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"the contortionist from the jc" (quoted from ms merllie)

the stairway to heaven. how come i am the only one in 弓步 while the rest of the guys are just standing straight?!

i look super tensed up

the flight to heaven! 

limin gets the most 曝光率 at the expense of me and michael.

原来长的大只和有力气不是一件好事。(pls refer to the first pic of this post for reaffirmation)

NUSCD 庆功宴

the 庆功宴 was held at a garden on top of utown starbucks. 

a bit hot to hold it outdoors. i will personally prefer it to be held in a function room where there is air con. :p

agenda of the 庆功宴 is as follows:
1. return costumes
2. to reward us for our efforts in putting up a wonderful performance for mirror moon
3. to announce the exco for AY2013/2014

it is sad that the video of the performance is not ready for us to watch. :(

but anyway, as per true yy style, here are the pics!

the exco of 2012/2013. great job in making mirror moon a success! all your hard work is sincerely appreciated and must be commended. 

presenting to you, exco of 2013/2014. continue the great job of exco 2012/2013, and bring nuscd to greater heights. please get more guys to join the troupe. quality guys please. not just some random guys from the land of contaminated milk, just to make up the number of guy dancers in a particular item. and i will forever remember that these random guys made so much noise pollution in the dressing room that was simply unbearable that i had to keep going out of the dressing room to have a breathe of fresh air and have some peace and quietness. 

woo hoo group photo! there was a theme for this 庆功宴! can anybody guess it based on the photo? i am sure none of you can. the theme has failed terribly. hahahahaha. sorry limin! :p

good friday post

i survived week 1 of reservist. 2 more weeks to go!

emo sunday post

feeling super emo now, not because tomorrow is the first day of term 2 after the one week of march holidays, but it's because i have to go to sungei gedong camp tomorrow for 3 weeks of reservist. 

no matter how tough the job of a teacher is right now, i still look forward to going to school everyday, to experience the different happenings that make my job so challenging yet interesting. and it is a great sense of achievement to me when i ended a day's work. 

but i really beg to differ when it comes to reservist. it sucks to be a key appointment holder, whereby majority of the people who come back for reservist are on a heck care mindset and they totally detest coming back, when they have work + family commitments out there. i am fighting a losing battle because i myself have work + family commitments, and i can totally understand their mentality. 

and what to do? i am still a key appointment holder, and i have my responsibilities as a key appointment holder. so i will just suck it up and execute my duties, hope everybody is safe and sound after 3 weeks of high key training, and everybody goes back home to hug their wife + gf + fiancee + mother. 

i will survive...

i will miss my colleagues and students during the next 3 weeks...


but most importantly...

i will miss my pillar of strength, my darling, my pu dou! 

happy 75th month anniversary, sorry for not spending the anniversary with you today, sorry for not celebrating your birthday on 4th april as i am stranded in camp. 

and i will wait for you to send me pics of pretty girls (ie yourself). hahahahaha. 

POTD

a big red star-shaped balloon at my table! i think the balloon is for those who got promoted. after taking a glance around the staffroom, i can see around 10 balloons. 

congrats to those who got promoted! :)

staycation at marina mandarin

this march holidays was not really a holiday for me. i went back to school every day to do admin stuff, prepare lessons for my relief teacher, show choir trainings and other miscellanous stuff. 

hence i decide to reward myself by booking a hotel room at marina mandarin for a staycation. :)

the king size bed really looks super inviting to jump on.

i really deserve this staycation! hahaha. 

the view from the balcony.

invited the Avengers over for dinner! the concept is BYOF - bring your own food. we had atas salad, popiah from qi ji, old chang kee and kfc! :)

all ready to go for gym for some exercise! 

darling is still so flexible. :)

a great place to play running man! 

we stayed on the 16th floor. *gasps*

looking refreshed and recharged after the staycation! now to get ready for 3 weeks of hell in sungei gedong camp. 

restaurant week

darling made the reservation for 4 pax, and brought my parents along! 

our dinner was at B@Rochester! :)

actually i was not very full after the dinner. but we went to Star Vista and bought the famous taiwan dessert "black ball". i had one bowl all by myself and was full immediately. 

tomorrow going to marina mandarin for a staycation!!! can't wait!!! my only break during this march holidays, and before i go into camp for 3 weeks of suffering. 

the heart-wrenching post

finally! the long awaited post from the famous nuscd critic. hoho~

she has given me the permission to share it with my dear readers.

please read!

http://merllie.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/naf-review-2/

*not for readers who are fans of ZLS and DLS. i particularly love this paragraph:

"The overall standard of dancing was good, even 

excellent, although I suspect it had nothing to do 

with the skills of the ‘technique tutor’. NUS CD had 

simply recruited excellent contortionists from the 

JCs."

good news early in the morning

just received a congratulation sms from batman, saying that i am promoted to the next grade. :)

(ohhhh no batman has been getting more air time in my blog than darling. something has to be done! LOL.)

glad that i achieved the promotion before the end of my 3 year bond! *happy*

project dance out

in collaboration with RnM studio, held at the hall at my workplace, eight schools showcased their syf item to all students, teachers, trainers and... BATMAN. 

wonderful experience for my kids from modern chinese dance.

thank you RnM for this wonderful platform of showcase and collaboration! 

