Okay so I'm back from the UK, after a year of thinking it would never happen. I'm not gonna say too much about it--you can read all about it from other people's blogs--but I'm just gonna emphasise that it was the best school trip I could ask for (save for the hostels. Now those were a disappointment). I took more just souvenirs and photos away from it, which sadly is more than what I can say for my other school trips. It has reminded me that I have more than enough reason to continue my passion in literature, because there is so much to discover and so much to be excited about; it has rekindled my interest in words, which died off a little after my exams, considering the cramming I had to do for Macbeth (which totally killed literature for me for a while). I am now fully charged up to write again, and that's something because I wrote till 1 in the morning yesterday. I suppose I might do it again tonight. :D
So that's over, and now lemme tell you something about the holidays: THEY'RE A FREAKING WASTE OF TIME BUT I LOVE IT. :D The day passes by so fast because you have nothing to work for; there's no schedule, no timetable, which is GREAT because you live your life literally the way you feel like living it. There's nothing holding you back. You wake up when you wanna wake up, you eat when you wanna eat, and you do whatever you want. I have watched more than 100 SYTYCD videos in 2 days. (: I re-wrote another chapter (that's about 28 pages), too. I read up on all the manga I'd missed out on during my trip (I didn't miss much. Disappointing stuff came out this week) and I checked my mail and I replied the right people... In other words, I haven't done anything particularly constructive ever since coming back. In fact, I have been atrociously lazy. BUT I LIKE IT. And I intend to live my life out to the fullest (quite literally) during this holiday, because when school starts, life is going to get a lot messier. Actually, here are the things I need to do this holiday (but on which I haven't quite started):
1. Clean up my room. You won't believe the clutter. 2. Keep on dancing. This is a little complicated. I don't like dance lessons anymore, but it doesn't mean I wanna stop dancing. I would be very unhappy without dance lessons. I think I may switch studios after December's performance. There's nothing wrong with my current class, but I guess I need to find a place where I can lay down my foundations before going for proper routines. Popping and locking would be good--it's a specific genre, which narrows down the stuff I have to cram into my head; and it's very technical, which will help me get basic skills right. I really want that because I want to pursue dancing properly. It's confusing 'cause there's advanced stuff I can pull off (e.g. SYTYCD stuff), but basic stuff I can't do to save my life. (like a simple arm wave--STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT). I'll figure that out in December. If I find the time I shall do something crazy and completely out of my element, like tap and broadway or something. (: But getting hip-hop foundation down comes first. 3. Train. You won't believe how much I want to get back into competition mode. I miss those days. D: If I had it my way I would train EVERY DAY (except Sat, which is dance day, and which I can do nothing about). 4. Read the books I bought in UK. The stupid philo book, the Latin book, and Wuthering Heights. Good luck to us all. 5. Finish Legend. This is the one chance I have to finish it (after a freaking year!), because when school starts I won't have time to even touch it. 6. Read up on History because, on a crazy whim, I decided to put History down as a H2 subject next year. Really, I should just stick a knife into my gut and be done with it. 7. Go running. I haven't gotten round to this yet. I just can't bring myself to get up early :D 8. Write a bunch of poems and short stories that have been running around in my head but that I haven't penned down yet. Rats.
And on a different note, I have to add that the dancers on SYTYCD are freaks of human nature. Imagine the stress of having to throw out performance after performance, week after week, and each time it's a new genre that you probably haven't even heard of before (Russian folkdancing is a beautiful style, but NO ONE REALLY KNOWS ABOUT IT). Imagine a ballroom dancer having to get down and dirty with hip hop; a contemporary dancer having to shake it with salsa; a tap dancer having to turn up the heat with paso doble. Millions of people watching you, and the judges ready to pounce at any mistake you make; up against other dancers whose lives are dedicated to their profession, who live and breathe the art. You either make it or you don't. The competition was designed in a make-or-break fashion, which is good for the audience, bad for the dancers. Those who survive (or dare to audition, even) are the ones who know what they want and believe whole-heartedly in themselves. It's amazing how they keep it up, week after week, style after style. I will never dance like that (LOL) but it's nice to dream. (:
Okay now I shall get down to writing again. Sorry this blog has been dead for so long! (Some people lazy lah...ahaha)
PS. I haven't linked Linus yet, but if you can, check out his blog. Some people sure have hidden talents. http://please-don't-burp.blogspot.com or something. I'll make all the long-overdue links tomorrow. (:
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PROFILE
this is where i let rip, so be warned that you might not like everything that pops up here. but i do, so deal with it. (: .
loves
this is so subject to change that i'm not even gonna bother listing them down.
hates
too many, and the list would be extremely volatile, anyway.
wants
a place in Oxford University (good luck, jennifer.)
for someone to know that he has a special place in her heart!
to survive in HCJC next year
not to have so many wants (but who's counting?)