Men
After the Great Depression , suddenly I got 3 good news come 2gether ( San Xi Lin Men ) .... Yeah ....
1 ) I went to MSA ( Malaysian Something ....not sure what it is Association ) .... for Merdeka celebration . It was a blast , here , free from the government , we were allowed to talk FREELY ..... the committee presented a sketch on Malaysia ..... some of the topics included the mysterious suicide of Tan Beng Beng* , SOME building that happens to NOT have a CCTV .... omg , it was hilarious .... seeing all Malaysians again is so heart warming ....
2 ) I bought a LAPTOP !!! ... it cost me SGD999 ( the cost I tanggung myself .... I am owing my parents money ... ) ... but this means I can go online until super duper late ....previously I could only do this once in a month in my grandma's house .....
3 ) W** H** is here !!!!!!! Although our halls are miles apart .... but I still managed to meet him today . We went shopping and he got a singapore number . The number you will have to get from him la ....
Wa .... what a momentous day ...
1 ) I went to MSA ( Malaysian Something ....not sure what it is Association ) .... for Merdeka celebration . It was a blast , here , free from the government , we were allowed to talk FREELY ..... the committee presented a sketch on Malaysia ..... some of the topics included the mysterious suicide of Tan Beng Beng* , SOME building that happens to NOT have a CCTV .... omg , it was hilarious .... seeing all Malaysians again is so heart warming ....
2 ) I bought a LAPTOP !!! ... it cost me SGD999 ( the cost I tanggung myself .... I am owing my parents money ... ) ... but this means I can go online until super duper late ....previously I could only do this once in a month in my grandma's house .....
3 ) W** H** is here !!!!!!! Although our halls are miles apart .... but I still managed to meet him today . We went shopping and he got a singapore number . The number you will have to get from him la ....
Wa .... what a momentous day ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
First Day of Class
I couldn't sleep very well yesterday .... woke up like about 7am .... thank goodness it rained heavily yesterday .... or else the heat would have killed me before the lessons do .
Today is a super depressing day .... I have never been so emo throughout my life .
I tried to act smart in the morning and ended up getting lost in the campus !!!! .... got map also can get lost ... Geography A for what ??!!! .... but I still managed to find my way back for first class CBC111 (aka - fundamental chemistry) .... I read the notes yesterday and seemed like I have learnt most of them in A Levels .... I thought I was so smart when the lecturer was teaching until 5 minutes later when he asked ' Who can tell me why nitrogen exists as N2 but phosphorus exists as P4 sedangkan they all are in the same group ?' ....
I was speechless .... I never thought of that ... More than 100 nerdy brains ( except mine ) in the class and no one could answer ..... reminds me of the first day in Haslina's class .... he explained and suddenly I have so much respect for me already .... haha . The class was ok ....
Lunch was depressing . I haven't known anyone from my class and therefore ended up eating alone , but I tried to cheer myself up by treating myself a good meal - chicken chop + butter rice for only $3.50 .... about RM8.75 like that .... quite worth it right ?
After lunch was CBC113 (aka - organic chemistry ) ... the sound of it is already dreadful .... today I learned about isomerism and cycloalkane compounds .... I have no idea at all !!! Seriously , I have never felt stupider ... some more when I looked around everyone was like nodding their heads and writing notes sedangkan I just sat there like a moron .... sad ....
Next was PAP181 (aka - fundamental physics ) ..... it was a relief . They are teaching kinematics ( slightly harder than M1 , those who took FM sure can sleep .... ) ... one small good news . The board allows me to be exempted from this subject ( and CBC111 - Fundamental Chemistry ) because of my A Level .... I can still get the Academic Units (AU) for these subjects and no exam for me .... that leaves me with only 3 subjects ..... so I went to the office and register an elective - Forensic Science .... don't know whether can get or not . I also decided to not drop CBC111 because I have so much respect for the lecturer ... lol .
When I came back , my roommate , Jonas ( pronounced as Yonnas ) wasn't around . He didn't have any class today , probably had gone out . Bored .... I saw a bottle of vodka on his table and was like .....'isn't this banned within the hostel?' ... I was so depressed I felt like drinking the whole bottle but considering I have no money to pay him back I dropped the idea ....
