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school in seriousness
I need to take school more seriously because I just got a bad mid-term grade. Not midterm exam grade, just overall mid-semester grade. I am really disappointed in myself and wrote an email to my TA telling her I would be willing to do extra work to achieve at least a minimum of A- at the end of the term and asking for suggestions. I feel crappy ( Read more... ) -
pegopa
Ah, at NYU during a 3-day weekend. How uncool ( Read more... ) -
i don't believe it when you tell me i have talent
Miyoko's gone for the week so my piano interactions this week are with Dr. Mendez. I have to say, my lesson with him had to be one of the best piano lessons I have ever had, with anyone. I learned SO much about how to relax my hand or make my playing more comfortable, which he describes as his goal. The use of the weight of my body, and how piano ( Read more... ) -
musical versus technical
Wednesdays, hump days and etude class and crazy no-break schedule. In etude class today, I played my Winter Wind without any pedaling. Afterwards, I was critiqued by my classmates, who claimed that I should just let the music flow because they said they felt like I was separated from the music and playing very technically. After I got those ( Read more... ) -
a lesson learned the hard way
[Kind of a continuance from yesterday's post ( Read more... ) -
stress like tech times except not
SOOO I actually have a break on Thursdays which I use to practice, and now it's just too bad everyone's in class so I can't get lunch with anyone so I'll probably just order something and then pick it up and then voila [not viola!]... I will be off to work. What a sentence-ful of "so's" & "ands" lol ( Read more... ) -
Saturday Afternoon
So lots of things have happened. I turned 19 this week, although I constantly forget that and am quite unsure of what to respond when people ask how old I am... usually still thinking that I'm still 18 hahaha. I had a wonderful birthday with some of my closest friends and it was snowing! Wandered around, sat and played "Pakamon/Patamon" and Crates ( Read more... ) -
elementary days
Today, I did something none of you will probably do. I visited my old elementary school, P.S. 200, yes as a college freshman. There is a new band teacher there who I happen to know from MSM [I guess the music world is small and big at the same time, but maybe small in NYC?] and used to study with my current private teacher. That's a loopy sentence ( Read more... ) -
HAA PEE NUU YERRR!!!
& you know it's a new year in the Tsui household when my dad, my mom, my brother and I watch the countdown on tv & my mom sleepily says the people in Times Square are very "wei da" for being able to bear the 2 degree temperature this year with the wind chill factored in and my bro comes visiting my room every so often and we're in the living room ( Read more... )
