Wednesday, September 15, 2004 @4:03 pm
Well well well, its been two consecutive days of exam. Yesterday was piano and today was oral. Talk about making up for the bad. I'd have settled for an average of the two.
The only fruitful thing I did yesterday was going through the piano exam, and actually that wasn't really very fruitful. I didn't go to school, and had a blissful time sleeping for another 2 hours. (a secret: sleep does wonders) I then spent the next few hours starting the day. That inclues breakfast in fron of the TV. Then ofcourse, since it was the big day, practice had to be done.I was satisfied, scalres and pieces andall. So, I went for lunch (Macs), then took a leisurely walk to the library where I busied myself reading about Beethoven. In case you didn't know, he is my favourite composer. At just the right time, I took off for th MRT station. Calming frantic butterflies in my stomach, I went up to the balding old man at the register. Actually, he's quite a nice balding old man. That nata woman came up and did the 'calm the student' act. Whatever. So, I went in, made a show of being confident and experienced, adjusting the chair, testing the piano...and started. How wonderful, I totally MESSED UP my first piece. Started of at the wrong tempo, hit wrong notes...argh...The second piece was better, but I had to hit some keys the wrong way...Third piece, also hit some keys the wrong way. Can there never be a perfect performance? I'd say I played about 70% of what I was capable of yesterday. Scales was fine, until I messed up Ab minor arpeggios. Shit, I got two chances, and both times, I corked up! Damn! Sight reading was satisfiable. Aural was the best, though not perfect. So now, I'm holding on to that thin strand of hope that I will pass.
Today, English oral. Being register number 3, I was with the first batch to be tested. Passage was as usual, a piece of cake for me. I turn around, looked at the picture, and almost fainted. But of course, being me, I didn't. I took a good look at the picture and analysed it properly. Done with that, I started thinking about the conversation topic. You could imagine my joy when I came to the realisation that it would be about music. The passage was about music, the picture was about malay music, the conversation had to have something to do with music. How wonderful, they could ask anything they liked and I would be able to spout out the correct response. I always thought that I would go to Soon, and I did. Dare I say it was a breeze? Yes I dare. It was a breeze. I'm sure I aced it. Well, at least I'll do well.
Just why couldn't my piano exam have been half as good........
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