Hello Timbuktu!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Got a call from Sher early this morning. Well, considerably early for me. I still had my retainers on.

Sher: HEATHER! YOU GOT INTO DANCE!

I think I screamed, I was so happy! Yesssssssssssssssss.

Dance camp or something next tues and wed. I hope I can go!

In a small moment of forgetfulness (and a slight whim) I painted my nails black. Forgetting, of course, that we are supposed to dress as geeks tomorrow. Some punk-geek im gonna make.

God bless! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Like The River Flows by Paul Coelho

The arrow is the projection of an intention into space.

Once the arrow has been shot, there is nothing more the archer can do, except follow its path to the target. From that moment on, the tension required to shoot the arrow has no further reason to exist. Therefore, the archer keeps his eyes fixed on the flight of the arrow, but his heart rests, and he smiles.

Technique allows the hands to be ready, the breathing to be precise, the eyes to be trained on the target. Instinct allows the moment of release to be perfect.

A warrior of light, once he has done his duty and transformed his intention into gesture, need fear nothing else: he has done what he should have done. He did not allow himself to be paralysed by fear. Even if the arrow failed to hit the target, he will have another opportunity, because he did not give in to cowardice.

One Man Standing (OMS)

THANK GOD that yesterday’s dance assessment went well! (: I think both Sher and I did really well, its good to know that all that hectic practice, money spent and body aches were worth it. I say money spent cos we bought a cap each, the same one actually, a black cap that says SHOW 30 in gold, whatever that means.

honestly, I didn’t feel as freakishly nervous for this assessment compared to the HipHop 1 assessment, I dont know why. Maybe cos we practiced more, and truth is after that nerve wrecking audition on tuesday anything after that seemed easier than it probably was. Sher came over early for some last minute prac and to apply make up. I’ve probably never put eyeshadow on in my life except for performances when I was a kid and really big events, so it was a miracle that I actually managed to get it on properly. Absolutely NO lip gloss cos lipgloss makes your hair stick to your lips and you can’t dance properly for nuts.

Everyone looked so nice! And after the assessment itself our whole class sat at the comfy area oustide the studio and talked with Andy. Earlier in the afternoon Sher and I did a little snooping and LO AND BEHOLD Andy was a DEAL OR NO DEAL HUNK BEFORE! HAHAHA!

Girl: I want …. thirteen!

Adrian Pang: Ah, Andy is a dancing accountant! Case 13!

Then Andy would very suavely open the case. Wah we laughed like mad, it was so HILARIOUS!

I can’t wait for HipHop 3. We have all become good friends now and Jaclyn calls us the “jie mei men”. (Andy is the Da Jie) We are certainly gonna get new classmates for HH3 but I’m sure its gonna be fun all the same.

And Dear All,

Please not that we are experiencing very erratic weather patterns. One minute rain, one minute shine. Literally.

Worst part is having to open the windows, close the windows. Open close open close. Take in the laundry, put out the laundry. Geez.

And for the record, can someone tell me whether that wierdo person in the Straight through my heart music video is a lesbian or a vampire or a lesbian vampire. Whatever he/she/it is, he/she/it kinda freaks me out.

OH YEAH

Andy has admitted that OMS apparently stands for One Man Standing or One Man Show. That “man” was supposed to mean Kevin, who was the only guy student in HH1. But since Kevin left, there are NO MORE boys and so that “man” can only stand for, well, Andy himself.

A whole day at home to relax today. The past week has been really tiring with all the dance prac. Especially tuesday, after coming home from the audition I was so so dog tired that I just ate my lunch and took a three hour nap. Then slept at 1030.

Its been a good week. (: God bless!

Come what may

Dance audition today went ok THANK GOD. I was so nervous at first - couldn’t finish my breakfast - and my heart was racing into outer space. At first I also found it hard to catch the choreo cos Justice was going alot faster than Andy usually does.

