SLoW & COoL DOwN

29/08 -Tue

Met up with Wm after work and proceed for dinner. We had rice, carrot cake,wu xiang, mooncakes etc (no wonder I got diarrhoea today). Web joined us shortly before we went to shop for CK's present. Went to Sportslink to get the necessary thing and we went to get the cake and card. I was quite tired by the time we got all the necessary things done. I guess it must be due to the recent going out too muck and sufficient sleep. Just like a engine that keep going on and on without resting, it only take a small spark to light up the explosion.
I suggested going to the Library's cafe for some drinks and to 'ROC'. However, things dun always go the ways we want it. A meant to relax session turned into a argument session instead. I was supposed to get tea for Web and he suggested "carmounel" ( dun know how to spell). i TOLD the counter person exactly the same thing and she kept saying that it would cost me additional $0.90 and asking me to choose the type of tea I want. I told her "carmounel" or what type of tea are there available? She just kept pointing at the counter and asking which type I want? I got fed-up and raised my voice at her. I guessed Wm must have got a shock. After I cool down, I decided to do some soul-searching. Though I felt that there was some problem attitude by the staff, I should still maintain my cool. (easy said than done ah!!)
Time to go back to work now!! The point I should try to remember is to get more rest and not stress myself too much. That's it for now.

Slow down...slow down

26/08 (Fri)
Had our first Alpha lesson. F and J continued to turn up which is a encouraging sign to all of us. A lot of good questions were brought up which L1 managed to tackle most of them. Had some fun dancing when jazz music was being played and W & A did some funny moves. M was again motivated to pick up the dance. Finished my day with some supper at Bedok with E,W & A.

27/08 (SaT)
Had my last guitar lesson before meeting Wm at Clarke Quay. The both of us went to explore the different of Chinatown and Clarke Quay. I was treated to 'Pranda" cake by Wm which tastes quite delicious. Met up with the rest of the people at Settlers Cafe and played a number of new board games. Opened up my knowledge of Board games. Went to Raffles place to meet Sharon and Danny before walking back to Clarke Quay to meet the rest of the group. Sort of lose our ways and spent half an hour walking round and round in circles. Eventually found the place and realized that we bypass it at a earlier time. Quite similar to the way we walk our lives, we may continue to live everyday of our lives without realizing the purposes and direction. Sometimes, we need to slow down abit to look around us and most importantly, know our end point before continuing our journey. Web joined us later and the whole group of us proceeded to Indochine for some chill out session. We totally spoil the ambience of the place by the level of our noise. Haha!!! What does it matter? As long as we enjoyed ourselves. Went for supper again with A, S, D and W. Reached home and slept around 2 plus.

28/08 (Sun)
Went to church and found myself to be quite tired. What's the reason behind it? I dun know. Anyway, did some reflection and realize that I've been going out too often and not taking good care of my Body. Need to slow down once again before the energy level in my 'bank account' get used out. Will try to recharge in the upcoming weeks ahead and to 'top up' my bank account again.

Feelings and Reflection:
People will get lost in lives at some point of time regardless of the age, occupation, sexes....etc. The most important thing to do when such situation arises is simply to take a short rest and not doing any work or going out for social activities. We should always take some time time off our busy schedule to reflect how are we handling our lives currently. Are we finding joy in the things we do or do we simply drag our footsteps to work?
It's time for me to do some serious stuffs now. That's to go watch the last espisode of the Japanese Drama of the doctor. Haha!! What a good form of relaxation for me!!

Lindy Steps on 25 Aug 05

Start from close-hold position, do a swing out,inside-turn and put the girl's right hand on the guy's right hip and do boggy forward at the count of 7 instead of waiting for 8. While doing boggy forward, stop at the count of 7. Then do a rock-step, the guy will catch the girl's right hand with his left hand and turn the girl to her right while the guy can do some styling such as doing a turn or simply do step step triple step on the spot. Do a normal lindy turn and both land at 180 degrees(both looking at the same side instead of looking at one another). The guy is supposed to hold his left hand above his head so that the girl can choose to do some styling such as shortie george or boggy forward for 6 count. At the count of 5, the guy should slightly turn his left hand so that the girl will turn toward him and both will face one another. Do a lindy turn again and land again at 180 degrees and both will do shortie george to the front.

Feelings: It focus more on jazz steps and styling. Must do it with style or you'll end up like a fool instead. The girl need to do their part in doing the jazz steps when the guy provide the 'pathway' and not do inside turn on their own instead. However, as I always say, it's the guy duty to make both of them look fabulous rite!!