My dinner was Instant Mee ....$0.40 ... I am on a super-saving mood .... no la ... actually quite lazy to walk to the canteen already . Then I did my laundry , I am posting this while waiting the washing machine to do its work ....
I'll probably be in front of the computer till 12am again . Need to catch up . Thank goodness weekend is coming . I need a miracle to catch up ..... Without the computer and keyboard ..... real musical keyboard which sounds nothing like piano , I don't how I am going to survive .... W** H** , you faster enrol la .... I sien la what already ....lol .
Today is a super depressing day .... I have never been so emo throughout my life .
I tried to act smart in the morning and ended up getting lost in the campus !!!! .... got map also can get lost ... Geography A for what ??!!! .... but I still managed to find my way back for first class CBC111 (aka - fundamental chemistry) .... I read the notes yesterday and seemed like I have learnt most of them in A Levels .... I thought I was so smart when the lecturer was teaching until 5 minutes later when he asked ' Who can tell me why nitrogen exists as N2 but phosphorus exists as P4 sedangkan they all are in the same group ?' ....
I was speechless .... I never thought of that ... More than 100 nerdy brains ( except mine ) in the class and no one could answer ..... reminds me of the first day in Haslina's class .... he explained and suddenly I have so much respect for me already .... haha . The class was ok ....
Lunch was depressing . I haven't known anyone from my class and therefore ended up eating alone , but I tried to cheer myself up by treating myself a good meal - chicken chop + butter rice for only $3.50 .... about RM8.75 like that .... quite worth it right ?
After lunch was CBC113 (aka - organic chemistry ) ... the sound of it is already dreadful .... today I learned about isomerism and cycloalkane compounds .... I have no idea at all !!! Seriously , I have never felt stupider ... some more when I looked around everyone was like nodding their heads and writing notes sedangkan I just sat there like a moron .... sad ....
Next was PAP181 (aka - fundamental physics ) ..... it was a relief . They are teaching kinematics ( slightly harder than M1 , those who took FM sure can sleep .... ) ... one small good news . The board allows me to be exempted from this subject ( and CBC111 - Fundamental Chemistry ) because of my A Level .... I can still get the Academic Units (AU) for these subjects and no exam for me .... that leaves me with only 3 subjects ..... so I went to the office and register an elective - Forensic Science .... don't know whether can get or not . I also decided to not drop CBC111 because I have so much respect for the lecturer ... lol .
When I came back , my roommate , Jonas ( pronounced as Yonnas ) wasn't around . He didn't have any class today , probably had gone out . Bored .... I saw a bottle of vodka on his table and was like .....'isn't this banned within the hostel?' ... I was so depressed I felt like drinking the whole bottle but considering I have no money to pay him back I dropped the idea ....
My dinner was Instant Mee ....$0.40 ... I am on a super-saving mood .... no la ... actually quite lazy to walk to the canteen already . Then I did my laundry , I am posting this while waiting the washing machine to do its work ....
I'll probably be in front of the computer till 12am again . Need to catch up . Thank goodness weekend is coming . I need a miracle to catch up ..... Without the computer and keyboard ..... real musical keyboard which sounds nothing like piano , I don't how I am going to survive .... W** H** , you faster enrol la .... I sien la what already ....lol .
Thursday, August 27, 2009
First Day in NTU ....
I arrived at Singapore at 7.00am today . We took a cab to NTU and he charged us 35% extra !!!!! ..... because it was the peak hour ..... times 2.5 ...... omg , broke la !!!
Today was a super rushy day .... thank goodness my mum knew one of the seniors' mum . She was our tour guide for 6 hours ..... We settled a lot of administration problems and Singaporeans' efficiency is too 'geng' already ..... loan was approved in 10 minutes . Bank account was done in 5 minutes . ATM card was issued in 0 second .... medical examination took only half an hour ( excluding X-ray ) ..... I got my class timetable plus all the previous lecture notes already .... now I can't say 'Malaysia Boleh' anymore ...
Anyway , something very interesting happened today .... When I reached my room and unlocked it , I saw the fan was swithced on and obviously my roommate was already there . Then I saw this 'ang mo' coming out from the nearby washroom with nothing but a piece of towel .... He looked at me with the wierdest stare .... " Is this your room ?"
