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    Back after the days.
    Date / Time : Monday, December 30, 2013 / 12:25 AM
    Hello guys !! It's been a crazy weekend, and I can't believe everything happened in the matter of 3 days hmmm (: But either ways, I have to blog about my 3 days so bear with me if I'm boring you with details or lame stuffs :P Oh, the nicer stuffs are below, ♥ (You can't skip NO.)


    For 27th, I went for combined with Yanting, Jingkai, Tianyi and Linbo early in the morning !! :D Felt good to be able to do warm-up(s) with the juniors again 'cause we brought our Dance attire ! ♥ Most graduates came back thereafter and we had loads of fun playing around and all. Then, I had dinner with some NH Grads + CC Grads @ Clementi Hawker ^^


    Had such a great chat with Terence and Adrian !! :D Met '96 and we headed over to Chalet @ East Coast Gold Kist (: Didn't have a really good impression of the chalet but it pretty much did a whole lot better .. ♥ They played games while I slept ('cause I was real tired from Dance) and we ended up having our drinks somewhere near 2AM.

    Of course, we did a whole load of rubbish during the process of drinking but that's our secret HAHAHAHAHA !! ♥ I couldn't possibly tell you, but it's pretty hilarious. Most of us slept after that and I can't believe I drop dead till morning with the noise and ruckuses that was going on (apparently as they told me). Either ways, I had a good sleep so I can't complain (:


    //

    For 28th, the girls + Jasper/BingMing headed to Burger Kings for brunch after failing to find Mcdonalds' T.T Took a nice walk back with the 2 boys and bought lunch back for the other boys ^^ We ended up playing cards and all of us huddled in the room together ♥ Watched Battle of the Year with them in coziness (':


    Some of them decided to do some work (Argh.) after the show while some of us stayed in the room and watched the boys gay with one another !! #laughdieme I can't even describe how much we laughed but what happened there remains there ^^ The boys headed out for some healthier activities hmmmm, while the girls did Tattoo :D Yeah, we're kewl like that ♥

    Of course, we went out to find the boys and decided to climb that "Breakwater" thing, or so we think. It was nice, watching our "Batch Boys" turn into "Batch Men" while helping the girls up the rocks (: The entire process was like rewinding the memories we shared for the past 4 years, and to the present .. ♥ It's scary, memorable, heartwarming and beautiful at the same time.



    After we had our share of photos, we went over to the Food Centre for dinner !! The girls alone ordered $80 worth of food but it was worth the while anyway, ♥ Took a nice, long walk back and talked a lot (': Our evening was boring after that 'cause we rotted a lot before we decided to give "Murderer" a try !! ^^

    The whole game was a joke which entertained us for nearly 2 hours so I don't blame it ! :P I almost lost my voice, but worthwhile.  Oh right, and before that I headed out for impromptu ice-cream with the boys ! ♥ We took a long walk to the convenience store and bought ice-creams while we talked over how much everyone had grown up since (':


    Slept after the murderer game, and everything was confusing 'cause I was too tired to be bothered hmmmm. Most of us woke up in time for breakfast @ Mcdonalds' before we went back to pack up.

    //


    For 29th, we basically packed up and went home HAHAHAHAA. No, we went over to the Breakwater thing again !! ^^ The boys were pretty reluctant to go over 'cause they were horribly tired so the girls went alone .______. When I started to climb the rocks and I turned behind, the whole lot of them were walking towards us O.O

    It felt wonderful, in that moment ♥ On one end, they probably thought we were too useless to climb it ourselves. On another, it was an act of care (': They helped us up and went up as well !! That's where we took beautiful photos with one another. Headed back to Bedok where we bounced train and headed home ):

    Tianyi and I alighted @ Lavender 'cause we were going to PA for Potluck anyway.

