❥lovelovelove;

Sunday, June 29, 2008

After all those countless trainings and hardwork, our efforts are paid off and NTU Nationals are finally over. (:

So it was basically continuous dancing for the first part of the comp. Events followed one after another and at times, we didn't even have time to take a short break. Although I love Jive, sometimes I'm kinda glad that I ain't doing it cus it robs all the stamina away. Even without Jive, we were panting away alrdy cus there was Grade D. Nevertheless, I wanna get our own Jive routine! (: And my costume/make-up stained Tin's costume so badly that it was pretty visible that a his right sleeve and right side of costume was pinkish. Oops!

As for results, we got into finals for 3 out of 6 events that participated. Got 2nd for Tertiary Cha (which I'm extremely proud of! :D), 4th for Tertiary Rumba and tie btwn 4th/5th witn Ben&Joanna for SGDF Cha. I still think Cha is our better dance and I'm lovin' it! Looks like the Rumba still needs some work and adjustment eh.. Anyw, I really really thank M&S for all their guidance and hardwork. Without their teachings and advices, we wouldn't have achieved such results. They're really fab coaches and we're super lucky to have them! :D

Was kinda shocked when Teacher Sharon teared out of being overwhelmed and happiness. Then the few of us went to hug her tight and told her that we love her. Aww, and we sure love her to bits yeah! ((: She's always a darling who's so sweet, caring and nice! Lovelove!

After some rest it shall be, hardwork once again to work towards Aug comp in KL. (:

There's too much to say & too much to describe but all in all, I'm superbly happy for NP. With all the medals and certs that we achieved plus the roaring crowd of supporters we had, I'm very certain the NPDS was the certain overall winner yesterday. (even though there wasn't an award for the overall winner)

With all our capability, I'm sure we'll soar to greater heights in time to come! To NPDS: Let's all continue to strive for future comps yeah? May the passion for dance never die.!

To all those who wished me and those who came down to support ystd, THANK YOU! Your support is greatly appreciated and you won't know how much they meant to me. I love you guys! ((:

Pics will be up when I get them. :D

For now, I'll haveta adjust back to the Studies>Dance lifestyle althou I hate it. I'm still not in the mood for school work. Help?!

and i so need to un-tan myself now by scrubbing hard. I look awfully dark.!

-it ain't life till you dance-

&you'llalwaysbemylove.

♥yours truly. 2:19 PM

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Tick-tick-tick- a- tick: the clocked has ticked amazingly fast these days to draw Dance Nationals A day away. Omfg. Here's some tasks to be done before the big day actually arrives:

1. Paint my nails
2. Start self-tanning tonight
3. Get rid of all the ugly bruises on my legs (haha!)
4. Gear up on final practice sessions
5. Improve on facial EXPRESSIONS

28th June is so near that I practically do not have any mood for school work. Like always, PMKT tutorials are still left undone and the sight of it makes my intestines go upside down. And when I think of the need to see her during tutorial tmr, I just dread Friday even more. But anyw, we're gonna see our results for both marketing & accounting tmr, like finally. I'm wondering how I faired- just hope the grades are reasonable enough to satisfy my expectations..

So we had this full dress mock comp on Tuesday and a conclusion made is: we so gotta speed up our hair-tying and make-up process on the actual day. Its also time that I pick up some comp make-up skills from the rest cos mine seriously sucks. Glad that the costume didn't give in or have any defects when I danced I think I did better w/o costume. Maybe becus we're not used to dancing in it. Oh well.

Tonight's sort of the final prac session we have and tmr's the full dress rehearsal for opening item. Then comes sat. May we sort out everything tonight and I'll keep my fingers crossed for Sat. (:

To NPDS: We WILL rawk NTU's dance floor this Sat, regardess of whether it's our individual dances, team matches or opening item! :D Jiayou everyone! :DD

And yea, I should be switching to lj one of these days when I'm free. Blogger is really a pain sometimes and I find lj utterly cool. Ha. Bye blogger, hello lj? (soon)

//hold me tight & never let go

♥yours truly. 1:35 PM

Sunday, June 22, 2008

And when I press the refresh button on my browser, the beginning of this song just makes my heart melt.

