This week has been fantastic in all aspects - education, piano, violin, and even hair! This was the first full week of school I have had since before going to Malaysia. After coming back, I had 1 day of school, then I went to Germany. After Germany, there were 3 days of school, then spring break. After spring break, there were 3 days of school, then weekend. The next week was 4 days because of parent teacher conferences, and then the next week was this week - a full week. It has been long, but fantastic!
My friend Esther and I are playing two piano duets by Brahms - hungarian dances. We have been practising every day for the past 2-3 days, and her piano teacher heard us and said it was going really well. I have to work on maneuvering my hands around hers and still playing the notes right, because it is a 4-hand 1-piano duet, and it's really difficult, even though the pieces are easy! We have to memorize them, which will be difficult because the concert is really soon.
My other piano pieces haven't been going too well because of my wrist problems and my lack of time to practise. I just have so much work and I'm usually not at home unless I'm sleeping! After the second week of May when I have my last AP exam and I'm not filming anymore, I will hopefully have more time to relax and practise. I'm lucky because I'll have most of May and all of June, plus a couple of weeks of July until my exam. I really hope this is my distinction year! I have to get that distinction, otherwise I don't know if universities will want me!
I'm also playing the violin in the talent show tomorrow. I'm accompanying a few of my friends, and I have a couple of solos in the song. It has been going really well! I helped the boys decide, based on their voices and range capabilities, what part of the song each of them should sing (they don't want to harmonize, because they said that the type of song they are singing doesn't sound good with harmonies, and I agree). They are sounding really fantastic. I am so lucky that I am able to be around such talented people!
My hair has been behaving like a treasure all week!
I am so happy with it. I was contemplating cutting off 3-4", but now, no way! I could have left it down all week - there is no frizz nor a tangle in sight, no greasiness, and NO OVERCONDITIONED LENGTH!! For the first time in 2 weeks! I did leave it down for a couple of days, but it always had to go up after a few hours because the weather is getting warmer and all of this hair really heats me up, unless it's in a nice updo! I have to re-learn some of my updos because my hair is getting longer (almost 37"! Yay!) and I want to get away from my every day swirly bun.
Also, my AP exam prep has been going extremely well. I'm getting a lot more practise AP Chemistry questions right than I thought I would. I was seriously expecting to get a 2 or a 3 (hahaha) but now I think a 4 or a 5 is not too far out of reach! In my last AP English Language mock, I got a 4, so I was really pleased. I don't think my English is too bad
, and hopefully I'll be able to get a 5 on the real exam, since the mock was 4 months ago.
Now that I've finished this long, boring post, I am off to practise some piano (I am listening to a GREAT recording of Beethoven's "Pathetique" sonata and it is inspiring me to play!)
Love,
~*Leia*~
2bMiii
36.8"
Growing since January 2003, found TLHL end of June 2003 and was at 25". I am 5'5".
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Leia's Hair Journal
Last Updated: April 21, 2005
