Woot woot this the first time i have ever been to the....NUS cultural centre! seriously, the place is REALLY REALLY nice. its like so big! you can literally sit around there in a group, congregate, chit chat, discuss project works. so spacious! It kinda reminds me of the really nicely done up UTown, YES i am still jealous that NUS has such an awesome place :( whereas poor me who is heading over to SIM won't be able to enjoy such privileges! wish i could though.. i think hall would be a pretty fun place to be in! From what i see so far...uni students sure seem to be really busy! except during their holidays, whereby holidays REALLY EQUALS to holidays. Instead of the JC holidays that are burnt because our major exams are right after it. hah i was there at NUSCC on friday night! spent saturday really well, love my saturday this weekend :) Felt like it was really time well spent, a really different weekend! To all my NS mates who are reading my blog, no its not just DAG family day xD
now now what in the world am i doing at NUSCC?

*takes an hour break to practice piano*

i was there watching a dance performance by the NUS Dance Synergy group and the group is hugeeee :D It's their 35th anniversary and i have no idea that they were that big! haha i'm not really filled into the dance scene, so i dont know much about it xD i went there to support Jael though!! :D Hmm its a performance titled, Through the Looking Glass. What really caught my eye (and surprised me) when i entered the place, was that the ticketing was actually managed by Sistic. o.o I thought that these kind of performances would be managed by people of their own CCA instead. In my opinion, the ticket was priced reasonably at $17, even if it was $20, i will still go. Anything more would leave me with a pause before my decision. On the overall, i really enjoyed myself whilst watching the NUS dance synergy do their contemporary dance! Oxford should like seriously consider adding "haha" into their dictionary :P save me from all the red wriggly lines that i am seeing on my screen now. During the performance, they had the song, One Summer's Day from Spirited Away, written by Joe Hisashi and i'm listening to the song now! I was actually considering on learning this piece, and coincidentally, they played it for the dance performance! Really enjoyed myself during the dance performance! :) i seldom get a chance to go for such performances, as in i do not chase after these kinda performances? but if i happen to know of one and i am available, why not? :)

This is in fact the very first dance performance for Jael! IN FACT, she have never ever danced before in her life, until she decided to give it a go in NUS. i mean like just how many of us are actually willing to just step out of our comfort zone and try such new stuffs?! I really really admire how she is able to readily try new things, even though it seems so insane. i for one can't dance for nuts! my body is extremely stiff. -_- i keep digressing and looking at piano scores online, i guess that's why i take FOREVER to finish a blog post eh? so far, i've been 40 minutes into this blog post xD epic fail. Through the Looking Glass, is a dance performance put together by the NUS dance synergy CCA in celebration of its 35th anniversary. When the whole performance ended and everyone gathered outside, that is when i started to think. WOW the choreographers really made something out of absolutely nothing. i mean all the dance moves, the sequences, the storyline, everything was really well thought of and lots of effort was indeed poured into the making of this successful event. Not to mention all the hardwork from all the dancers! they danced really really well! Even though Jael is considered as an amateur, she just blended in so well with the rest of the dancers! and really on stage, everyone kinda looks similar? so i had problem spotting her ._. A big THANK YOU to all of the choreographers, the event planning committee and all the dancers for all the sweat that you have poured in!! :D


There is only one girl in the entire pic who has LOADS of make up on! Ah that's what you need to do whenever you perform on stage anyway.


A big big congratulations to Jael's first performance!! Despite being heavily laden with school work, projects, in the end after all of those rehearsals, you have finally done your first dance performance on stage! :D i wonder how is it like dancing for the first time in stage, for the whole of your life O.o congrats congrats congrats! I personally got a huge shock, when this girl, who used to be in air rifle shooting ( i wanted to say air shooting rifle but nevermind blur me ) in JC and secondary school, told me that she joined contemp dance in NUS! i was like "you're joking right...?" but look at what we have here today, a dancer! :D I really really (double the really for double the emphasis!) enjoyed the choreography of the various dance performances for Through the Looking Glass though i couldnt really understand the last 2 performances xD haha which explains why i need to go for more of such stuff!

Personally, i really loved the first dance performance, with the use of mirrors to depict a looking glass/kaleidoscope, showing how the girl thoroughly enjoys herself in her own world. As she dances around, floats around, being able to live so freely in the looking glass. actually it feels more like a kaleidoscope to me hahaha. but anyway, another really enjoyable aspect that deserves recognition is the light work.The dimming of the lights and panning of lights, etc etc, they were done really well. I know there would definitely be a DVD recording, but i dont know if anyone will upload any clips onto youtube. I dont think anyone did. and they shouldnt! Hehe i dont know when would be the next dance performance that i will be watching...maybe the next performance that Jael performs in? I have no idea! :)

I really miss those times when i managed to practice so much piano and also perform for school events back in my JC days. Ah those were the really fun days with nothing much really to worry about. Now upon hitting 21 you have like a ton of stuff popping up -.-

ANYWAY, what happened on Saturday? there was DAG family day and Case 2610!
A big thank you to all the fe open house and stuff, but they dont exactly showcase what we do in camp! if you ask me, i would bamily day committee people who managed to make this whole event a success in my camp, i really had the chance to bring my friends around to look see look see, see what we actually do in camp! Many a time, for us who are serving NS, and our friends ask us like "hey what do you do in camp??" and no matter how you reply, they wont exactly know what kinda equipment you use, what kinda environment you live/work in in camp. So family day is a really really good eye opener to showcase what we ACTUALLY do in camp! i mean like yes there is air force more interested on how is my friend's everyday life like in camp. Like the schedule, what kind of equipment he uses, along with how is it like operating the equipment. etc etc. It really gave my friends a good chance to know what we do in camp! As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words and.....an opportunity to walk around camp and see all these? hah a PhD thesis perhaps!

I will continue blogging about case 2610 in another blog post...
i realised i didnt even take ANY photo at all for this weekend, despite the amount of activities that i had for this weekend! It's been a really really busy one for me, and as i book in later, i hope i can catch up and some jolly much needed rest! Hmmm That's all for this blog post... i know it's really really short, but i dont have a choice, got to book in. I preferably dont like to book in too late, because by the time you pack your stuff and prepare them for tomorrow, its gonna be way past midnight. and then the lack-of-sleep cycle starts AALLLL over! will try to see how i can squeeze in a blog post for case 2610!!! sometime during the week perhaps....? i dont know! xD (hope so lolol)

OMG piano lesson is tomorrow and i really dont feel like i am adequately prepared D: shuks. Hope i am not a disappointment tomorrow!