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i had piano lesson today....still have to learn how to control my left hand, and i still have to relax while playing my piece.....still trying to attempt to memorize the whole movement for Beethoven's sonata pathetique, opus 13. Not only does the title pathetique mean pathetic literally in latin (i think) it's the 13th opus, and 13 is an unlucky number! ahhahahahahahahahaha...so superstitious lah.....anyways, the second movement is my favorite!!!!

was talking with mr gerald about my upcoming weekend activities...and i told him i will probably spent/waste my holiday watching movies, and he told me like: don't waste your time on useless activities, and labeled movies as escapism, which i totally agree! ahhahahahahaha, well anyways, i'll try to pratise more on my piano and also finish up my papers for the society class i'm in.

i'm now listening to ku berserah by amylea, i like the lyrics lah...

work this afternoon was okay, i did a bunch of correction for my dear bos, Dr Beulah, and she told me that i have to work till 5 tomorrow, sungguh sedih lah = s0 sad.....

i have to help her invigilate one of her classes which would be having an exam tomorrow, and i have an exam tomorrow as well, college grammar, which will cover six chapters....i did some light reading and will do the other heavy stuff tomorrow morning and also in society class. that class isn't quite interesting, i still preferred the first and last human quest series, well i have yet to compare to the 2nd class which is human quest: in search for sefl..

chatted with old classmate, he tole me that marsha still goes to church with 2 bodyguards...hmmpphhhmmm, so much for being a celebrity! i hope she converts her muslim bodyguards to SDAs...ahhahahahahahahahahaha

read a prose today, The End of the Party, loved the development, but i hated the twist!!!

oklah, enough for today, i wanted to write more, but i want to upload more picts...ehhehehe

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