My Music Education

2007 was a year of tears and much unhappiness for me, o level music wise.
There were many instances whereby I felt so close to giving up. I wanted to simply drop the subject and forget about it. It was demoralising, especially when I failed my mid-year music exam. I remember myself crying like shit because it was like, music was my second best subject in sec 3 and I actually FAILED it.

But no, I didn't drop music. I had plans to absent myself for the music practical and listening paper though. Plans which were not carried out in the end. Music, being an additional subject, was a burden which I had to lug with me until O's were over. All that chionging during the O level period will always remain fresh in my mind, haha. We would torture our fellow PL lites by making them put up with our horrendous playing (the Brahms duet!) which was put on 'repeat' mode. It was outright stressful. While everyone else was busy studying for their science/maths/humanities, we had an extra music on our shoulders. I dunno about the other OLM-ers, but that definitely stretched me to the max.

Turned out that all the sweat and tears paid off.. An A2 was printed on my result slip for music =D Praise God.

Now what?

My grade 8 practical is less than a month away. Another round of stress is settling in. My scales are still so screwed, aural is just crap, and my 3 exam pieces aren't sounding good either. * Sigh* I really want to get at least a merit! For ONCE! My grade 4 to 7 exams were merely passes!

I will draw out a plan soon. For now, just keep disturbing my neighbours! Practice for a minimum of 2 hours a day! They are suay to have me as a neighbour. Well... Too bad =P When will I ever get a silent piano?!



I need a maths tutor. I don't understand a thing of what's going on in lectures! And that's just H1 maths. Do I suck, or is the lecturer speeding like a bullet train?