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read my profile sign my guestbook Name: Ada Country: United Kingdom Metro: London Birthday: 1/16/1985 Gender: Female Interests: MuSic~pLaYiNg PiAnO Occupation: Student Message: message meEmail: email me Website: visit my website Member Since: 7/13/2003

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Monday, November 06, 2006

fun fun week~~
Wed
surprise birthday party at Sugar Reef party on Weds, very fun and nice food! very full after three course (massive steak!) PLUS birthday cake!

Thurs
shopping with sasa! and yay i bought the mango dress la!! will try it on next few weeks at home and if i think its good then won't return it! Gourmet Burger Kitchen open in Soho! i FINALLY stopped myself from having Jamacian one and tried Avocado Bacon one....also very nice!! i think no need to order chips next time! so massive! nice chat in Cafe Nero after too...despite stupid people always not closing the door!~~ You always feel more comfortable talking to friends you know for a long time...there's no 'bei gay' and so real, like family gum... cos some people you meet in life can be very fake, so hard to find people you really click with...and feel natural around...

Fri
sing K at China City......was very good actually....the place is much better and cheaper than expected...machine sometimes a bit shit and won't play some of the songs that i want to sing...

highlight of the week~~ is of course that i'll be kai ma to Chloe/MiuMiu!!~~ very looking forward to visiting her......

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

good day yesterday!~~

met up Daniel cos he was in London for the day on a site visit....was treated to dinner at chinatown because SOME ONE earned some money from the stocks!

then Devil Wears Prada!!! ( with Orange wednesdays, buy one get one free ticket!! ) was soo good!!!
but it kinda makes me wanna go out and buy shoes, clothes, bags and accessories which is nicht so gut (for my wallet!)
I really like that Chanel long necklace that Andrea wears in the film~~~~~~~~

finally completed my Wing Yip bursary application, will post off 2morow~~~~

Beethoven or Ravel? Very different, both very hard in different ways~~

I want star-shaped hashbrown (HK MacDonalds!) but I think they're so cute that I'll 'ng ser duck' to eat them.

Why do i talk so random in my xanga entry?

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Friday, October 20, 2006

wow..long time no update....had been so busy with masters applications, competitions applications, bursary applications, work placement/work experience application in arts administration...etc etc along with lots of things that I had to do and worry about.....

Monday is crazy day, check this out

900-1100 Beginners German (Guten Tag. Ich bin Ada. Wie geht's?)

1115-1245 Instruments and Computer Transcription

1300-1400 Supposedly lunch, but I am usually practising. I've mastered the art of practising one hand alone whilst eating my sandwich with the other hand to save time!

1400-1500 Song Accompaniment Class (this class is only for this term)

1530-1630 Piano Lesson

1700- 2000 Teach Piano (I have 2 chinese families that I'm teaching now, 1.5hr each, they both live in same area so I'm trying to teach them on same day)

ok...only monday is crazy..Tuesday-Sunday have no lesson, but still have rehearsals, practise, uni homework etc etc.... I have occasional work as a sight-reader/accompanist in a music theatre/drama school on a Wednesday evening (I'm classed as a 'casual worker'!)

A look at busy schedule in Oct/Nov :

23 October - Computer Transcription Assignment due in

28 October - Page turner for concert in Cadogan Hall (£15/hr!!)

31 October - Wing Yip bursary application due in

1 November - work in CSSD(the music theatre/drama school) 130pm-5pm! Have to sightread music for the students whilst they sing and have acting lessons. 3.5hrs of sightreading is going to be HARD!

8 November - Performance Platform (mini piano exam, counts for about 10%)

13 November - Marlow Piano Competition (have to go after mega busy Monday at Academy)

16 November - 950am Masters audition at Royal Welsh College of Music (Cardiff!4 hours commuting on train!)

29th November - 150pm Masters audition at Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester!4 hours commuting on train)

oh my god...i feel sick just looking at schedule

with all this happening, I still have career worry and doubts every day!

Stress level alert = Extremely high

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Friday, September 08, 2006

played in the Winners of EPTA competition concert today in St Martins in the Field...there were sooooooooo many audience!!!!!!! like about 200 or so!! I think also a lot of tourist from opposite Trafalgar Square have come to hear haha....but it was definitely good experience

I have a cup ar, will need to engrave my name on it! ( but have to hand it back to them after 1 year)...haha...i think mum and dad was really pleased and happy ~~~~

but they don't know its such a small competition...all the people in the academy win like big big international commpetitions..not stupid ones like the one I've done. Also i think i don't deserve to be the overall winner, i think there's two other girls who're better than me... it's like i should be proud of myself..but i'm not.....such a strange feeling..

was talking to this lady who's the organising of EPTA...i've known her since i was in bristol...she's right in saying that the keyboard department in the academy is ONLY concerned with the high flyer pianists. Pianists don't have to win big competition gor D in order to be successful she says.... hmm..something to remember.... i think i really will be happier in a smaller college..

on a happy note..went windows shopping afterwards...i saw this gorgeous mango dress which i look SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO nice in ..........................£45..................................i love ittttttttt!!!!!!!!!

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Monday, September 04, 2006

looking at applications for postgraduate at music college...deadline 1st october.....
this...and talking with baby about his career problems...makes me think a lot...

should i change my career?

when i look at most of the music jobs available..most of the option is just teaching...teaching music in a school, but is that what i want to do? most musicians are free-lance and branch out and do many things ( though being pianist, instead of an instrumentalist like violinist limits my choices )...e.g. for pianists i could accompany choirs, accompany for exams, teach private piano lessons etc ..that would be more playing-based which is what i prefer than saying actually teaching gcse/a level music.......
cos let's face it, a performing career, though that's what all music conservatoires students aim for, rarely happens..

but
my a levels ai'nt that bad...if i wanted to change my career...i could do a masters in ..e.g. finance/business gor D and change my career to apply for jobs in like big banks and stuff....just seeing everyone's ultimate goal is working in investment bank and big companies and stuff..makes me think...is it really that good? if i could pass masters in business/finance, with the right personality and interview skills, i should have no problem getting jobs ( well will be much easier.. )..

why am i even thinking about changing? i guess you're never satisfied with what you got..
when i do music, i would think, maybe doing something else is better
, it's so much easier that you can just apply for jobs in a company and then u're sorted..but in the classical industry its not that straight forward. You need to branch out, you need connections...i'm having less faith in myself that i can do that...

shit..i just realised that i'm at a point in my life where i don't konw what i want...i got time to think because doing masters in business/finance application won't be till like next year sometime (they're bloody expensive though! ), so i can still apply for postgraduate in music college... baby said i could even apply for jobs without doing masters..it'll be hard...i just need to convince them

but i don't think i'm even interested in business gor D..i just think that if i put my heart to it, i can do it.....andi can earn big money..... but my parents will be so disappointed..they would have think that i've wasted my last four years..but i don't think that's true...after doing that Business For Musicians module at the academy i've learnt that a lot of music students, end up doing things that are not musically related. Ther'es even a oxford music student graduate who went to do a qualificiation in midwifery! and one went to law school after doing music degree!

Even if i'm changing career, doens't mean i'm giving up music... you can love something, but you don't have to make a living out of it... though having said that..i don't think i'm an OL kind of person....

interest vs career

i have headache now..i wish i could have some guidance..........

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