No Boundaries

I recently found this song on Nik's blog and it got me really addicted to it. It's by Kris Allen, of American Idol's fame. I love the melody and the guitar, but above all, I love the lyrics. It motivates me to do my best in the things I do.

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Went to watch KO night finals on Friday night. Got a glimpse of what was coming on The Big Groove when Funky Ziggy had a showcase. Their showcase was amazing! I wish I could do whacking like they do. Hanged out with some of the SYDC ppl after the KO night finals. Got to know some really interesting ppl. Again, I learnt to not judge a book by its cover.

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Sunday was one of the coolest days of my life. Though it was one day before the start of block tests, I spent it doing..........anything but study.

Started the day by going for Ahmad's lesson. I really like his choreo to Mika's "Relax(Take It Easy)", though the song was kinda techno. Ahmad's choreo are seriously getting harder and harder. The steps, angles, sharpness and everything demanded for his choreo are getting more difficult. But I can't complain, coz that's the reason why I chose to attend his class. If not, how do I constantly improve myself? Though I feel kinda intimidated sometimes by the pro ppl in class, like Jimmy (the ex-captain of NUS Dance Blast), Bob (also from Blast), and Hazlina (hmm...also from Blast), but I really like dancing alongside them because I always pick up something new from them. If there's anything I learnt from that lesson, then it would be that hip hop can be danced to any type of music. Ahmad's recent song choices ain't always R&B and hip hop music.

Btw, I met another fellow Malaysian in his class. Apparently, his name was Dennis and he was the runner-up for So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia. No wonder I found his face familiar. But he was really good that was little difference in the level between him and Ahmad. And he apparently lives near my home in Malaysia. How cool is that? Hope to learn from him when I get back to Malaysia some time later.

So after Ahmad's class, I made my way to Singapore Expo Hall for THE BIG GROOVE!!!

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I can't even describe TBG in words. Is there a word for "BEYOND DOPE!"? There are so many talented dancers in Asia. Really enjoyed the whole 3 hour concert. It was already 10.30 pm when it ended. I love the performances by overseas crews like WCO, Cool Mint, Funky Ziggy, 5+5, Phillipines Allstars and etc. The poppers from 5+5 crew was totally sick. And Cool Mint gave a very nice opening for the concert, and this came a crew of Japanese girls, with the oldest being only 13 years old. Felt like I kena pawnedzzzz.....

I felt proud of the local crews too. O Crew outdid themselves at gave a 32 MINUTES PERFORMANCE!!! That was like 12 minuted more than their O School Recital last year! But Ryan didn't perform though. Probably too busy with his newborn baby.

The other local crews was also quite good -- Styles From Beyond, Danzpeople (which was Ahmad's item), Trademark etc. But it was clear that the overseas crew was at a higher level, though I would say that they are not too far behind the overseas crew. In fact, I was quite surprised by the small gap between the quality of local and overseas crew. Maybe Singapore is catching up fast.

I was really inspired by the performers at TBG. They have broaden my horizon, showed me a new limit. Maybe there really are no boundaries in dance...

In the end, I guess the long wait before the concert was worth it. I can't wait to watch next year's TBG!

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On a side note, I realized my old dance gang has come a long way from where we were during Daniel's Hip Hop course last year. Nik and Brian went to Ngee Ann Poly and join Huixian in NRA; Ie Ching quit dance totally to pursue her studies and career (not to mention, busy with her boyfriend); Diana has joined TPDE and well on her way to be a dope popper (hey, a top 8 in a popping competition is worth something). So I guess we have move on with our lives and found other circles of friends (or dancers, heh.). I realized this when we were waiting in queue for TBG. Huixian and Brian hanging out with the SYDC ppl; Diana is hanging out with TPDE; ; leaving me and Nik chatting for most times. But I'm glad we are all still friends and we still get together sometimes.

I wonder where I belong now? I guess I don't really have a distinct group that I belong to, like SYDC, NRA or TPDE. But I'm proud to say I have made quite a few good friends through Ahmad's classes and Ryan's course.

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School is...................dreadful.

Block tests are not going as well as I thought it would be, what's with me feeling unwell ever since after TBG. And before you ask, no, I don't have swine flu.

GP was....................kinda mediocre. Didn't really managed to finish my essay coz it lacked a proper conclusion, but I guess it's still passable. As for compre, let's just say the compre wasn't easy. Plus, I had to do it through a headache. Don't even wanna think how it will turn out.

