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She is unpredictable, frequent moodswings. Sometimes she’s nice, and sometimes she’s not.
Her name is Yan Ying. 90% of the world can’t pronounce it properly, simple as it seems. But no one really cares so they just call her YY. She is not fond of people with the same name as her. She turns 14 on 6th September and she loves her birthday cause it is a sex symbol. She was from Yew Tee Primary and is still proud of her school. She will never forget the class of 6D’07, or the batch of P6’07. She is currently an idiot in Nanyang Girls High and it is a love-hate relationship. She belongs to 202’09 which she, to be honest, doesn’t feel much for. She is a Theatre Club girl and is more than proud to be one. She especially loves Emo Batch♥, and looks forward to devoting her next 3 years to TCN with much optimism. She does ballet with more than just passion but she can’t do a center split. She is trying her best and is currently aiming for a far-fetched distinction for Grade6. She loves hiphop just as much though she’s pretty new at it. Her favourite sport is swimming and she occasionally plays basketball as a form of stress-relief. She likes to be tan and loves her swimming tan line. The piano, is yet another love-hate relationship. Like most teenagers, her hobbies include MSNing, blogging, and youtubing and facebooking. She loves shopping and doing random stuff like gaying people, jumping over railings, walking in the rain, and having completely irregular sleeping hours. Unlike most teenagers, she thinks that rap music is trash. She also thinks that she is getting old cause she hates the songs the average listens to these days. She can’t explain her love for oldies, country music, ballads, and sentimentals. Nostalgic songs are the best. Her favourite bands are Michael Learns to Rock, The Beatles and Westlife. She loves too many singers to name them all. “Forevers” are bullshit as of now. The night speaks to her the way no one else can. Her favourite thing to do is to curl up with a book on a rainy afternoon in her room, where she feels safest in. Her favourite flower is a black rose, but on the contrary, she likes rainbows and hugs too. She is always torn between two. But she is determined when she sets her mind on something, so she wants the world to shut up and believe in her. Just watch.Tag
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 9:51 PM
Grade 4 Ballet Exam
Well...Hmm, all went pretty well. No major, big mistakes.
But three or four times I couldn't balance very well (had to kind of stuggle/keep shifting my foot) on one foot and the other one pointing behind. =/ So weight placement had to be on the front leg- supporting leg.
Okay, from the very beginning..
I left class at 11am. No, not exactly. The @#$%^& chinese teacher was as usual, slightly late. You know what? Me and YYK PURPOSELY waited for her to come in...then we sashay our way out. I don't give a damn if we're rude or not. My mindset will NEVER change.
Anyway...Down at the canteen, Joy and Geok Teng were waiting for us le. Practised for about 5 mins before going out to Gate A. Screamed BUHBYE!! to Miss Lin...She was in the canteen with another teacher what.
Also saw MISS DORCAS LEE xD along the way out from Gate A. She wished us good luck! Thank u!! Luv ya - One of my fav teacherss!! XD
Reporting time was 1.45pm. But Geok Teng, Joy and I couldn't wait till then...We went to Yew Tee c.c. at 12.30pm. LOL, an hour 15 mins earlier.
And for what so early?
Go through the steps we were unclear of, go through the ENTIRE syllabus.
Oh, @#$%^& Pivet Steps.
I hate that exercise most.
I mean, almost everyone hates the spin-until-you're-giddy exercise.
Next to it comes Running With Change of Direction.
The ending part was not very easy.
Well, we had to be careful of our steps sox. Next room is exam room. Can't let examiner hear ANY noise. So cannot BOMBOMBOM..like bulls. Haha. Also can't talk too loud.
Had to practise alot of Plies (first exercise). Cuz we really don't want our legs to *crackcrackcrack* when we're down at the full Plie.
Minus marks you know!!
Okay..Had Miss Wendy tie up my hair in a bun...$2 fly away...
But it was tight and firm. Worth it...But the hairspray made it so damn firm that my hair was so damn hard.
Well...was SMSing a few people (they wished me gd luck)...Esp my godbro (no, not jing feng or gerald or shao jun or alex. Someone else in another class...)...Wished me super good luck.
His MSG read:
"Get a Distinction and make yourself happy!! Gdluck!! Hope you can achieve!!"
Made me smile. Thx a mil, gorgor!
It was also kinda weird how come he wished me such good luck for BALLET when he is a boy and he should be wishing someone else good luck for SOCCER.
LOL.
He said,
"You're my godsis mah...=)"
Made me smile again.
And guess what I wished him?
"Good luck wif your dreamgurl."
I know who she is. =) She doesn't like him lar...
But he sounded so confident..."But I ain't losing hope."
Wahh sei.
Go man!!! I'm sure you can win over her heart. But focus on PSLE kayys? You're still too young for that sorta thing. =)
Anyway...
