Curse My Ex-Pipa Teacher...
It was only this year that I've realised that I was cheated by my ex-pipa teacher, LIN JIA MEI... U see the pipa below... It has always been my treasure... I bought it at $1900 from my ex-pipa teacher Lin Jia Mei when I was in Secondary two around 1995 - 1996. Damned it... Now when i think of how Lin Jia Mei sold it to me, I realised that she is a cunning and evil and sinister and F*** UP person... This type of people will only be fit to live in hell... Arggghhh... Let me narrate my story...
I am not from a rich family and I can say that a family with 3 guys all going to university have really put a heavy financial burden on my parents... My dad has been working for almost 40 years as a low-paid worker in a construction company. From a salary of $1500 till now, $2000, he managed to be the sole breadwinner of our family to raise us all to university and paid for all our school fees... that includes my pipa lesson fees... and that stupid pipa that cost more than one time of its price...
Then, Lin Jia Mei tempted me to buy a new pipa since she said that my skills had improved... She told me that she would go to China and hand-picked a good one for me... When she returned, she sold one to me at $1900. And she said to me that the price is originally $2500 but she gave me a $600 discount and told me not to breath a word to any of my pipa friends cos she said that only I got the special price... So do you all know why she did not want me to tell others about the price of my pipa? Cos she did not want me to know that she has cheated me of my dad's hard earned money...
Can you all see whats wrong now? I can... My brain was seriously and absolutely wrong at that time... I should have ask for the receipt... Damn it... Just by selling that pipa to me at $1900, she had squeezed more than 1000 bucks from me into her pocket... F*** her... I respected her a lot since she was my teacher and I had learned pipa from her for around 10 years... She has cheated me without showing any signs of guilt... This is the $1900 pipa below... It supposed to only have cost $800 at that time... Even now, it does not cost $1900... Come to think of it now, I was sad and angry with myself... Many people told me... If I had learned my pipa from some other teacher, i would have mastered my pipa skills by long time ago... Now, I am still trying to rectify my basics by learning from a new teacher - Liuyan...
This is the $1900 pipa sold to me in 1995...
1900 bucks pipa that should have cost only 800 bucks
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Hello. I also know Lin Jia Mei & understand her too well. Her teaching skills are not very good thou she is a very good pipa player herself. Her father is a renowned pipa player, so she capitalized on her dad's popularity.
Liu Yan is good too & teaches her students much better than Lin Jia Mei. Both have very different playing style. I can't say who is better than who.
But anyway, i have stopped learning pipa & concentrate my time on school research & tennis thou i still have a very good pipa sitting at home. Hopefully one day i will find time to continue learning & playing it cos now i am taking my PhD & got not much time :) All the best to u.
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