"Ya," he said .
"Well , I guess I am your roommate" ....
My mum was so shocked she was asking me whether I wanted to change room or not ..... as if 'ang mo's can swallow people .... Anyway , after knowing him a bit , he turned out to be a very nice guy from Finland .... I am still trying to cope with his Finland accent ....
There you go .. my first ... really really tiring day ..... Tomorrow got class somemore .... 4 hours lecture on pure chemistry .... sob ....
Today was a super rushy day .... thank goodness my mum knew one of the seniors' mum . She was our tour guide for 6 hours ..... We settled a lot of administration problems and Singaporeans' efficiency is too 'geng' already ..... loan was approved in 10 minutes . Bank account was done in 5 minutes . ATM card was issued in 0 second .... medical examination took only half an hour ( excluding X-ray ) ..... I got my class timetable plus all the previous lecture notes already .... now I can't say 'Malaysia Boleh' anymore ...
Anyway , something very interesting happened today .... When I reached my room and unlocked it , I saw the fan was swithced on and obviously my roommate was already there . Then I saw this 'ang mo' coming out from the nearby washroom with nothing but a piece of towel .... He looked at me with the wierdest stare .... " Is this your room ?"
"Ya," he said .
"Well , I guess I am your roommate" ....
My mum was so shocked she was asking me whether I wanted to change room or not ..... as if 'ang mo's can swallow people .... Anyway , after knowing him a bit , he turned out to be a very nice guy from Finland .... I am still trying to cope with his Finland accent ....
There you go .. my first ... really really tiring day ..... Tomorrow got class somemore .... 4 hours lecture on pure chemistry .... sob ....
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
NTU ... I am coming
Everything happened so suddenly ....
I still remember on Tuesday after my afternoon nap I came online and found out I got an offer from NTU . My second choice indeed ... Chemistry and Biological Chemistry , but who am I to grumble ??? Since there is not much difference from Biotechnology ( my first choice ) , I accepted the offer .
Today , I just did my passport .... WITHIN 1 hour ONLY !!! Hurray , finally , Malaysia Boleh is not just plain talk ... I couldn't believe its efficiency . Then when I called the NTU office , they said I had to be there latest by tomorrow ..... That's it la ... Graduation Night is tomorrow ... I end up giving up the award and the last chance to see my college friends ..... I have to leave tonight and reach there tomorrow morning ...
Sad .... few days ago , I never saw this coming and suddenly I'll be away from Malaysia . No Malaysian food seems to fill my stomach at all .... I just kept eating and eating ..... I couldn't sleep last night ..... so much to think about ... How I burn my time ? Sudoku .... Did I just sound like a nerd again ( which I am not ) ????
Goodbye ..... next time anyonw comes to Singapore I'll buy you a Roti Canai .... haha ..... Hopefully some of my friends can enter NTU as well ( next year also can .... )
I still remember on Tuesday after my afternoon nap I came online and found out I got an offer from NTU . My second choice indeed ... Chemistry and Biological Chemistry , but who am I to grumble ??? Since there is not much difference from Biotechnology ( my first choice ) , I accepted the offer .
Today , I just did my passport .... WITHIN 1 hour ONLY !!! Hurray , finally , Malaysia Boleh is not just plain talk ... I couldn't believe its efficiency . Then when I called the NTU office , they said I had to be there latest by tomorrow ..... That's it la ... Graduation Night is tomorrow ... I end up giving up the award and the last chance to see my college friends ..... I have to leave tonight and reach there tomorrow morning ...
Sad .... few days ago , I never saw this coming and suddenly I'll be away from Malaysia . No Malaysian food seems to fill my stomach at all .... I just kept eating and eating ..... I couldn't sleep last night ..... so much to think about ... How I burn my time ? Sudoku .... Did I just sound like a nerd again ( which I am not ) ????
Goodbye ..... next time anyonw comes to Singapore I'll buy you a Roti Canai .... haha ..... Hopefully some of my friends can enter NTU as well ( next year also can .... )
Sunday, August 23, 2009
NTU ....
Just when I think the most 'gan jiong' moment was results day , it turned out that it wasn't ....
