Andante cantabile

by Tchaikovsky.



from wiki

String Quartet No. 1 in D major was the first of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's three string quartets.

The melancholic Andante cantabile movement of the quartet has become famous, and was founded on a folk-song the composer heard whistled by a house painter. When the quartet was performed at a tribute concert to Leo Tolstoy, the author was said to have been brought to tears by this movement.

The quartet was premiered in Moscow on 16/28 March 1871, with an ensemble consisting of Ferdinand Laub and Ludvig Minkus, violins; Pryanishnikov, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello ^[1]

Let music set you free.

wah lau. i am feeling dumber everyday. brrrrrr
got to declar war on myself...again.

the universal language lies in 5 letters.
A, T, C, G and U
i have a love-hate relationship with genetics.

damn, blister broke my new skin is exposed again.

and i got the pain threshold of a sissy boy

cause i cant stand properly again and my form is bad not to mention that the footwork is all over the place.

i think my sensei is v sian by me. cause, so what if i am committed? i'm dumb. not smart enough to pick up what he said the first round or what anyone said in the first round.....i am sian by myself also...

bleh!!!!!!!!! harai men...2 steps 2 steps. harai kote men three steps..

booooooo.

ok. i'll stop whinning this instant and go work. work more talk less.

Reading week

Before the mid-term tests, there is a week called reading week in NUS. That week is for students to catch up with undone homework and essentially gives them time for doing revision on their own before the second half of the course starts.

In my first semester all my modules had mid term tests, so I was very hardworking that first semester, using my entire reading week to revise. The same occurred for my second semester. Come third semester I had only one MCQ online test after reading week and that week saw me doing everything except studying.

This semester I have two mid-term tests. The difference between this semester and last semester besides one more test? I have a friend to revise with. And that rocks because you know there are others who are in the same boat with you. Moreover, like all teachers like to say, knowledge comes when you are able to explain to your friend and he understands.

Add to that a sense of satisfaction and a pinch of band, I'm almost looking forward to reading week!

To all studying : Ganbatte kudasai!

Theory application

In still air, a buoyant flow of some tens of liters per second (L/s) rises from the body: the "human thermal plume". At a walking speed beyond about 0.2 m/s the plume gives way to the "human aerodynamic wake", as illustrated in Figure 2. Chemical traces originating as passive scalars on the body are found in these flows and can be sampled. Patterns of secreted proteins in the human plume or wake can be indicators of the early stages of a CBR(Chemical, biological, radiological) attack.

One of the things we had to do as assignment for my module, Fluid Mechanics is to read through several journals and from these, pick out the article that most interests you and write about it.

I picked the one that caught my eye immediately - Fluid mechanics and Homeland Security from the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

It is an oddly interesting read, equations and diagrams not withstanding. Perhaps the most interesting thing that occurs to you while reading the 26 page paper is how fluid mechanics can possibly help prevent the meaningless loss of lives. Within these pages are real life examples of this fact, not just mere equations. To see concepts taught in the classroom scenario being translated in everyday life to meet the threat of terrorism gives meaning to what we are studying . It shows us that fluid mechanics isn't all just about theory.

And I believe that's what studying in school is all about isn't it? =)

Learning to give

so what did you do on valentine's day?

I wanted to show some love that day so I went on ahead to a blood donation drive in my school.

In support of the Singapore Red Cross Blood Donor Recruitment Program, the NUS Chapter of the Red Cross Humanitarian Network (RCHN) organizes a blood donation drive every year.

This year it was held in the Multi-Purpose Sports Hall(MPSH) . The registration process took some time as they had to first look at your personal particulars then test for your blood pressure and iron level in your blood.

The process of drawing out blood was painless but for the moment the thick needle they used to draw blood with was inserted. After that it was pretty much just waiting for your blood to fill the bag. I was quite amazed to see that my blood was indeed quite a bright red.

After 10 minutes, the bag was filled and I was anticipating a sharp pain in my right arm when the needle was withdrawn but thankfully none came. If you do give blood please drink lots of water after that because you will feel rather dehydrated.

In a nutshell, it was a very fulfilling experience!

orientation day.

hi there. i shall update on what i learnt today before sch starts next week. (want to focus on learning instead of blogging...about learning..its a talk less work more mentality)

its week '0' this week and so therefore our club is up and about to 'grab freshies'.

being there on a non training day with the seniors means that there is more time to interact with other club members and get some tips out of the seniors..and hopefully i'll be able to incoporate what i learn by listening today on next wed...cos theory is really important. when we were instructed, we were taught theory and pract at the same time. so its useful to go back to theory and then back to pract to internalise new info....at least thats what i find.


its really fun nowadays cos we are learning counter attacking. that is like taking advantage of your opponent's attack to attack him/her. but its really confusing at first...i got 'clobbered'.. and got blanked out (you dont pass out fromthe impact but it will leave u standing there clueless) and it happened more than once so i had to walk away haha. and at ji geiko, i lost my balance and landed on my ass.... i was like..what an ouchy day cos top hurts bottom hurts. what i really like about learning here is that if you are interested, people are interested to share and teach. so, you are encouraged to learn.

anyway, thats just so much for today cos i think i am not writing properly as i am so sleepy now.. bye.

Learning from scratch

So the first thing that everyone asks me after they come to know that I am going to learn violin is this:

Why violin?

The short answer ?

That currently I play the tuba and normally we read the bass clef. Learning the violin would make me learn to read the treble clef and in so doing, I would be able to read both clef easily! Hopefully.

Another reason that I thought up which pretty much fits is that I do not want to ruin my embourche by learning a woodwind instrument. Besides, the violin is such a classy instrument don't you think?

As for the long answer, well, I don't really know it myself. It has to do with some events that happening in my life I suppose. Among them is taking the ABRSM Grade 5 exam which I think precipitated in my first lesson.

And the rest they say is history.

welcome

talentless, we all know how it goes. the teacher teaches something new. everyone else got it but you. you'll get it but thats after the fourth or maybe tenth try. so you think to yourself :AH! i must be dumb! no its easier to accept that u are talentless and that after a few tries you will get it.

lazybums...well, sometimes its just a lot easier to accept that you are lazy rather than...D.... talentless.

no, i am not suffering from low self esteem or anything at the moment. i'm just having a dig at myself.. cos a life lack of humour is..a life that is not worth...well its a borring life.

anyway. this blog will chart all its authors' learning journeys. because we know that (ACTUALLY I SPEAK FOR MYSELF) being talentless or ordinary means that we need to work harder, have more perserverance, even more passion and whatsoever to climb our mountains.

so, welcome to share our pain, joy, tears, sweat as we struggle to overcome ultimately ourselves to do the things we love.

CHEERS and the learning never ends :)