Remaining Summer Plans?

I was thinking of posting something about my St. Paul's experience on my blog. But then I shuddered at the thought of uploading something so personal. In writing workshop, I learned using proper mechanics, complex vocabulary and eloquent sentences detracts the reader from the "candor" of your writing, especially personal essays. In order to write effectively, you must impress your personality upon the reader. Unfortunately, I have no personality, and often enjoy rhetorical flourishes, so I'm not going to write any personal essays for a while.

Nevertheless, I will touch upon some ASP stuff while writing. During my time there, I met a lot of great people, and my thirty-eight days were filled with activities with them, whether it was studying game theory, playing ultimate frisbee, eating a lot of food or talking late into the night. This was in stark contrast to how I'd spend my days normally. I simply needed alone time. I found that playing piano in the chapel or in the musical hall was a relaxing way to spend time by myself. I would often visit two or three times a week, staying there for at least an hour each time.

Piano brought me a lot during St. Pauls. I played "A Thousand Miles" in a serenade, one of the ASP traditions where one dormitory sings a few songs to another dormitory of the opposite sex. I played "Sunflowers" in first talent show, and dedicated "La Fille Aux Cheveux" to a girl in the second show. That piece was interrupted by one of my friends in our act: Three Asians showing off their piano expertise.





As the final days of St. Pauls crept closer, I wanted to keep all my experiences with me. Facebook, and facebook pictures helped me to maintain some discourse with friends. But the music was missing. Therefore, I made plans to continue learning classical music.

For the rest of my summer, and during the early part of my school year, I'm planning to learn these pieces:

This was arguably the most famous of Debussy's piano pieces. I enjoyed playing La Fille, so I wanted to continue with a similar style.


I swear that I would learn this piece before ending piano lessons. Now I swear to learn this before graduating.