Time for a long-owed entry. Super slack week, a.k.a "OFF" week; I've been on off since wednesday until tonight. Haven't been doing much exciting, except finally finished learning the 3rd movement a Beethoven's sonata... Long-awaited repertoire... Looking into the first movement. Stopped learning the piano concerto. Very Haydn, much to my taste, but it gets really technical the moment I'm trying to master it...Was pondering when I'd have the time and mood to go back to Mr. Ku, and realised the 2 x works I was tasked to learn 2 years ago... Haha... Briefly brushed through one of it, and totally abandoned the other one... lol... Thought I would take out the former, a Rondo by Mozart, to learn. Realised the thin lines of both the treble and bass clefs. Was really frustrated how to make it seem less like a technical exercise of finger dexterity and more of a brilliant composition. Hearing the various versions performed over the past decades has given me ideas, but it's not easy to put into action. It's so clean, even more than Mozart's sonatas... Argh... Fed up...Trying to kick up the habit of reading, by reading something that I really like. Yeah, good start =pBack to work tmr... Half-hearted. On one hand I'm really enjoying the break, on the other I'm hoping ORD comes so late. My reason is simple. What the hell am I going to do between my ORD and uni start?Fortunately, I'll ORD in June, meaning I only have 2 months to kill. But 2 months! Supposed to go to Prague for 2 weeks in July, but the pandemic is giving me the chill and I'm really not optimistic that the pandemic will be controlled in Prague by then... Postponing it to the one month break in Dec. In one way, it's good because IT'S THE DAMN WINTER, and it's my BIRTHDAY MONTH! Another year to celebrate my birthday overseas!Still feeling painful about the US Uni.... I am like one step away from starting college in US. I've already got accepted. But the recession in 2009 has affected my family, like many others. I'm faced with the reality of risking my chances of doing my graduate studies in US if I were to insist on completing my degree in US. I have no intention to stop studying at the undergraduate level, considering that in half a decade's time, a degree would be like a diploma now; everybody will have it. I see the need to continue on, perhaps until pHd if necessary ==> Realities of Life (like I always say...)Damn... 2009 has really screwed my plans...Ok, back to reading... Tsscuech!