But things work out! And I managed to do my best for both the choreo and the freestyle. Whether I get through or not, I’ll know that Ive done my best so I’ll be happy either way!

Good job to everyone else there too!

And shock shock Justice looks and IS just like Andy can. They LOOK alike, firstly, with the hair and the size. then they TALK alike. And they kinda do the same thing when demonstrating freestyle. Turns out they’re buddies! How cool is that.

Pics above from the Imk Sher Fawn sleepover, Zac’s baptism, and commencement.

DANCE ASSESSMENT TMR! God bless me and Sher and OMS!

God bless YOU

Im so nervous i need to SHIT

DANCE

I just finished reading the email from Chak that Fawn so kindly forwarded to my hotmail. After I was done reading it I realised I was chewing on my shirt and digging my nails into the slightly saliva-ed part.

IM NERVOUS!

Honestly dance is all I wanna be in - I dont even know what I’ll do if I don’t make the cut. Being kiasu I screened the list of emails to see who else was going for the audition and its quite alot!!!

GOD, PLEASE HELP ME GET PASS THE AUDITION.

Thank God sher and fawn are gonna be there. If they ask us to freestyle I hope I don’t freezestyle and freak out and become an ice statue. I must do Andy proud, if anything!

Dance assessment next wed. So next week will be monday: rehearse dance at Studio Wu. Tuesday: Attend audition. Rehearse dance. Wednesday: ACE YOUR DANCE ASSESSMENT!!

My hotmail inbox is filled with PAGES of “xxx commented on a video of you”

Hah just you wait till I lip synch to “She Wolf”.

God bless!

Where are you going?

SHIAO

Oh, yeah,

ALL THE BEST SHIRLEEN SHIAO YOU CAN TAKE THE A’S AND WHACK THEM WITH YOUR BADMINTON RACKET. FREEDOM IS NEAR!

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!

It has come to my realization that everyone seems to have such big dreams .. except me.

I mean, alot of people have their lives planned out. Careers, Decisions, Life. Like Fawn, who wants to become an events planner and generally be a busy business woman. She’s been saying that since last year and she’s stuck to it! And Sherwyn wants to play for the NBA. He’s got it planned down to the years. Such big and wonderful ambitions and here I am still carefree and blissfully ignorant, no idea what Im gonna do.

Sure, I really really really wanna be a travel show host. But I wouldn’t bear to travel while leaving my family here. And its virtually impossible to settle down! And I would like to be a zookeeper, but the travelling to and fro from Mandai would be crazy too.

I dont know. I’m taking BCMA - not because Ive got any career plans, actually. B cos I like Bio, its fun and although people say its gonna be tough as hell, I wanna try! C cos my mum says it gets you to any faculty in the U. M because its compulsory, darn. A because I love Art!

All’s good anyhow. :D I suppose being undecided means I have more options open, too. Heck, for all you know I’ll become a nuclear scientist or something. Or a candyman, and invent a crazily awesome jelly that will have millions addicted all over the world!

I like what it says on a bookmark I have, though I can’t remember where I got it.

“The will of God will never lead you where the Grace of God cannot keep you”

yup. Anyway my sister has uploaded 10 “goofball” videos of me onto facebook. I could see my reputation (if i even had one) draining away with every video that was uploaded. I can’t even watch myself in the videos; i get killer goosebumps.

I should make her upload them to Youtube. For all you know I will strike it big and have like 10 million views and then the gorgeous Ryan Higa will write to me and request for me to guest star on a nigahiga show. Then he will fall madly in love with me and we shall elope to Hawaii and you will never hear from me again except on youtube.

Its HCL O’s tmr, and hence today is the first time I have studied since the EOY’s ended. After flipping through 5 files of chinese - one from school and 4 from tuition — yes, I have chinese tuition — - I have come to the conclusion that chinese is unstudyable except for the ying yong wen formats and therefore I shall not fret too much. I am always unbelievably calm before chinese exams because I know there wasn’t much I could do in the first place.

All the best everyone!!

God bless