good friday post

thank god for good friday. a great day for me to rest, recuperate and recharge. 

first we brought yuanze to the barber to get his hair cut. when reaching the barber, i can hear crying. in my mind i was thinking... oh dear siao liao... when i walked in, i saw a 2 year old kid crying at his maximum volume. 

was so worried that yuanze will be affected and wun want to get his hair cut. but no leh. he look at the mirror and smiled. and the barber just shaved off his hair immediately. and yuanze just stare at the mirror, totally oblivious to all the crying in the background. 

honestly i was thinking to myself, why the mother still insist her son to get his hair cut, when he is crying like that. if it was me i would have brought him home and do it on another day. and darling felt the same too. :p

and so within 5 minutes, without much fuss from yuanze, the barber finished shaving yuanze's hair. really feel so proud of yuanze. yuanze we love you!! 

our 真命小和尚. hahahahaha. 

in the evening i made a trip to bugis to support mr adam's malay dance/bollywood dance class, known as tari nachie. 

thank you mr adam for the class! really missed your lesson with all your jokes. i always love it when mr adam comes to my previous workplace to teach. his sarcasm is top notch man. top notch to the extent that the kids dunno that the sarcasm is being directed at them. hahahahahaha. 

chinese dance SYF

made a trip down to kallang theatre to support the chinese dance from my previous workplace. i always have a soft spot for the chinese dance girls, because i myself is a chinese dance practitioner. i first saw them in 2007/2008, when i was a contract teacher. and oh dear, they look disastrous. and then in 2009, they got BLS to be their instructor, and omg, their syf in 2009 they got GOLD WITH HONOURS. 

for 2011's syf, they got gold. then from 2013 onwards, syf revamped their award structure. no more gold with honours, gold, silver, and bronze. it became certificate of distinction (the highest accolade), certificate of accomplishment and certificate of commendation. 

in 2011, batman wanted a hip hop dance group, and so came the birth of dance dynamics. since 2011, dance dynamics became stronger and stronger, with more and more members joining. sadly for chinese dance, the members joining became lesser and lesser. and that's probably the main reason why i have a soft spot for them. so in 2013, the chinese dance got certificate of accomplishment and dance dynamics got certificate of distinction. the chinese dance girls, very naturally, were devastated and they cried terribly. in 2015, they worked very hard, and they got back the distinction. 

today, i go to kallang theatre, not expecting anything. i was no longer a teacher over there, and i have not seen them dance for one year plus. 

but still, i was very happy to see all of them again. happy to see BLS and ZLS. and when i saw them dance on stage, i was overwhelmed with alot of emotions. they danced well. it was a 朝鲜 item, and this item requires very good 后腰 and very good coordination with the drums. i think they stand a good chance to get distinction. i really hope they can get it! 

i also love their costumes! 

met up with the alumni, alva and meiling, who graduated 2 years ago, for lunch at leisure park. alva was one of the wedding dancers at my wedding. :) 

i really like the syf photobooth backdrops at the various syf venues. kudos to my friend at arts education branch for doing all these! 

took pic again with another two alumni, tammy and germaine. they graduated last year. 

i also want to wish kranji sec chinese dance all the best for their syf results! their choreographer is xuehong. watched their item during the syf exchange, and i must say, the item is very xuehong. colourful costumes, many formations, that's xuehong style for you! 

Admirals' Run

our annual running event, which is a 2.4 km test for all the students. 

i was awaken by thunder at 3 am and oh shit, it started to rain heavily. left home at 515 am and it was still drizzling. reach japanese garden at 6 am, and it was still drizzling. 

thank goodness at 7 plus the sky cleared, no more drizzle, and the sun came out. and i got sunburnt. hahahahaha. 

i got 3rd for the staff men's category. beside me are my fellow dance teachers in-charge. the lady in black, same age as me, got 5th in the staff women's category. the lady in pink got 4th. 

and i am very happy for my dancers too, as a few of them got top 10 for their levels. they have been running 2.4 km every week to train their stamina for the upcoming syf. i am super proud of my president, who got a better position than 2 girls from the badminton school team, and this 2 girls are from my form class. i think both of them will hate me for that hahahahahahaha. therefore, thank goodness that they wun be able to see this at all. :p

after the whole event, the pe dept went to sakura for lunch. thank you boss and 2ic for the treat! 

happy birthday darling

a day before darling's birthday, her sec sch best friends came to surprise her. darling is really blessed to have these best friends. i already lost contact with most of my sec sch friends. the few that i kept in contact is only through facebook. 

xuanxuan had a really good time entertaining them with her 'let it go' performance as well as her own antics. 

dun you think this looks like a 全家福? hahahahaha. 

and now for the actual day. i ordered a bouquet of 30 tulips - 10 yellow, 10 red and 10 white, from my aunt who is a florist. my aunt always give me the best price, and today, she provided value-added service. she personally delivered the bouquet to darling. omg. i am touched and amazed beyond words. 

birthday cake from cat and fiddle, which i ordered. :)

dun you agree that the tulips look beautiful? :)

saturday post

during monday's assembly programme, the performing arts CCAs presented their syf items to the whole school. the rationale is for the whole school to show encouragement to the performing arts CCAs who are preparing very hard for SYF. 

when i first heard about this showcase, i have my reservations. firstly, it will affect their preparations. to have a showcase, i need to coordinate a rehearsal. and the rehearsal is on a CCA day when CCA hours are very precious. 

but it is ok, i am still a newbie at the workplace so i shall just adhere to the practises here. therefore besides the assembly programme being a showcase, i also use it to share with the whole school my performing arts journey, and to give tips to the syf performers on how to put up their best performance on stage, and finally to broadcast to the whole school when are their presentation dates and get the whole school to give the syf performers a rousing applause as an encouragement for their syf preparations (that is the primary rationale why this showcase is happening). 

my trademark tagline. effort, energy, expressions! 

today it was a very happening morning. first of all there is ADSS Cup, a football tournament organised for the students. and the criteria for the students to participate is that they must not have any demerit points and they must pass their common test. i think this is a good initiative, because it motivates everyone to behave well in order for them to participate in this. i helped to source for the referees as well as plan out the fixtures. 

and so happened on this same day, is SYF exchange at another school in the north. the dance instructor at that school is peter teo, and he jio-ed me. of course i agreed to it, because my dance girls need the exposure, to see how are the dance clubs from the other schools. there were 10 schools in total, and i am very happy to catch up with people like peter, chze siang, kenneth, elizabeth and huifen. dance is really an amazing platform to make friends. it was a good learning experience for my dancers and it was an eye opening experience for me to see the works from my dance choreographer friends. too bad xuehong is performing at GBTB today and i can't catch up with him. 

ADSS Cup group shot! thank god for lovely weather this morning. it is raining now in the afternoon. :p

peter teo giving his briefing. 2 years later please have it at my workplace. i can host. the hall at my workplace is air conditioned. hee hee hee. 

i think my dancers did very well today. it is their best performance so far. of course they can do even better. thank you to all the instructors for their feedback. :) 

i really enjoy syf. it excites me. although i can't say the same for my dancers, as well as my friends who are the choreographers. hahahahaha.