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Last updated: 22nd July 2008



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Event finished~!!! Did our three numbers, and everyone was wearing sixties era, haha, it's not only us, then. ^^ Our dressing room is the smallest ever, everyone was so cramped in, but we made do somehow, and the boys had to get their clothes and changed in the men's room. Had to change three times, and daym, nights like these go by far too fast. All those really tiring practices and it's all done in a woosh! Hope they enjoyed it, though. ^^

This is the first time I've performed at this place, the area really looks great, bit of a club feel, with some tables meant for people to eat standing up (wasn't like this yesterday, though - though it is more practical to socialize and move around this way). The stage was actually at a depression level so that everyone can see us from above. Other than us, there was a band who performed for the night, they did really well, too. ^^ And yep, this is a bank's premiere card event. All these competitive, successful people. The event host were really great to us, too. And that important enthusiastic guy (I only just googled him and found out he was the CEO). He complimented us and thought we did very well. I'm glad, and actually impressed that he's impressed. 8D

And this is the last performance with the group for one of us, because he's going to migrate back to UK very soon. Things really won't be the same without him. D: Wow, it still really doesn't feel like he's going to go anywhere.

Aaand I did unexpectedly well with my vocal class yesterday. Unexpected because I had a cold, and it's just ridiculous trying to sing when you have a cold. But teacher told me I actually managed a good projection this time round, which is just weird. ;; haha Apparently, I need to be somewhat sick to consciously not rely on my throat but get my air from the diaphragm. haha I'm more motivated now. I want to go to the next song as soon as I can.

I've been keeping up with quite a bit of anime (Nabari no Ou, Blassreiter, Gintama) though why I've not bothered to blog about them is anyone's guess. I really suck at fandoming my fandom. x3

We had the people from the event come over last Thurdsay and watched our dance. They liked the first piece, it's what we're already good at, so no problem there. <3 The new number not so much, we definitely going to have to clean it a bit more. But there IS one more number to learn starting next Tuesday. Good news is we're performing Friday. I'll do what I can to make sure I'll come by Japanese class on Saturday. (Please, Jashin, whoever, make me attend class next Saturday. I won't even care if I suck understanding anything in class anymore. I want to be there!) I'll somehow make it up for the Korean class I'll be missing Friday.

And there was a birthday party on Friday at the studio. It was coach's birthday, and he invited us, the staff and lots of his friends over. It's really pretty how he decorated the dance floor, there were candles all over the place, pretty seatings and a good atmosphere. There were speeches and toast from all the important people in his life. There were alcohol served (too bad I don't drink though). There were speeches and toasts. Some people just got to toast him and got away from saying anything (from our side, too) xD, it's more of an audience-them interaction and they walked back pretending to be drunk after making the toast. xD Then we have award-giving ceremony. Had barbeque and all this other food, doughnuts, spaghetti, vanilla icecream, quiche pie, etc. ^^

We took pictures, though some of us were just waiting to rush to play the waterslide bouncer outside. Played the bouncer the rest of the night. Many times I got water up my nose as I plunged down. haha Really got squished and stuck while I was up there, too. lol Sparred on who get to make who fall first and we did it over and over, climbing again just to make the other one fall. This time I brought change of wear and everything. The others had a karaoke session and photoshoot inside. Followed a friend back home.

Watched the Olympics Opening on rerun. IT WAS THE AWESOME. China did it so gooood! The concept was so pretty, and it's just amazing looking at everyone doing a very synchronised performance. <3

Had my violin lesson, first day since a bloody long time now. ;; My chosen timeslot is 10am every Saturday, too. (Why, self, why!?) I certainly could have picked a better time, there were still many choices I could have considered. I just thought I could be happy going to class in the morning, and go home with so many other things to do. The class was okay, my violin is all tuned again now.

I completely forgot how hard it is to hold the bow. ;; And the bow exercise was damn hard, I had to make my finger reached the top of the bow and back down again using the correct way of holding it. And I forgot the sharp slicing feeling when I had the fingers on the strings when I played. Five of my nails are cut now, I'll try not to miss them. It looks weird, but I guess it's only fair. A trade-off, long nails for the ability to play this darn thing. x)

Today hasn't been the best of days for me, but the violin class more than makes up for it.

I really think I'm getting used to this under-short-notice thing by now. ;; We're doing a performance for a bank's event next week for the unleashing of their new silver card. Wtlsjf! We're doing one of our old pieces and one that was only choreographed yesterday and today, using a song that was requested by the client. And they're coming over to watch us rehearse TOMORROW to see how well we'll do.

