chem prac was quite bad today... titration was about the only manageable thing... QA wasn't that bad la, but this sorta thing quite hard to tell whether i'm doing it rite. totally didn't know how to do the rate of reaction experiment. can't see the blue colour! the solution is so brown! anyway it's all over...

took a cab to piano with kankan after chem prac. haha, we were totally late... chem prac ended at 5! had lesson together and we let ms ching listen to the recording of the recital. first of all, there's not much to hear except that all the notes were hammering into my ears. i dunno whether it's because both kankan and i are so rough or whether it's cos the volume was turned up really high when we recorded it. ms ching said she couldn't hear any dynamics or colour... all she could comment was on our rhythm. hahaha kankan and i are like the north and south pole. she's super flexible while i'm super mechanical (with the exception of eating up rests!). haiya... that's a super old frustrating problem... even my previous piano teacher was totally nagging at me every lesson but then somehow my fingers are always hungry la. hahaha. ok, shall try to work that out over the next week... and see if i can be less mechanical. should be enough work liao i guess, still need to study for prelims. i actually prepared ravel and britten for today's lesson... felt quite wasted but come to think of it, not really cos i did practise and that's not wat u do just because there's a lesson coming up rite. so it's not really wasted in that sense. in the end i think i was also quite glad not having to play them cos i can bet i'd have forgotten some parts of the pieces again. listening to my recital's sculthorpe and all the anyhow-play-notes-cos-i-forgot passages was bad enough!

read an article about how all the visa and watever fees for studying or working in UK will increase by up to four times. scary! well, doesn't bother me that much yet... i dun even hold a hope of getting there for now.

Here's a quiz from pohning's blog, originally from gerald's. ya, u get the point. i'm just trying to beat around the bush mah. =)

You are a SECL--Sober Emotional Constructive Leader. This makes you a Politician.

You cut deals, you change minds, you make things happen. You would prefer to be liked than respected, but generally people react to you with both. You are very sensitive to criticism, since your entire business is making people happy.

At times your commitment to the happiness of other people can cut into the happiness of you and your loved ones. This is very demanding on those close to you, who may feel neglected. Slowly, you will learn to set your own agenda--including time to yourself.

You are gregarious, friendly, charming and charismatic. You like animals, sports, and beautiful cars. You wear understated gold jewelry and have secret bad habits, like chewing your fingers and fidgeting.You are very difficult to dislike.

Of the 19155 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 7.4 % are this type.

eh. doesn't sound that much like me...