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Monday, 21 October 2013 | Posted by Aaron |
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So many things to blog about, I have no idea where to start. I'm just going to make a list right now about future posts you should keep an eye out for, but do note that I might not write about it if I deem it to not be interesting enough for my blog.
1. Sleepover with Ming :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) - see how I spammed the smileys? hehe.
2. University offers.
3. Introduction to Street Jazz.
4. How my other dance stuffs are coming along.
Hmm, you know what? I'm just going to blog about point number 5 - the flash mob!
On one fine night, right after one of my dance classes, Emerson (who is the head of marketing and communications in the dance school) approached me and asked whether I was interested in doing a flash mob performance in a couple of weeks. I have to say I was completely taken aback by the sudden request, and my immediate thought was 'Hey, wait a minute. Omg am I actually making a visible improvement in dance already? Nahhh no way man. But I guess I am cause he asked me but seriously omg this is way too cool I get a chance to perform after such a long time omg OMG OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG YAY.' I immediately agreed, without consulting my parents first mind you, and the thought about asking my parents about participating only occurred to me after I signed the contract. And at that moment, I suddenly started to panic. 'What if my parents disagree? Oh no what do I do?'
I talked to my parents about it the moment I got home and guess what? They agreed! Did I mention I'm getting paid for it? Well I am. That certainly helped in convincing them to allow me to partake in this wonderful opportunity. :3
Rehearsal after rehearsal after rehearsal. Rehearsals lasted for roughly 2 hours, normally it goes on to 2 and a half, and we had about 6 sessions in total. 5 choreographies in total, and I had to learn 4 of those. We were mostly split into two groups, one of which was mostly all guys, and the other mostly all girls. The remaining dance routine which I did not do was more of a sexier one, involving a lot of getting down on the floor and doing sexy moves, and the routine I was doing was more of, to put it simply, very fun and playful. No surprise about the choreo I was doing as it's fun and playful, and come on, it's a dance to Party Rock Anthem! Shuffle shuffle shuffle. Shuffle all day, everyday.
It was fun and good experience, learning and cramming so many different routines into my head. However at one point I started to feel extremely stressed because not only did I have to remember 4 routines for the performance, but I had to remember 3 more for my dance classes! I may be above average for memorizing diagrams and information for Biology and case studies for Geography, but this is definitely something else. And with me being me, I started to panic for a while and I got tons of stuff mixed up. After talking to a couple of my friends who were also in some of my dance classes, they helped calm me down and went through the steps for the performance and for the classes with me again, and aided me in the parts of the routine which I couldn't get the hang of. And because of that, I just want to do a quick shoutout to Sean, Michelle, Mae, Olivia, Tania, Coffee and Huey Wern! Thank you all so much for helping me out constantly with the dance steps. And thank you for dealing with me bugging you constantly with questions about the routines as well. Hehe love you guys ♥ y'all are the best!
Oh, I forgot to mention. The flash mob was to celebrate Festival Mall's 2nd year anniversary! Happy 2nd birthday to you, Festival Mall :) It was an utterly wonderful and exhilarating performance. Sure, I heard that there were people who messed up a little bit during the actual performance, but in the end we all still looked pretty good out there! I think. Ehehe.
Okaaaaaay confession time. I messed up too. But only a small part! I've told this to so many people already haha but seriously. This just pisses me off so much. Out of all the times my foot had to act all weird, it was then and there. During the final routine, my ankle decided to go all twisted and shit and it hurt like a total bitch at that moment. Obviously the pain from that was reflected on my face but hopefully it wasn't too obvious? And of course, the dance had to go on so I just sucked it up and hope the pain won't come back until the performance ended.
So that's it! Flash mob done! :) Like I said earlier it was a wonderful experience, getting to dance with such amazing dancers and make new friends, and also it's a good way to improve oneself in the way of dance! Okay that last bit probably sounds kind of weird but I don't know how else to put it. I'm constantly striving to improve myself as a dancer and performing in this flash mob certainly helps me learn. And it does help that Alice, who is the headmistress of the dance school, gave me constructive feedback on how I should improve myself as a dancer! This is, without a doubt, one of the highlights of my 6 month break. #blessed
I will post the video of the performance when it is uploaded, but for now here are some pictures from the day itself :)
From left to right:
Huey Wern, Olivia, Tania, me and Michelle.
