Thursday, February 12, 2009

About the pets that I had

How many pets do you have? Unusually, I had total four pets, and they were baby little chicks (Chicken's early form) but they unfortunately all ended up dying.

The first chick I had was really cute, and it cried night and day. I don't know why, but I gave it milk, and rice, and everything, but it died.

The second chick I had was cutest chick I might had; I think it was a "She." It followed after me every time and sat next to me when I slept. But when my grandma went out for walking with my little chick, a stray cat snatched it before my grandma's eyes. I was seven at the moment, and I cried a lot.

The third chick was adorable, too. But I don't think I treated him well though. I would jump him up and down to make him fly- and now I that I see it, I don't think he enjoyed it that much. And one night, my friends came over and stepped on it accidentally, and it literally exploded. I could see its organs coming out of his butthole, crying as loud as it can for twenty seconds because of the great pain. I thought of the pain he had to bear, and I CRIED AND PUKED in my grandma's bedroom; I was sorry that I didn't treat him as well as the other chicks. The next day I hung out with my friends as nothing happened.

The fourth chick I had was a very aggressive boy. He was so tough in his early age. He had a loud scream, always the first one to crow in the morning, and I don't think he liked me very much. At first, He was very obedient, but in his teen year, he was extremely rebellious. He would attack me when I was nine, when I was really weak. I tried to fight him off but he didn't stop attacking me; so my grandma kicked him and he flew, and escaped. He attacked me several times, and when my relatives came, my grandma asked her sister to kill it; and I watched it with my eyes. I was amazed at her skillful moves. I won't explain it because it's pretty graphic, and school-inappropriate.

Fantasy Impromptu

This is one of the masterpiece by Chopin called Fantasy Impromptu in C sharp minor,Op, Posthumous 66. I had real fun with this long time ago. I learned this piece two years ago; thought that this was the fastest piece on earth a human could play, but it turned out to be nothing compared to other pieces. The difficulty about this piece, is the rhythmic challenge. Some call it cross-rhythms. Left hand have to play triplets when the right hand have to play continuous sixteenth notes; I call it “nightmare” because it’s presto, whicn can make sounds very very obnoxious and confusing. After a minute of rushing, the B part, or the "development" changes to D-flat major Largo, and then moderato cantabile,producing a very beautiful tune, like a lullaby. After the lullaby, the “nightmare” restarts and ends with mysterious and a quiet way.
This is kind of a Show-off piece, and that’s why I liked it(now I’m into Liszt and Rachmaninoff). This song was composed in 1834, and was dedicated Julian Fontana, who was a Polish pianst, composer, lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and a very close friend and musical executor of Chopin. I personally like Chopin because of high technique and he’s style is very different but somehow similar to Rachmaninoff and Liszt. Chopin’s somehow passionate and sensitive and addictive. The tunes can get stuck in your head for a whole week if you actually know the song.
My favorite Chopin pieces are Nocturne in E, C sharp, and C minor, and F major, and fantasy impromptu, Scherzo in B flat minor(3/4 PRESTO!), Etude in C sharp minor(the current song I’m working on) 10-4(Torrent), Etude in A minor, 25-11 (winter wind) and revolutionary Etude which is 10-12, in C minor.