Summary, self-evaluation and performance in Y2S2 =|

Glad that this sem has come to a stop point.... looking forward for new start nex sem IF got chance...

Summary:

after 3 months of long holiday finally reopen~ this sem seems to be more relax for initially... however it is not tat easy lo ...

the first week:

we had an "impromptu" trip to KL... n this is a sudden decision n quite insane thing to do for the sem... because there's no class ... haha...

we went to S.Pyramid to shop for cloths =P ...

we go there by train and our train departure time is 5am !

week 5 is the most exciting week for most ppl: Chinese new Year!

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n the following week... test every week till week 13 =.=

Gosh...

week 13 is a memorable week~ wee~

we have a vacation to cameron

(to be add on/updated...)

self-evaluation:

well, is not so good lo.... this sem... i think that nt much improvement... sometimes still ...

esp my interpersonal and intra personal skills...

the way of communicating most of the time not "mature" enuf... maybe i alr get used to "childish" way to make fun of myself to ppl during secondary... but now since in the adult stage d... i should greatly reduce this kind of "non-sense" rite... so i will try to chg this....

that is y i feel tat ppl around me do not like to respond to my response.... =|

i still wish to be a bit fairer than now bcoz... it will make me looks "cleaner", my poor skin complexion and skin problems (pimples scars/mark) will let ppl perceive as "dirty"

stereotyping problem- culture n communication, some ppl may perceive black ppl "dirty" bcoz they look black... sames goes to me... i may let ppl think i m dirty in fact i m not...

U could not blame me for being "dirty" bcoz i m gifted with such poor skin... hope u can understand...

so... hopefully there's improvement in me in this aspect i hope...

in acedemic performance.... should be more focused... i lost attention easily... n cant think too further... (my mind mayb narrow sometimes)

like Bernard say.. i should think out of the box, or more than a box, during dotA-ing with them... same goes to acedemic ....

i need to change the method of study , base on understanding is not enuf... we have to able to link it to various of direction n aspect ... to be more effective in study .... i think... from wat have i faced now...

i need to be more organized too... otherwise things will be mess up.... especially my pc destop... the files n assignments... speechless*

For my exam, my performance is not so good... Esp Genetics n Molecular bio... almost totally screwed up.... done it badly i think.... i m very worry i manage to pass or not....

i don1 to resit... it is embarrassing n sort of waste of time....

so if i do FAIL in these papers.... i gtg ... leave n move on .... =(

n probably the gone of my existence will make "them" more happy.... esp that 1 person... very obvious the avoidance n un"song" response... which will make me more even sad bcoz that kind of way treating me....

Screwed up on exam =|

Genetics paper 30th...

wat the .... theory part ... use a bit more time d... calculation no time finish .... when it left oni 30 min... i notice tat got 2 question not yet do but juz drafted it alr.... shit lo....

hopefully it can passed la... ><

revision start from 29th morning till 30th 3 am... morning 9 pm continue to 12pm... exhausted man.... but the outcome is not so desirable... =( nvm...

but then... that night .... i din expect my fren will celebrate my earlier 21st bday.... coz normally they will make 1 day earlier for others....

after the exam... i was depressed with wat have i done in answering.... i go to net cafe to play till 7pm + n take away dinner ...

too full after ate my dinner ....

n my fren tell me 9pm later having tea session ... then the time is 8pm now... i was so tired that i quickly sleep for a while.... i wanna wake at 8.45 who noes 8.35+ my fren wake me up... i was so blur till 10 something... coz i not yet recover my "spirit"

at tea session, my take the cake out n put infron me... i was stunted.... n energyless to say a word... not even an "thank U" appreciation.... shit... i m too blurred... u all may tot i pretend to duno.... but i really duno at the first few sec... n after that it make sense n i noe is for me...

i n look at u guys (energyless) with that kind of ... expression....

sry guys... i not purposely make u all feel strange/weird by my moody expression....