Some of the roles and placements were changed for the first piece. I'm a bit disoriented since I'm so used to my placing on the left, and now I had to cross and danced on the right. My muscle memory is playing tricks on me again, I had to do mirrors/opposite from what I used to. Still good, though - at least we're not diverting much from the original. x3 But man, I hate the crossing, and the iffy chance that I might not make it to my spot in time.

And! We are going to do the twist! It's part of our numbers. Both of the songs use really high levels of energy and we're just doing it non-stop for 1 1/2 hr right after warm-up trying to finalize everything. We didn't even have much time for a water break, managed to quickly snagged one outside and I finished a can of drink right off the bat just like that, and everyone's drowning in their own sweat. Damn those later generations of the sixties! It was really, really tiring! And twist means having to always dance on the balls of your feet. It was fun but damn it's not something that could be slowed down even just a bit. THE MUSIC DOES NOT PERMIT IT. We incorporated quite a bit of the 60s' moves too, some are just really, really silly and hilarious (AT LEAST I THINK SO) but that's just the way they roll back then. xD Mambo, headbob, chicken move (oh god, the chicken move was awesome-awesome!!! hands all the way up in the air and down, up and down and the body goes side to side - feels retarded but then it looks SO COOL doing it on the beat together in such a fast tempo). xDD

Big client again this time. And performing it in a place where other potential clients would be there. x3 I heard this one found out about us from the last performance we did with the advertising company's event. Yeah.. thinking like that, do this well and there'll just probably be more events for us! *_* Whut, I is not skeirrdd!

Ate out. Met a long lost friend. Skipped Chinese class (skipped it yesterday, too. NO, I'm going downhill. I REALLY NEED TO BE GEARED UP FOR ALL OF THEM. WHERE WAS THE PASSION!? WHERE!?) I'm going to sulk real bad if I ever found myself give up on any of them.

And yeap, that's pretty much how my day went.

On another note, I slept for 13 hours yesterday only to wake up at 3pm today. I'm blaming the rain, but I think my body clock needed the timeout, too. I haven't been taking adequate rest lately not blaming crunchyroll, no wai!. So yesterday, -with a deep breath lulz- I finally decided to shut down the laptop, tried to read a book (that I really need to finish one of these days) and finally get myself a real good night's rest.

Woke up at 3pm.

Didn't really expect that last part, no. ^^;

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It's already 12:12 am, I just came home from a small birthday gathering. By small, uh, ten? =3 One of us just turned 17 and we're all out to celebrate. We went for bowling and played two rounds (lol I is crazily bad at it), oh why are the guys so good. As always, it was damn loud doing the victory dance, mocking one another and had a good time laughing at those whose ball hit the gutter. lulz Oh man, that was good. Something about bikini and will-go-strip and life, haha.

I broke two of my nails playing, but it wasn't that bad (though it hurt). My thumb's nail was sliced half to give a very tattered and sharp edges, and the next time I rolled the ball, it's cleanly cut through. It didn't go beyond the flesh though. That, and it got my middle finger as well, though I can probably file it for that one. I don't generally care, I just like long nails and I'm healthy enough to have them.

We then went for sushi together. The six of us had to squeeze into the same car and it was haha. 8D Our poor boy got squished in the front seat by someone larger (impractical and on purpose, we know) so we had to stop and change the seating. (Careful not to lose your virginity now*chortles*) We had some weird techno music on and someone asked to make it louder and it suddenly became really blaring. Oh god, it must've looked stupid how we're squished in like this and the music was loud and having the backseat windows down. We had to suffer some traffic and two of the boys just decided to get out of the car and race against us to where we're going (tell it to them that was crazy) betting they'll reach there sooner, but heh, normal space to breathe for us anyway. There were also fireworks and celebration going on, and there's just so many crowds out today still in honour of HM's birthday.

Reached the sushi place. Met up with the others, had a new guy joined us, potential teammate, probably. Had a great time bitching about whatever, impersonating whoever, oh god. The humor limit is broken. MOCK EXTREME! Stand up and walk like him. Impersonate! Oh, that was win. Who dares to be who. xD haha Even the waiters and waitresses must've been highly entertained by the loudest private room booked tonight. There's just the Japanese hanging partition thing (no idea what it's called) so I know the voices really carry. We had two big boats as dishes carrying many sushi on them. Oh, wow. 8D Cake. Ate cake. Watched some phone videos. Discussed something about dances. More crack. And then some. <3

Stop harrassing the people there! It's crazy how someone can be so buddy buddy with anyone so easily. But he insisted he knows him. I can't believe our youngest boy get to have one of the workers to know his name. When we almost got out, he asked her happily (someone completely different this time) 'Check this out. What's my name?' haha. To which she happily got it right. He turned around and blissfully said 'o man. Sweeeeet.' ha. haha.