Yesterday when I was about to take my afternoon nap , suddenly B***** Y*** called . He told me that NTU had replied .... That's it la . There was no Internet in the house . How to check ? I couldn't wait till the next day ... Did I forget to mention I was at my grandmother's house ? I called every single soul ( wait ... i don't believe in souls ... ) who applied to NTU . W** H** graciously turned down my call , he was probably at Yee Eng's house back then .... Then B***** called me again and told me few of my other friends were rejected as well .... gone la .
I asked B to check my status for me ..... there was nothing there except your application is still being processed ... What ??!!! I must check my email . I went through a lot of trouble to get myself online . Yahoo said " No mail " ..... What ??!!! .... Did they even receive my application ???
I called Wh again and thank goodness there was actually someone who hasn't received any emails .... whew .... On the next day , I called the office . They said my application was still being considered ....
The next few days I'll live in fear . Should they reject me ont this , then I'll have to wait for next year ...sob ....
Yesterday when I was about to take my afternoon nap , suddenly B***** Y*** called . He told me that NTU had replied .... That's it la . There was no Internet in the house . How to check ? I couldn't wait till the next day ... Did I forget to mention I was at my grandmother's house ? I called every single soul ( wait ... i don't believe in souls ... ) who applied to NTU . W** H** graciously turned down my call , he was probably at Yee Eng's house back then .... Then B***** called me again and told me few of my other friends were rejected as well .... gone la .
I asked B to check my status for me ..... there was nothing there except your application is still being processed ... What ??!!! I must check my email . I went through a lot of trouble to get myself online . Yahoo said " No mail " ..... What ??!!! .... Did they even receive my application ???
I called Wh again and thank goodness there was actually someone who hasn't received any emails .... whew .... On the next day , I called the office . They said my application was still being considered ....
The next few days I'll live in fear . Should they reject me ont this , then I'll have to wait for next year ...sob ....
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A Level Results
Finally , results day has arrived !!! It came as a little surprise though . I was expecting to be on the 20th ( tomorrow ) it came out a day early .... I was in Sunway Lagoon with my college friends to celebrate before all of us get emo with our results ... at about 3pm , Ms Lai ( MCKL's office clerk ) called me and told me the results were out already .... Gone . No more mood for Sunway already ..... So this is what I got ..... adding to the previous scores from units 1-4 ...
Units Score Grade
Biology 1 86 / 100 A
Biology 2B 100 / 100 A
Biology 3 100 / 100 A
Biology 4 93 / 100 A
Biology 5 80/100 A
Biology 6 100/100 A
Overall : 559/600 A
Chemistry 1 88 / 90 A
Chemistry 2 81 / 90 A
Chemistry 3 120 / 120 A
Chemistry 4 90 / 90 A
Chemistry 5 83/90 A
Chemistry 6 110/120 A
Overall : 572/600 A
C1 Mathematics 100 / 100 A
C2 Mathematics 100 / 100 A
Mechanics 1 100 / 100 A
Statistics 1 100 / 100 A
C3 Mathematics 90/100 A
C4 Mathematics 90/100 A
Overall : 580/600 A
Physics 1 88 / 90 A
Physics 2 80 / 90 A
Physics 3 120 / 120 A
Physics 4 79 / 90 A
Physics 5 90/90 A
Physics 6 115/120 A
Overall : 572/600 A
What is it with the '*************' ???? Hmmmm ...... I am creating some suspense ......
P.S : In overall , I am more than satisfied already .... No regrets . I wish the other people all the best ....
Units Score Grade
Biology 1 86 / 100 A
Biology 2B 100 / 100 A
Biology 3 100 / 100 A
Biology 4 93 / 100 A
Biology 5 80/100 A
Biology 6 100/100 A
Overall : 559/600 A
Chemistry 1 88 / 90 A
Chemistry 2 81 / 90 A
Chemistry 3 120 / 120 A
Chemistry 4 90 / 90 A
Chemistry 5 83/90 A
Chemistry 6 110/120 A
Overall : 572/600 A
C1 Mathematics 100 / 100 A
C2 Mathematics 100 / 100 A
Mechanics 1 100 / 100 A
Statistics 1 100 / 100 A
C3 Mathematics 90/100 A
C4 Mathematics 90/100 A
Overall : 580/600 A
Physics 1 88 / 90 A
Physics 2 80 / 90 A
Physics 3 120 / 120 A
Physics 4 79 / 90 A
Physics 5 90/90 A
Physics 6 115/120 A
Overall : 572/600 A
What is it with the '*************' ???? Hmmmm ...... I am creating some suspense ......