Oh and LOL my sweat towel just casually hanging by my shoulder.
The amazing Coffee and I! :) Coffee's her nickname by the way. She is insanely cool. I look like shit here but whatever. It's a picture with Coffee! :D
Unfortunately I didn't manage to get a picture with Mae and Sean on the day itself :( everyone was everywhere and egad! Oh well. I will try and get a photo with them the next time I see them (which is during class next week lol). Hopefully they won't mind. Teehee.
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☮ First ever YouTube video!
Friday, 27 September 2013 | Posted by Aaron |
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Hey guys! :)
I just uploaded my first ever YouTube video! It's a dance video hehe. I danced to the song 'Devils Don't Fly' by Natalia Kills. The choreography is by this amazing dancer called Gin Lam. She's Singaporean! You should totes check out her channel if you can, she's so gooood!
Gin's Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUXWBLwAqWEKWK2G6kjtU5A
Hehe hope you guys like it :D I have plans to do more dance videos like these so if you're interested to see more, don't hesitate to like the video and subscribe to my YouTube channel! :)
Peace.
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♔ My wonderful time in Melbourne (Final Post)
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Hey guys!
So this will be the final post about my trip to Australia! I've finally mustered up the willpower to revive my blog and to finish my posts about Australia haha.
Frankly speaking, I didn't do much for the remainder of my time in Melbourne. I went on another day tour but that wasn't really interesting and it wasn't very picturesque. I went to a museum which displayed the findings of gold in the area near Melbourne. And I also went to an area next to the museum which has an 'actual' gold mine underground and its located underneath an old fashioned town. It's very much like a theme park but minus the roller coasters..
Anyway, that was a Monday. On the Tuesday, I met up with Esther, Ric and Gigi. Ric was my primary schoolmate, and that day was the first time we've actually seen each other in 7 years! Amazing huh. We caught up, and we met up with Esther and her friend Ting Nee after. We were walking around Mel-U for the majority of that time haha. After sending Ting Nee off to her tutorial, the three of us went to the area near Melbourne Central and we just walked around and hung out till Ric had to go. Gigi joined Esther and I after Ric left to have a late tea at this churros place. THE CHURROS WERE SO GOOD OMG.
So that just about concludes my time in Melbourne!
My parents and I flew back to Brisbane the next day, and for the remainder of that day we spent in Queen Street Mall. Lol like I said Queen Street Mall is my family's hangout spot. Hahaha. We flew back to Malaysia on Thursday. :)
Overall it was an amazing trip, as I got to explore Brisbane and Melbourne, check out my universities, catch up with friends and EAT. EAT EAT AND EAT. OMNOMNOM. YUMYUM FOOD. Oh and I have no idea why but ever since my time in Melbourne I've had a serious craving for Siew Yoke, a.k.a. roasted pork. lolol I think it's cause the ones there are really good!
Roasted pork & duck with rice! YUMS.
MORE ROASTED PORK OMG. OMNOMNOM.
My mom and I camwhoring whilst waiting for our flight in Brisbane International Airport. #hipsters
Like my glasses? Hehehe.
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Hey guys,
Sorry for the lack of updates. I am such a procrastinator, as I've been putting off the final blog post about my trip to Australia. I've also had a lot up my sleeve lately, and I'm planning to write about that soon. I seriously fail at constantly blogging, but I'll definitely update this blog with a full post either by tonight or tomorrow, hopefully by tonight. So yeaaaaaah.
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♔ My wonderful time in Melbourne (Part 3)
Tuesday, 3 September 2013 | Posted by Aaron |
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Day 7
Spent quality time with the family friends going around the place, and we spent the majority of our day exploring Chadstone Mall, a.k.a Chaddy! The mall was huge. Wow. Like it's not high but its like, really wide and spread out over a large area. It has a large surface area lolol. After the mall excursion, we went to their church for some sermons and stuff (: pretty chilled day if you ask me.
We were having tea at this place called Koko Black in Chaddy.
Raspberry Chocolate Dome!
Salted Caramel Délice!
OMG LOOK AT THAT AIN'T IT COOL?
Just a bunch of photos of us fooling around with the self camera function. Lol.
Lol we are such camwhores :P
Happy happy!
Yeah, so we were camwhoring outside their house. We're cool like that.
