Summer Holidays

This holiday, the activities that i will be continueing and attempting include:

-Piano: Right now I'm playing the third and fourth movement of the Beethoven's Sonata. I'm still playing the 5th Bach piece, and also the etudes from Czerny and Hanon. Seeing as I have more time now, i'll be able to practise more and improve faster.

-Solfege: Solfege ear training has progressed to chord dictation. I find these quit difficult as the tones jump about randomly with no tonal key that i can use to help me identify the notes, but I've already found that as I attend the lessons, my ability to accurately identify the notes increases. I was quite shocked by the improvement, as I wasn't expecting it, and it felt more of an innate rather than conscious learning.

-Loh Guan Lye attachment: I'll be doing a hospital attachment at Loh Guan Lye for a week, whereby I will follow doctors in the neuro and obstetrics departments. This is to help me in preparation for university, as I intend to take a course in medicine.

-Eden handicap Centre and St. Nicholas' home for the Blind : I intend to do a few days of voluntary work at both these places, some time in august, as many of my friends have done so and I would like to help out as well.

-EM Mudballs: There will be mudball making this holiday as part of a larger event called "One Million Apologies To Mother Earth" in which one million mud balls will be made during the month of July and all of them will be thrown at the same time into different rivers in Penang on August 8th. I will participate if I have the time.

-Community service in Singapore: I again intend to do some community service in Singapore, although I haven't quite decided what this will be yet. I may visit the SPCA or volunteer at the local libraries.