P.S : In overall , I am more than satisfied already .... No regrets . I wish the other people all the best ....
Monday, August 17, 2009
Meaningless
I have no idea what I am doing nowadays .... No jobs , no money , no books .... What is life ??!!! Haha .... I am too shy to ask for jobs anyway . They rejected me right away when I said there is a possibility of me being enrolled into uni before September ... sweat ... so realistic .....
Here I am , helping out in the office . Not so much helping out considering the staffs are doing everything . I just issue some invoices when my parents are not around ( which is like 2 minutes a day when they go to the washroom ) ...... I have to buy lunch for them , do laundry for the family which I HATE so much !!! G** bless computer ...... I can chat and go online and everything during free time ( = 90% of the time ... )
See how I am suffering now ??? That's why I want results day to come soon ... I want to move on ....... I still remembered how I started to count down from day22 .... and in a blink of an eye , it has come down to 2 DAYS !!!! YEAH !!!!
PS : For those who don't look forward to results day , sorry la ..... In an attempt to burn my free time faster , I posted a poll ( again .... ) to see your predictions ..... We'll see how psychic you are .....
Here I am , helping out in the office . Not so much helping out considering the staffs are doing everything . I just issue some invoices when my parents are not around ( which is like 2 minutes a day when they go to the washroom ) ...... I have to buy lunch for them , do laundry for the family which I HATE so much !!! G** bless computer ...... I can chat and go online and everything during free time ( = 90% of the time ... )
See how I am suffering now ??? That's why I want results day to come soon ... I want to move on ....... I still remembered how I started to count down from day22 .... and in a blink of an eye , it has come down to 2 DAYS !!!! YEAH !!!!
PS : For those who don't look forward to results day , sorry la ..... In an attempt to burn my free time faster , I posted a poll ( again .... ) to see your predictions ..... We'll see how psychic you are .....
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Piano exam
This post is four days overdue because the office computer is down ..... I am now blogging from the computer in the Maxims Suite in Genting Hotel ( Thanks to H** B** ) ....
Anyway , I would like to talk about how the piano exam went ....
My exam started from 2pm to 3pm .... I reached Istana Hotel at 12.30pm !!!! Too early ... what to do ? It was raining that day ??? It hasn't rained for a week in Kuala Lumpur and suddenly there was this rain in the middle of a hot afternoon ???!!! Hmm ... I wonder it meant .... lol .
I registered and waited for ONE AND A HALF HOUR .... then something caught up to me .... I was half way through waiting when suddenly I ' Hachoo !!! ' .... Omg .... Right before a piano performance came such a thing ... It would look terrible if this happened in the middle of the exam .... I kept an extra piece of tissue from the washroom just in case ...
At 2pm sharp ( after I submitted my Programme Note to the receptionist ) , I was called in .... Standing in front of me were these two huge 'Ang Mo's .... Both looked elderly and a little scary ... We introduced ourselves . I chose to do Recital first ...
They asked me to try out the piano . The moment I saw 'Yamaha' printed on the GRAND PIANO ... I was like 'Shoot !!!' .... I hate Yamaha ... something about the pitch of this piano just irritates me every time . I tried out and yes , the pitch was very sharp and loud ....typical Yamaha .... There went my Recital ... I think it was less than 30 minutes but they didn't seem to be bothered by it . The missed notes were plentiful ... It was more than the time I practised .... So to pass my Recital is merely possible .... I would be very surprised if it did ....]
I chose Quick Study aka Sight Reading for my second section . It was a two-paged score ( normal ) and I was given 5 minutes to play with it without being judged . The key was D major ... Not bad .... Time signature was 6/8 .... simple rhythm .... Romantic composer ..... I just need to pay more attention to the phrasing and dynamics .... So I started practising then suddenly I saw a 'duplet' sign mixed with three quavers .... there were rests all over as well .... I knew it wasn't going to be so easy !!!! So I spent most of my time working out my duplet rhythm and failed miserably .... I ended up just playing them slower than quaver rhythm ..... Whether I can pass this , I have absolutely no idea ...
