Mixed Signals + Toffee Nut :D

Today was...how should I put this. Interesting. I wasn't as nervous during my clarinet exam as I could've been but idk it kinda felt a bit worse coz I wasn't like shaking but I kept making mistakes and I felt so embarrassed coz i know the stuff!! :( Though I'm happy with my performances of the orchestral excerpts and my examiner thought I'd listened to them a lot coz he said they were done really well. But omg he sent me so many mixed signals that I think I passed but idk if I got anything good coz I kept screwing up I swear. Well I had a few faulty starts but when I truly got into it I think I did alright. I reckon he was biased towards songs from the past like by Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Brahms and Mozart - generally classical and romantic periods. Though he did tell me I was good at the 'modern' or 'contemporary' pieces I played which were jazz songs but he didn't like my Adagio (Mozart version coz seriously, people were so unimaginative and there are so many songs called adagio it's crazy). Anyways, my transposition sucked. Majorly. But my sight reading was good.

Ughh he was nice but I honestly don't know if he marked easy or hard and after it he freaking turned the sheet over so I couldnt take a peak at my grade. I hope, really really hope I get a B. If I get a C, well that's just sad coz some things I actually played well at.

Oh and during the aural tests, LOL, I totally forgot what tests I had to do so I completely guessed that shit. At the beginning I failed so bad but at the end my guesses struck luck and he gave me the mark even though I sang the low part instead of the high part..but then he asked me to sing the high part. He even asked if I was in the choir coz he thought I had good hearing..what (and no way was it for good singing coz i swear I sounded so retarded LOOOL). And then I told him I was in the SWE at school and I started up this short conversation where he was telling me about his band...and apparently they have a concert tomorrow. Omg he started to list all the symphonies and songs and shit they were playing, had not heard of a single one but lots sounded from the classical and romantic period except for a couple and I just stood there nodding and agreeing like I knew each and every one.

So yeah, really hope I manage a B. If he passes me then I'll just be relieved, if he fails me. Fuck, I'm gonna be like curled up in bed crying and my mum will, actually I don't know how she'd react coz I practiced heaps more this year than last.

Okay, enough exam talk. After my exam, my dad listened to my request and I got Starbucks for the first time. They have new like Christmas drinks and I tried the Toffee Nut and omg, it's really good. And now I can understand why starbucks are so popular in America, it's really good!! Though it's definitely not something I'd have everyday or I'd round. Very round indeed. Well I reckon. LOL.

Sorry photos were taken in the car :p coz we were gonna go home (well changed our minds and went to another cafe in Homebush to wait until my sister finished work so we could pick her up). Anyways so you know that cathedral next to QVB? Well they're doing renovations or refurbishments and I found it funny (after my dad pointed it out) that instead of some random ads they put the cathedral. There was also the side of the building but I didn't snap a photo. And it seems that it'll be a quarter past 12 for a while over there.

 So this is some of the things they had at the cafe but after the Toffee Nut Frappuccino I could not bear anymore sweetness and ordered a Grilled Caesar Sandwich. Oh and I saw those muffins that they have at the school canteen (some mornings) in there!! But they only had one of the apple and cinnamon one which I love to death but too much sweetness for this sweeth tooth :p

xoxo Bernice