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We're meeting and dancing again.
After my little interview with katharine on monday, she decided to use my description of my feeling in the ocean and moving in that direction. I admit I felt that feeling, but couldn't describe it using my body. I felt stiff, I felt like my body was only controlled by my mind.
I learned today bent arms cut short that energy flowing through me. it did but i didn't realise it. Once again, showing me that my mind was still in control.
I tried to get that breath, FEEL the breath of my body leading but still, when I let go, there were still moments where I would mind myself pre-choreographing my movements beforehand.
I NEED TO LET GO and feel myself suspended by that ocean I constantly put myself in when I feel even scarely united with my God.
But one movement I really like was that floating. impulse. floating. movements. I mastered it at seconds! but then. It went away. Have to work on that!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Dance - GOSTAN FORWARD
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I went for it.
IT WAS AMAZING.
she is natural confident and pompously awesome.
I find new light in dance.
I went for it.
IT WAS AMAZING.
she is natural confident and pompously awesome.
I find new light in dance.
Dance - for me alone
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Today it was just me and katharine. As it will be just Katharine and Afhan tomorrow.
She wants to discover me and today we talked mostly and she uncracked the religious side to me. Partly because I am religious, partly because it intrigues her I think.
Again we did warm up. I learned that I need to go FURTHER with my movement. Stretch to the left REALLY go there. Back straight DO IT. I tend to do this half cooked.
Personally, I never asked myself about the role of God is my life. My today I think I discovered myself. A LOT.
i'm learning new things everyday.
Today it was just me and katharine. As it will be just Katharine and Afhan tomorrow.
She wants to discover me and today we talked mostly and she uncracked the religious side to me. Partly because I am religious, partly because it intrigues her I think.
Again we did warm up. I learned that I need to go FURTHER with my movement. Stretch to the left REALLY go there. Back straight DO IT. I tend to do this half cooked.
Personally, I never asked myself about the role of God is my life. My today I think I discovered myself. A LOT.
i'm learning new things everyday.
dance - we dance
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First time working with katharine is was intimidating, slightly. I was adventuring into the form of dance which I have never encountered before but still, I tried it out going on while my body was still fatigued.
We did warm ups and many stretching exercises. Than after awhile i realised the importance of the middle bit. The center of our body, our abdomen. The strength of dancers come from within there and I found that lacking inside me.
One thing intrigued me was the interaction that she had with me while we were just experimenting with body movements. She would nudge me and at first I was confused at what she was doing, and she said "just let your body follow that movement" she nudged me again and I rolled over.
"Listen to your body, where is it taking you?"
"Don't be scared of that feeling"
"Feel that breath in your body"
I don't feel like I'm particularly good at successfully executing the 3 statements above but, its all about the process right? After many a few times, I feel like I had a teeny taste of what she was feeling inside.
First time working with katharine is was intimidating, slightly. I was adventuring into the form of dance which I have never encountered before but still, I tried it out going on while my body was still fatigued.
We did warm ups and many stretching exercises. Than after awhile i realised the importance of the middle bit. The center of our body, our abdomen. The strength of dancers come from within there and I found that lacking inside me.
One thing intrigued me was the interaction that she had with me while we were just experimenting with body movements. She would nudge me and at first I was confused at what she was doing, and she said "just let your body follow that movement" she nudged me again and I rolled over.
"Listen to your body, where is it taking you?"
"Don't be scared of that feeling"
"Feel that breath in your body"
I don't feel like I'm particularly good at successfully executing the 3 statements above but, its all about the process right? After many a few times, I feel like I had a teeny taste of what she was feeling inside.
Dance - meeting
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Today I met Katharine and Afhan, the two people I am going to work with on this dance choreography workshop and she explains everything to me. A long long time ago, I met Aida, and she specializes in dance. However, due to her senior status, people in the Ombak Ombak group (a group of dancers) constantly rely on her for the support of choreography. Feeling like the younger generation lacks in experience in this area to have the confidence to choreograph their own pieces, they hold this workshop to sustain the culture of dance in them so that this form of dance would not die out as Aida retires.