"sweet lil cherry blossoms, blooming before her time"
- a simple phrase, yet it has the ability to bring out the traits of innocence and sweetness-

So anyway, today was well spent considering the amt of spring cleaning I completed. Dad mentioned abt doing it twice a year and I begged to differ cus I knew its done more frequently than that. Ha. At least my room looks MUCH neater and cleaner now and I'm proud of myself. Heh.

Was browsing through my archieves this afternoon and I realised that it's been ages since I met up with my peeps fr PJ. Scanning those pics really brought back tons of memories; memories that'll last a lifetime and that can never be replaced. It's been a year since I've met ppl like Seowhuan, Ciauer etc and I really miss those days in scap, being a participant of o1 and planning hard for o2. Life was all abt council and so were the scappers, 7th, my dearest classmates and OG mates. To Mr. Teohuei, let's org an outing soon after their MidYrs? (: The cozy and homely nature of pjc makes me miss those days even more too.. If only.

I know things will be totally different from what they are if I hadn't appealed to NP tourism. I may/maynot survive J1 but certainly, would be having fun if I got into 8th council. But anyw, I'm equally thankful that I chose the path to poly cus if not, I wouldn't have known all my darlings and everyone close to my heart.

Today, I'm thankful of what God's given me today- a reputable and great course, awesome coursemates, 8ight, my dance darlings & dancefamily and you. :)

Oh god. School's resuming tmr and its 6 days to the big day. Let the countdown begin! :D

cherished. (:

♥yours truly. 9:14 PM

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Topic of the day: Overdancing creates adverse effects; according to my experience that is. I guess we've been prac too much that the muscles start going haywire and it's also a signal for breaks.

Today's prac was really bad. Maybe the technical part was still acceptable but the execution of the routines was lousy. What on earth happened to my spins in cha which I've been doing rather smoothly for the past sessions? For some reason, the sharpness and smoothness were both absent and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't land steadily. And seriously, the feeling was horrible and perhaps a lil helpless too.

God. It's one darn week to Dance Nationals and here we see such negative symptoms. Wts

May tmr's final lesson before comp help boost our energy level and other misc areas up to get us prep for 28th June! (: Way to go NPDS! ((:

So yea, we went for this SPI thingy organized by Ley's I&E Group. Visited the famous OCH & army barracks, not forgetting the Baby Dumping Ground at CCK. Though boring, it was an experience gained. But here's a note: I'll never frequent such places again; they send chills down my spine. :x Speaking of I&E, I'm starting to wonder what the CCF really thinks abt our proposal. Please please pretty please, our event has got to work out. I just want to pass this frigging module. Argh-

Time to sleep. Goodnight darlings! (:

when you hold me in your arms;

♥yours truly. 12:47 AM

Friday, June 20, 2008

Tell me about fairness. How many times do you actually think that life's fair and how many times do you not?

In reality, life is never fair. Even though there are situations which enable you to think otherwise, things just don't go your way most of the time. Think about it. Do you recall any situations playing 'why isit her but not me, why does she stand a higher chance but not me', or smthg similar?

Perhaps things are meant to be that way sometimes. No matter how hard we try, the recognition's not achieved or noticed. It's definitely not our fault since the effort's alr put in but things just goes the other way. Blame it on life. Oh well-

I don't know what to say either.

Life's been pretty much fruitful with regards to dance. Have been attending several mock comps and I feel the improvement although there are still several parts to improve on. However, the Rumba's still looking raw with the missing hip actions ( i don't know why but I just cant execute them properly) and the connection's absent too. Sigh.

There's nth much that we can do except to prac, prac & prac. Like the old saying goes, practice makes perfect and I believe so too. Nationals is just 8 friggin days away. Omfgg. Jiayou NPDS!

Side tracking a lil, my new costume has arrived and I'm lovin' it! (: Though its not hotpink, I think baby pink's fine. Hehehe. Can't wait for all the alterations and securings to be done! :D Smiles.