    //


    Reached really early for practice so we were rotting our time away HAHAHAHA :P Practice @ 3PM was pretty nice today, and some of us did a lot of stretching/dancing !! ♥ Took a gazillion dance shots, but I'll always feel like I'm not good enough ):

    Potluck started around 6PM where Laoshi talked to us over the year(s) and the hopes for 2014, ♥ It's nice having this talk, it's usually how we end the year anyway. The party began and we had so much food many people ended up taking a lot home :P We watched the videos from Anyhow Arts 2013 throughout the party and nothing feels better !! ^^


    Talked to a lot of them, and honestly I can't believe that this marks the end of Anyhow Arts for yet another year. Packed up eventually, and headed home with my lovelies (:

    //

    Ok so I've pretty much come to the end of my usual post about my eventful 3 days ! ♥ Filled with dancers and a lot of love, as usual. Emotional part? Well I have a lot of messed up feelings right now so I suppose I will talk about them.

    Batch Chalet started and ended most unexpectedly for me. The best part about the chalet was that we didn't need to spend money cycling, playing pool or eating good food together to have fun (: All we had was eating a lot of junk food, watching movies on Laptop(s), playing card games and have long walks/talks together .. ♥ We don't spend a lot of time together anymore, because we're in different schools and all.


    In fact, most of us only meet once a month or less. We spent a lot of time together the past 4 years and ended up treasuring the 3 days we have now, ♥ 4 years, allowed us to watch the boys mature. To grow into men who would protect their sisters and show us how much they care without words. 4 years, also allowed us to watch the girls mature. To set aside our differences and care for one another as a whole, to never leave one another out and always give our best to each other ! ♥

    That's the best part about growing up. It's when I can watch Jasper offer to piggyback Huiping 'cause she doesn't want to dirty her legs, or when Sihwee smiled over the boys' jokes no matter how insulting they sounded. Growing up is a tiring process, definitely. And more often than not, we regret how much we desired to grow up.


    But growing up is beautiful as well ♥ It's beautiful when you're surrounded by people you love and care for; people who genuinely gives their all for you, vice versa. I don't say a lot of nice words to '96, in fact I scold them quite a bit. But that doesn't mean I love them as less than the rest. They are the people who grew up with me, sharing the same memories and laughter. Now, nothing could compare to that, nothing at all (':

    //

    Another emotional part, will be about Dancing. ♥


    Today I stepped in the studio dreading warm up(s). To have left dancing behind for one entire year and come back only during Anyhow Arts made me really tired of stretching and going the extra mile to do as well as I did in the past (which isn't very good anyway).

    Warm up(s) today made me feel different. Maybe it's because I spent a lot of time in the studio for the past one month, but I felt much happier doing it !! ♥ It felt good to do hiphop moves with Koonhui or stretching beyond my limits for pretty dance shots with the girls ^^ Maybe I'm egoistic, but I don't think I'm good enough for that .______.


    I really want to continue dancing throughout 2014, as much as I know things will feel different once school is in session. I've never felt this desire to improve and do better than I did today, and do right now, ♥ It probably won't last, this feeling. But at least for now, it's what I truly want.

    Today, I realized how far I was from being near something good. I don't have a lot of muscles or a very flexible body. Truthfully, nothing gives me an advantage except for a rather flexible back which I was born with (: But I'll try, at the very least, to be another step nearer .. ♥

    //

    I'm sorry if this part will sound a bit upsetting but I feel really uncomfortable about it.

    Maybe I'm sensitive or I'm overdoing it but I don't seem to be the only one noticing it ._____. I didn't want to think about it up till it was mentioned, but honestly I'm not really comfortable. The both of us understand completely the situation we're in, and I know nothing will change. Well, at least not in the near future.

    Probably because of you, I worked extra hard today. I appeared more confident, and maybe that's just my act of pride (: But I couldn't help feeling upset and uncomfortable, as much as I would like to avoid thinking about it. Truthfully, you could come right out and talk to me about it instead of acting the way you are now. If I'm overly sensitive, somebody tell me.

