I think my really weird mood showed on my face during piano lessons and as a result, my piano teacher was way more leniant then usual. Or maybe she just didn't want to give me a nervous breakdown, not so close to the exam anyway.

But whatever funky mood I was in before, it's gone now. And that's partly because I just did a practice exam at piano lessons and I PASSED IT. HALLEFREAKINLUJAH. I even got most of the "general knowledge" questions right. Including that one that said, "Name 3 preludes from 3 different composers and state what instrument they were written for." My 1.5 hours of music theory study every night has paid off. Time to celebrate.... before I get all depressed again when I get my modern trials results back tomorrow.

I have 13 days to memorise the lives of 3 composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell. No sweat. It's only like, THEIR WHOLE LIFETIMES that I have to cram into my pathetically slow brain. No really, I have the worst memory in the world, just ask anyone.

I also need to know at least 1o works/pieces from each composer, just in case they ask me a question like, "Name three oratorios that Handel has composed". Most of Handel's oratorios have names based on biblical characters which in theory, should make them easier to remember. And that is totally cool... except for the fact that I've never actually read the bible. Gahhh. *slams head into desk*

13 days isn't too bad though right? If I manage my time properly and stop blogging about Lee Min Ho, it should work. But then again, I've also got to write my legal essay, study for history extension, do music composition and write the report for the english assessment thingo. Extra loud GAAHHH. *slams head into desk and stays there for two hours*

I really really don't want to do the Musicianship paper this year. Well I've never wanted to do it but the feeling is particularly strong this year. I think I'm suffering from "burn-out" LOL. I feel like a train that's run out of steam too early and now it's stranded in the middle of nowhere. Woah, weird - I just had a Thomas-the-Tank-Engine flashback.

Today I did a practice Musicianship paper at my piano lesson and spent WAY WAY too long on the composition part. I got a huge lecture from my teacher from that. It went something along the lines of:

Teacher: You've spent too much time staring at the manuscript! Write something, and write it quickly!

Me: Err.. ok

Teacher: Well? What are you doing? Don't you know how to compose?

Me: Yeh but -

Teacher: Come on! Just sing a tune in your head and write it down! That's what I do for Church every week. I make up songs in my head while walking to the grocery store. It's not that hard!

And then I feel even more pressured and end up doing nothing. It's hard ok? How the hell are you supposed to compose stuff with someone breathing down your neck and watching your every move like a goddamn hawk. It's impossible.

I'm alive.

You won't believe what I've suffered for the past three days. Oh well, I'm okay now.

I know its Spring right now but to me, it feels a little bit like summer. I think Jessica mentioned something in her previous blog post about feeling peaceful while riding her bike of something. Yeh, I know that feeling too jessica :) To me, this song is what it feels like.

So everyone, lean back, close your eyes and just... don't think for a while. Here's One Summer's Day composed by Joe Hisaishi from Spirited Away.

I did this for music class composition but since musescore sucks shit, I'd rather play it. The lyrics are from the book Mockingjay, written by Suzanne Collins but I made the melody + harmony up. Obviously, I prerecorded some parts on my digital piano cause unfortunately, I don't have three hands.

Here are the lyrics (I only used the last verse though):

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where I told you to run so we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

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BTW, I finished reading Mockingjay like a week ago but I won't review it until more people have read it. Or maybe I just won't review it. I have to get over how disappointing it was. WHYYY?!

I just got back from a really stressful piano lesson. Not only did I forget most of what I learnt 4 weeks ago but I spent most of the lesson hoping she wouldn't notice that I had dog shit on the bottom of my shoe T_T.

Damn her stupid great dane and its stupid giant poops on the stupid sidewalk. As I walked up the steps to her door I kept scraping my shoe on the steps but I think that made it worse. I also spent 2 minutes cleaning my shoe on her door mat before I knocked on the door. I guess I was lucky though. I'm pretty sure she would have noticed if I'd used the pedals... hehe.

Anyway, my mum made me give my piano teacher a keyring. It was seriously ugly and chunky but my teacher was nice enough to pretend she liked it. She told me she'd never been to America and had no interest going there either but she had been to Europe a few times. Since her childhood was spent in Malta, her father used to bring her whole family of 5 to Italy by boat and they would usually spend 6 weeks there.

See? You do learn something new everyday.

Ooooh, I also found out that Selena Gomez has a youtube account and she's got lots of videos on it as well. Yay! Now I can continue stalking my favourite disney stars without having to go to America. Disney Channel, I still miss you :(

I should really get back to work now. I've gotta do the gayass geo hw and then 1 chapter review & exercise before I'm caught up. Shhhh.. don't tell Juliana I haven't been doing my maths hw =3

P.S. if you're bothered (which I'm sure you're not), look up dueling banjos on youtube. Its so freaky- and I'm not just talking about the banjo playing.