After the explanation of what contemporary dance is, meaning it is more of movement than actually constructed physical positions, this made the definition of dance more abstract-like. This was a chance for me to breakout of my ballet and structured dance that I have been learning all my life.
She also introduced me to the Gostan Forward performance conducted by Marion D'Cruz a well known contemporary dancer known for her works hidden with messages. This was to be held on 26 July.
We planned our schedule and proceeded to carry out rehearsals the following week.
Today I met Katharine and Afhan, the two people I am going to work with on this dance choreography workshop and she explains everything to me. A long long time ago, I met Aida, and she specializes in dance. However, due to her senior status, people in the Ombak Ombak group (a group of dancers) constantly rely on her for the support of choreography. Feeling like the younger generation lacks in experience in this area to have the confidence to choreograph their own pieces, they hold this workshop to sustain the culture of dance in them so that this form of dance would not die out as Aida retires.
After the explanation of what contemporary dance is, meaning it is more of movement than actually constructed physical positions, this made the definition of dance more abstract-like. This was a chance for me to breakout of my ballet and structured dance that I have been learning all my life.
She also introduced me to the Gostan Forward performance conducted by Marion D'Cruz a well known contemporary dancer known for her works hidden with messages. This was to be held on 26 July.
We planned our schedule and proceeded to carry out rehearsals the following week.
pf - computer skills
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Children these days are so lucky. I never learned about computers or knew about it at such a young age. THE TIMES ARE CHANGING. FAST.
But oh well, since they will be exposed to all this technology, why nt do it in the right way? We an invited speaker, Uncle Lex, who works in Dell to teach us a little about all of this.
First he named all of the parts of the computer, which I know I learned but, sigh, sometimes my memory fails me, so it was a good refreshing course, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard and the mouse. He taught us the right way to type, which of course I am typing wrongly because I don't use all of my fingers, just mainly my middle index and ring finger. HMMMM. so that was new for me. And in the end, he ended with a game. It was exciting for competitive ppl (mainly me) who couldn't stand losing. haha. All in all, it was an enjoyable class. Thanks to uncle lex for helping out in teaching!
Children these days are so lucky. I never learned about computers or knew about it at such a young age. THE TIMES ARE CHANGING. FAST.
But oh well, since they will be exposed to all this technology, why nt do it in the right way? We an invited speaker, Uncle Lex, who works in Dell to teach us a little about all of this.
First he named all of the parts of the computer, which I know I learned but, sigh, sometimes my memory fails me, so it was a good refreshing course, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard and the mouse. He taught us the right way to type, which of course I am typing wrongly because I don't use all of my fingers, just mainly my middle index and ring finger. HMMMM. so that was new for me. And in the end, he ended with a game. It was exciting for competitive ppl (mainly me) who couldn't stand losing. haha. All in all, it was an enjoyable class. Thanks to uncle lex for helping out in teaching!
Pf - Making the right choices.
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Today aunty Maria's husband, Dr. Thomas Tean was heading the honour of making the right decision or, making a plan.
Many things I learned, but one thing I realised I never do often.
When I plan on doing something I rarely ask for people's advice on it. Got to learn to do that. And actually, i learned that misunderstandings occur also among married couples too. Apparently what he was teaching wasn't exactly what was supposed to be taught. But, I saw that aunty Maria wasn't angry, in fact she helped him out to try to create a better learning environment. I wonder too, if i were in that situation would I be that giving?
Today aunty Maria's husband, Dr. Thomas Tean was heading the honour of making the right decision or, making a plan.
Many things I learned, but one thing I realised I never do often.