tat time i was really... soul-less

worst thing is... they wan me to try seaweed.... coz they noe i dun eat.... but i tried to eat n not to let them down... however... i m toooooo fulll bcoz of my dinner... not yet digest + head blur blur...
tthe taste of seaweed trigger me to vomit easily bcoz i cant stand that unique smell...

n i try to swallow twice n almost throw out.... lucky i din.... but it is such a bad bad bad impression..... OMG.... u guys must be hate me for behaving such ways....

aiks.... i hope u all dun hate me la.... SRY ya....

if u any1 of u all read this... assume u nvr see it... hope u can forgive me by heart ya...

Thx a lot anyway for that celebration.... i very grateful to have ppl like u all around me....

n also sorry for my "bad respond"

Molecular bio paper....

moderate well-prepared ar.... but.... perform badly....

consider screwed up as well.... mind bcum empty.... probably confused with the fact... holy....

aiks.... hate myself ><... brain contain toooo much crap d.... occupied memory space...

i maybe need to repeat d this subject.... but hope God will bless me as usual... juz a pass is enuf =|

haiz....

anyway... i may consider stop Uni life if i failed la... time left not much... time to work at the same time enjoy while waiting "the end" of the world.......

mayb my absence will make "the world" better i think... so .... stay or leave.... let The Lord deside ...

so called pro -"played by ears" in youtube- i prefer to describe as "selfish"

erm... after viewing ppl's comment...."do u have music sheets of this piece?"

they will replied "no, i played by ears" ....WTH

well... recently many n many pianist in youtube don1 to share the score they get on pop song...

they claim that they played by ears... well... i can tell u tat mostly of them cant.... if can.. it is imposible it sounds so "organized"

for example:

user: http://www.youtube.com/user/roughjustice34
song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhyjDPNw214

do you think he does? coz if played by ears... instrument part should have almost in range keys...

but this dun hav....

user: http://www.youtube.com/user/aammoossquito

song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zy3kcb7Uhs
> this user i m nt sure... but he is kinda looking while playing

there's more user... i will considering list them down in future

come on guys... wats wrong ? afraid of ppl play better than U? music is made for sharing...

how i noe? because i can play by ears and i noe wat my ears listen to.... based on the way they play... that is obviously memorizing of the sheet i can feel...

even i can play by ears.. i hav to admit tat sometimes it maybe hard n i need to refer sheets... if there's available download lo...

tats make wat's the different between me n normal pianist

anyway... i was hoping for opportunity for performing to ppl ...

indeed, i maybe not qualify enuf....

but some ppl may think i m good.... probably is bcoz i non-reliable to score unlike normal pianist tat require sheets for any songs they play...

for me, pop songs about 80% i can play by active-learning play...(using hearing) n sometimes 20% of the song may be too hard to play by hearing... coz i m not "perfect"

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haiz... nex time i better mind my own business....

ask him few thing he treat that as annoying...

sua lo...

tot himself very lengzai... but is true... he really are...

tats y my word is not convincing... coz i m not lengzai...

u go ahead folo ur lengzai buddies ba...

some day may u realize wat r u doing... is ?

feel bit regret bout it..

Think back, n i asked myself Y i chose to stop music n head in biotech path... erm... sounds rhetorical to me..... but "every decisions starts from me n every moment is a choice" -quote from take charge softskill program.

Grd 8 is juz a common qualifications nowadays, i have it too~ should pass with merit for piano but tat day i was food poison during exam... luckily still passed. if i cont. tat time... i think i m doing my preparation for LT. diploma d.... 3years time after gd8... preparation time 99 o...

a simple performance without challenging technique require but i use my own performing pleasure style make make me third place ~.~ if i chose a more technically song who knows i can be champion? (hmm... cannot be lansy juz bcoz this) coz still got many great pianist but they dono the so-call stage performer style in a competition...

