This described my sister. Gosh. I'm SO going to miss her!!! (Although it's only for a year!)

She is on the path towards her ambition. The path I didn't choose to take.

I warned her to tweet me or e-mail me every week... XD (I'm a total Twitter addict). I don't see the point of checking my cell phone for text messages anymore because the screen is broken... & I don't have the "resource" to get a new one. Haha. Do you think my coursemates & future coursemates mind if I ask them to e-mail me if they want to reach me instead of texting me? Selfish me.

*Sigh~ The "bright" side of technology & internet.*

*Oh, yeah. Before anyone starts.. Weekend phone calls (from my sister) would be nice too. If only it's not that expensive. XD*


p/s: This is a repost of an entry from June 2010. The original post was deleted because it was generating unhealthy traffic *& I'm kind of annoyed* (why would someone who googled "goodbye" to some microblog site had to read a blog post on someone saying goodbye to her sister who further her studies somewhere is beyond me.. XD)

// Semester 2's Exam Result //
Sigh.

Semester 2's result came out yesterday.

Mathematics II - D
Statistical Package Programming - B-
Data Structure (Introduction) - D+
Object-oriented Programming - C+
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Ethnic Relations - A-
French Language (Level 1) - A-
Language and Communication - A

To be honest, it was terrible. My GPA for Semester 1 was 2.8. Those two Ds dragged it down to 2.66.

I'm NOT proud, okay?

Anyway. What's done is done. I would have to re-take that two courses again in Semester 4. That's how I'll handle this.

On a side note : I'm very surprised to see an A for "Language & Communication" - The course with a lecturer that won't always want to give you an A. My initial reaction was of course I'm happy! But I started thinking that maybe the lecturer was only bluffing since the beginning. If this is true, there must be a lot of others who also got an A. Cheh. That's none of my business. Just be grateful for the A, right?

// Piano Practical Exam (Grade 2) //
I'd been fidgety since June started because I thought I didn't prepare enough for last Wednesday's ABRSM G2 piano practical exam. It's my second. The examiner was Timothy Goulter. I think it went well despite some [& hopefully small] mistakes. I didn't misheard him (like last time) but still managed to play broken chords [wrongly] as arpeggios. Fortunately, he gave me another chance to play it right. And then I missed one raised note.

Scales etc part done. Then it was the three pieces section. Little mistakes here & there again but not as bad as previous exam's. Did I conveyed the songs' moods & dynamics correctly? I don't know.

The next part was sight-reading. I was fortunate. I got a slow (andante - actually moderately slow) piece in G Major (one sharp) not any Majors/Minors with plenty of flats in it.

Last part. Aural section. Worst part ever. I only enjoyed the singing part (called "echo")... the rest... I can't recall what I answered but I'm convinced that mostly were wrong. The principal of my music school was at the waiting room too to give moral support to her students. I must had had a really terrified look as I returned to the room (haha).. She told me that the aural part is only a small part of the exam (thus won't affect the overall marks significantly). The three pieces are the most important part. Which is true 'cos I read about someone on the ABRSM forum who failed the scales & sight-reading parts but still passed the exam with merit.

Sigh. I won't be taking the practical exam next year (commencing of 3rd year). I haven't told my teacher yet though. Anyway. Hopefully I could reach Grade 4 level during this 'exam break' (I wish to skip G3's exam).

Did I mention how scared I am of dentists?

I had a blog post on that dated last year, January 5th... Last Wednesday, I finally had that two "bad" teeth pulled out. At the same time. I was surprised by the dentist's surprise. Haha... I asked her to pull out those teeth after having my other three teeth "filled". I was thinking something like this : "I'm already here so why not get rid of them straight away?". They were hardly teeth anymore (if you get what I mean)...so why bother keeping them? I was given antibiotics and painkillers after the session.

It was still terrifying for me... but I think I did better this time. I had some sort of change to my perspectives on some things on life (including regular visits to the dentist) after I had those teeth removed. Is it too much to say it changed my life (a bit)? :)

I do think that making the decision to go there the second time was some kind of proof that I'm thinking like an adult ;P (though I must say... I like to keep my childish side). I faced my fear of dentists to fight for a better dental health for myself (I don't want to end up like this!).

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Very, very unrelated : I can't wait to play TS3's Ambitions! This time I'm purchasing from YesAsia. You know what I look forward to see my Sims do after I installed the latest expansion? Laundry. Yes. For real. =D