I"m so relieved right now... This totally makes up for that crappy practical exam. My teacher was like, "You can tell your parents that I'm as pleased as punch!" (if I told my parents that, they'll probably think she wants to punch someone). She was happy for around 5 minutes - and then she went back to screaming at me.

It's all good - it's all good.

Today, Othilia asked me if I would rather looks or personality in the person I like. Well, I have an answer now. I would say personality because if he was stupid and horrible, I wouldn't be able to stand it. If he was ugly, I would just ask him to wear a permanent mask like The Phantom. See? Problem solved.

Btw, my goal is to brainwash as many people as possible b4 I go... watch out man, you're next.

P.S. LOL, thanx booonie, I appreciate your efforts of quarantining yourself XD

I have just escaped from the devil's lair (aka piano lesson). After 45 minutes of my mind being tortured and rendered incapable of anymore thinking, I feel a bit tired... Even my hands are surrounded by the CHILL OF DEATH. I swear I am not exaggerating. I feel like I've been chilled to the core -even my heart has stopped its usual 54 bpm.

This is a conversation that I had with my piano teacher last week:

Me: I'm going to America soon so next week is my last lesson. After I
return, I might stay home for an extra week.

Teacher: Ah yes, precautions for the swine flu?

Me: Yeh

Teacher: Well stay home if you want. I mean, someone as old as me would
probably die from it. *laughs like its the funniest thing in the world*

Me: .....

LOL. I think I was supposed to laugh or take it as a joke but at that time, it wasn't particularly funny.... I mean, she knows she's talking about her own death right?

Anyways, lots of peole have already talked about the high achievers lesson today but I'll just mention some things that they skipped. For example, when I gave in my logic puzzle, Mrs Mayhew said, "See, people with musical ability are logical."
When Jun (boy) gave in his logic puzzle, she said the same thing. LOL. I've heard Jun sing before. He definitely is not musically talented :p

Ermm.. I also learnt that Nancy tends to look at people's bum hair.

Oh yeh, and one of the aeroplanes that were chucked at us said, "Osly is fat". Bonnie unfolded the airplane and wrote something else so that it still said "Osly is fat" but when you opened it up, it said "Osly is EXTRA SUPER FREAKIN fat."
HAHAHA, and can you believe that they call us "high achievers"? What a load of chicken poo.

On Monday, when I went to the opera house, one of the girls that were wearing a rich, private school uniform asked us what school we were from. I told her "Canley Vale" and she said she was from, "St. something-fancy-I-don't-remember"

After school, nancy, tian and I were discussing our school name. We decided to "upgrade" it and this is what we have come up so far:

CVH
- Our Children of the Violet Heart high school
&
- St Charles Victor High (the reason why its CVH and not SCVH, is because we didn't want the ...lesser schools to feel intimidated by us. We decided not to rub it in their faces so we dropped the "S")

MAYBE, these names a bit too fancy... LOL. Let's just stick to Canley Vale High.

Hi

I just came back from piano lessons. Everytime I go for lessons, I get all nervous and can't play properly :(

Just so people know, my teacher is an old woman who lives alone in her house somewhere in Fairfield. Does she ever get lonely?... Probably not since she has a great dane. It's taller than my sister. Not impossible, considering the height of my... *ahem*diminutive*ahem* sister.

Well, my teacher's not that bad. Though she does scare me sometimes with her random outbursts.

Today I was doing some theory work and she started talking about her performances in church.
She was telling me ALL about the "ridiculous price, these sight-reading books have gotten to. Why, just a few years back, they were less than 30 dollars!" and I was nodding my head like one of those demented bobble-headed dogs that people stick onto their car.

It was so interesting , I nearly fell asleep.

But you probably don't care.

Should I talk about school now? Do you really want to hear about what work I did in period 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8? To those who answered yes, I feel for you. Go get a life (jokes)

I should cut back on the sarcasm, its giving me whiplash.

Oooh, forgot to mention that I'm a GREAT speller. Seriously:

Othilia: OH-FEELY-AHH
Bonnie: BOON-IEE or BOWKNEE
Cynthia: SINFEEYAA

Bonnie's blog explains it better than mine but basically: Hunger causes people to do ODD things. :L

Wednesdays are the worst days of the week, don't you think? Double science:eww, double HA:eww, double theory music:eww, maths and history EWWWW to the MAX.

Yesterday, I came home, all pumped up to watch BBF and OMG viikii didn't upload it :O The actress got into a car accident so that somehow delayed the episodes... well, at least they had the intelligence to put up a talk show instead.

GJP can play the piano (!!) I. am. so. in. love. right. now.

Anyways, that's enough blogging for today. Goodnight peoples and thank god wednesday's nearly over. I swear, Wednesdays does strange things to my mind. <3 SINFEEYA