omg. i'm so happy. ^^
i really thought i was going to fail it. i didn't dare post about the exam situation before because i was so scared i'd fail i didn't want anything to remind me of it but now that the worst's over and i can breathe a sigh of relief, i'll describe how it was like for me that day.

before the exam i got off from school early yeah, but i practically had no time to practice my scales and pieces one last time at all.
i went there without much beforehand preparation. also, before the exam my mum and i fought over what i should wear and it took so much time there was a lot of time wasted and i was feeling kinda pissed off. -.-
not a good start, yup.

i got to the examination venue and had to sit in an area enclosed by a curtain or cloth thing with classical music playing while waiting.
i got really nervous during the waiting period. then i got bored and opened my books and tried to study them while waiting.

after a while derrick came out. with a face like stone. -.-
no smile on his face at all. didn't even say hi. -.-
(he was that guy who played around with his handphone really openly during the group lesson which pissed me off. and then after that he didn't practice his scales and the standard of his pieces also dropped after the group lesson so he needed 2 extra lessons if he was gonna pass his grade 8 while i needed none. *smirks evilly and says, "who tell you to play with your handphone?!"*)
but i admit, the guy plays really well. better than me. at least, from what i've ever heard of him.

so i went in and greeted the examiner like i've done for the past 7 years. and like the past 7 years there's always an angmoh sitting in there. LOL. always all angmohs with their angmoh accent. hahaha.
i played my pieces when he gave me the motion to start when i was ready. i can't quite remember everything but i know i made quite some mistakes here and there. for the fuga part of the 1st piece i think.
i think the 2nd piece was still okay. the 3rd piece WAS TOTALLY TERRIBLE.
i broke the unspoken rule during the 3rd piece. you can't try to replay when you make a mistake in a piece. i made a mistake and i even replayed the wrong part so i had to replay it twice. -.-
let's just say it was really bad. my 3rd piece wasn't really good. i admit it could have been better.
when i was playing the 3 pieces i was actually so piled up in pressure inside i started wishing i could give up.
the examiner didn't smile when i was playing the pieces either.
i also made a few mistakes here and there while playing the scales and once the examiner asked me to play something but i didn't understand what he wanted so i had to ask him to repeat quite a few times before i got what he was saying :P

after that was aural. i really tried my best to memorise all my notes for aural. but well... the singing part was erm... the examiner was playing the bottom line of the piece and i had to sing the upper part. i wanted to sing the notes at a lower pitch since my voice is more of an alto. but the examiner wanted me to sing at a higher pitch. -.-
i tried to sing but it was just awkward and my voice drifted away to nothing and then the examiner looked at me when he finished playing. lol.

then i had to describe the piece. it was a romantic piece. i made the examiner laugh during this part. lol. even though ms toh told me not to make the examiner laugh. XD
well the examiner was asking me by what composer i thought the piece was by since i said it was a romantic piece.
i told him a likely composer would be Liszt.
then he asked me if i really thought it was Liszt, then asked me why I didn't say it was Chopin.
then i told him, "Because I wasn't sure how to pronounce Chopin's name. So I chose Liszt to say." LOL. and the examiner laughed.
(Chopin's name is actually pronounced something like "Sho-pan" not Chopin as in "Chopping" but i forgot how to pronounce his name at that time. X_X)

then the examiner asked me what kind of dance i thought the piece would suit. the "dance" part was the one thing i didn't memorise in the notes so i didn't know what to answer. X_X
he asked me what time i thought the piece was in and i said triple time. he tried to help me but all i could think of was "ballroom dance".
at the end he smiled and told me, "ever heard of the waltz?"
X_X
ah. yeah, the waltz. why didn't i think of it. T_T

so then the exam ended and i felt that i did the whole thing very badly and worried all day at home.

now i will do a thank-you speech!
thankyou very much examiner for passing me although ms toh said you weren't lenient and were actually quite strict. but a pass is all that matters to me so thankyou very much examiner!
thankyou ms toh for your guidance and for your vote of confidence and faith in me that i would be a "sure-passer"!
thankyou to my parents! because they are my parents! LOL!
thankyouthankyou i loveyou~ *blows fake air kiss*

and now i can demand a sushi treat! :D

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