Thursday, March 5, 2009, 12:49 AM

arghhh.
stop slacking, dammit.

sometimes you feel demoralized.
sometimes you feel inspired.
whatever it is, keep pushing.

it's not just a need.
it's a want.

--

Michael Simmm.
don't go Osaka T___T
please please please.
practice with me leh.
D=

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(9.39pm)

you know how some things/people just come back from your past & haunt you again?
yea, i hate it.

& i hate feeling so lethargic.
it cuts me away from people & what i like/want/need to do.

--

if we're born into this world as one individual,
& leave this world again as that one individual,
why do you think people are so afraid of being lonely in between all that?

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(10.26pm)



Lim Kah Sing this is for you.
jiayou for Danceworks!!!

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 7:26 PM

today i went to watch He's Just Not That Into You with EM3A people.
hmmm. quite an okay show. funny xD but..
i don't know, some parts didn't feel linked.
but yea it's very funny xD lol.

oh well. Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck,
Justin Long, Drew Barrymore...
(:

i want to watch Marley & Me next week!!! =D
& i'm waiting for The Shinjuku Incident to come out.
oh, & Slumdog Millionaire too.
& i really want to watch Underworld (whines). ): ): ):

anyway, after the movie, we went to Starbucks at Plaza Sing =D
& then i don't know how, we started talking about toilets O_-
drinking coffee. aw maaan.
anyway, the punchline was something like...
Shamus: There are rules in the male toilets, you know.... like, NO TALKING, because you don't know what's going to go inside your mouth...
... sigh. Shamus... X_X

then we walked around PS & stuff..
we stepped into Yamaha for a while.
I SAW THIS DAMN CHIO PIANO!


Yamaha M30 SDW.
okay. picture doesn't do justice.
IT'S REALLY DAMN CHIO.
7.5K!! -_________-
okay 1K more than my piano. i think.
but ohhh. oh maaan. ):
it isn't polished. which i like because it means it won't get stained with fingerprints & all that.
(& you can save polish money!)
& the piano keys feel the same too. for once they're not.. hard, if you know what i mean lol.
Yamaha piano keys are always almost harder. i don't like.. waste energy lol.
so i reallyyyyy like this piano!!! the sound is very clear too ):

aiya. the entire design is damn CHIO.
it's like so.. vintage-y.
seriouslyyy. you need to be there.
ughh. i wanttt ): but 7.5K! roar.

then again, i'm not a big fan of Yamaha pianos. haha.
but this piano is REALLY dope. really.
ughh. ugh. how to say.
you need to play the piano man. instant love.

i don't want a grand piano anymore ):

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on the way home i saw a rainbow (:
a really huge one! so nice =D
i love rainbows (:

haha. cheap thrill...

--

(9.22pm)

KOD LOCKING VIDEOS!!!

okay. this is like.. my reaction after only watching the first video of the entire playlist...
but..
NABEIII. WTFFFFF.
LOOK OUT FOR THE PAIR IN GREEN & PURPLE.
WTFF. DOPE SHITTTT.
they're like one of out of how many pairs that actually dance on beat,
& are sharp, clean, strong, neat, GROOVY...
NABEI!!! ZZZZ.
MAN. i need to buck up, seriously.
have to stop freestyling in my head & JUST DO IT! (LIKE NIKE!)

NOTE TO SELF:
rhythm.
groove.
levels.
pauses.
sharp.
strong.
clean.
ON BEAT.
& i seriously need variations omg.
EXPLORE EXPLORE EXPLOREEE.

& LISTEN TO MUSICCC.

inspired again. BYE =D

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Saturday, January 3, 2009, 1:31 PM

am going out for dinner with my sixone people later YAY! =D =D
as a farewell dinner for Wyemin & Pinrui before they head off to NS.
hahaha.
(: (: (:

our first meet up this year WHOO.
=D =D

--

lightbulb revelation:

when faced with the unknown, we are all scared.
we are scared of what we have to face, what we have to know,
what it will bring us & what we will have to go through.
we are all afraid, because we are all human.
same thing goes for the future.
because you don't know what's going to happen.
& you worry about tomorrow, because each tomorrow brings something that you cannot foresee.
& you are scared.

