Heh, dont apologise.
Its good work, definitely for your first one to go into the portal. I think some of the fading sounds a little funny in places, tho it could just be because i have rubbish speakers. Like there is a large jump which is good, but it sounds too large on my speakers and makes them rattle :S
You have shown you have talent, i will now listen to your other works, and i will not be suprised if you are better than me :) Not that i'm good tho :p