N i feel tat i would wanna take my diploma ATCL ... maybe in 2011.... nex year my bro alr going to take... for me preparation time will be not enuf... so i will start from now to work on... hope i can made it in time.

so, as a guideline to myself...

Selection of ATCL recital song list:

Alkan Barcarolle op. 65 (from Trente Chants vol. 3)

Bacewicz Concert Krakowiak

J S Bach French Suite no. 4 in Eb, BWV 815

J S Bach French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816

J S Bach Prelude & Gigue (from Partita no. 1 in Bb, BWV 825)

J S Bach Overture (from Partita no. 4 in D, BWV 828)

J S Bach Toccata (from Partita no. 6, BWV 830)

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 850

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 851

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in F minor, BWV 857

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in F# minor, BWV 859

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV 861

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in Ab, BWV 862

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in A, BWV 864

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in B, BWV 868

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 874

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 875

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in E, BWV 878

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in F, BWV 880

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV 885

J S Bach Toccata no. 3 in D, BWV 912

J S Bach Toccata no. 5 in E minor, BWV 914

Balakirev Scherzo no. 2 or Toccata

Balakirev/Glinka The Lark

Bartók Suite op. 14

Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op. 10 no. 1

Beethoven Sonata in F, op. 10 no. 2

Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op. 13 ‘Pathetique’

Beethoven Sonata in E, op. 14 no. 1

Beethoven Sonata in G, op. 14 no. 2

Beethoven Sonata in Ab, op. 26

Beethoven Sonata in Eb, op. 27 no. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’

Beethoven Sonata in G, op. 79

Beethoven Sonata in E minor, op. 90

Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80

Beethoven Bagatelles op. 126

Beethoven Rondo a capriccio op. 129 ‘Rage over a Lost Penny’

L Berkeley Concert Study in Eb, op. 48 no. 2

L Berkeley Preludes nos. 1, 2 and3

Bowen Impromptu, op. 91 no. 2

Bowen Toccata

Brahms Capriccio in F# minor, op. 76 no. 1 any reliable edition

Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, op. 79 no. 2 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in Bb minor, op. 117 no. 2 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in A minor, op. 118 no. 1 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in A, op. 118 no. 2 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in F minor, op. 118 no. 4 any reliable edition

Brahms Romance in F, op. 118 no. 5 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in E minor, op. 119 no. 2 any reliable edition

Chabrier Aubade Dover

Chabrier Scherzo-Valse (from Pièces Pittoresques)

Chaminade Automne op. 35 no. 2

Chapple Bagatelles diverse nos. 6 and 7

Chopin Ballade no. 3 in Ab, op. 47

Chopin Fantaisie impromptu op. 66

Chopin Impromptu no. 3 in Gb, op. 51

Chopin Nocturne in Bb minor, op. 9 no. 1

Chopin Nocturne in B major, op. 9 no. 3

Chopin Nocturne in F#, op. 15 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in Ab, op. 32 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in G, op. 37 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in F# minor, op. 48 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in B, op. 62 no. 1

Chopin Nocturne in E, op. 62 no. 2

Chopin Polonaise in C# minor, op. 26 no. 1

Chopin Polonaise in Eb minor, op. 26 no. 2

Chopin Polonaise in C minor, op. 40 no. 2

Chopin Valse in Eb, op. 18

Clementi Sonata in Bb, op. 12 no. 1 (from Sonatas vol. 1)

Clementi Sonata in B minor, op. 40 no. 2 (from Sonatas vol. 1)

Clementi Sonata in D, op. 40 no. 3 (from Sonatas vol. 2)

Copland The Cat and the Mouse, Scherzo humoristique

Debussy La plus que lente

Debussy Minuet (from Suite Bergamasque)

Debussy Prelude and/or Sarabande (from Pour le piano)

Debussy Voiles (no. 2) and/or Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (no. 4)

and/or La cathédrale engloutie (no. 10) (from Preludes for Piano book 1)