but you know, when you fear,
just turn to the cross.
because Matthew 6:25-34 says:
25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

28 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

so, just live in the present,
& just trust & have faith that your tomorrow
& the next tomorrow,
& the next tomorrow after that,
& the next next next next tomorrows,
are all taken care of.

because simply, you matter.
i matter. to God.

if He says, I am worth more than many sparrows (Matthew 10:31, Luke 12:7),
then i am.
& i know i am, because He sent His Son down to earth,
just to take ALL our sins away,
from our past, our present, & our future.
every single sin you can think of,
are all taken away. on that cross.

so, turn to that cross.
know that He cared & still cares,
He loved & still loves,
you.
& whatever you fear of,
is really.. nothing.
because of what happened on the cross 2000 years ago.

& the truth is, i fear of what 2009 is going to bring.
but the greater truth is,
He took care of all of it. 2000 years ago.

(:

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Sunday, November 30, 2008, 10:12 PM

sighhh.
you know, i think that's precisely the reason why some people don't like NRA freshies.

don't be arrogant.
don't brag.
don't showoff.
especially by using NRA's name.

you want to be a dancer, then know this:
dancers should always be humble.
because only with humility then you'll find motivation to push yourself even further.
if you think you're really better than anyone else..
then i think you're damn sad.
you won't grow. because you think you're good.
(when you're not.)

i think there's a difference between egoistic & cockiness.
when you're cocky, you think the world of yourself.
you think you've reached your prime, but in actual fact,
you still have a long road to go.
no one else will be better than you in your eyes,
& you showoff, because you want everybody else to see how 'good' you are.
so sometimes, ego is not a bad thing.
because you're egoistic, you want to maintain your image.
so you'll push yourself to higher levels so that what your image has built will not fall lower.
you know you're good. but you know you can be better.
so you keep pushing. on & on & on.

but no one likes a proud dancer.
so..
stay humble.
especially when you've only just started dancing.

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Thursday, November 27, 2008, 12:02 AM

aiya actually.. what i wanted to say didn't really come out. hahaha.
actually i have more to say.
& i had a small little 'speech' prepared lol.
but.. it didn't come out as i wanted it hurhur.
being sick throws you off your train of thoughts -_-

so what i wanted to say is..
i'm really thankful for those who made an effort to come down for self-prac.
be it the last one or today's.
especially today's. 6-8 then 8-10. like who wants to come right.
i'll be super zzz \=
BUT. you all did. so thank you.
actually i was quite disappointed with the turn-out for the last one.
because i think less than half turned up.
but then it was a very good practice! everyone was cleaaaan until where i'd stopped.
you all saw for yourselves & even the people behind the studio that day agreed.
so i was quite happy.
although i was quite unhappy with those who didn't turn up,
& didn't have a valid reason. (accountability, yo.)
but nonetheless it was good. (:
then the next practice we all had with Orange (the names one),
she also said it was good.
remember?
so i was really happy.
then after all that, i don't know what happened.
maybe you all got complacent,
or maybe because Becca & Orange were doing formations for the next few practices,
& didn't have much chance to dance,
or because we didn't have slots for self-practices.
but everything was back to square one.
yea \= it was very disappointing. really.
then on Sunday i watched.
i was very sad/pissed/disappointed with the item.
everything that had been cleaned were horribly unclean.
it felt like that day was wasted.
really \=

so.. i don't know.
for me it's if you want to do it, then you either do it properly or don't do it at all.
because if you don't want to do it properly, you're just wasting everyone's time,
& your own time.
like.. look at it this way.
you spend all this time learning the choreography & cleaning up,
improved & then dropped back to square one again.
is it worth it?
one day has twentyfour hours.
not every hour can be spent on dance. you'll die of exhaustion.
so how well you utilise your time is entirely up to you.
every minute spent in rehearsal in the studio is important.
you waste one second, that's it. you're never going to get it back.
so always give your best shot in rehearsal,
because that's probably the only way you can improve.
& of course you can stay back & practice after. no one is stopping you.
but if you don't give your best in rehearsals,
but take extra time to practice after,
isn't it kind of wasteful?
might as well just give full out & everything during that assigned time in the studio, right?
i mean, it's great to see some of you guys staying back & practicing outside SU.
really. even i don't do it. hahahaha.
it's really nice to see this kind of self-effort.
but i feel.. just give your best in rehearsals lo.