I went down for recess today - Something I don't usually do, eh? Saw my godbro (the one mentioned above). Chatted while we walked. I was so damn excited abt the ballet exam..Could barely contain my excitement.
He was like, "Good luck man..."
Then I changed topic - World does not revolve around me. Changed to his honey dearest.
Told him,
"Say, 'You're beautiful...'. SHE SURE LIKE YOU. Gaze into her eyes and tell her, 'You're my sky, my Earth, my ocean, my heart, my life.'. She'd be so damn touched."
He was like so malu liddat, "Oei...Stop it lah.." But can tell he was enjoying the "tips".
Was cracking up so badly.
Conversation ended when the big fat pig ANG SHI HAN came and teased us. I mean, WTH is wrong wif talking to a boy?!?!?! Ang Shi Han - He can never grow up. Worse thing is - Ang Shi Han and my godbro's form teacher was just nearby.
Said, "buhbye."
Saw Zoe and Nathene during recess. Asked them about the exam.
And where was I???
Oh yeah.
Abt 15 mins before the exam, Geok Teng, Joy, Swee Ying and I sat around in a small circle...
GT, SY and I are buddhist.
Joy is Christian..
Whatever religion, there was silence cuz we were praying so hard..I felt it really worked - Felt so detached from the world and so calmed, so relaxed.
But after a minute or two, butterflies came back into my stomache.
Okay, maybe I was totally FREAKING before the exam.
Outside the door, etc.
Esp when about to go in...The door held by Miss Wendy's assistant. Anytime can open and go in...
BAM, open.
OMG.
Nevertheless, I took a deep breathe, told myself to just enjoy it and do my best. =)
Surprisingly, the moment I went into the room, nervousness level is ZERO. Or maybe just..1/10.
I wasn't nervous THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THING.
But I was really worried when she wrote our marks. I'm hoping so badly to get a distinction. Hope so, so badly.
I was staring at her desperately while the wrote the marks..Trying ESP..Gimme high marks..Gimme high marks..
Said our greetings with a curtsy..Then said our names..Then put our character dress and shoe at the corner of the room..Then BARWORK.
Okay, although I wasn't nervous, my face was BLUSHING SO BADLY..Could feel it's tomato red. I felt so warm lah. Like 50 degrees Celcius.
I thought I did not bad for bar. Smiled whenever she caught my eye. Well, everyone in the room did - Geok Teng (Pink), Joy (Blue), me (White), Swee Ying (Yellow).
But she didn't smile back. =.=
She looks frigging strict.
OMG, shit.
I'm not gonna get a distinction.
Okay, fine. But the lowest I can go is high merit, alrightie?!!?!
I did barwork with expression and style (not too drama) and poise. If there were mistakes, it should be real minor ones. Head was turned correctly..Feet and arms should be okay. Steps definitely won't fail.
Centrework.
Uh oh. First exercise..Port de Bras...Had slight problem with balancing. SLIGHT problem. I hope she didn't take note...But I guess she did.
The rest of the centrework was quite okay. Steps were done correctly. Feet was okay, arms...quite okay larhh..
As usual, expressive, stylish, poise.
Very important.
Esp 'Balance'. It should be spelt that way, but pronounced is Balongseh. I think that is the nicest song in the entire Grade 4 syllabus.
I mean, that's "Someday my prince will come" from Snow White!! I mean, Disney songs formed part of my childhood. Tale as old as time...Hiho, hiho...etc..
Well, to that kinda elegant song... Obviously must have much expression. So I did lorr. Felt detached from the world again.
Posei Ton Levei & Arobeas..Enjoyed it very much. Smiled smiled smiled. Enjoyed the lively dance, as well as the music.
Then..
Oh shit.
Running with change of direction. My second weakest.
The ending part was not very easy but I managed quite well. =)
And for the run from corner to the other corner, I imagined fatfish was up there...Have to get, have to get...Desperate...That exercise full of P-O-I-S-E, full of F-E-E-L. Dreamy feeling...And I think my expression and poise for that dance was quite good. Full of S-T-Y-L-E. XD
Okay..
Blahblahblah and so on...
OMG.
Solo dance.
FREEMOVEMENT.
Geok Teng went first...Then Joy...They were both not very bad..Quite good.
Then my turn. The examiner seemed to enjoy it! I mean, at a point of time, her body was swaying with mine! Then had slight glitch with balancing. Oh no, not again. The rest should be not bad lah. Smiled when I should, dreamy when I should..Poise..Expression..Style..Dunno for the how many hundredth time I've been saying that.
FEEL with your body..Dance like you're dancing to save yourself..
Passion...
Then SWEE YING'S.
You know.
I looked at her dance..see halfway..
