FLY KITE!

No i didnt went to fly kite. I dont even have time to sleep, how to go fly kite?

Now i truly really seriously understand the meaning of responsible.

Being a tuition teacher for so many years, i can produly say that i have never ever forget my appointment with any students. though i may cancel last minute or wadsoeva, at least i remembered i have tuition with them and i will make an effort to cancel it, despite the fact that sometimes it's last minute. :p BUT BUT BUT, im going over to their house! so u see, the person who is travelling is ME, not them.

I cancelled my piano lesson last saturday, because i was tired and didnt practise. i dont like to go there unprepared.

So i had arranged with my piano teacher, and i will go over to his house on monday. he said if there is any changes, he will call me.

So on monday night, right after my work, i rushed down from lavender to khatib, carrying a whole bag of piano books.

it was raining.

i was feeling lethargic and tired. BUT I WENT DOWN.

the door was usu opened. and that night it was closed, so i knew smth was wrong.

i knock the door, his 9 yr old son opened it.

ME: Where is your papa?
SON: He went out.
ME: WHAT! When did he left the house?
SON: Very long ago...
ME: WHAT! Then nobody at home?
SON: Everybody went out.
ME: WHAT!!

Ok, i must explained the 3 "WHATs"

1st WHAT: i was late for 10 mins, and i thought he went out cuz he assumed that i wasn't coming.

2nd WHAT: it was raining, i was so tired and im carrying so many books and u didnt call to cancel the lesson if u cant make it. instead u make mi come for a wasted trip.

3rd WHAT: how can u leave a 9 year old kid alone at home!?

so i called my teacher:

BACKGROUND: NOISY
ME: Lao shi, it's me! arent we having lesson today?
LAOSHI: OH QIAN HUI, IM SO SORRY!! We had an old school gathering cum performance, and i couldnt make it back on time.
ME: WHAT! u forgot our lesson.
LAOSHI: OH im so sorry! let u make a wasted trip! are u free any other weekdays?
ME: NO, im tired and not free. let's meet back the same day and time, no need replacement.
LAOSHI: Oh solly solly!

i was prepared that he told mi he had forgotten. I wasnt as shocked as im supposed to be.

instead, i felt ok, cuz i can go home, eat dinner and rest early. so i took a cab and went home.

Why was i not as shocked / angry as im supposed to be?
CUZ THIS IS THE SECOND TIME!
The 1st time, i went to his house on a thur afternoon. it wasnt a make up or replacement. before my internship, i was having lesson lesson with him on every thur afternoons, and i chnaged to sat suring my internship.

there was one thur afternoon, i knock his door. this was worse ok! nobody open the door, the whole family went out! at first i thought they ran away. in the end, he brought his son for medical check up. and he forgot to inform me.

apparently, he does that to yueyin's bro adn dad often too.

seriously, being in a teacher's point of view, i dont and never consider this as FORGETFUL. u noe u are having lesson, or at least u promised the kid. and here the student has travelled all the way to ur place to find u missing. mind u, im carrying lotsa books and its raining.

this eventually voice down to RESPONSIBILITY.

and he is certainly NOT a responsible teacher. since he has let it happened twice.

if u cant make it, at least give mi a call, even if it's like 5 mins before lesson or smth, at least u are telling the student: yes, i remembered we are having lessons!

instead, all he explained was, he forgot the lesson. how can he!

this is his MAIN source of income, and if u are being such an irresponsible teacher, no atter how high ur qualifications are, im sure u cant making it big in this teaching line.

im looking for other piano teachers. there are so many unexperienced and lousy ones in the mkt, and seriously without friend's recommendations, its really hard to find sb good.

but im also opening up the choice of POP piano. many schools have them, but they are basics. i found play-by-ear, where they teach u POP PIANO IMPROVISATION, according to ur piano grade. i guess it certainly helps.

and im not trying to look down on PRC. but my current teacher is a PRC, he talks to students in mandarin, even uses chinese terms for all piano terms. which is bad, i cant see myself passing any piano exams under him. cuz either i will fail the theory due to his chinese explanation, or i will fail my practical due to mi playing wrong stuffs. argh!!!

FLY KITE!! WHOO!