& then there's this responsibility as a dancer.
don't come in, learn & forget.
& if you didn't come in for the last practice, take the initiative to find out what was taught.
& you must really come in earlier to stretch.
so for example, class is at 5.
at least come fifteen minutes earlier just to warm up.
it'll be good if whoever is leading the class that day does warm ups too.
but i don't. haha. as in, i would rather spend whatever time i have that day fully
to complete as much stuff as possible,
than spend fifteen minutes from it doing warm ups.
it's kind of wasted too.
& what if there aren't any warm ups?
it's your responsibility that your muscles don't stay cold.
because if they are, they can tear. & it will hurt like !@#$%^&*.
a dancer must take care of his/her own body.
which includes health.
so i'm sorry for falling ill lol.
but yes. you should always come earlier to stretch.
today we started late. because we changed studio at the last minute.
but ultimately you should always come in earlier to stretch.
& as a dancer, it's also your responsibility to know what's going on in your item.
which means you have to know the formations.
even though you're not part of wherever the formation is,
you should still know it because it's your item.
you are not a soloist. you're not dancing alone.
you're dancing with 50 other people.
so you need to know what's going on onstage.
you don't have to explicitly remember who stands where,
but at least have a sense of the shapes,
the space,
traffic,
etc.
there's a lot to know actually,
but these are the ones i always take note of.
because it's my item. i have a need to know.

& i believe that a choreographer's best gifts aren't grateful words
or appreciative gifts,
or anything just to show them how thankful you are.
it's nice & all, but ultimately i believe this isn't what the choreographer want.
i believe that the best gift is when each & every dancer
can give what he/she wants in his/her choreography,
perfectly,
cleaned,
all the way from rehearsals to performance day.
it's really a super awesome sense of satisfaction.
sometimes you don't really need to take credit for the choreography,
but seeing how it comes to live on stage
is an amazing feeling.
so i believe that we dancers have to put in 200% effort all the time
to give to our choreographers what they want.
because it's the best way to 'repay' them
for all the effort & hard work & what not.
really.
REALLY.
trust me. one day you try choreographing.
it's really quite splendid (:

but right now,
we really need to put in a whole lot more effort.
the item is not clean.
guys' item isn't clean.
girls' item isn't clean.
i don't even want to talk about the mass one.
-_____________-
i'm hoping we can have a self-prac for mass's on Saturday?
if possible finish up cleaning everything.
so we don't have to come back again to clean it again.
hopefully \=

yea.
i know it's damn long.
& i congratulate you for reading up till here.
HAHA.
you probably don't agree with what i say.
but this is what i'd learnt throughout all these years of dancing.
i still have a lot to learn, i know.
but i thought i should share with you all.
because i know some of you aren't taking this seriously enough.
& i really think you should.
November is ending. & it won't be too long before rehearsals at CC starts.
so technically we only have one more week for cleaning up,
because i'm sure everyone wants to study for CTs.
so.. yea.
just please buck up. lol.

--

& i hope you realise how rude you were today.

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Friday, November 14, 2008, 1:23 PM

you know,
if yesterday's rehearsal was 'professional',
we would have been kicked out of the studio already.

they talked about 'respect'.
what is respect?
respect isn't just shown outside of class,
whereby when you see seniors/alumni/people of higher authority/
Ann,
you act all sugar & spice & everything nice.
i think everyone knows this. BUT.

not everyone knows what is respect IN class.
in practices, in rehearsals, whatever.
someone is teaching in front of the class.
the least you could do is keep quiet & pay attention.
that is the most basic respect you could give to that person in class.
dancers out there in the world don't give a damn how you act in front of them outside of classes & rehearsals. because you can act chummy but you're just putting on an act.
they look to your attitude IN classes.
if you don't keep the volume down, the person in front is going to have a bloody hard time trying to teach,
& his/her voice will get drowned by the rest of the people.
then him/her will have to raise up his/her voice,
& it becomes very frustrating.
& keeping quiet isn't just for the one teaching,
it's for the rest of the class as well.
you want to talk about respect,
don't forget respect for your peers.
you don't want to listen, it's your own problem.
there are others who want to. don't disrupt the class,
because it's bloody annoying.

just reflect upon the number of times you've been shushed during class yesterday.
ask yourself if it's right.

if you can keep quiet & pay attention during Ann's classes,
why can't you do the same for other peoples'?

rehearsals can be fun.
but fun isn't congruent to noise.
& what do you mean by you're not having fun?
you're dancing.