Immediately looked down at the floor.
Why?
OMG WTH!
She was making me laugh with her jelly arms and jelly legs and the I-no-mood-to-dance-just-fail-me face...The pouting lips..
It was totally jelly. I had to try so hard to stop myself from laughing. Couldn't bring my eyes up again until she finished.
Reminded me of last last year's Vernice. The three of us waiting were practically laughing out loud. Couldn't control, you see..
Character...Went quite well...
Rhythm in 2/4 Time was okay..
Then the one I've been dreading the most.
Oh @#$%^&.
PIVET STEPS.
I took a quick glance at Joy.
Then took a deep breath.
I'm ready.
Introduction..
And..
SPIN!
GO!
Okay, spinning was not very bad, at least improved quite a lot..But stamp stamp stamp...
I was going stampstampstampstampstampstampstamp...
LOL.
At the end of Pivet..Music ended.
I looked around..
HORRIBLE!
THE LINE WAS TOTALLY CROOKED.
I dunno how come JOY ended RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
I either stayed at position or moved back a bit. Was minor. BUT JOY??!
Thunderbolt.
LOLZ!!!
Okay..
Quick promenade!
Lively one..Couldn't even stop my lips from curling into a smile.
I think the examiner was too busy looking at my smile (and giving a slight smile back) to even see my feet. -Miss Wendy says sometimes that happens. Good thing?
Then...
Character dance. One of my favs. I enjoyed it alot. The first half wasn't allowed to smile. You need to look like who-the-hell-is-that-girl-dancing-with-me and you're-not-welcomed-here and HMPH!!
Then start to make friend..Paint that smile on your face!
I dunno about Swee Ying, but I enjoyed it..Did not bad, cept for, sigh, PIVETS.
No..........................
Reverons!
Finally!!
After an hour!!!!!!!!
Smiled.
=D
I kinda like the examiner - Miss (Florence) Flower. Pianist kinda sucked - Mr Lee. One or two exercises he play kinda fast...Then the solo dance one part ALL FOUR of us girls went faster than the music. The pianist!! For what hold on there for so long?!?!
Running with change of direction - The intro!!! For what hold there so long??!!?! People cannot balance you know!!!!
For the rest, he did a pretty good job. Differs quite a bit from the CD, but still hearable.
The examiner really took her own sweet time to write our marks!! I dunno why, we had to WAIT SO DAMN LONG, SO DAMN DAMN DAMN LONG larr. Using that time, I tried to picture a scene of the next dance...Not me dancing, but a little cute and innocent girl dancing gracefully in the garden with butterflies and flowers...I know, stupid, but imagining that while dancing gives you EXPRESSION...Make you feel relaxed also...
One point of utter silence, heard the next door girls BOMBOMBOM. And "CAN I SEE THE PICTURE?!??!!" Was about to laugh. Could control, luckily.
Ended at around 4.15pm...Started around 3.15pm..
After we came out, we went next door and silently discussed the exam. Discussed so long lor...
The other girls said I danced very well!! I didn't ask them for opinion - they said it to me. Was kinda malu when Miss Wendy heard that and asked, "Who dance very well?"
Well...I know my mistakes where I made it. A few. I'm not very sure if I can manage a distinction, but high merit should be alright. At least I improved from last year. Geok Teng got 75 (a just nice distinction) last year. Siew Boon betted I get 72 and above. If I get below 72, I treat her grassjelly. If I get above, she treat me.
YYK's exam ended like 2hrs ++ ago. SHE STILL THERE WAITING FOR US TO COME OUT. Lol.
Said buhbye to the pianist after I came out from 7 Eleven after the exam at around 5.30pm liddat...Saw him going home wad. 4.15pm till 5.30pm. Discussing, lazing around...lying on the room floor...Calling Siew Boon..Dun wanna go home...
Was eating M n' M with YYK while waiting for my grandfather to pick us up. Talk talk talk...Slouching...Liddat.
Then I had the greatest shock - MISS WENDY AND THE EXAMINER CAME OUT FROM NO WHERE AND WALKED IN FRONT OF US. Automatically, instinctively, me and YYK sat up right. Posture so straight. Mumbled a "Buhbye Miss Wendy." When usually would scream out that sentence.
Dunno how the Primary Girl, Andrea could even relax and manage a cheery "Buhbye Miss Wendy!!"
Miss Flower, to me, is a monster.
Slept on the sofa when I went home. Very tired. Calfs damn tired. Tmr going to have muscle ache alr. Confirmed.
Okay.
gonna revise Zuo Wen..Get back to studying life.
Guess thanks to blogging, I will have to stay up until 1am today...
=(
Afterall, the thing today is...
Whether I fail, or pass, or merit, or distinction...
I ENJOYED MYSELF ALOT!!!