It's been 5 days and today's finally Friday! ((:

♥yours truly. 1:55 AM

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

I've been having a fetish for English Oldies recently. Listened to TonightIfallinlovewithyou in studio today and what can I say; I'm in love with both the melody and its lyrics! (:

Sometimes I wonder where inspirations orginate from. I admire those who compose and write lyrics and find it a total wonder as to how two can match the words and melody to fit into a perfectly nice song. It's kinda amazing. This relates to the special ability given to poets. To speak in rhyme is a given ability, and to write in rhyme and rhythm makes the final product even more augmented. :)

Oh how I miss those Literature days where we would crack our brains to analyse those poems and proses, not forgetting memorizing quotes from 'The English Teacher' which I still own today. I miss your Lit lessons, Mrs Sunil and I miss my dearest 3E5 too. ):

Anwy, life's been about nothing but dance. When I open my eyes everyday, the day relates back to dance, dance, and more dance.

I feel so dumb eh.

From one perspective, I wanna try my best and ace this comp but on the other hand, I'm pretty obligated to dance when we're practising the same thing over and over again. There're so many things to correct but you can't help feeling tired about having to go through those routines a million times. It's only during lessons that you're corrected on the countless mistakes.

Its so ironical to hear this from someone who claims that she loves dance wholeheartedly, isn't it?

Sometimes I just feeel that competitions rob everything from me. They cause me to not have time for my loved ones. They cause me to not have time to catch up with friends. They cause the bond between my family and I to weaken.

The list goes on.. But most importantly, they rob all my time and savings. Did you know how much more time I can gain if I don't dance, how healthy my account will be if I don't attend p.lessons?

At the end of the day, I guess everything mounts up to one word: PASSION. Nothing beats having the passion for smthg. When you're passionate about a particular activity, nothing on earth can stop you from unleashing it, even love. So after all these complains, here's what I have to conclude;

I love dance.

even though the above paras were complaints and whinings. ((:

Here's a song to share. Read the lyrics if you love dance too. Thank you Tin for sharing it with me! :D

Dolly Parton- Slow Dancing with the moon

Sweet little cherry blossom, blooming before her time
Moving her lips to her favorite song, cherishing every rhyme
Swaying her hips to the rhythm, humming along with the tune
Lost in her own little dream world, slow dancing with the moon

Watching her I cannot help but go back in my mind
And suddenly I find I am 15 again
Slow dancing with the moon
Oh, the stars got in my eyes long time ago
And I've lived my life like a love sick clown
In a bittersweet cartoon
Just a dreamy-eyed kid slow dancing with the moon

Watching the girl I'm reminded she's quite a lot like me
Trapped in the suburbs of wonderland, lost in her own fantasy
Somehow my heart never grew up, no one ever burst my balloon
So here I am swirling in star dust slow dancing with the moon

Still believe someday my wildest dreams will all come true
And I'll find someone who'll make me 15 again
But until then I'm slow dancing with the moon
Oh, the stars got in my eyes long time ago
And I've lived my life like a love sick clown
In a bittersweet cartoon
Just a dreamy-eyed kid slow dancing with the moon

Still a starry-eyed kid slow dancing with the moon

whendistancemakestheheartstronger;

♥yours truly. 12:37 AM

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Here's an ultra cliche phrase which I've repeated several times in my entries but the fact is, time flies.

You won't imagine how much time has passed ever since. Was chatting with Des just now and mentioned about it being a year ago since we went to support them at NTU for Dance Naionals. Now here we are, preparing for the next NTU nationals which is exactly 2weeks away after going through a year of trainings.

I really hope that on 28th June, we'll do well tog as one- as NPDS. We gotta rock the dance floor and we ought to. Though my Rumba is still kinda yucky with the missing hip actions , let's make full use of this 2 weeks and polish up on our techniques, presentation etc and go all the way out!

(:

So Dance Camp's finally over after weeks of planning & prep. I can't believe that I actually went for a 5d4n camp and it just buzzed past! Everything went kinda well and I guess our objective was met too. Great job everyone! And anyw, we had fab accommodation cus we slept at Kismis- the newly renovated NP Staff Apartments. It's friggin comfy & its much newer and nicer than my own flat! Hahaha. Imagine having a washing machine & microwave oven in the apt- how's that? Even chalets aren't that cozy.

But I guess we won't ever bunk into that place again no matter how cozy it is. They are simply too much. Shoo them!

