Ich habe Prufung

Tests, tests and more tests. the whole of my next 2 weeks is filled with tests. and more tests.


sorry guys for not blogging so often as before. really starting to feel the stress and strain that comes with tertiary education. it isn't fun. so, for those of you who are still in secondary school, really, do treasure your time, because i guarantee you JC and poly life is helluva lot more stressful. never mind those people who told you otherwise. it really is a sweatshop.


in the midst of all this nonsense, however, i do have some good news. i found my old sony 2.1MP camera and i'm gonna find the charger and recharge the batts i have. then, i'm gonna use it. haha. it's got a lens to die for, i tell you. one of the longest i've seen. going make people think i'm toting some enormous 10MP camera when it's actually a dinky 2.1MP. haha. shutterbugs beware.


I'm gonna get my new Electone Stagea too! wonderful stuff. it's costing a bomb, but i assured the folks that they'll see returns. when i get it i'm planning to have Gilbert over with his pocket amp and guitar so we can jam. i'm so looking forward to that time. however, that will have to wait till after my exams because i can't afford to have so many things going on now. planning too, to grab all the electone scores i can find and have some sort of mini performance at home. tickets are free (cos there are none). if you guys out there have any recommendable pieces you'd like to hear being played, drop me a note.


what else, what else...oh yeah. saw joanne for the first time after 9 months at the fireworks on the 11th. she looked about the same as i remembered her (and that's a compliment!). besides that, some things of her indeed have changed but i shan't delve into details here. it was great to have her as company, although i admit i did feel a slight tinge of nostalgia with her around, it is best that i don't feel such things now. it is a new beginning, possibly a great new friendship with this unique person and i'm not inclined to tote old baggage around with me. those times are better left forgotten. as i always have believed: forgive, forget and move on. winston churchill once said: I have never developed indigestion from eating my words. so true.


my german test was terribly done. 66% only. and those people whom i thought possessed a lower level of proficiency than me did better! couldn't believe my eyes. but i think my reading part pulled me down. only 13/25. the other portions of the test i did very well. darned. i'm taking A2.1a now, which means i'm actually quite proficient in the german language now but who cares. i still have a lot of catching up to do. there's this fella who's sitting beside me in class. he's a south african, and he speaks german plenty well. and i'm literally afraid to sit beside him. he's making me look like a stupid Frenchman.

well, close enough, anyway.