Meng kun arigatou/ Thanks meng..

I'm thanking him, for today's violin lesson..

To make up for my lousy driving skills earlier in the day.. My violin skills aren't that bad... I guess...

At the moment I can play:

• Twinkle, twinkle little star,
  
• Mary had a little lamb (but when I play it, it sounds like Mary's dying lambs...) and
  
• The beginning part of Sadame..

Well, I guess I'll move on from there.. Then again, when I was playing Mary's dying lambs.... my inability to control the bow properly made it touch the other strings, thus adding unwanted and unneeded notes.. which caused me to burst out laughing, as I struggled to finish the song..

Much to Meng's chagrin yet again, as he couldn't find what was so funny, till I told him that the extra notes are like.. the 3 little pigs barging onto Mary's scene...

Imagine this.. As I play Mary had a little lamb (or dying lambs, whichever pleases you..), or upon hearing that song, one should envision, vast fields with Mary and her lambs flittering around.. and then.....

Here comes the sudden extra notes.. and I don't know why, seriously... But I started to imagine the 3 little pigs, invading the scene, causing chaos to Mary and her already dying/flittering lambs.. as the little pigs ran around...

Well, OK, blame it on my over active imagination.. haha... but it was so hard to continue playing, what more finish the song, with that imagery in my head haha... but i digress.. back to the 2 songs, and the part of the 3rd song that I managed to play, albeit, not very smoothly though... it's only been 3-4 days? since i picked up the violin? so i guess, i have to go slow.. i'm no genius after all.. anyway.....

The huge achievement today was.. I somehow managed to hold the violin, in what I assume is the correct position, since I don't have to support it with my hand, and only use my shoulder and chin... so I guess it's the proper way.... Because that's how it's actually meant to be...

My downfall is, my inability to remember the fingering..

I think, I just suck in both driving/parking/3 point turn and music... but not that much in music... i think..

-Oracl3-

Am I too harsh on myself?? 0_O' I should have this kind of attitude towards my studies too then... haha... but somehow, it just doesn't work that way.... :p