Attended the second Master class yesterday. Nervous too. Same person who conducted the first one (& he remembered me! hehe). I actually had more confidence in playing my pieces this time but alas... made so many mistakes! I even thought he would give a comment like "..you sounded better last time, what happened?" But he didn't. I'm surprised that he said nice things again (thank you!!! 感動しましたよ、あたし。 -- & he also mentioned that he doesn't say them often :D)... he even said something like there's those usual things people look out for (techniques etc) but people can also hear if you play with soul (oh gosh I hope I remembered this part correctly)... 

Recently, I started recording my practice sessions (exam pieces) & I realised there's a difference between what I hear during playing & the recorded ones. Like some people said to me, .... I should really have a bit more confidence with myself. *sigh*... By the way, I really should start sticking to this recording habit... it's very helpful. I can hear which part I can improve on... 

...& also start listening more to pros' performances. I listened to a professional pianist's performance on Youtube two nights ago & I ended up crying... I was so touched by the way he played Bach's Partita no.6 (found the video when I was looking for the 4th movement which is one of my exam pieces).