& seriously, instead of constantly whining,
"i want to dance as good as _________."
make an effort to do something about it.
sitting down there & watching the seniors dancing & wishing you could be like them isn't going to make you any better in dance.
you think they don't practice?
self-practice.
what is true self-practice?
coming down together as one big group & clearing up steps together.
yes, that's useful. because you know what to do.
then what happens after that?
you go home, then what?

how many of you actually practice every. single. thing.
that has been cleared up with you at home?
in front of the mirror?
do you even listen to the music?
do you visualize the steps in your mind when you're free?
what. what exactly do you do after all those self-practices,
that people actually took the effort to organize?
we can go on & on & on & on & on clearing steps together.
but what's the point if you don't improve?

self-practices aren't compulsory to have.
Becca & Orange & Farid & Ann don't have to spend all that time choreographing,
teaching,
& cleaning up steps with us.
they didn't do it for themselves. they did it for us.
they sacrificed their time & effort. for us.
it's our item.
you come back in every single time still not knowing your steps,
& forgetting what was cleaned up.
it's just not nice.

showing your face in every single class isn't commitment,
because you can come in, learn new stuff, go out & forget.
commitment in your item is when you come in, learn new stuff, go out,
remember & practice.
practice.
has it been forgotten?

& the most annoying thing is,
you can't even get your steps right,
you want to learn other peoples' choreography.
why? what's so great about learning other peoples' choreography?
you don't even know what you're SUPPOSED to know.
instead of spending those extra time on learning something else,
why don't you take that time & practice on your OWN steps?
if you know you don't look nice doing your OWN steps, what makes you think you'll look nice doing other peoples'?
you say it's your 'style'.
what style have you got when you can't even control your own body.
it's your. own. body. your. own. muscles.
unless you have some neurological disease, you should be able to control
your. own. body.
if you can't even control it on your own,
no one else can.
the point is, don't lose focus.
you know you're supposed to be practicing your own stuff. do it.
other things can wait.

oh, & also,
before you go crazy over one dancer just because of his/her choreography
which some of the people you know happened to have learnt it & taught others who KNOW who he/she is,
do your own research.
"yea did you watch YouTube? that _______ dance choreographed by ________? yea i know how to do it."
so what.
do you know who _______ is?
how _______ started dancing? why?
where is ________ based in?
what style was that dance?
yea. you probably don't even know anything.
you probably just want to learn it because you think it's dope.
dope. it's not even qualified as an excuse.

& don't say you have passion for dance.
you probably like it. or love it. whatever.
you want to see passion, look at how dancers out there live their life.
then compare with yourself.
what are you doing.

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Monday, October 27, 2008, 3:18 PM

the best way to kick start a day:

take a nice long stretch to wake up your body,
dance a little bit more,
& finish off with an awesome Venti-sized Starbucks coffee.

ahhh. life is brilliant.
(except for the fact that my bank money is slowly depleting away...)

--

i don't want to be..
just a dancer who only looks good dancing.
i want to be a dancer,
who can bring out different emotions & affect the audience with them,
so much so that they will want to dance too.

dance to inspire, not to impress.
it's one step more than just expressing yourself.

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Sunday, October 26, 2008, 7:08 PM



note to self: performance quality.

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i... think i'm supposed to do some research for my COMT.
but i can't remember if i can do it in point form,
or i have to do some relatively presentable essay-like thing.

ahhh. Chinese superstitions.
lol.

who plays Neopets add me as friend leh!
(Meredith Kerr accepted my friend's request on Facebook LALALA.
cheap thrill hahaha!)