Debussy Feuilles mortes (no. 2) and/or La puerta del vino (no. 3) and/or

General Lavine-eccentric (no. 6) and/or Homage à S. Pickwick Esq. PPMPC (no. 9)

(from Preludes for Piano book 2) a

Dello Joio Suite for Piano

Fauré Impromptu in F minor, op. 31 no. 2 any reliable edition

Fauré Nocturne no. 4 in Eb, op. 36 any reliable edition

Fauré Barcarolle no. 1 in A minor, op. 26

Fauré Barcarolle no. 6 in Eb, op. 70

Ginastera Malambo (from Estancia Dances op. 8)

Grainger Molly on the Shore (from British Folk Music Settings)

Grieg Sonata in E minor, op. 7

Handel Suite no. 8 in F minor

Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI/20

Haydn Sonata in F, Hob. XVI/23

Haydn Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI/32

Haydn Sonata in Ab, Hob. XVI/46

Haydn Sonata in C, Hob. XVI/48

Haydn Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/49

Haydn Sonata in D, Hob. XVI/51

Howells Finzi’s Rest and Berkeley’s Hunt (from Howells’ Clavichord)

M Hyde Valley of the Rocks

K Jenkins Boogie Woogie Llanoogie

Kabalevsky Preludes op. 38 nos. 5 and6

D Lilburn From the Port Hills (no. 4 from Five Bagatelles)

Liszt Liebesträume no. 3 in Ab

Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca 123 (from Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year)

Martin°u Prelude en forme de Fox Trot (from Eight Preludes H181)

C McDowall Either Shades of Solace and Vespers in Venice or Vespers in Venice and Tapsalteerie

(from Four Piano solos)

Mendelssohn Prelude & Fugue in F minor, op. 35 no. 5 a

Mendelssohn Song Without Words in G minor, op. 53 no. 3

Messiaen Regard de la Vierge (no. 4 from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant Jésus)

Messiaen Le merle noir (from Petites esquisses d’oiseau)

Moszkowski Étincelles op. 36 no. 6

Mozart Sonata in C, K. 309

Mozart Sonata in D, K. 311

Mozart Sonata in A, K. 331

Mozart Sonata in F, K. 332

Mozart Sonata in Bb, K. 333

Mozart Sonata in C minor, K. 457

Mozart 10 Variations on Unser Dummer Pöbel meint K. 455

Mozart 9 Variations on a minuet by Duport K. 573

Poulenc Suite in C

Poulenc Trois novelettes, nos. 1 and 2

Poulenc Toccata (from Trois pièces)

Prokofiev Visions fugitives nos. 2, 11 and 14

Rachmaninov Polichinelle in F# minor, op. 3 no. 4 (from Cinq morceaux de fantasie)

Rachmaninov Prelude in Eb, op. 23 no. 6

Rachmaninov Prelude in G, op. 32 no. 5 and Prelude in G#, op. 32 no. 12

Rachmaninov Preludes op. 32 no. 5 and no. 10

Rachmaninov/Kreisler Liebesleid (from Piano Compositions 2) any reliable edition

Ravel À la manière de Borodin waltz

Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunté

Rzewski Dreadful Memories (from Squares & North American Ballads) Zen On

Sancan Mouvement

D Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K. 27

D Scarlatti Sonatas in G, K. 259 and K. 260

D Scarlatti Sonatas in E minor K. 263 and E major K. 264

D Scarlatti Sonata in D, K. 491

Schubert Impromptu in Eb, op. 90 no. 2

Schubert Impromptu in Gb, op. 90 no. 3

Schubert Impromptu in F minor, op. 142 no. 1

Schubert Sonata in A minor, op. 42 D 845

Schubert Sonata in A, op. 120 D 664

Schubert Sonata in A minor, op. 164 D 537

Schumann Grillen (from Fantasiestücke op. 12)

