Checklist :

x Don't scream when performing the drop at the end of the routine.
(Yup, got tat pretty well done! I can even extend my left hand, turn my head and uhh... smile!)

x Don't get teased or scolded again today.
(Finally! But Sifu wasn't here so... can't be too optimistic yet.)

x Look!!!!! at your partner!!!
(Thanks Zili, you're a great partner!)

x Do the 180 degrees spin smoothly.
(Can still do it today. I even got straighter at my double spins!)

_ SMILE!!! Don't look like everyone owes you money!
(Wasn't satisfied with my smile, cuz it was more like tensed curl of my lips, especially during the pair by pair accessment... T.T)

_ Move more steadily and confidently, don't sway and swagger.
(Well, guess I was steadier this time, but still, there's room for improvement, so I'll KIV for this part...)

_ Don't look at feet!!! KEEP HEAD UP!!!
(Better than last time. But I did too occasionally looked down, so I gotta be strict to myself, and ban crossing this out until I TOTALLY DID NOT look down unnecessarily.)


Sifu isn't back yet today. She'll be away for 2 weeks, Ah Nee aunty told me. Aww... I miss her. Ah Nee aunty is great too, but I still love Sifu the most. I won't mind listening ONCE to "Love Song Of XiZhang" if only she could be back.
But guess I could only wait till next week to see her again.

In the meantime, I'll strive to make the last 3 cuts of my checklist. And for more to come next week. Think I'll give myself till next Sunday to perfect my split.

Gonna be off to sleep now. Gruelling starts tomorrow. Gotta be ready for the pain... ^_^

Como Ama Una Mujer

Cuando te encuentras conmigo a solas

Y tengo tanto para decirte
en lo que quieras yo voy a seguirte
*No hablemos nada oye el silencio
es el lenguaje de nuestros cuerpos
Y a veces pienso que apareciste
para mostrarme que el amor existe*

Tu, todo tu
Siempre tu
Todo tu.

On a side note, I bet this'll gotta make a nice choreograph...!

*Let nothing be heard, the silence
is the language of our bodies;
And sometimes I think you appear,
to show me that love exists.*

Captivating, really captivating. And I mean, everything. Guess what's on my playlist? All-time favs -Tu and Como Ama Una Mujer by none other than, mi esposa. Mi amada esposa.
Oh Jenny, Jenny... why could you always captivate my heart?

*Quizas porque tan solo he sido una
Que ha sido enamorada de la luna
Tan solo eso ha sido mi pecado
El de seguir mi corazon a todos lados
Seguir mi loco corazon a todos lados

Y he amado como ama una mujer
Que ve en su hombre el paraiso...*

Beautiful. It's beautiful. It touches the depths of my soul. I wonder if I had gotten much more sentimental than I already was these days, but really, which other dummy cries watching SYTYCD? I guess it's only me.

Me who cries like a woman.
Me who loves like a woman.
Well, I'm (going-to-be-not-yet-but-soon) a woman.

*Maybe because I had been so alone,
Whom had only been in love with the moon;
So was my only sin
to follow my heart to all directions,
To follow my crazy heart everywhere.

And I loved like how a woman loves,
who sees paradise in her man...*

So you got what I mean by beautiful?

*******

Neways, updates. I've been catching up with SYTYCD Season 5 lately. There's so much emotion going on in the show!!! It's like the nicest production I've ever watched, seriously. There's dance, there's out-of-this-world skills and talents, there's love, there's passion, there's drama, there's lessons and values...
I see people. Lots and lots of people. Different people. Black people, white people, growing people, never-give-up people, rude people, cannot-take-critism people, guys with long hair, gals with shaved heads, big boys who cries, young ladies who stick together...
Inspiring. Sat watching with gaping mouth at what a dancer really is.


Back to my feet, I know I still have a long way to go. Maybe never gonna make it like them. Maybe never gonna touch the sky. I started late, and one mistake is able to last forever. But you see, the best is not about reaching the heights, it's about still hanging on even though you know you might never gonna reach it.