--

6 weeks more to Danzation (:
it's going to be damn good i know it hahaha.
go people! (: (: (: (: (:

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Sunday, October 12, 2008, 9:40 PM

school starts tomorrow...
actually.. i don't feel exceptionally sad or anything.
seeing that i've been going to school for most of the holidays anyway.
lol. i think i have no social life. AHHA.
who's to complain, eh?
but, ahhh. i dislike the prospect of having to actually study again.
): ): ):

i don't think it's interesting but here's my timetable anyway.
..... stupid timings -_-

Monday: 10 to 5, break from 12 to 1.
Tuesday: 10 to 3, break from 12 to 1. stupid IS -_-
Wednesday: 8 to 5, break from 9 to 10 & 1 to 2.
Thursday: 8 to 10 on odd weeks, 8 to 5 on even weeks.
Friday: 8 - 4, break from 11 to 12.

I HATE THURSDAYS OMG.
i only go to school for 2 hours IN THE MORNING during odd weeks,
& i have an annoying 5-hour break during evens before my last two hours.
waste my timeeeeeeee. ):

--

this week i have NRA practices on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.
yay happy. Wednesday nothing (: (:
course whoo~

& i think, i learnt a lot despite the couple of weeks focusing more on freestyle.
it's kind of like, what you learn in class is theory,
& freestyle is your practical.
freestyle is not easy hahaha. really.
of course, you can't learn how to freestyle per se,
but at least i know what i can work on,
like speed, strength, pausing, rhythm..
what i'm okay in & what i should work harder on.
so.. it's not a waste of money.
i believe it's mentality.
& how much you actually want to improve.
so what if you can catch choreography & look dope doing it?
anyone can do that with hard work & effort,
& putting in a lot of time to clean up & practice.
so you want to actually be good,
try to session & freestyle more.
it really broadened my mind.
so i'm going to work hard. because i want to spread Locking.
(:
should start small first, yes. not going to chiong straight into things like..
Floor The Love.
for now. one day i will, trust me.

Lim Kah Sing i still haven't battled you.
LOL. & i want my hamster ):

--

yes. so like i said,
people who started dance late,
has a tendency of taking it for granted.
especially if people have praised you for being 'not-too-bad'.
really wrong mentality lor.
we're just fortunate because dance is coming up in Singapore,
& there are instructors out there who have different styles of dance to introduce,
so we have greater opportunities to gain exposure.
you think this was the case a few years ago?
just because you're better than some,
doesn't mean you're the best.
many occasions have proved it.
so, don't 拽 lor.

we're never one hundred percent accurate.
so we shouldn't assume people to be what we perceive to be,
because no matter how much we've analyzed,
there's could be this slight 0.000001% we're wrong.
sometimes the problem lies within ourselves.
we just need a mirror that doesn't cloud what should be reflected.
(YES I KNOW THIS APPLIES TO ME TOO AHAHAHA. hypocrite -_-
yea yea yea i know who. you all know who too.
hahahaha. long story. don't make me repeat i'll get very jaded.)

--

must. stop. getting. injured. -_-
back please recover soooooon.
the pull please go awayyyyy.

the annoying thing is that,
it's the left side of my lower back that got hurt which kind of affected my left leg when walking,
& my right leg that got the muscle pull which hurts when i walk too.
so it's like,
i don't know which side to lean on more when i walk -_-
conflicting, conflicting.

back's pretty okay now though.
this afternoon was OMGWTF.
but yea. hope it gets better soon.
like really soon. \=

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:32 AM

often we face our future with doubt,
insecure of what it might hold,
what you might have to go through,
whether the path that you will take,
will bring you to your envisioned final destination.

sometimes we just have to cast these worries aside,
& live in the present.
worrying about tomorrow,
won't make your today any better.

--

/kah sing If I'd be able to shop for the stuff I wanted now, I'd definitely exceed $500 says:
see my nickname
limin. 舞. locker. says:
LOL
/kah sing If I'd be able to shop for the stuff I wanted now, I'd definitely exceed $500 says:
dickies pants
hush puppies
no.14
$300+ le
NEW ERA CAP
near $400 le
ok maybe never exceed $500

-________________-
SPENDTHRIFT!!
okay but yes i want no. 14 too LOL.
& i can't see you in caps. \=

anyway,
I WANT TO GO SHOPPING!!! ):

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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 10:50 PM

before i forget them completely,
what i learnt from:

KO Night:
musicality, is seriously very important.
must keep listening to music.
& also the chemistry between partners.
so both won't look out of sync with each other.
& preparedness,
like the tag combos.

