Thursday, March 25, 2010

Classical Guitar

One day back in Form 1, my friend, Audrey Ang asked me to accompany her to learn how to play a classical guitar. Since I was so free back then, I agreed with her. I went for classical guitar lessons with her for almost 2 years. We took exams together as well. Due to PMR, we both stopped learning to play a classical guitar. Last year, one of my coursemates, Sim, found out that I used to play a classical guitar and he asked me to teach him despite the fact that I told him I had forgotten on how to play a classical guitar. Since I was busy preparing for my End of System 3, I did not invite him to come to my place till few weeks ago at night. He told me he could not play (what a lie). When I played each note on the guitar and I asked him to tell me which note it was, he could answer all of them correctly. I started to doubt him for not being able to play a classical guitar at all. Yes, it was indeed a lie. haha He could play so well and he played it so much better than I could play. In the end, he entertained Nicole and I with all the romantic songs. Haha Romantic songs such as Right here waiting , Now and forever and Romance Te Amor. After that, we had free taekwando lessons from him. He looked gentle but he is a black belt master. He taught us self defence as he said girls must know how to defend themselves from danger.

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Sim and his classical guitar

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Nicole's priceless smile

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Yes, Nicole and I were in our pajamas

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Holiday Withdrawal Syndrome

I was given two months to be on a holiday mode but now, I have to switch back to a study mode. Back in high school, first day of school was a total holiday. I just had to register myself and buy the new books. Now, first day of school means first day of stress. Why? On the first day of school, I had problem based learning (PBL) at 9am to jot down all the learning issues which I have to do research on and present them this Friday. The topic was on Diabetes Insipidus. Then, I had clinical skills in the afternoon. We learned how to inspect, palpate, percuss and auscultate the thyroid gland. After that, I had to go for lectures in the evening till 630pm. I also have to take Malaysian studies for the whole semester. It is time to make notes for every lecture and memorise my notes everyday. I am doing Endocrine system now. It will be followed by Reproductive system and Renal system.

"Everything is hard before it becomes easy"