Tuesday, January 10, 2006
i'm finally back! to blog that is. i returned from my japan trip ages ago, it's just that i didn't find time to blog. it's not my fault, really! after the trip, dance camp began immediately, and so i danced my days away till school reopened! yes, there was dance practice every single day at hokkien huay kuan (hkhk), and most of the time we ended really late, like eleven plus at night. looking back now, i don't regret it! performance held at the victoria theatre on the 7th and 8th of jan 06 is over now. sigh. when i went to school yesterday, i just had this empty feeling in me, and i was still in the performing mood. just two days, and in a snap, everything is over. all the hoo-ha over dance, complaining to my mum how it took up much of my time, how long the hours are, and now it's all over. and i want to relive those times again. especially because i've just began to warm up to the rest of the dancers of my class. because before the dance camp lessons were only once a wk (and i didn't attend every lesson), i didn't exactly get to mix around with them. the rigorous dance practices during the hols however, gave us plenty of time to socialize. and now, after the performance, many are leaving - for good. for example, yingqi and yingxian are leving. they are really funny and amusing, and extremely noisy. nevertheless, i'll miss them, and i'm sure the class will too. there will be much less chattering and bantering without them, and less fuming on the teacher's part.
i'm not sure when i'll be discontinuing dance lessons at hkhk, but i certainly will due to the 'a' levels this year. i'm not too sure yet, but the stop should be temporary; i should continue with lessons after my 'a's. i've heard that xiaoyu's reurning for lessons, and liying is considering rejoining the troupe. junying should also be rejoining! hmmm, with quite a number of people back, why shouldn't i rejoin too, right?
oh yes, my teacher has been discussing the possibility of sending our trio dance - "Red Ribbons"/《他们在无意中相遇》for a competition overseas! that sounds really exciting! i'm all for joining the competition if not for block tests and prelims, which will be around july - when the competition will be held. such opportunities don't come by too easily. i would love to grab this golden opportunity, but my studies may be at stake. i'm not very strong academically, so i'm in a dilemma. should i allow such an opportunity to slip by and concentrate on my studies, or forsake a little of my results for the competition? so last night, i was in deep thought over this issue. then i questioned my goal in life. do i want to do something related to dance in future or remain rooted to the usual academic-based subjects. i don't see myself majoring in any of the subjects i'm studying right now - biology, chemistry, math, economics. it doesn't seem right. my passion (or should i even call it passion?) for these subjects are most definitely not as strong as the love i have for dance. being a dance professional sounds good to me, but i don't know whether i've what it takes, and making a living as a dance professional isn't simple at all. such a job entails risk and income instability; it requires taking a big leap of faith and making a huge sacrifice for dance and my love for it. i don't think i'm prepared to do that. my mum had suggested an alternative of taking up business instead in university so that i can realise my dream of perhaps setting up a dance studio in future. i can take up dance as a hobby and go for dance exams to earn the necessary qualifications required to be a dance teacher even as i work in another line. the very last option that i can think of is following in the footsteps of the 'jie jie's at hkhk. they work and join the hkhk dance troupe, which provides them with performing opportunities. okay, i realised that i've coughed up a whole long paragraph on my ambition of pursuing dance. maybe for now i should just not worry or wonder too much about the future. when the time comes, i'll make a decision.
anyway, back to the performance at victoria! it was quite a success i guess! thank you for all the support u people have given me! a big thank you to...(take a deep breath)...tiffany, huixuan, pam (and her bf) for the support and the chocs, yanling, wanling, christine, yingying, shiyan, cherlyn, chienwei for being so supportive and for the lovely flowers, and also aijia (she bought the ticket but couldn't make it on that day), and siqi! thanks girl for your moral support, hope u're feeling much better now ya :)
and now, i shall be posting everything to do with the performance!
the 2 'jia jia's: jia ying and jia yin!
a group of us without the heavy make-up
say cheese! with jieying the goalkeeper :)
"Flow . Stay" / 《流. 留》dancers
me and yingxian in our 《乡情》costume!
xiang qing mei zi!
top: ziling and meizhen in shui xiu, bottom: yingxian, me, jingyi and yingqi in dai zu wu costume
jie mei hua :D
san ren wu: me, shu hua, shu ji and jenny :)
me and lois in our disco outfits!
wu ge mei nu! :D
chien, me and cher! boo..no sikhi :(
heyhey, me and rhino and a bunch of flowers sticking out :P
hc chinese dancers rock!
red power! liying, me and felicia. pity i didn't manage to catch xiaoyu and sheila..
programme booklet
our new dance tee, front...
..and back! i like the back! it looks cool :)
flowers i received! they wanted to but me a bouquet, but it didn't look v gd and was quite ex, so it was cher and chien's ingenious idea to buy a flower each for me! it's cheaper and it looks better :) (i'm giving credit to cher here, hehe)
..and finally, lots of chocs from tiff, hx, pam, and jackson
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!:D:D:D
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