    I don't enjoy this feeling, and the tension. I'm sorry but I don't want to dislike you like you dislike me. It's not nice how I'm feeling so I try to act nonchalant about it. But please, there's a limit to showing your dislike. I know you don't like me, you don't even try to be nice about it anyway.

    //

    Lastly, uncertainty. I'm uncertain about my commitments. 2014 seems like a pretty tiring and busy year ahead, and I don't even want to think about why T.T I can sense my GPA going down the drain but I'm simply dancing too much to be bothered .. ♥ Tomorrow's a big day for a lot of us, but I'm taking a step back at this point in time. How could I, I ask myself. But then again I'm stuck.

    I honestly don't know what I want anymore, or if I'm able to commit the way I want things to ): I know my chances ain't high, but I wonder if the try is even worth the while anymore. I'm sorry, but my interest right now is lower than it was when I just started having interest. Either ways, I'm still going tomorrow and I suppose God will decide for me the outcome ♥

    I'm uncertain about you too. It's scary the feeling I feel, these days. Needy and overly attached, but horrible at the same time. There are so many obstacles ahead and I just wish time would rewind to when it all began or forward to when we're over it !! ♥ But life doesn't play this easy, and I could never do that.


    I just wish things would go fine, I don't even know how it'll work out for 2014. But I do know one thing, that I am so crazy over you. (:

    //

    I'm really tired and I suppose I'll end off here now (: Did I bore you? I sure do hope not ! HAHAHAHA :P Have a nice evening/day/whatever and sleep a lot ♥ I didn't sleep a lot so I'm on the verge of dying oops.

    Ending off with "Learn to Love Again" by Lawson (: It's the song used for Brandon/Terence's item and the song's pretty nice !! ♥

    My Idiot.
    Date / Time : Thursday, December 26, 2013 / 8:35 PM
    Hello people ! (: Back in less than a week because I'm rather free these few days. Firstly, Happy Boxing Day to All !! ♥ I know I'm a day late of Christmas but I hope everyone's had a blessed festival yesterday. On a side note, my flowers are blooming so beautifully and that makes me real happy ^^


    Today, I want to address something that people have been asking me a lot recently .______. Yes, it's about my love life hmmm. I like to keep my love life a bit more personal but I'm still happy that my close friends are giving their blessings to me, ♥ I wouldn't mention much, but I'll touch on it.

    //

    Blessed to have this idiot in my life (: He isn't much, and we aren't much, but I'm still happy.


    Thank you for staying by my side come whatever, and always willing to stand up for me. Thank you for your endless support and never failing to make me feel better than I do already. These past few months have been crazy, and in fact the past 2 years have been. We've been through a whole load of nonsense but at the end of the day we can't seem to walk out of each other's life.

    It's hilarious how we end up in square one no matter how far we walk, but they say God does everything for a reason .. ♥ Either ways, we both understand that there's a reason we never left isn't it? Everything we've talked about, I'm sure it's bound to be true.

    I know you're reading this and sometimes I don't know how to tell you, but I hope you'll understand how I feel when you're reading this. #awkward


    I'm sorry that I haven't gave the best I could in the past few times we passed one another by. There were countless times I could have held on tight but I let go of what could have been a beautiful relationship for the both of us. And I know this time round, the fear of repetition is strong. It's not going to be easy, but I'll at least give my very best this time ! ♥ It's not much I can give, but I'll give what I can.

    Please understand that I really want things to work out this time round, because I'm tired of passing you by and regretting later. They say the things in life comes by you once, and if you didn't hold on tight it'll never be back again. For the both of us, we've been given the luxury of countless chances .. ♥ I don't want to let go for another measly argument and regret again. Because this time round, I don't want to play our broken strings.

    I'm tired of broken strings. I want this to go well, I want a beautiful song ♥ So please, don't let go.