Schumann Novelette no. 1 in F, op. 21

Scriabin Étude in Bb minor, op. 8 no. 11

Scriabin Prelude in B minor, op. 11 no. 6

Scriabin Poèmes op. 32 nos. 1 and/or2

Sculthorpe Mountains

Sculthorpe Night Pieces

Sculthorpe Sonatina

Shostakovich Preludes op. 34 nos. 3, 5, 11 and 19 [all 4]

Szymanowski Étude op. 4 no. 3: Andante — in modo d’una canzona

Szymanowski Any contrasting two of Mazurkas op. 50

Tchaikovsky Dumka op. 59

Turina Danzas fantásticas op. 22

Turina Any two or more movts from Mujeres Españolas op. 17

Job on holiday

~MUSICAL HOLIDAY~

yeah... finally i made it to work in music school...

the pay for the job is not high... but i juz use this to spend my time rather then online whole day...
however i juz seek for pose as sales assistance, when i was interviewed by the manager, she say that by right i can be a teacher alr, however for me, holding a grd 8 qualification is not enuf althou my standard is diploma 1st lvl (din sit for exam tats y no cert)...

in future, if i don have job in my study field i can be teacher anytime :P so at least i have a way to survive althou is not the best 1 hoho... teacher pay slip is depend on student number o~ by now i need to make some analysis how to teach beginner effectively and at same time improve back my lost skill n techniques....

though does not met some of my expectation but i m happy compare to last year work place :P
my job senang je... record sales, collect fees and "open" receipt, arrange table for class, tune n clean guitar...

i like it when they wan me to jaga the piano shop... when no ppl.... i m the temporary boss haha....
sitting there do ntg, most of time i can use to practise.... actually i m expected i do this all the time but normally wat we expect is wat we will not get... anyway i m still satisfy with it...

practising n testing ;o - by "virtuoso" jinz

the most expensive piano is the grandpiano.. but mine is more exp n better =p

erm.... during period of practise... i was testing lots of pop n popular song.... i noticed many similarity among those songs... so i found the way to write my own song folo the pattern... thou it sounds plagiarism or wat... who cares, nowadays every song is a plagiarism to me.. wat u can do i can do it to with better pattern =,=

some1 send me "river flows in your" and i try to play it by ears, i record it with my camera to test the grandpiano sound... however got a distraction tat spoil my test... check this out:

the piano will have scratches if u do wat like the kid do... tats y i stop my record n go tegur him ...

*any1 wanna hear the complete version now is available in my youtube channel :P

part II:

most of time i m very free to do wat i wanna do...

well, the most expensive grandpiano is delivered to the buyer alr, i don even noe this grand was sold.... it should be should during the time i not yet work here... n the deliver juz done last week...

aiks... so far 0 piano sales from me.... sad case....

on one particular day, the gu zheng teacher get some money from yesterday's performance n therefore today i got her pizza treat :o , if not i will have to eat outside n this pizza treat save my pocket money :P

wednesday 21/10/09, there's a brand new grand piano arrive.... wau... it was a thrill to me... the grand is packed in a huge box, feel so good to touch the so called first handed.... now this grand is much exp than the previous 1.... abt 4x,xxx , not yet set the price yet

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(however mine is still exp than this :P n better than this too... this is better in sense of the feeling touching the new piano )

PART 3 :-|

Fr left to right: rosin violin cat!

HUGS ! this hugs is bought from JAPAN =.= by a teacher that took her vacation there.... wat is thedifferent with local 1? i dono...

hugsss grandpiano action parts pink bass!

technician is repairing broken key hammer

Jinz @ electric guitars n basses :-|

guitar stock come =.="

price labeling using ancient ways.... cop the price n paste

my first time on tuning a violin.... i broke the G string =.="

-logo in new version of ABRSM cert-

Part IV:

have my haircut.... done in 8 mins for rm25!

the most dislike incident happened during my job.... TERMITEs!!

from left to right...

1the nest ... GELI leh! 2 initial spot place attacked 3 box removed... reveals the colonies!

Unique shape electric guitars....

Knight Davian