Econs was even worse. I shall not elaborate. The headache was still there, and coupled with grogginess, you can imagine how my Econs paper will die.

At least Geog was still ok. Left a 9 mark question blank (out of 100 marks), but the rest was doable. Thank god the headache toned down during the test.

Seriously, I think I'm falling sick. My body temperature has been going up and I had persistent headache ever since GP paper. The best part is I have a mild nosebleed during Geog Paper, which come and go throughout the whole of today. But weirdly, I don't have fever or anything like that. I hope I won't die for the remaining 2 papers. Have to finish studying Math by Friday, which I barely started. And I haven't started on Chem. Ironically, my preparation for Econs whatsoever has been wrecked because of the stupid headache. Hopefully my block tests won't go down the drain. At least it must be better than the first one.

Time to go.

Nite guys.

Confession

This blog was dead.

I haven't blog at all since my last post, which was about 3 months ago. No, I'm not going to say "I didn't blog for a gazillion years because I was busy with blah blah blah...". I mean, I guess it's kinda true that I had alot of things to do and never enough time to do all of them, but deep down, I know the real reason why I dread to type a post on this blog -- I feel that I am trying to please the readers instead of writing what I really feel, and furthermore, there are ppl who read my blog whom I don't want them to read.

Now that I got that confession out, I guess I can move on with my post.

"So what if there's ppl you don't like reading your blog? If you're afraid of them so much then why don't you start a new blog?! Quit whining!"

It's quite likely some ppl might think like that. But I personally feel it's not worth it to start a new blog all over again just because of some assholes, since I also have many good friends and my family who faithfully read my blog when it was active.

So here I am. Typing.

3 months.

12 weeks.

That's how long since I last sat down and typed a blog post. So many things happened just within this quarter of the year that I could scarcely believed it had passed by. Ryan's Lyrical Hip Hop Course I&II ended. Made a few good friends along the way, ppl like Jan, Andy, Theresa. I also started going for Ahmad's classes, and got to know the instructor pretty well. He's a very nice guy and a very caring instructor. I'm proud to have him as a good instructor and an even better friend. Also got to know more ppl from the weekly Sunday class, like Chris Goh, Winnie (Ahmad's gf), Puay Son etc.

Had a couple of outings with the MAD seniors too. The first was to celebrate Wilson's birthday, and the latter was a small gathering before he leaves for NS and before I leave for Malaysia.

Went to watch K.O Night too. Always amazed by the dance talents in Singapore. Joey really imrpoved tons, along with her partner, Jeremy, of Flairnation fame. Luqman and Jean too!
Did I mention I had the chance to pair up with Hui Hua for K.O night too? I really learnt alot from him. Personally, I think our styles differ a little too much that the chemistry was never really there. But still, I was grateful to be given the chance to pair up with him for K.O night. If not, I wouldn't have learnt alot throughout the process itself.

Oh yeah, how could I forget the session at Diana's place! It was really fun! We should do it more often!

The list goes on really long, but I just want to say I went through alot of ups and downs within these few months. It's all just part of life, I guess.

Just came back from Malaysia a few days ago. Believe it or not, I actually finished studying Physical Geog while I was there, but................that means I didn't do much of anything else. I'm glad to be back home. Really loved my family and my friends there. The food was awesome, as usual. Couldn't stop eating when I was back at home. I think I gained like 3-4 kg over the course of 2 weeks.

Really didn't feel like coming back to HC. I dunno why, but I just feel that I don't really have anyone that really knows me very well in school. It's kinda weird. I think I'm closer to the ppl I see weekly or monthly rather than the ppl I see everyday. I guess when you put 2000 smart ppl in one place, all you get will be competition and politics.

In fact, I'm freaking sick of some ppl in school. You can kinda feel that they are judging you all the time, hence you can't really be your true self when you're around them. I'm also sick of the politics in school, especially when it involves the dancers. So what if I learn dance outside and I like to dance in the PE studio? So what if I'm not very good? I'm still learning as a dancer, and if you can't fucking accept that then you should just fuck off instead of spreading rumors behind my back. If you're going to bicker behind my back instead of improving dance together, then you are better off not being a dancer.

Sigh. Can someone tell me why relationships can be so complicated?.........