Last was Viva Voce aka 'Interview' session . Here were the questions they asked ...
1. Bach - What is Tierce de Picardie ?
My Answer : the third note of a minor key is raised to sound like a major chord .... ( I didn't answer in such fluent English though .... )
2. Beethoven - Tell me a little background of this piece . When was it composed ?
My Answer : first period of his life when he first arrived to Vienna and before he went deaf .... it was composed in 1798 .... Thanks to wikipedia in the morning .. it saved my day .
3. Beethoven - What type of piano did he use ? Was it like the one you just played ?
My Answer - Piano type was pianoforte .... and I guess this piano right here is also pianoforte .... ( I beat around the bush a lot on this ) ..... Thanks to Celeste's express course on Beethoven a day before ....
4. Chopin - Tell me a little about Chopin . Where did he come from ?
My Answer - He was a Polish and was very patriotic towards his country ... this was the only thing I knew about Chopin . It was part of my Programme Note ..... They seemed ok with my answer ...
5. Faure - Do you think Faure as an Impressionist ?
My Answer - No . He was half Late Romanticist and half Impressionist . His work consisted of both styles ... bla bla bla ... boring ....
6. General - What else would you like to tell us or was that something you have prepared but we didn't ask ?
My Answer : 'Crap! ... What sort of question is this ?' ... I had to say something . So I chose from the piece I am most familiar with - Bach . I told them I wasn't asked about the structure of fugue ( Which they asked Celeste ... ) ...
Examiner : So , would you like to tell us about the structure of this fugue ?
My Answer : 'Crap ! .... I didn't study much on fugue ...' So I tried to divert it to something else and said " I would rather compliment his work" ... So I said everything to suck up to him ..... Sad ....
In general , I am 99.99% sure I am going to fail .... it has to be one component or more .... Good news : I won't know it until 8 weeks later and no more piano for me !!!! After 9 years of piano , it felt like I finally graduated ... haha ....
Anyway , I would like to talk about how the piano exam went ....
My exam started from 2pm to 3pm .... I reached Istana Hotel at 12.30pm !!!! Too early ... what to do ? It was raining that day ??? It hasn't rained for a week in Kuala Lumpur and suddenly there was this rain in the middle of a hot afternoon ???!!! Hmm ... I wonder it meant .... lol .
I registered and waited for ONE AND A HALF HOUR .... then something caught up to me .... I was half way through waiting when suddenly I ' Hachoo !!! ' .... Omg .... Right before a piano performance came such a thing ... It would look terrible if this happened in the middle of the exam .... I kept an extra piece of tissue from the washroom just in case ...
At 2pm sharp ( after I submitted my Programme Note to the receptionist ) , I was called in .... Standing in front of me were these two huge 'Ang Mo's .... Both looked elderly and a little scary ... We introduced ourselves . I chose to do Recital first ...
They asked me to try out the piano . The moment I saw 'Yamaha' printed on the GRAND PIANO ... I was like 'Shoot !!!' .... I hate Yamaha ... something about the pitch of this piano just irritates me every time . I tried out and yes , the pitch was very sharp and loud ....typical Yamaha .... There went my Recital ... I think it was less than 30 minutes but they didn't seem to be bothered by it . The missed notes were plentiful ... It was more than the time I practised .... So to pass my Recital is merely possible .... I would be very surprised if it did ....]
I chose Quick Study aka Sight Reading for my second section . It was a two-paged score ( normal ) and I was given 5 minutes to play with it without being judged . The key was D major ... Not bad .... Time signature was 6/8 .... simple rhythm .... Romantic composer ..... I just need to pay more attention to the phrasing and dynamics .... So I started practising then suddenly I saw a 'duplet' sign mixed with three quavers .... there were rests all over as well .... I knew it wasn't going to be so easy !!!! So I spent most of my time working out my duplet rhythm and failed miserably .... I ended up just playing them slower than quaver rhythm ..... Whether I can pass this , I have absolutely no idea ...
