MiZ in Weekdays 1: IPPT Test

Ok, as like Bebo journal, I'm coming up with standard titles for my blog as well so that I do not have to kill my brain cells to come up with titles all the time. They are as follows:

MiZ in Weekdays - Journals for Monday to Friday, occasionally includes some Saturdays as well.

MiZiSat - Journal written just for Saturday itself (if I did not post that on MiZ in Weekdays).

The Sunny MiZ - Journals written for Sunday.

Holi-Miz - Journals written specially for holidays/offs/leaves

21 Feb 2005 to 23 Feb 2005
Hmm... nothing special from Monday to Wednesday in camp.

24 Feb 2005
We were asked to clean some of the rifles that has to be return to other unit. At night, we celebrated one of our campmates birthday. Well, during that time, the people "with additional/special things on the green clothings compared to us" also asked those other people whom birthday falls on January and February as well to do some silly stuff. Hmm... I feel that those "two people" (if you are in there, you should know who I'm refering to) were really quite "ridicules, unthoughtful and unconsiderate" to our campmates that time. We had pizzas to celebrate his birthday. Didn't eat too much because of IPPT the next day. How thoughtful of them by buying 6 large pizzas and 2 big bottles of soft drinks for us.

25 Feb 2005
We had our IPPT test. Well, I just tried my very best to pass it and clear it. Didn't know that running for 2.4 km test is so much more tiring than running the 5 km run. In the afternoon, we were asked to go for gym training. Feel kind of tired of doing gym after that IPPT test. Anyway, that "someone" said that this is to improve our IPPT results by training more. See, how thoughtful can they be after we exhausted our energy for our more important IPPT?

MiZ Speaks
Well, the music practical exams for ABRSM has opened. I'm still considering whether I should take Grade 4 Harpsichord exams in September (if they have it in Singapore that is). I think there isn't any harpsichord in Singapore other than the one found in concert halls (which can't really be used by the public). I have to make this decision soon as they are closing the applications by 4 March.

Heard from Andrew that he wanted to sign up for DipABRSM Piano (Performance) exams. I wonder if he is really serious about this (This is a lot more than just the graded exams). Well, I have to say that the passing rate in UK for Diplomas (ABRSM one) is only about 50%, and to pass Diploma, the candidate needs to obtain at least 40% (which is the passing marks) of the maximum possible marks in ALL sections and sub-sections (something like your IPPT). If DipABRSM is considered as a graded exams, it is something like Grade 12 to 14.