When I plan on doing something I rarely ask for people's advice on it. Got to learn to do that. And actually, i learned that misunderstandings occur also among married couples too. Apparently what he was teaching wasn't exactly what was supposed to be taught. But, I saw that aunty Maria wasn't angry, in fact she helped him out to try to create a better learning environment. I wonder too, if i were in that situation would I be that giving?
Monday, July 6, 2009
UES - Environmental week 4
TODAY IS A DAY OF GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT
jelly baby sale was MOBILE.
hahaha. after making those awesomely pretty colour combo's we take them out for showcase.
people BUY and teachers even bought them for RM5 i think i sold 3 or 4 of those that were actually worth just RM3. Oh well, generosity I don't mind at all.:D
Pics below, some are from the Palm on Wall activity which we contributed too! OH OH! we also found a winner for best dressed in green! :D
jelly baby sale was MOBILE.
hahaha. after making those awesomely pretty colour combo's we take them out for showcase.
people BUY and teachers even bought them for RM5 i think i sold 3 or 4 of those that were actually worth just RM3. Oh well, generosity I don't mind at all.:D
Pics below, some are from the Palm on Wall activity which we contributed too! OH OH! we also found a winner for best dressed in green! :D
UES - Environmental week 3
Today is a wednesday andddd....no jelly baby sale BUT i thought there was UES meetings so I stayed back after school.
Since it was the day after we sold many jelly babies, I thought we would have a day of discussion, HOWEVER, we find that yitong and ryu made some jelly babies, square ones this time with really really pretty colourssss.....
I thought they were AWESOME and started experimenting with the mixture of colours and layers. MAN they were a hit! we started doing so many cool combinations! some people even booked a "pot" from us :)
I think I have a pic of them.
Since it was the day after we sold many jelly babies, I thought we would have a day of discussion, HOWEVER, we find that yitong and ryu made some jelly babies, square ones this time with really really pretty colourssss.....
I thought they were AWESOME and started experimenting with the mixture of colours and layers. MAN they were a hit! we started doing so many cool combinations! some people even booked a "pot" from us :)
I think I have a pic of them.
Pf - Family
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Today was a topic on FAMILY.
but mostly on fathers.
First Aunty Sherene (gues speaker) asked us how many of us had fathers as home. Kind of a sensitive topic because amazingly, alot of the families in our church have single parents or parents that are in an argument. Oh well, luckily, all had! and so things went on smoothly.
Then she talked on about the role of a father:
1. Head of the household
2. Money-earner (in simple terms)
3. Allocation of money
4. Decision maker
All the important jobs. But lucky she asked said that the mothers can INFLUENCE the decision making. haha. The father is the head but the wife is the neck that has the ability to control the head.
SO ANYWAY.
she then gave us a card. entitled "how to give my heart to my father"
isn't that sweet? Inside were instructions on how to show your father that you love them. anddddd.....here it is:
1. Ask for his advice
2. Listen to his counsel
3. Pray for him
4. Communicate with him
5. Stay under his protection
6. Express gratefulness
7. Help him with the things he is working on
8. Respect him
9. Please him
10. Love him
I really like number 5. haha. Anyway, after reading this I realise the importance of loving your father. He makes so many big selfless sacrifices for you and the family and yet sometimes we are unable to help him, show him respect and spend time with him for less of the time he spends working hard for us. :)
NOW I KNOW. and i will carry out.
Next, to put our thoughts into action, we each wrote a "love letter" to our father. including me! it was thoughtful.
My pap loved it when I gave it to him and I'm sure the kids dads
Today was a topic on FAMILY.
but mostly on fathers.
First Aunty Sherene (gues speaker) asked us how many of us had fathers as home. Kind of a sensitive topic because amazingly, alot of the families in our church have single parents or parents that are in an argument. Oh well, luckily, all had! and so things went on smoothly.
Then she talked on about the role of a father:
1. Head of the household
2. Money-earner (in simple terms)
3. Allocation of money
4. Decision maker
All the important jobs. But lucky she asked said that the mothers can INFLUENCE the decision making. haha. The father is the head but the wife is the neck that has the ability to control the head.