Here's some things which I won't forget:
1) Sojini, Ping Ting, SJ & I had a great time shopping for log & camp stuff on Day 1 and we were worse than aunties who were doing their grocery shopping. Really hilarious and fun! Heh.
2) The night we laughed so hard abt the 'jokeoftheday' by mommy. Heheeee
3) Being dirtied by butter, egg + water and having to roll on the canvas sheet filled with all these. YUCK! We stinked like shiattttt! :x

So in general, camp was really enjoyable with the lovely company of the various people and activities planned. On Mon, we had our Formation Premier to mark the showcase of our new James Bond formation by performing for the Water Prize thingy. Everything went well except for some costume defaults; and I'm glad PT's fine too! :) Let the pics to the talking, and may I warn you: althou the costume looks like brooms, we look nice when we dance tog k!

Before that, here's smthg to announce:

CHERYL, ALICIA, IRIS, SHI JIAO & I officially formed the Bite-sized club in dance! Teheheeee (: All thanks to Teacher Melvin! =p

GO NPDS! ((((((:

New formation missing Ken&Mich ):

James Bond wannabes?

Ali baby! ((:

Korkor :D

Ex-partners; he's damn happy that hes taller than me can. ):

Formation partners!

This is what happens when NPDS guys come into the pic & spoil the market ;x

A courtesy of PingTing & Melvin's drawings- Tropical Enchanted!

Tehee. Ali & I were so bored that we played the pokey game and here goes..

Mich & Sj darlings :D I LOVE YOU!

Sojini meinu~ wo ai ni! (:

The singers of 'morethanwords'. (: Fab voices!

June babies- Ping Ting & Ting Wei making their wishes..

hehe cheryl likes to do this to me! so we pinch tog! :P

Oops mommy! This became the JOKE of the night! :x

A shot before we left Sentosa (:

mypillarofsupport;

♥yours truly. 1:34 AM

Monday, June 09, 2008

Disappointed.

Things weren't supposed to be the way they were- what were technique classes for if they aren't executed in the actual routine itself? I dunno where all that hip action went too.

I dunno where the supposed-sharpness flew to. I dunno where the light & shade floated. I dunno what quality of dance I'm producing, esp the Rumba.

Yes, it's the slowest, most sensual and a very romantic dance yet hardest among the 3 dances we've learnt so far. But this doesn't provide a reason as to why it isn't executed properly.. Even though it was briefly brushed up 2 weeks ago, I knew our Rumba still looked eewy and a lot of effort has to be placed in order for it to look competitive.

Let's do it, partner. (: We CAN and we WILL improve on these pts! We WILL add light&shade in both our dances and I think singing, in terms of dance, helps. So maybe I'll haveta start the chip, chip & a chipchipchipchip or 2,3,4...1 soon. Melvin taught us how to sing and it was kinda interesting. Heh.

So anyw, The Chronicles of Narnia- Prince Caspian's recommended although the front part din tie in very nicely with Part I. And zomg I agree with you PingTingg- Skandar Keynes IS awesomely cute! (:

-melts-

Alright. It's almost 2 and I should head to bed. Tmr's the start of dancecamp. (: Till Friday!

&baby, letsmakethislastforever.(:
-o8o6o8-

♥yours truly. 1:40 AM

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Hallelujiah!

So I survived the couple of hellish weeks successfully. Cheers to everyone who has completed the horrible tests and assignments/projects! (: We deserve this 2weeks break before our brain juices starts being squeezed again. Ha.

In order to de-stress, Shux Est Ley Aud and I went all the way to Est's desired place- HOUGANG, to party. Sang our hearts out and had tons of fun! You make school life bearable and I LOVE YOU GIRLS LOADS! ((:

Did I mention that Andy Oh was merciless enough to meet us after LAM paper ystd to brief us abt our LAM proj.? He wouldn't even give us a break la.. But anyw, the following 2wks will be fully allocated to dance. Dance Nationals are just 3 weeks away and I seem to have lost touch of certain techniques; so we gotta brush our routines up tmr and the whole of the dance camp. :)

Speaking of dance camp, I'll be gone for almost the entire of nxt week: Mon-Fri. ): It's really Dance Insanesation indeed! :DD

With regards to today, BFF and I went towning after her paper and we shopped till we drop! Ha. Bought quite a no. of stuffs and we're broke now. Enjoyed ourselves though and Mich darlinn, lets set another date for all of us when you're free. (: But to think that cash is gonna be flown to lesson fees, costume costs and tanning lotion makes me sick. Ha.