Day 8
Twas my last day staying over at Sharisse and Shannen's place :( We were moving into the city and staying in a hotel so we can have a closer look around the area and check out some places for me to stay. Shannen, Sharisse and I took the train to Melbourne central, because we were going to pay the University of Melbourne a visit. It was their open day, so we were all pumped up and ready to have a look inside the university itself.. and to get some freebies TEEHEE. SORRY AHAHAHA it's a perk for going to Mel-U! I mean I went there because I wanted to learn more about the courses I'm thinking of applying to and about the university itself, but when Shannen said something about freebies, my mind kind of clicked into thinking "OMG FREEBIES I WANT SOME TOO GIVE ME SOME PLEASE. OVER HERE I'M A VISITOR GIVE ME SOME FREEBIES MEEEEP." Trololol. So yeah our mission plan kind of went like this:
1. Go to each area designated to each faculty - commerce, science, arts.
2. Ask as many questions to each faculty member who is in charge of the subject I'm thinking of majoring in - psychology, econs, immunology, biology.
3. Try and obtain information about student accommodation.
4. Collect as many freebies as you can.
Anyway, I'm extremely elated Shannen and Sharisse decided to tag along with me because I would've been such a loner if I went for the open day alone.
A photo of us on the train to Melbourne Central!
The University of Melbourne has a huge campus. Not to say UQ has a small campus, both campuses are really big, but the fact that Mel-U has it's campus integrated into a city.. wow. It's huge. I got lost there.. lol. Thank goodness for the maps they provided and the ones I downloaded. I absolutely loved Mel-U, and safe to say, Mel-U is my number 1 choice for university after that trip. I cannot wait to start! Just thinking about it makes me itch lol. Itch as in itch to start work and studying.. wow. What the heck did I just say haha. I guess 2 months of not having to do anything has taken it's toll on me. 2 months down, 6 to go. LOL. Yes, I have about 8 months off. Don't judge me kay. I graduated in July, and if I had to enter uni, I had the choice of either entering in July or February the next year. I wanted a break after A levels, so I took the option of having about 7-8 months off? I kind of regret it in a way. But seriously, after A levels you would definitely want to have a couple months off. This is just too much though, maybe cause I'm kind of a workaholic sort of guy. Anyway, the open day really opened up my mind (lol sorry I can't think of another word right now) about the number of choices I have for signing up for the Bachelor of Science! I can still major in Psychology, which is what I really want to do, or if I end up not really liking it, I can always fall back on good ol' biology to back me up. Hahaha. Biology as in probably major in immunology or something like that.
Anyho, after saying goodbye to Shannen, Sharisse, Aunty Su and Uncle Sunny, I met up with some friends after the open day. Guess who? Lol I bet you don't even know them but.. yeah. My besties Esther and Michelle! Yayyyy! :D Omg when I came out of the seminar for international student applying to Mel-U, Esther was outside waiting for me! I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness when I saw her. Lol sounds exaggerated but I don't think I am. It's been ages since I last saw Esther and since she's going to be my senior next year (yeah she studies in Mel-U, she's totes gonna bully me when I start next year lol) I'm freaking excited! Esther always posts up pictures of her food adventures in Melbourne and tells me really cool stuff about the uni so yeah. Can't wait to start! Esther, if you're reading this, umm.. hi. HAHAHA. Hello Esther. Sup. How ya doing todayyyyyyy. Hahaha see I can't contain my excitement. Omg it's going to be amazing how Esther and I will be schoolmates again! Hahahaha YES.
We both look kind of funny here but oh well. We took this right outside the Elisabeth Murdoch hall whilst speed-walking to catch the tram to Melbourne Central ahaha.
Okay ANYWAY, I met up with Esther outside the Elisabeth Murdoch hall, and we met up with Mitty (Michelle) in front of Melbourne Central. We went for brunch at this place whose name I have conveniently forgotten but it was an indubitably delectable brunch. We got lost on the way to the restaurant but I can tell you, the food was definitely worth the walk ahaha. Yum yum goes my tummy. After brunch, we just wandered around Melbourne, did a little shopping and we had tea at Max Brenners! NEVER HAVE THE SALTED CARAMEL CHOCOLATE DRINK. LIKE SERIOUSLY. Unless if you have a sweet tooth, DON'T TAKE IT. It was incredibly sweet. I couldn't take it. After a few sips it felt like I was going to disintegrate into nothingness due to the pure sweetness of the concoction. I couldn't finish it. Lol. I managed to down about 3/4 of the cup, and after that my stomach couldn't take no more. Anyway, Esther finally introduced me to one of her Melbourne besties, Gigi! I have heard so much about Gigi from Esther, especially from her Instagram pictures haha. They always go on food adventures together, hence when I get my ass to Melbourne, I demand I be brought along their fabulous food adventures.