SO ANYWAY.
she then gave us a card. entitled "how to give my heart to my father"
isn't that sweet? Inside were instructions on how to show your father that you love them. anddddd.....here it is:
1. Ask for his advice
2. Listen to his counsel
3. Pray for him
4. Communicate with him
5. Stay under his protection
6. Express gratefulness
7. Help him with the things he is working on
8. Respect him
9. Please him
10. Love him
I really like number 5. haha. Anyway, after reading this I realise the importance of loving your father. He makes so many big selfless sacrifices for you and the family and yet sometimes we are unable to help him, show him respect and spend time with him for less of the time he spends working hard for us. :)
NOW I KNOW. and i will carry out.
Next, to put our thoughts into action, we each wrote a "love letter" to our father. including me! it was thoughtful.
My pap loved it when I gave it to him and I'm sure the kids dads
Saturday, July 4, 2009
UES - Environmental week 2
THE ACTUAL JELLY BABY SALE.
its tuesday and its break time and I thought that we were selling them. so i runnnnn down to the foyer to check things out when I see no one. so okay....I see Ivan doing the mud balls thing and I walk over to ask him when we were doing it.
Ivan : Oh. lunch time.
Nice.
so i join in on the mudballs and getting my hands dirty. The mixture stinks but smells relatively better when the enzyme is added to it. Smells like apple cider :)
During lunchy luncy we dump handfulls of jelly babies into a plastic container. The colours are soooo totally random so I look down and see if I can arrange them into some sort of colour scheme. I slowly pick out the blues and greens and start dumping them into a container or specifically a "gaterade" bottle and they look pretty good.
HA HA HA HA. we sold them for a higher price.
oh well~ its all for the environment. so why not? :D
After school I stayed awhile. Didn't want to be late for the bus!
its tuesday and its break time and I thought that we were selling them. so i runnnnn down to the foyer to check things out when I see no one. so okay....I see Ivan doing the mud balls thing and I walk over to ask him when we were doing it.
Ivan : Oh. lunch time.
Nice.
so i join in on the mudballs and getting my hands dirty. The mixture stinks but smells relatively better when the enzyme is added to it. Smells like apple cider :)
During lunchy luncy we dump handfulls of jelly babies into a plastic container. The colours are soooo totally random so I look down and see if I can arrange them into some sort of colour scheme. I slowly pick out the blues and greens and start dumping them into a container or specifically a "gaterade" bottle and they look pretty good.
HA HA HA HA. we sold them for a higher price.
oh well~ its all for the environment. so why not? :D
After school I stayed awhile. Didn't want to be late for the bus!
UES - Environmental week 1
Today is a monday and its the day before our jelly baby sale. Stayed back after school to make sure we had all the things we needed ready for the sale. INFACT, we did not. Not enough containers to make a good sale! and maybe not enough water plants but.......surely! we had enough jelly babies. :)
so today after school, we spent the time washing empty bottle from the recycling bin again and cutting it into usable containers in the DT room. The edges were abit rough after cutting it so we "sandpapered" it to smoothen it and make the top part of the bottles straight and presentable. The tops of the bottles that we cut off we threw into the recycling bin behind the sch refectory! don't worry Mr. Weatherly. heheh
Tomorrow we sell! EXCITED. finally ideas are manifested into concrete actions..
presenting. A JELLY BABY
so today after school, we spent the time washing empty bottle from the recycling bin again and cutting it into usable containers in the DT room. The edges were abit rough after cutting it so we "sandpapered" it to smoothen it and make the top part of the bottles straight and presentable. The tops of the bottles that we cut off we threw into the recycling bin behind the sch refectory! don't worry Mr. Weatherly. heheh
Tomorrow we sell! EXCITED. finally ideas are manifested into concrete actions..
presenting. A JELLY BABY
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