& it's important to not get too stressed out,
even when you hear negative comments.
important thing is,
don't falter, because it shows.
& it won't look nice.
keep going, keep going, keep going.
you screw up once, so be it.
don't let it affect you for the rest of the performance.
because it hasn't ended yet.
there's still a glimmer of hope (:
stand strong & be proud.
not boastful, but proud;
of how far you've came & how much you've achieved.
& always know that there will be people supporting,
all the way.

sincerity is very, very, very important too.

& last but not least,
do not be arrogant.
it's irksome.
& it's very rude.
it's not proper dancer attitude.
so shove it up your stupid ass.
don't show off.
being confident & being cocky is different.
be the former, not the latter.
because maybe, you've nothing to be proud of,
if truth be told.

--

Suntec Dance:
management.
& "the show must go on" spirit.

--

Hilty & Bosch:
relax.
listen to music.
keep the rhythm & groove.
& the harsh reality that,
i still have a lot to work on,
to even reach half of their sick awesome standard.
go me (:

inspirational <3
i think it's the fact that we actually met them live in person.
i wanted to ask them stuff about Locking but..
oh well ):

one fine day,
in the near future,
i will fly to Osaka,
& learn from them.
(:

--

Xuehui:
freestyle doesn't need dope moves.
the most important thing is to dance.
listen to the music, & dance.
it's different from battles,
which you should probably do something super dope.
(lol.)
& it's different from choreography,
where the things you do are set by someone,
& if it doesn't look nice,
it can be changed,
& stuff.
freestyle, is to let yourself dance to the music.

mmmm. maybe that's why there's a "free" word in it.

& i think,
other than learning just techniques of a certain style,
we should learn the essence of it.
how it's executed,
why is it done in this way,
how was it formed.
etc etc etc.
ultimately, i think history is the most important.
because without understanding why a style exist,
you can't possibly call yourself a
(whatever style) dancer,
& the dance itself loses some of its quality.
(so i'm very irked with people,
who call themselves..
Poppers/Lockers/BBoys/etc
without knowing WHAT/WHO/HOW/WHEN/WHERE/WHY the style was formed etc.)

--

today is very super tiring day.
\\\\\=
i hate being ill.
must get well soon.
so i can dance properly again.

thank you Christine for the honey lemon (((:
can feel its soothing power whoo dope.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008, 2:23 PM

i have decided:
not to let myself bother
& get pissed off
with people who are absolutely
unworthy of my time & effort.

these people
are those
whom i will not remember
for anything pleasant.
& yes,
they're insignificant in my life.

--

on a Hilty & Bosch high =D
i love their collaborations with Co-Thkoo.
(though by far i think their dopest has to be the Entrow/Harder one.)
awesome choreographiesss.
awesome techniquesss.
awesome speedddd.
their canons are dope too.
salute hands down.

Hilty & Bosch = ultimate dope-ness.
idols for life man.
& even though Gogo Brothers are dope too,
Hilty & Bosch are NO.1
(:
i'm so excited for the workshop!
(but i think only Jin's taking? )):
not very sure. hope not -crosses fingers-)
wheeee.
let's try & kope places nearer to the judges for KO night finals.
doesn't really matter if can see the battles or not.
lol =D

i think Japan has by far the most talented Funk dancers around.
watched the UK BBoy Championship battles.
& Old School Night.
Japan always seem to win. xD
sigh. wish i was a Japanese. ):
but anyway i think it has a lot to do with their mentality,
& the amount of effort that they put in,
& the kind of pride that they have,
& that they still remain humble even when they're dope & famous already.
& they always gain a lot more experience cause they always go for competitions & stuff.
& it's not just dance,
but also their entire culture as a whole.
their food,
products,
everything..
what you see is what you get.
really worth learning from.
great attitude. maybe that's why they're so good at what they're doing.
(:

--

loretta. ` *̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ *̡͌l̡* says:
one day if you're gonna get knighted they'll call you 'The Tall' i swear

wth. -_____________________-

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Happy Birthday Melise! (:
Melise the Popper.
pop pop pop.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 10:21 PM

today we re-choreographed.
i think it looks better.
at least it does in my mind.
lolol.
we need a group name. hmm.

have been watching a lot more videos these days.
mostly Locking hahaha.
(but zomg Essence is DOPE. please go watch their Essence MVMNT videos. phwoar!
i love Gigi she's amazing! =D)
like um.
Hilty & Bosch.
Gogo Brothers.
Old School Night videos.
the.. Japanese dance show i can't remember its name.
& um.
Hilty & Bosch..
& more
Hilty & Bosch..
(you know Kenneth's style's a bit like You's. hmmm.)

