A Nocturnal Reverie

Thursday, April 13, 20061:20 AM♥

love long journeys home...love long journeys to work...both accompanied by my i shuffle with gd musics recorded..dont mind travelling,even if im alone,tts y im in love with bus 190.as long as there's music.but 307 pissed me off today..for tt atrocious long wait which i didnt appreciate.quite upset with tibs service..i thought short dist bus comes n goes quite often.but i waited for nearly 1/2 an hour.guess this happens also to bus 99,well known in jurong,n some say in clementi.definitely something to improve on,or at least,tell us the reasons.

gr 8 practical exam soon.a big big stress n burden to me.I SWEAR I WILL BREATHE PROPERLY,EAT NICELY,DRINK CAREFULLY,WORK HAPPILY,PLAY WILDLY N SLEEP PEACEFULLY aftr this major exam.2 more weeks,minus the days i will be workg,minus those "dilly-dally" time,minus the time i eat,sleep,bath,travel,tell me how many more mins m i left with? last exam to decide if i want to go on with diploma n those sorts of things..i have to pass.my piano fees each mth,my exam fees,my time spent preciously on "PACO" (name of my piano) makes me wan to strive harder.at least a pass.cos its damn diff to get a distinction,its V.GOOD if u get a merit,n its gd enough if u pass.IF U FAIL,ITS OK,VERY NORMAL.ask ard how many ppl fail in their upper grades? gr 5 6 7 n 8..at least 8 out of 10 whom i know,failed at least once in their upper grades.so god bless my hands to grow longer so i can play more than an octave.

exam:
PERFORMANCE PIECES.
performance piece 1,sonata,by scarlatti.list A. (piano teacher said im ready.quite familiar,not bad already)
performance piece 2,sonata in d, by mozart.(piano teacher said im ready,familiar,quite gd.)
performance piece 3,herberge,the inn, by schumann(piano teacher *sighed.cords not familiar,probably u have small hands,have to change some notes..pls concentrate on this piece n u are done.)

SCALES.
similar motion.(piano teacher said,good.familiar)
contrary motion(piano teacher said ok~ not too bad)
double thirds(piano teacher said nothing cos i havent practice on this,at all.bless me!)
arpeggios of major n minor common chords,in root postion,first n second inversion.(piano teacher said,buck up,must be in a faster speed)
dominant seventh(piano teacher havent got the chance to examine,cos jocelyn hasnt done it.bad isnt it?)
diminished seventh(good)

AURAL.
not yet.wait till my combined lessons.anyway its e same every year.some singing,hearing n description required.

SIGHT READING.
can i hope for c major? i asked my piano teacher.she laughed.n said"wait long long,u're not in gr 1 my dear".btw sight reading means giving u a score which u had nv ever seen b4 in ur whole life,with sharps n flats,n less than 5 mins,u have to play it out.smoothly.............

so as u can see....im not tt ready.i didnt mean to avoid things im not done with,esp my scales,but im too afraid to even see them.phobia.but i have to.from tml onwards,i will face those notes bravely,along with paco.so frens,do remind me tt i have my GRADE 8 PIANO EXAM coming up damn soon,though its nt a big deal,i know.cos i tend to purposely forget abt it.its really gon' be real hard.not easy to make it.

*speechless