Mid Review 2

So last night, Flare had it's 2nd mid review for our production in Oct. I recall the first mid review. it was kinda nerve wrecking coz i've never performed dance before... all my previous dance experience was in a small room with people who couldn't dance anyway... so to be presenting an item... no, 2 items in front of a whole room full of people who are dancers was quite scary...

but it went well and we managed to pull it off. Last night, we had our 2nd mid review and it was cool seeing how much people people improved and changed their styles. It also was quite amazing to see how MANY people were there... Flare really had a whole bunch of people who really didn't have much dancing background but were willing to give it a shot and it was fun getting to know people too and seeing them dance their butts off. :)

It still does give me a lot of joy to know that I can dance with like minded people and not be afraid of how they'll judge me or think of me when i dance and it is SO much cooler to also dance with my friends and gf. It's a different kind of experience when you're dancing for yourself and when you have someone or something to dance for. And that's kinda what Nessa [the creative director of flare] said, and i agree.

Other than that, school has been good. Workload this semester is vastly different from that of last sem. It's more tutorial presentations rather than homework and doing tutorials. So that's quite cool. the subjects are also a bit different. The coding that i had to do last sem is easier this sem coz it's stuff i've done before in poly. Also for the arts subject, until i actually get an assignment, it's pretty ok. :) haha... yeh.. so school's doing good.

The biggest worries i have nowadays are finding accommodation for next year [to save money] and juggling church commitments with school commitments and of course, the ever present gf commitments. But it's a good balance of everything and I shall stop talking about it now before i start sounding like ... Buddhist or sumthing.. you know with balance and all.. full circle of life and all that jazz.

Yep, so i hope that everything back home is doing well. it is a joy seeing things in the church weekly [the e-version] and blogs and emails.. :) so yeh... that's all for now i guess. :)

As the aussies say,
Cheers Mate!

Branded

This is what happens when your girlfriend has a pen and too much nonsense in her head... PLUS an distracted moment during sermon... tskkk yessss during sermon. :S



OK FINE! so the 2nd picture is HER hand.. but it's called revenge. :)

impromptu basketball fellowship

So here i am sitting here watching my friends play basketball. It wasn't planned. I was on my way home from school coz of open day and decided to jus drop one tram stop earlier and check if they were playing there. Turns out they were and i decided since i had some extra time, why not?

'Shoot a few hoops' slowly became 'one short game' which finally
progressed into a full out game... Ahh it was tiring but as always,
rewarding and satisfying...

Exercising releases this chemical called adrenalin and with it... the
mood and sense of achievement and happiness. Not sure what the real
name is called but u always tend to feel good after exercising.
So it was a time well spent and surely would have been better than
going home to slack.. :) who am i kidding, no way would i have studied
if i had gone home on a beautiful sunday afternoon. :)

Also... I jus wanted to blog coz i am jus happy to see my frens having
fun and enjoying each other's company... Sitting here watching lois
play and laugh along with them jus makes me smile and know that
although we have a gang, i still think we should also hang around more
with other frens, esp christian brothers and sisters. :)

Oh and can't wait for laksa dinner tonite thanks to xiaoxi. :)

Life's real good.

-Sent from my e63-

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~:+: Joel :+:~

Random Phone Pictures

So i realized when i take pictures in my phone, i really should upload them. :) so here's some nonsense i snapped with my phone cam jus coz i had it with me. :) enjoy

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Rainbow I spotted on the way back from school yesterday. The building in the background is low-cost housing where living conditions are quite bad. Thot the contrast was beautifully sad. Color-wise and idealogy wise too. Was hopin it'll end somewhere so i could take a picture and show people there was no pot at the end. but yeh.


Our dearest Toh-ster with PCK hairstyle. I think she looks very funny here.


Timo Chong sporting the hairstyle too. Super funny wig.


My Lecturer trying to fix the projector. When she got up on the table i whipped out my phone and didn't want to let the chance go by. How often do u see a lecturer climbing the table in front of the class? :)


Picture taken on my trip back to Spore. Driving the girls to Tampines to drop divvy baby off at her place coz it was raining cats and dogs. :) I miss driving.

Jesus is Enough

I 'hmmph-ed' an air of snigger when i read my QT for today... it was about Jesus being enough and that thru temptation and trials or whatever, Jesus is all we need.

I snuffed at it and smiled coz last night, i prayed for God to remind me that all I need is Jesus... that nothing or no one should take His place and as long as I have Him, i have more than enough... i needed to be reminded of that coz i was feeling like short changed... i felt like what i had wasn't enough... and that i could have been happier if i had more... not financially [though that would be nice]...

and God jus shoved it in my face today and thru the day [before i did QT coz i do mine at night in melb] i kept praying that God would hold me strong and give me love and peace to not need to rely on my 'supposed life support'... it was an interesting experience which concluded with a nice QT passage.

Praise God for Him speaking to us thru these small things...

raise the red lantern

spent the evening last night with good friends at the arts centre...
Hannah's sch gave out free tickets to watch the National Ballet of
China's production, Raise the Red Lantern.

I must say that at the start, i wasn't blown away and it was good but

i didn't think it was jaw dropping. The dancing was top notch yes, the
lifts and jumps were amazing... The scary precision and mould every
dancer had was mind blowing... But you'd think they have how many
billion pple to choose from la so finding all of a certain mould
wouldn't be that hard to find. Ahha.. But still every dancer looked
the same in grps... Height, kicks, skill... It was scary.

Yeh but i thot it was good till the middle and end... Then wow..
Seriously... If i had missed the last scene, i'd have been very short
changed...

the last beating scene was AMAZING and i thot they really used the
whole imagery of the red chalk on tight canvas really well... I was
really immersed in the beating scene and wow... Was it powerful...

And then there was the last snow scene... HOLY SMOKE i tell u... the
effect was SO BLARDY good... How they can keep replicating it every
night is GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME crazy...

The snow was so real looking, the image of death and fall was so clear
and yet the purity of it all set on the background of red blood was so
contrasting.. I could go on forever about how much significance that
scene had and imagery but yeh, hard to stop if i start.

Point is, thank you hannah for the tickets and i'm very sure matt and
lois also had a great time. :)

If it goes to spore again, u guys must watch. :) if u can get tickets la. :)

Wonderful evening.

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~:+: Joel :+:~

Happy Birthday Hannah

To my dearest Girlfriend whom I Love very very much...

Happy Birthday Hannah... I'm praying hard that the Lord will bring to you more happiness, joy, love and peace this year than He has done before... and that You will constantly walk in His ways, obey His word and hearken unto His voice for the coming year and many years to come. :)

Love Always,
Your BF. :)