Visiting

Well, I gave my former piano teacher a surprise by showing up on her doorstep. When she opened the door, she looked at my mom and me for at least two minutes before shouting "Oh for Pete's sake!" and gave me a huge hug. I was really happy to see her as well because the last time we had talked on the phone, she was quite ill. Both my mom and I thought something had happened to her because she didn't return any calls, but she's just doing fine. I was surprised to hear that she has two grandchildren. She looked really happy, and she was really happy to see me. It was just a joyous occasion. Hopefully I'll be able to visit her again after I graduate, and drag my older bro along since she hasn't seen him in 10 years! Too bad the oldest one probably won't get a chance to see her, but I'm pretty sure if I'm ever home, I'll drag him along to go see her!

Oh, I got to play on her refurbished piano. It's really nice. God, I really should get enough money so that I can get a house in the countryside in Japan, and I'll put my grand piano out there! But first... I have to finish these dang applications... BOOOO -___-

Keychain Vials pic

I was able to get a better shot!

Keychain vials

And... here is one of the finished products of a project I'm doing!

Piano Workshop

Today, I had the opportunity to play my Claire de Lune and Chopin Nocturne No. 19 in the Mary Jane's workshop. I was quite nervous, but was able to somehow pull through my pieces. There were a lot of good comments on my playing. I think a lot of what I need to work on is playing in front of people. Also, there was a good suggestion from Mary Jane to play around with pedaling. Overall, it was an interesting experience. I sure need to get over these nerves, but overall, I think my expression on the piano has gone up ten fold from when I started two years ago. In high school, I felt that I didn't really enjoy playing. I just did it because my brothers played piano and violin. I didn't really understand the joys of playing, but now I'm finding something that really is starting to hit deeply inside my heart.

Frustrated

I always find each quarter never is easy, and this one is no different, even with two classes. This quarter the writing aspect of everything is just making me so frustrated. My writing for Japanese is actually not doing so well. I'm quite frustrated because I usually do okay on that part, but it seems that this quarter I'm just having so much trouble producing a decent sentence. Even my English writing isn't doing so well either. I've never been good at writing to begin with, but it seems that it's worse than before. I just seem to go around in circles and circles. My writing just never seems to improve.

Addiction

I'm addicted to origami... especially with making things as small as I can. Seriously... I need to stop!

Quick update

Well, just updating before I pass out in bed. I'm just trying to get through my two classes. Seems that everyone thought the Japanese test was hard, so hopefully it'll be somewhat curved... It's getting harder, and I hope I can get through this quarter. I have to get going on my research project which shouldn't be too hard. I just need to gather a little more information before I can start writing. It won't be as difficult as the first paper, and I'm much better at researching than writing anyway. I can't wait to get done with this quarter, and get going on my LAST QUARTER~!

Speaking of end of the year, I have special stuff planned. I can't wait to finish this huge project of mine. Man, waiting for everything to come in is just going to kill me! But for now, I'll just try my best to contain my excitement! Now... off to crash in bed... Night!! ZZZZ