镜水月

heard many positive comments about this production, especially on the production's concept, which batman particularly liked. the only thing batman is not happy about is the distance of his seat from the stage. he told me if there is another next performance he dun mind paying more for a better seat. 

and then after that he added: "cheers and enjoy your pb. thanks for all your hard work and commitment to tango papa sierra sierra." 

his encouragement always come at the right time and i am very thankful to have his support. :) 

thank goodness my students also love the production, and hopefully it inspires them to do better for syf.  

without further ado, the pics:

the ultramen/astro boys/spacemen/astronauts. this costume is really so tight fitting that we tore a few holes on numerous occasions and my mother have to help me sew them up. but on performance day, i also noticed a big hole just before the full dress rehearsal at 2 pm and thank goodness xuehong sew it up for me. he is a versatile choreographer! 

xuehong took a time machine to the future and i took a time machine to travel back to the past. we met in year 2013 and decided to take a photo together and post on facebook to see if we can have more than 43 likes. and i regret not doing the classic terminator pose in the ultraman costume + ultraman oakley shades.

my darling, my fiancee, my pu dou, my all-time supporter and my pillar of strength. at this point in time i will also like to acknowledge my mother, for always being present to support me since i was a kid, be it wushu competitions or dance performances. :)

i am really glad to see more alumni involvement in this production. anybody like to guess how are the two ladies in blue related to me? 

the senior citizen group photo. xuehong where are you??!!

introducing to you, my partner for 攀. super amazing dancer, with awesome technique and unbelievable flexibility. with her around, nuscd no need to get su xiaofei as a guest dancer anymore. let's groom local talent!!! 

ohhhhh i am surprised! RnM dancers came down to support! probably because of the dri fit tshirts? :)

my lovely students from the b2b production. some are still studying at the workplace, some have already graduated. but they still remain close friends and i know i can count on them to support me. :)

wang laoshi and tao laoshi (the choreographers who we invited from china) have to fly off the next morning. a few of us went to send them off. felt more close to wang laoshi and tao laoshi, compared with the dancers from bravo delta academy when they came in 2011. during rest times wang laoshi will  automatically come and talk to me and even offered me a cigarette to smoke. hahahaha. 

to be honest, i really enjoyed dancing in 攀, because of the style of the dance that suits my style alot. and of course the epic music that raises my spirit and gives me the adrenaline rush to push beyond my body limits. i think i put in too much effort in this dance and i got shag out towards the end. batman commented that he could tell i was very tired. my student also said she could tell that i was pushing myself very hard. :p

crazy term 2 week 10

i survived the crazy term 2 week 10, with all the hectic school work and nuscd rehearsals. 

pictures will show you what i have been doing for the week. 

mirror moon rehearsal on tuesday night at residential college 4 at utown. was cursing and swearing and complaining why we cannot have the rehearsal at ucc dance studio, while walking the long distance from the carpark to residential college 4. and at the same time also pity the juniors who have to move the props from one place to another.


on wednesday afternoon there was speech day rehearsal. after speech day rehearsal i gathered my show choir students to be my running man helpers. i am the running man ic for the fiesta. we playing hide and seek! haha. with bells and nametags!

team #1

team #2

all super happy after an intensive hide and seek game.

my cheerleading team, who will showcase their cheerleading sequence to the school population during fiesta. thankful to have "shameless" students (that's what they call themselves hahahahahaha) and also thankful to have dance dynamics dancers who add spice and flavour to the sequence. (seems to be a cooking sequence)

one of my favourite performing arts student! not only can dance, but also can run! came in 13th for b girls division!  

alumni coming back to school for fiesta. fiesta is a big event that all students look forward to. but i dun look forward to it because have to organise fringe activities for fiesta. hahahahaha. 

notice any colouring on my hair? my form class open up a hair colouring stall. we earned $175.50! quite a remarkable achievement i must say. with minimal supervision and help from me, because i was sooooo busy organising the fringe activities. the girl beside me is my hair stylist! haha. 


and after fiesta rush to ucc for full dress rehearsal:

it will be a great show!!! :)

mass run

thank goodness it was a successful event, well liked by batman, robins, staff and students. 

leading the mass warm up

face super black because the lower sec students were too excited and keep on talking. took quite some time for them to finally get settled down after some verbal lashing from me. my colleague said,"wahhh mr tan, 第一次看到你爆炸."

besides the run, we also have fringe activities:

i think we are the one of the few schools that will have fringe activities for mass run. zzz...

i slimmed down alot yah? hahahahahaha. 

after the mass run, hod treated the whole dept to lunch at swenson. :)