    //

    I couldn't take this to a more private platform because I find it awkward telling people straight. Sometimes I find my blog a better place to vent my emotional expressions because I don't get comments about them :P I'm thankful to all of you, who read them without a complaint !! ♥

    It's going to be a pretty tiring time up till school reopen, and I hope I'm ready for it ): Please bless me, God. I hope everything goes well in 2014, and for the people I love/care for as well.

    New Year Resolution?
    1) Be a happier person ♥
    2) Love/Trust God more.

    Now, if only there was a shooting star.

    Let Go - M-Flo ♥
    Wouldn't have found the song if my idiot didn't tell me the name of the artiste (: This song will always remind me of how amazing he dances.

    My Anyhow Arts 2013.
    Date / Time : Tuesday, December 24, 2013 / 1:43 AM
    Hello !! ^^ Sorry that I've been gone for such a long while 'cause I've been pretty caught up with Anyhow Arts 2013 ! ♥ Spent almost everyday in the studio for the past 2 weeks and there wasn't a day I found boring (: Well, I can't detail everything down but I'll properly post about the entire journey right now !


    Actually I wanted to talk more about my feelings regarding the entire production and the items I'm involved in, generally .. ♥ So bear with me alrights !

    //

    Firstly, to Pillar of Strength ♥


    We're legit what our item name stands for because we're one another pillar of strength (': Whenever I felt stressed out or horrible, all of you stood close by me and gave me the strength to go on fighting !! It's been crazy, how the 10 of us grew so into each other throughout these times .. But I know we'll stay close friends always ♥

    To Yulin and Darren, thank you for giving us a chance to try something different and exposing us to one another :D For the patience and guidance, and tolerating our nonsense more than 90% of the time. I know we may not have been the best item of the night, but we hope we've given your virgin choreography experience a beautiful beginning, ♥ #pray #guilty


    I love all 9 of you and I'll always miss our "Halo halo halo~" which goes off rhythm ^^

    //

    Next, to Double Oomphz ♥


    No doubt, the highlight and brightest item of the entire evening ! :D It's been a pleasure in this team, because all the times spent together was fun-loving and enjoying. There wasn't a day where we ended off horribly or went a moment without laughing :P This dance taught us everything that wasn't what we were used to doing but it was a whole load of fun ! ♥ I loved it so much (:

    To Yanting and Yingying, thank you for being such fun-loving choreographers who never fail to make us laugh till we grow abs every practice !! ♥ I've had great fun working with the both of you and I know this is an item we'll always remember in our Anyhow Arts memories.


    We are the brightest, most dazzling and beautiful. And nobody ever ends a dance with "Oppa, Call me maybe" :P

    //

     Lastly, to WAOCD ♥♥


    The first item I took on this year, accepted without a doubt. I remember how long we pestered Koonhui to go ahead with the item before he agreed :P It started with 10, then moved on to 13 and back to 10 once more. People came and left, and I'm alright with that ♥ Of course, to the other 9 of you and Koonhui, I'm thankful we stuck through these tough times together (':

    It wasn't the easiest choreography to master, considering the mashed-up of Hip-Hop with Chinese Dance and how we weren't exactly professionals in either #guilty But nonetheless, it was a wonderful time. We did so much isolation, bounce, "that move" and sharpening of our moves that we've gained something from this we'll never learn anywhere else !!


    I remember during mark-practices where we would do it "Soonxuan Style" or when he forgets to catch Kelly ! #laughdieme Of course, how Adrian always turn to me and give the "Oops" face when he forgets a move or Yuqi's promised Showdown with Koonhui (which never took place~).

    We were always enthusiastic about spending time together and never left one another out, ♥ The best part? It was how we were oblivious to everything around us when we spent time together !! Arguing over Koi, taking SWAG group photos and saying the exact same thing when Koonhui asked about what we learnt in this entire time ^^


    I'll miss this item the most and we aren't some $0.50 item like people claim we are .. We're more than that ♥ It's a priceless item 'cause we worked through the tough times by one another side. Those who let go, left. And the remaining 11 of us? We held on tighter ♥ Thank you for everything, because I couldn't have completed the dance if I didn't realize that all of you were by my side all along.

