Hahaha
A year ago today...
Stephanie, huh? We became somewhat close somewhere towards the end of last year. Her birthday is on the 26th; I should give her a call.
Quite a few things to write today. Now that I have completed Grade 8, the next thing is the Performance Diploma. Initially I wanted to switch to Trinity, as opposed to Guildhall which I took for my Grade 8, but recently these two boards have planned to merge sometime this year or something. Guildhall is really fucking difficult. The pieces I played for my Grade 8 is -actually- Associate Diploma level (Trinity and ABRSM level), so for the diploma I'll have to pick pieces that are even more h4rdc0r3 difficult than my Grade 8. If I want an easy way out I might just pick the DipABRSM -- but I won't improve much. I'd prefer a challenge really.
So regarding this matter there are two new things to worry about (to add to my wonderful "collection"): Which pieces to play, and whether or not I am able to sit for the diploma at all. We decided on four pieces (a programme 25-35 minutes long): A Prelude and Fugue from Bach's WTC, a full Mozart sonata, a Rachmaninoff prelude and a Ravel piece. The date of the examination will probably be next year in April, but by then I might already be out of the country if I choose to go to Singapore, New Zealand or Australia for my studies. It will be possible if I choose Canada, though, but I really don't want this to influence my judgement; I can always take the diploma over there, anyway. It just bothers me that I'll probably have to decide soon -- and I fucking hate decisions.
I'll have to go for a stupid course on traffic rules today. It will be a painful 6 hours. I actually don't know what the bloody hell it is all about, but apparently I am required to sit through it so as to get my license.
Oh, and I didn't download BoA's album, Jan & Leslie. I downloaded Muse's "Origin of Symmetry" from that Supernova site instead. WICKED ALBUM.
Stephanie, huh? We became somewhat close somewhere towards the end of last year. Her birthday is on the 26th; I should give her a call.
Quite a few things to write today. Now that I have completed Grade 8, the next thing is the Performance Diploma. Initially I wanted to switch to Trinity, as opposed to Guildhall which I took for my Grade 8, but recently these two boards have planned to merge sometime this year or something. Guildhall is really fucking difficult. The pieces I played for my Grade 8 is -actually- Associate Diploma level (Trinity and ABRSM level), so for the diploma I'll have to pick pieces that are even more h4rdc0r3 difficult than my Grade 8. If I want an easy way out I might just pick the DipABRSM -- but I won't improve much. I'd prefer a challenge really.
So regarding this matter there are two new things to worry about (to add to my wonderful "collection"): Which pieces to play, and whether or not I am able to sit for the diploma at all. We decided on four pieces (a programme 25-35 minutes long): A Prelude and Fugue from Bach's WTC, a full Mozart sonata, a Rachmaninoff prelude and a Ravel piece. The date of the examination will probably be next year in April, but by then I might already be out of the country if I choose to go to Singapore, New Zealand or Australia for my studies. It will be possible if I choose Canada, though, but I really don't want this to influence my judgement; I can always take the diploma over there, anyway. It just bothers me that I'll probably have to decide soon -- and I fucking hate decisions.
I'll have to go for a stupid course on traffic rules today. It will be a painful 6 hours. I actually don't know what the bloody hell it is all about, but apparently I am required to sit through it so as to get my license.
Oh, and I didn't download BoA's album, Jan & Leslie. I downloaded Muse's "Origin of Symmetry" from that Supernova site instead. WICKED ALBUM.