Went home. And now I'm dead tired.

And being introduced to someone as a bgirl flatters me, and I know I can't live up to that name yet. I really need to work hard. And.. It's funny. Because lately I was really working hard on wanting to be feminine, too.

Episoode 485-486, the compulsion to ship ZoroXLuffy is greater than ever now. Zoro will do anything to protect his captain's dream. Nakamaship. I love it when they're strong. Oh so heartwrenchingly strong.

And heh, I just blinked freaking tears from reading One Piece. I'm no Franky, but LSJDFS. Is it really that bloody touching? Heck yes, it is. I lost it when All Bones Brooke stirred the tattered ship's wheel, sailing in silence just after the flashback when their captain said that his name will always be remembered - on a ship where all his nakama are long dead. The flashbacks always hurt in OnePiece. But daym, it's always the times that makes you strong and smile so wide that haunts you back. Damn Oda-sensei for being so good. Nico Robin and her past. Sky Island. I can count it. I so can count it.

Finished RomeoXJuliet quite a bit ago. It's.. gah. I mean.. just what? Trees? What? Archduke Montague, loved or unloved, you should know better on how to operate a freaking country! You're not securing your place very much by openly killing your subordinate in cold blood in a room where democracy is key (freaking theoretically anyhow), and no one is exactly sucking up to you. I could see the implication of him being a pleasure object when he got into the Montague family, he was THAT determined to get to the top and get his revenge, so at least make it worth it, boy! Damn, I could really really like this man. Why'd you have to fall so ugly? You're making the good look too good. You're freaking one dimensional now, why is that? T_T Shame MacBeth at least. You could at least do that much. lsjdf Leontes, come back from the dead so I could have a word with you, and I'll have Charles di Britannia whip your ass. I didn't even see the checkmate, you just sorta.. fall. And then you're immediately forgotten because they have to trouble themselves with earthquakes and a disturbed tree. Damn it all.

I like Mercutio till the end. Confused character. Weak trying to be something, scared for his choices. Collected who lost it. Egoistic. He tried to hold on to his resolve, but fight or flight took over him, and I'm not exactly sure which he chose by killing off Leontes. And how convenient, Juliet didn't kill Montague off. What is this story about again? Even Tybalt didn't do much, cool character that he was. Something about it makes me feel.. meh. I'm not moved one bit. And you can't tell me I'm insensitive because daaaaym, ONEPIECE JUST MADE ME CRY! DAMNU ODAAA

And trees.. and to think that girl priestess Ophelia was the main baddie. Her as a villain is too boring. She's too nothing. WHAT IS UP WITH THE WAY THEY DIE? And Hermione.. why'd she get to say that at the closing show. Oh, I'm sure they're happy. Somewhere. He did get pierced by a tree branch only to lie with his beloved forever. If they're even dead. Ambiguous sighting of a couple under a tree is ambiguous.

I don't feel like ranting about this.. But.. Neo. Verona. is. a. floating. island. And no one knew it floated. How that's possible is beyond remarkable. It's not that big. What are the chances that a person would not find that out, winged horses and all? With the kind of castles that they have, don't tell me they're all too content being where they are with no further use for exploration? Mankind's that insipid? Stop kidding me that everyone is clueless they're living on a floating soil.

What I like about this show.. ultimately, is just the pretty words of rebellion. Yeah, wings of freedom and all that. Under the iris banner, kill oppression, or something to that effect. I like Juliet for that part only. As for pairing, Curio X Francisco. There was a scene where it panned out with Francisco holding a glass of wine facing Curio. Why it panned out there is highly suspicious. But yeah, not otp-ing. And I still think it's hotter if Francisco was seducing Tybalt. (which in my mind, he still is)

Nothing much to say. I finished the series a week ago, but you know how I am. At least I still remember that much. I become even more rantful when it's fresh and still messes with my head.

Okay, that series done. Picking what to watch next. I'm still following D.Grayman manga, at episode 116 now.

Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Lord Voldemort You are Voldemort. You feel that being high in society (or being pure-blood) and having power are two of the most important things of all. You have a constant need to be in control and govern others. Your opinions are very strong and you leave little room for what others have to say. You demand complete loyalty from your friends and those associated with you. You will stop at nothing to get what you want. And though all this ambitiousness can be a good virtue, you may be going overboard. Lord Voldemort 88% Oliver Wood 88% Sirius Black 75% Severus Snape 75% Harry Potter 63% Remus Lupin 63% Albus Dumbledore 50% Percy Weasley 50% Draco Malfoy 38% Luna Lovegood 38% Ron Weasley 25% Bellatrix Lestrange 25% Neville Longbottom 25% Hermione Granger 13%

If it helps, I tied with Oliver Wood. Just can't see myself agreeing that hard work and dedication will always yield pleasing results. No matter how optimistic I am, I just can't. iz fact. I know he'd make a healthier me than Voldy, though.

Just recently got a paid account. ZOMGIKNOWRITE WHOOT! As well as the 100 ICONS SLOT! 8DDD But really, I'm only doing it for the icons. Somehow I feel cheated that they put up a barrier to get to the icons. Ah vell. Need to hunt for new icons soon. <3

Breaking this so it looks easier.

Dance - preparing for the October concert! I'm just so glad the workshop's over, it's painful and hilarious chereographing your own thing. xD I was sucky both times in groups of three but we couldn't stop laughing on how funny it was. lol Coach obviously expected better. There's an animal theme dance we're doing. And I got separated into the hunters division. 8D Even if we will get our ass kicked by the animals in the end. Awareness and poaching and all that.. But hell, YES. We're going to wear trenchcoats and probably shades, or the act of wearing them (lulz) and dance to a rockish song. I'm already so very very into it! xDD Go villains! I need consistency on my freeze before September. And air flare.. I'll try working on it.

Vocal - wh00. Improvement! Hopefully next week is last I'll be doing this. Next song is Wind Beneath My Wings, I had to recopy some sheets because the accompaniment for my voice is supposedly on a higher tone, and we're going with a different arrangement. Voice teacher said I need to interpret the song, and facial expression, I need to be more expressive. Geh. Must.. do it.. muu.. how? x3;

Violin - the violin teacher's here. This week. She just arrived! <3 Supposedly, I should start today, but.. I'm withdrawing from reality right now. And my violin is well.. not really in bad condition - I got it tuned some three months back - but it'll still need retuning. I'll have no problem jumping to grade3, but I can't read notes very well. I'm just thinking of going back to grade one and pick up fast from there. Hopefully. I keep telling myself it's never too late to learn. Yeah.. I know. *ignores all the five years old geniuses walking around*

Language class - Will be back to attending both Japanese and Korean starting next week. I actually have one today, but I just know I'll be eaten alive if I go there now. I can't believe I forgot my katakana. Of all things. o.o And there's the kanji text for level 3, I need to work on it. And Korean needs revision to the extreme! I don't want to make myself look bad given I've attended it last year and doing it this year as a visiting student. Ugh. The books are so thick. More power! I can't possibly give up on these classes!

TCG - As for online, it's hard to do other things when TCG is on my priority list. I pretty much don't get anything done till THAT's out of the way - which in my case, hurr, never? ;; But trading will always still be under 24 hours, so don't worry if I ever say I'm going on hiatus or showing withdrawal symptons for tcg or whatever. Chances are, I'm still going to check my mail.

I don't go out of my way to force myself to participate, though; or I might get tired of this game if it starts to be a chore. But I feel like mauling when I missed answering something like.. like.. who's that character and it happens to be Setsuna F. Seiei. *slashes something unslashable*

Blogcrews.. I'm practically on automode right now. I claim whenever. I need to think of my options, somehow Dino is the only person I want to get intimate with. Yarr, that sounds wrong talking about a 2d character somehow, but whatever. I STILL WANT TO DO HIM. And I really do like my TYL!Sasagawa Ryohei and TYL!Tsuna. Khr! pwns my claims list. And.. yeah, I need more options. My mind's drawing blank.

Hiatus. I've covered mostly everything. Except fandom. That needs its own post (which hopefully, I'll get the chance to do it). I'm thinking of taking a hiatus to work on things. I really do need one. Yeah, do everything and come back. Except I can't leave tcg alone. And blogcrews. heh.. I don't know how I could possibly manage a hiatus. But really, I need to make things smooth again, and right now I feel like I'm going to explode and I don't even care what the why is.

Other things to do: browse online galleries for images and plan layout. check out the comms I belong to again (they're lots, I know). keep track of friends list.

Putting on hold for now: yaoi leeching. fanfic hunting. multiple fandom craving (as if that could be stopped).

Till then, yeah, semi-hiatus mode.