Last was Viva Voce aka 'Interview' session . Here were the questions they asked ...
1. Bach - What is Tierce de Picardie ?
My Answer : the third note of a minor key is raised to sound like a major chord .... ( I didn't answer in such fluent English though .... )
2. Beethoven - Tell me a little background of this piece . When was it composed ?
My Answer : first period of his life when he first arrived to Vienna and before he went deaf .... it was composed in 1798 .... Thanks to wikipedia in the morning .. it saved my day .
3. Beethoven - What type of piano did he use ? Was it like the one you just played ?
My Answer - Piano type was pianoforte .... and I guess this piano right here is also pianoforte .... ( I beat around the bush a lot on this ) ..... Thanks to Celeste's express course on Beethoven a day before ....
4. Chopin - Tell me a little about Chopin . Where did he come from ?
My Answer - He was a Polish and was very patriotic towards his country ... this was the only thing I knew about Chopin . It was part of my Programme Note ..... They seemed ok with my answer ...
5. Faure - Do you think Faure as an Impressionist ?
My Answer - No . He was half Late Romanticist and half Impressionist . His work consisted of both styles ... bla bla bla ... boring ....
6. General - What else would you like to tell us or was that something you have prepared but we didn't ask ?
My Answer : 'Crap! ... What sort of question is this ?' ... I had to say something . So I chose from the piece I am most familiar with - Bach . I told them I wasn't asked about the structure of fugue ( Which they asked Celeste ... ) ...
Examiner : So , would you like to tell us about the structure of this fugue ?
My Answer : 'Crap ! .... I didn't study much on fugue ...' So I tried to divert it to something else and said " I would rather compliment his work" ... So I said everything to suck up to him ..... Sad ....
In general , I am 99.99% sure I am going to fail .... it has to be one component or more .... Good news : I won't know it until 8 weeks later and no more piano for me !!!! After 9 years of piano , it felt like I finally graduated ... haha ....
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Nervous
Piano exam countdown : 3 days
Honestly , I didn't feel a bit close to this nervous taking A Level exam ( or any other exams for that matter ) .... The reasonS being :
1. I'm so unprepared . My pieces are all over the place . touching is terrible .... slip notes all the time ... my piano teacher said 'no more slip notes for a diploma student !!! ' ....
2. The exam requirement is 35minutes +- 10% .... I timed myself ... it was less than 30minutes .... The moment they find out I didn't perform long enough . Then it's a sure fail ...
3. I didn't touch any theory since Grade 8 . So I'll probably fail Viva voce aka Oral exam ..... They ask somrthign weird ... and I'll be 'Emmmm.............' ......
4. Quick Study .... great . For a person who failed Sight Reading since Grade 6 . What are my chances of passing this ... hmmm ... lets see .... o ya . It's -1 .
I need to pass all three components to get a pass . All three are looking as though they are going to fail . If for G** knows what reason I pass this exam , then I got to reconsider HIM ......
Never mind , A Level results coming out soon .... that will only mean ONE thing ..... I can start uni soon !!! Thank G** .... one more day at home and you will see on news the next day .....
Honestly , I didn't feel a bit close to this nervous taking A Level exam ( or any other exams for that matter ) .... The reasonS being :
1. I'm so unprepared . My pieces are all over the place . touching is terrible .... slip notes all the time ... my piano teacher said 'no more slip notes for a diploma student !!! ' ....
2. The exam requirement is 35minutes +- 10% .... I timed myself ... it was less than 30minutes .... The moment they find out I didn't perform long enough . Then it's a sure fail ...
3. I didn't touch any theory since Grade 8 . So I'll probably fail Viva voce aka Oral exam ..... They ask somrthign weird ... and I'll be 'Emmmm.............' ......
4. Quick Study .... great . For a person who failed Sight Reading since Grade 6 . What are my chances of passing this ... hmmm ... lets see .... o ya . It's -1 .
I need to pass all three components to get a pass . All three are looking as though they are going to fail . If for G** knows what reason I pass this exam , then I got to reconsider HIM ......
Never mind , A Level results coming out soon .... that will only mean ONE thing ..... I can start uni soon !!! Thank G** .... one more day at home and you will see on news the next day .....
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