Jiayou NPDS! I love all my darlins tons & tons((:

好想好想

♥yours truly. 1:27 AM

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

May tmr's 10am arrive like now, pretty please? I wanna be freee. And I'm also hoping that tmr evening will arrive quickly cus only then will I able to see my darlin. I miss all my dance darlings super duper much! ):

Because of CTs,
we talk lesser.
we grew a lil distanced.
we couldnt have those chillin sessions.
we couldnt eat out after dance.
we didnt catch up with each other.
we rarely saw each other.
we don't go for k sessions anymore.
we can't shop tog for this period.

and the list goes on.

I detest CTs. They make us go afishgahgn and to think that I didn't spot the missing headings for today's P&L statement and balanced sheet makes me wanna go bang the wall. HAHA great eyesight mel!

So I see a dead end for tmr's LAM since I haven't started on anything, apart from writing notes for the first 3 chpts and I don't plan to ton tonight since its a morning paper tmr. Good luck people!

MY DARLINGS ARE LOVE! (: I LOVE YOU!

and you too. (:

♥yours truly. 4:49 PM

Monday, June 02, 2008

So I finally changed my skin while I was slacking away before dinner. PMKT's finally over & done with for this CT and here comes ATRM and LAM. Though I'm totally speechless as to how I'll revise for LAM, tonight shall be a lil slackish after days of burying myself in those notes. (:

I just wish that Thurs 10am will arrive sooon so that we're temporary free and cus we're going over to Esther's fav area aka hougang to sing our hearts out; that thurs night will come so that I can start dancing once again & Fri to arrive so that I can catch up with my darlings. :)) Sat's gonna be a super duper packed day with dance from 10-10pm with the respective activities slotted in, Sun's :DD (hopefully!) & the following Mon-Fri shall be allocated to dance camp with a Formation performance to put up on Mon.

Omgg. ):

Everything's so so packed and where's the time to shop eh? It's the GSS period for goodness sake! And anyw, Esther said Sex in the City is quite a fab movie, which makes me wanna catch it too. Heh. Kinda sad that I missed the screening period for Vegas cus I've been yearning for it since it trailed in the cinemas a few months back. Oh wells.

& Btw. I can't believe it that you call yourself a Christian & name everything in the name of God when you do such childish acts. Simplyhilariousss hahahhaha.

I never thought that dreams came true,
But you showed me that they do. (:

♥yours truly. 8:00 PM

Sunday, June 01, 2008

You have no idea how torturing school work can be. To think that it'll actually cause burnouts & tears, make the judgement yourself.

I thought that I'll not make it through this tough period. I thought that I'll be defeated with all those assignments and need to revise for CT. I thought..

And today, I wanna say that I'm glad I persevered. For those sleepless nights, for those procrastination to start the ball rolling of getting my face buried in the huge pile of notes, I finally pulled through and things are much better now.

All thanks to the mighty Lord. He's the one who pulled me tog and helped me remain strong. And I urge you, too, to have trust in the Lord. You'll never know what wonders and miracles he does. :)

I'd like to shoutout to all my dearest friends out there, esp to Audrey sweetheart to keep that determination and spirit going! Nothing's impossible and vice versa. I admit that this period is prolly the worst that we have gone through so far. To some, it may be the lowest period of life whereby you have a million tasks to juggle and time just seem to run past like it never did. However, never panic. I've learnt that panicking isn't of any help; it'll only stir up emotions. So what's most impt is to remain calm, go with the flow and before you even realise, you're done. Trust me. (: And Aud, you're not alone. All of us are going through this with you and we WILL all remain strong.! No depression okays! I'll always be there for you and I love you! :)

Just 4 more days.. and we're free. Have a little faith. :D

想守护着你

♥yours truly. 12:36 AM