    Ain't nobody got time for the rest of the production, 'cause we're Fabulous~ ♥♥♥

    //

    Now that I've pretty much concluded what I feel about the items, I suppose I should talk about the production. But honestly .. Like I say all the time, it's the people that I love that matters to me .. ♥ And y'know who I'm most thankful for? Laoshi.


    Because he's a man who devoted his everything each and every year to do a production for us, to call our own. And he gave in everything he could, with nothing much but the warmth of family and love in return, ♥ I love how the studio never runs out of food for the dancers, how each dancer will get a flower every year regardless of the amount of supporters they have .. And everybody will have a chance to shine on stage whoever you are (:

    That's the best thing about Laoshi because nothing else could ever compare. I love Laoshi beyond words and he's the person I look up to the most in my life. I would never trade whatever he gave/taught me away for anything, I could never do that ^^ I love you, Laoshi ♥ And thank you.

    //

    And of course .. I'll end off with the Evolution of Music ♥


    Flashbacks of November.
    Date / Time : Saturday, December 7, 2013 / 10:32 PM
    Hello !! Hahahahaha ok I'm sorry that I'm back only after so long, but I'll do a proper post this time ^^ Finally found a free day 'cause practices were cancelled #thankgod ♥ But I decided to take the time off and do some relaxing and me-time (: Yes, without going out or making plans with anybody !! Did some studying and refining of my Gracomm as well though ):


    If there was anything to be said about November, it'd be fast :P Honestly, it's been a pretty fast month and it passed by without me realizing !! Probably it's a good thing, but I don't know yet .. ♥ Although I'm rather happy that it's December because Christmas brings so much promises :D

    //

    Significance of November? Well, one would be NPSU Scream4Cream !! ♥ Hahahaha it was a tedious 3 days @ the Atrium but worthwhile nonetheless (: I made so many friends by helping out, and strengthened some as well. It was such a fun experience running around promoting our Ice-Cream and nothing feels better than seeing them enjoy it after that. Yep that's what Kass & I agreed on hehehehe !


    Zodall also celebrated ZN & Pris's birthday together ! ^^ It was super funny 'cause ZN was complaining over how we celebrated 20 over days after his birthday and we spent that evening first lepak-ing in the Library then having dinner @ KAP, ♥ I couldn't be more thankful for them, Sigh. Oh and of course our dinner @ Clementi a few weeks ago, hehehe :D #lovethemsomuch

    And there was this dumb boy's 17th as well, ♥


    Hahahaha he refused to celebrate it with Zodall so he made up some lie about E-learning #karmawillstrikeyou Anyway, I hope you had a nice 17th ! ^^ Please mature and stop being so sarcastic hahahaha. Zodall love you to Asgard and back ok (like I mentioned once) ♥

    //

    Spent a lot of time with 110 this past month, having our class weekly lunch on Thursday ! I'm pretty happy to be part of this class and I hope we'll always stay this way ! ♥ The D-List, The Almost-there HAHAHAHAHAHA I can't even. Each one of you mean a lot to me, and I know you'll all attend my wedding with Kristie ^^ Yeah, she's waiting for my proposal ♥♥


    And of course, Nicholas's 17th was a day I'd never forget ! (: I'm happy that our clique stays strong together and I hope we'll find that day when we'll have our "Dream Class" awwww ♥

     

    To my dumb fat brother, thank you for always being around. To give a lame joke or make me laugh when I'm about to break, you've been amazing really !! ♥ And I hope I've taught you something about Dance and not giving up, if any, in these past few months. #几年brother了

    Oh and to my loveliest, Thank you for being around all the time ♥
    For always giving me the warmest hugs and listening to my rants without a complain !!


