This week I was not so happy!

    I was not happy because...... On this week's Thursday, I had the violin exam of Grade 7. On that day, I didn't need to wake up early. That was because I had the exam at about 11:00a.m. At 9:50 I went out to take the MTR, I needed to go to Dimond Hill.

    I had the exam at Hollywood Plaza's Parsons Music. When I arrived there, it was just 10:25 a.m. So I sat inside there and waited. I was very excited at that time.

    When it was my turn, I went into the room. I first played the three exam songs, that part I was quite good. Then I need to play the scale, I was not playing too well at that. Next is 'Sight-Reading', I didn't do it well. Because I was too excited so I played the beat all wrong. Lastly, it was the Aural test. I thought the questions that she asked me were very difficult, I almost answered it all wrong!

    After that, I was very very unhappy. So I told my father I wanted to go to toilet. And I went in there to cry for a few minutes.

    I was afraid that I will fail the exam. I felt sorry for my father and violin teacher.

    That was why I felt unhappy this week.

Teacher reply: Alison, relax yourself. It's always your nervousness that prerents you from performing well. Believe in yourself. You've worked hard for it, you should be able to do it. But anyway, it's over. No eatter what the result is, accept it and be ready for the coming challenges.