When exam period comes, I always have an urge to play the piano. Regardless of the number of exams and the amount of material that I have to go through, I still played the piano once in a while in between my exams. I'm not sure if I'm trying to avoid studying or if I'm craving the feeling of playing the piano but when I sit at the piano, on the bench that I have sat on for many many hours before, I am reminded of countless memories. Born into a typical Asian family, I started playing the piano at a fairly young age. I've always tried to talk my mom into letting me skip practice for the day. In fact, we even made compromises. One hour of piano for one hour of Neopets. Of course, the piano hour felt like 5 hours while Neopets felt like 5 minutes, especially with dial up internet back then. Soon the compromise became 1 hour of piano for 2 hours of Neopets! :P