    Only you would purposely walk back to make me laugh when I tell you that I've had a rough day (: And for sending me a dumb photo late at night to make me laugh when I'm tired ^^ Definitely my favorite male friend in MCM and I hope we'll always be this close.

    //

    I was in a really bad mood yesterday night, ranting and all. In fact, I typed out an entire post on it but decided against posting it (: Nobody should have to suffer for my mood swings, and I'm so sorry that they are back T.T

    I have mood swings that date way back into my Secondary school years, but like I said, I like to keep my lives separate. What does that mean? It's more like I want to keep my Poly Life, Secondary School Life and Dance Life separated ! ♥ It's not really because I'm ashamed of any, but because I don't like others looking at me in a different way.


    In front of my Poly Friends, I'm not some hardcore-dancer that have heavy dance pride, but that's pretty much how I was from 2009-2012. Hahahaha I know you're judging me, but that's a truth.

    Either ways, I'm much happier today after spending some time alone at home ^^ And I must have been so tired from yesterday that I only left bed around 12nn today ._______. Well, I have practice tomorrow and I have a feeling that I'll sleep late today sighpie.


    Guess who's gonna die from lack of sleep tomorrow T.T Wish someone would buy Coffee Bean or Starbucks for me tomorrow but Nevermind. BYE !

    //

    小情歌 - 蘇打緑 ♥
    Drea told me yesterday that I should introduce some nice Chinese songs for her, here's one ^^
    This song is so addictive I spent part of today learning it on the Piano hehehe !!


    Anyhow Arts 2013? What's that?
    Date / Time : Thursday, December 5, 2013 / 12:36 AM
    Hello ! Hahahaha sorry for the long period of not being around and I probably won't be around for the entire December as well T.T I'll try to post more often but well, here's pretty much what I'll talk about for December - Taiwan Trip, Anyhow Arts 2013, Christmas, New Year, Batch Chalet, 110 Outing, and the usuals ! ♥ I'll try to blog more often, if I could ever find the time ~


    Today, I'm mainly doing advertising for Anyhow Arts 2013 !! ♥
    I know I've been talking about it all over my social media sites like Twitter and Instagram and I'm sorry that I haven't actually did a proper post about it (: We don't have a lot of people so we're all doing the marketing ourselves ^^

    Anyhow Arts is a annual production by Dance Inspiration ♥
    I would go in-depth what Dance Inspiration is, but that makes the post draggy. Basically it's a Dance Troupe formed by Mr Low Ee Chiang (My loveliest 老师♥♥♥) and formed by most of our ex-students from his schools !!


    It usually comprises mainly of Dance, and sometimes a bit of drama ^^ As with the name, "Anyhow Arts" is based on the theme of "Anyhow". Choreographers are non-professional, this year ranging from 15-30 years of age O.o However, it's a platform for young and budding dancers/choreographers an opportunity to showcase their talents and perform, ♥

    We don't have huge theatre(s) or big stages with a large budget because everything begins and ends with us !! :D It's in a Black Box Studio (you should google it if you're unsure) and everything's casual.


    From the lighting, editing of music, costumes, dancers, tickets sales, printing, publicizing and what-have-you, it's done by our own people ♥ And that pretty much sums up Anyhow Arts !!

    //


    This year, Anyhow Arts 2013 will yet again bring out 3 shows:
    21st December 2013, 7.30PM
    22nd December 2013, 2.30PM
    22nd December 2013, 7.30PM

    Tickets are priced at $12/pax and as I've mentioned, at PAHQ Obox Studio !!

    For interested people, you can contact any dancers/helpers from our productions or look for @anyhowarts2013 on Instagram where we tag/follow the personal accounts of our dancers/helpers as well ^^

    There are a total of 14 dances this year, and 1 extra pre-show segment !! ♥

    I hope to see you there ! ^^

    //

    Mirrors - Justin Timberlake ! ♥
    A mini spoiler but it'll be a song used for one of the lyrical hip-hop item of the night !