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." ~ Mikhail Baryshnikov

And so shall I. ^_^

*******

Gotta go. Dance class starting in an hour's time, and I don't wanna be late. Hope Sifu's already back from China. And hope she wouldn't play that "Love Song Of XiZhang" for us to dance to today. Believe me, it's the worst song to go with Rhumba. =.=

Checklist for today:
x Don't scream when performing the drop at the end of the routine.
_ Don't get teased or scolded again today.
_ Look!!!!! at your partner!!! (if you were assigned one today)
x Do the 180 degrees spin smoothly.
_ SMILE!!! Don't look like everyone owes you money!
_ Move more steadily and confidently, don't sway and swagger.
_ Don't look at feet!!! KEEP HEAD UP!!!


Wish I can check the rest off ASAP. Pray for me.


P/S: Cariño, mi ángel de la guarda, te extraño mucho mucho.

La tuya.

A Little Before Goodnight

So, it's like the ???th week after the day I left INTEC. Seriously I have no idea. Was it the 3rd? Or 4th?

Totally lost track of time. Externals seems like centuries ago. FINE!!! Not that I wanted to be constantly reminded about it too. Let it hibernate with the dinosaurs, as far as I'm concerned. It's almost as scary as dinos anyway, well, on second thought, SCARIER.


Guess I'd better enjoy my life to the fullest before it gets miserable... *which I prayed hard it won't*


movies, MOVIES, mov-iiieeeees!!!!


I'd been watching oh-so-many movies, reality shows, TVB dramas... these days.
Mornings are for Berniceeeeee, JLOooooo... oh my wifey(s)...!!!

Afternoons are for SYTYCD season 5 - *who's going to be America's next favourite dancer?* ( C'mon get your tickets, you're going to VEGASSSSSSS!!!!!!)
It gets me really hyped too, seeing people getting hyped over all the VEGAS-hoo-hah. But mom was like :"Why so hyped? It's not YOU who's going to Vegas!"
(yeah, I know but, talk about slapping cold water on your face!)


So since I'm not going to Vegas, nights are for shopping-online-skyping-eating supper-daydreaming-reading-eating junk food-sleeping..... zzz...zzzZZZZ


Actually I should be blogging about my lovely Sarawak trip, but I find it quite a tremendous work to do for now, so I guess I'll leave it for another post...okie? Sorry folks!
But here's an insight --- It'll mostly be about yummy yummy food, cheap cheap stuff and nice, friendly people!!!



So I'll talk about the anniversary dinner and dance instead. It's just as amazing as last year's. I guess better. The senior students are getting better and better over the year. (Despite all the pre-performance hassle; like someone forgetting to bring costumes, forgetting what costume they were supposed to wear or someone losing his shoes...well, kids are kids.) I guess Sifu will surely be proud of them. I am too.
And the costumes are ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC this year!!! So shimmery and colourful!!! Beads, sequins, furs, feathers... you name it, they have it. I was the one assigned to be in charge of the costumes, so I get to have a good look and touch of them. ^_^
Sifu's designs and handwork are getting more and more amazing. Yup, all the costumes are made/co-made by her, so she's like dancer-teacher-designer-children caretaker... Well, I can only say... WOW!!!


Watching people dance is one thing, dancing myself is another. One is pure enjoyment, the other is enjoying while ahem, struggling. Why the struggle? It's to get these rusty old bones back on track. That's the thing about discontinuous dancing, you get rusty and you gotta work it all over again from square one.
Moreover, I'm now in some advanced class?!!! Well, initially I wasn't supposed to be in that class. But under some circumstances which are too complicated for me to describe, I ended up in the uh... advanced class, with the seniors who are oh-so-pro, and routines that I'd never learnt before... *Oh, I feel darn inferior!!! and useless... sob...*

Well, I know I need a lot of hard work to keep up with them. And hard work shall it be. I don't know how many times had I said this, but really, I won't give up. Why should I? When Sifu herself didn't give up on me. Only that she often laugh and tease me... bu bu bu... T.T

Gotta get better next lesson. I don't want to be FREQUENTLY teased again, although I'm not the only one who got teased... Lolx.. typical of Sifu. It's her way of communicating with us, lolx... cute!


Time to say bubie for now!!! I'll leave you with...