& i am still. blooooooody. amazed.

Michael is right.
we need to keep practicing all our moves.
until it's as easy as breathing.
need to attain more speed.
while still keeping everything clean.
& control.
& a lot more groove so we can keep the funk!
& we need more creativity.
so we can do more dope stuff with the moves that we already know.
(:

inspirations are from everywhere.
it's important that we keep observing.
so we think of ways to improve.
think of different executions to already given steps.
so we don't become boring,
& keep doing the same old stuff.

sometimes fusion is good.
but i think we must always keep the true essence of the style.

--

anyway, my left hand is retarded.
i can't pace properly with it without going offbeat.
\\=

stupid left hand.
i wish i was ambidextrous. so cool.
must practice more.

--

today i did four Applejacks =D
actually i had the momentum to do more than that but i was lazy. hahahaha.
but Michael said "you need to whip down your leg more."
-_________________-
my legs are just long can.
greater distance from CG. greater moment.
so if someone with normal length legs require X amount of force,
i need less than X amount because of the increase in perpendicular distance.
so, so, so.
if i whip down more,
i'll go off balance, right?
HMMMMMMMM.

not making sense. hahaha.
but anyway i can travel with Applejacks already.
& i think i can do the..
extend-out-other-leg kind of Applejack.
because i managed to do like, one?
xD
good, good, good.
practice more. (:


just in short:
PRACTICE.
you won't be absolutely perfect,
but at least, you'll be better than before (:

--

WE.
HAVE.
SIGNED.
UP.
FOR.
HILTY.
&.
BOSCH'S.
WORKSHOP.
ON.
6TH.
SEPTEMBER.
2008!

=D =D =D =D
so exciting!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!

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Saturday, August 16, 2008, 12:56 PM

.......
today i learnt a very valuable lesson.

always.
read.
&.
remember.
your.
instructions.
on.
your.
question.
paper.

don't be a fool like me & do all six questions when the paper only required you to do four.
managed to complete everything though, oddly enough.
but seeing as they're lazy people too & will only mark the first four..
damn. waste of time. & i wasted one extra answer booklet that they're probably not going to flip through. yea yea sorry Earth. i hear thy pain.
ironically though, i have some parts that i didn't know how to do for the first two questions & i knew how to do everything for the last two.
..
fate is twisted, man. twisted.

-_________________________-
i am so pissed.
KO Night later.
ugh.

--

on a completely pointless rant..

society says we must "Respect the Elderly".
since when has it become a demand from us to do so?
sure, i mean you're probably old,
& balding,
& creaky,
& have horrible matching clothes,
(or maybe not,)
& even tons of wrinkles like a whole bunch of Nile Rivers joined together,
don't you even know the basics of courtesy?
just because you're old doesn't mean you can "cut queue" & act like it's not wrong.
you mean you learnt that in school? funny, mine didn't teach me that stuff.
& don't think just because we disallow you to do so gives you any rights to stare at us like we're in the wrong.
i will stare back at you.
let's see who wins, shall we?
(:

sorry. just mad at some stupid lousy auntie who cut my queue at the bus interchange (yes i cut the queue back because IT'S WRONG, DAMMIT!) & YES, SHE FRIGGING STARED.
like, what?!
sometimes i'm glad i'm tall. i can easily outwin anyone who tries & burn a hole in me with their eyes. actually i don't even have to do that; i just have to stand really damn tall. they can't do anything.

anyway, i find it disgusting that people like to twist things around & make a whole new meaning out of nothing that was even there.
sick. i don't know how their minds work.
go & educate yourself or something.
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Monday, August 11, 2008, 4:25 PM

note to self:

cleanliness is very important.
execution is very important.
full out is very important.
musicality is very important.

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gahh. back to notes.

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