Yeah! End of 3rd Quarter Exams~

Phew! Finally 7 weeks flew by in a flash and all the exams for my 3rd quarter in Shobi are over!

Praise God that my practical went well this time, except for the sudden trinkle of 鼻水 in the middle of my Mozart Fantasy. Anyway the teachers were having trouble staying awake since the heater was on full blast, while the whole bunch of us were outside the CPR, clutching on to our heat packs. ha!




Having lunch and practising scales before the exams...



Always trigger-happy: good way to destress maybe? ^_^




Erm Gigi... 你想做乜嘢?




1.86m的身高，穿起suit很帅哦！不过记得享受自己弹的音乐，这才是重点！ *笑*

10度的winter,还要act hiao 穿formal dress, 这就是讲究appearance的sushi-land的游戏规则... 最冷的是我的腿！！



大家都or-lu-lu(黑溜溜）...你怕黑吗? （so cheesy, i know.. ha)



While waiting outside the examination room, 除了拍照，就没有别的entertainment了。。。



等很久，2个小时半了...我要快点解脱！！！ 我前面的人弹20minutes的Debussy..........

Seigawa先生is right... the exams is more about MENTAL than 実力...看到我们一个两个怯场till we under-perform, 说不甘心也不是，因为还是defeated by our nerves..ARGHH!　弹完后，觉得有一种解放，应该是身体release出all the pent-up emotions吧！
　
领悟到的是:考试前一定要把曲子练到150%，so that 紧张也可以give 100%... 下次要和Chopin and Bach的音符搏斗了！ Anyone who knows any good mental training exercise, can you please email me?

On a lighter note, we had our Solfege (singing) exams and Ensemble exams 2 days later:


裕翔and あちゃんin a team... for the singing exams..

Gigi and me as a team... forgot to take photos while we were inside.. hee.. it was fun to play accompaniment for your friend though rather stressful ;p

Ensemble exams solo課題曲: `Watermelon man` by Herbie Hancock

Gigi and her concentrate face～

藤本先生playing the bass part on Stagea, mr dunno-what-is-his-name先生on the drumset, and we have to ad-lib for 16 bars (1chorus). Very exciting.. we did simple solos using blue scale but it was fun nevertheless ;D

Ensemble piece is `Tequila`:



Impromptu percussionists.. haha!


A bewildered Kawamura君, with his guiro and whiteboard marker!! (Jazz is all about improvising right?!)

Very high的 drummer先生在教Nana-chan怎么play congo...

Ready to go： Team Akihiro (that is the name of the guy on the left, he is a Chinese.)



Next up, Gigi and my team...

Catch the performance here.. not that pro but the important thing was everyone was enjoying themselves, making music and not worrying about the fact that this is an examination! Wooohooo.. it's all about FEELING the music.. 笑顔しているね！！