Weekend ahead, and the 4th week of my 2nd yr in Lasalle. about 3-4 more weeks to recitals/exams. I was quite heavily criticised about my playing by Mr. Frank during one of my classes. My piece Intermezzo; Op. 118, No. 2 by Brahms, was heavily criticised, from my pedaling to my wrong rubato techniques, etc.

This was what Mr. Frank told me, in front of the whole class; "If you are going to play this for the recitals, I am sorry but I will fail you right away". Damn, how depressing can that be! Especially that I have been practicing that romantic piece ever since my summer vacation. And, it was double depressing, when I was given back my results for last year's results. Oh well, I guess I will need to put in more efforts to buck up.

Mmmmhhhhhmmmmmm.......

Schooling, daily and hours-long practices, daily revisions, part-time teaching, at-least-once-a-week gym workouts. Anything and everything else, are LEFT-OUT!

That pretty much sums up everything. More time spent into my practices, lesser time spent on distractions.