Just a bunch of photos of our food and drinks at the lovely restaurant after a grievously long walk.
BEEP. BEEP.
INITIATE CAMWHORING.
BEEP.
Yeah, yeah. We are total camwhores. Well I am a huge one, but whatever. Be glad I didn't post up the 20+ photos of us camwhoring to the max and trying to get the best angle haha.
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♔ My wonderful time in Melbourne (Part 2)
Monday, 2 September 2013 | Posted by Aaron |
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Day 5
Went on a day tour, visited a chocolate factory, went to see some pelicans, went to Churchill Island Heritage Farm to umm.. look at animals? And to look at some of the pretty places and take pretty pictures. Lol #lifeofatourist
Okay I seriously have to stop it with the hashtagging.
Entrance to the chocolate factory!
Hehehehehehe it's a chocolate-y world out there, innit?
Oh look! Michaelangelo, the chocolate version.
CAMWHORING.
THEY BE MAKING CHOCOLATE YO.
I won some chocolate balls after playing a few mini games!
Pelicans!
CAMWHORING WITH PELICANS.
CUTE PLUSHIES OMG.
Oh look a peacock!
Horse!
Hello there chicken.
A cool farmer dude :D
Really cool flower thingies!
Can you believe I took all of these pictures with my phone? Omg the magic of iPhone 5's camera.
The peacock strutting it's stuff around the garden like a king.
Beautiful scenery!
This is the 90 degrees slide I was talking about! Freaking scary omg. You had to hang off some sort of pole and let go HAHAHAHA. And with me having acrophobia, I don't even know why I decided to go for it. Oh wait, YOLO. HAHAHA. No regrets man, no regrets at all. :)
The ferris wheel thing for one of the minigolf courses. Pretty cool mate.
The entrance sign for the maze place!
Oh and after that we went to a koala sanctuary! I would post photos, but I didn't manage to get any of the koalas :( They're all like hiding at the top of the trees, you can hardly even see them with the naked eye. Lol.
After the visit to the sanctuary, we went to see some penguins! Cute stuff yo. Unfortunately the only photo I got was with the sign at the entrance of the Penguin Parade place, as any form of photography or videography was forbidden inside the area, as when the penguins return from the sea to go back to their homes inland, it's normally around dusk and cameras need to have the flash on in order to get a proper picture of the penguins, and hence the penguin protectors (lol I can't think of a proper name) forbid any form of photography or videography, especially with flash, as it might blind the tiny teensy little wee penguins. These penguins are like ZOMG tiny! The largest one I saw was about the size of my forearm! And my forearm ain't even that long lol. Super cute though, the way they waddled. Waddle waddle waddle.
After the visit to the sanctuary, we went to see some penguins! Cute stuff yo. Unfortunately the only photo I got was with the sign at the entrance of the Penguin Parade place, as any form of photography or videography was forbidden inside the area, as when the penguins return from the sea to go back to their homes inland, it's normally around dusk and cameras need to have the flash on in order to get a proper picture of the penguins, and hence the penguin protectors (lol I can't think of a proper name) forbid any form of photography or videography, especially with flash, as it might blind the tiny teensy little wee penguins. These penguins are like ZOMG tiny! The largest one I saw was about the size of my forearm! And my forearm ain't even that long lol. Super cute though, the way they waddled. Waddle waddle waddle.
Day 6
Went for another day tour to the Great Ocean Road. Went to see the 12 Apostles. Well, now it's more like 7 and a half (quoted from the tour guide). Lolol. Nothing much to say here except the road up to one of the towns was super windy and totally hazardous to people who get car sick easily.. ugh.
Great Ocean Road!
Picturesque view :3
4 of the apostles!
Views here are spectacular!
Grim much?
Pimped out ride o.o
Sup.
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