Relaxing Day

Here I am sitting at my table once again relaxing and writing on my blog. Hopefully my afternoon will not be loaded with work as I hope to leave on time for alpha. What am I supposed to share later....ahem. It seemed like my week had been so busy again that I do not have time to slow down and think about God or practise on my guitar. Luckily, there is slight improvement in my dancing (i think only) which I felt myself.
Lindy last night was quite fun. The lesson started with only 3 guys and about 6 gals with Joeann's Bf coming in to help make the ratio better(so pathetic rite). Most of the lindy 3's 'old birdies' had went up to L4 which is good for them and most importantly, good for ME lah. Hahaha!! It's going to be my world from now. Just kidding lah. The lesson pace is much slower compared to the past and many basics and the logics was explained which I believed is important for the new L3 people. The lesson last night was more on the styling which I enjoyed alot. Sadly to say, most of the people tat signed up wif me did not turn up yesterday. Luckily, I still have the companion of A, CS and J.
The music at swing fling was not really fantastic as the rhythm was not really that clear-cut but more of the 2 count spacing in-between. Now for me, I need to improve on my styling instead of the moves and at the same time, help to make the girl and myself look good when she moves the wrong moves or does not know how to do styling. I felt glad that there is a diference in the level of thinking for dancing which I believe indicate the different stages of skills I acquired. Hooray!!
It's time for me to go for lunch now. Another day of waiting for lunch and waiting for 6pm to knock off.

Looking Back

Enough had been said for the Love story. It seemed that that all the people do not know how to read the disclaimer and start guessing who is who. Nevertherless, let me give a recap of what had happened the past few days.
19/08
Alpha launch at Laureen's place. Good food and nice ambience. Seemed like a christmas celebration instead. Thank the people who prepare the food but greater thanks to people who'helped' to eat the food.
20/08
Went to suntec for ktv where I got to know alot of interesting people such as wj, wh, zh and 'sharon' as well. It seemed that all the teachers sing pretty well. Must have a lot of practice in school scolding the students. Poor students!!
22/08
went for supper with m and her friend-wj (did I remember correctly?). watever lah!! surprised at how God make things work out. Must trust in the God even though we do not understand at times. stayed out too late till m's mother came looking for her missing daughter. A funny yet touching scene to see how great the mother's love for the child regardless of the age. Now is the time to go to sleep again.

The Unexpected Ending

Welcome back to joel's channel. As we continued the love story...............Few days after E abandoned G. G decided to hold a grand celebration to show everyone what a happy lifestyle she's living despite the breakup. It was held at a Grand Hotel with many people invited including E and J.
The food was fantastic and the music was marvellous. Many celebrities appeared and one particular person caught the attention of all the people. He was none other than the Prince of BCC --J2. The Pince--J2 's appearance was a great honour to the host, G as she had not expected J2 to come due to his busy and hectic schedule. Nevertherless, J2 came bocs he knew of the recent sad happening of G and he brought along his 5 concubines--HC, YY and C, CS and A.
As the music begin, Prince J2 invited G for a dance on the dance floor. Their dance moves was slow and graceful. The people around were all captivated by the dance of J2 as it's simply beyond human words expression.It was too good to believe and all who saw it was charmed by the dance moves of the Prince including G and J. All girls' eyes were fixed on G and it was all fulled with the flame of jealousy. Why is G so fortunate? Why not me!! Me!! I want to be the one dancing with J2!!
As the dance come to an end, J2 offered G a postion as the 6th concubine which G accepted readily without hesitation. It was too good a offer to be missed. J too wanted to be part of the family but Prince J2 rejected as the schedule was too packed and He need to rest on Sun too. He agreed to put J on the waiting list provided J break up with E. J agreed instantly hence E had no choie but to live a lonely life ever after. What to expect since E was the one that ask for it.
Then as for Pince J2 and his concubines, they lived happily ever after.

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The Story of The Old and The New One

The beginning of another love story. E was a pretty good dancer and he enjoyed dancing alot. One day, E brought a new female friend, J to sign up for dancing lesson. The new girl was a interesting and pretty young woman who just returned from abroad. After dinner, E walked J to the studio forsaking his friends that were left behind. Of course, E did the right thing by being a good host and thinking of his future. However, G was left behind. How could E do this type of thing to G. G was a local that had stood beside E faithfully for the past few years regardless of rain or shine. And now, just bcos of J, E forsake his friend & G.
G was totally heartbroken and tears flew out of her eyes. Oh!! All her efforts and hardwork had gone down the drain. Her youth and time had been forgotten. When G looked at herself in the mirror, she realized that she had aged from a young girl to a old auntie. That's the reality people had to face. Who can she complain to? Nevertherless, she soon picked herself up and her morale was pushed to the highest. Even as a outsider, others could still sense the strong air of blood that is approaching. Everything seems cool and calm. Is that the case or is it simply the silence before the battle begin? The battle of the old and new found Love is going to break up pretty soon. Who will win the battle? Will the Foreign or the local win? Let us keep our eyes wide open and keep our fingers crossed.
As the story continue and things are uncertain around us. One thing I'm certain of is that I should get back to work now or I'll be jobless pretty soon. Stay tuned to joel's channel and have a nice wkend ahead.


Disclaimer: The above story is purely fictional. Any character or event similar to the above stories are mere coincidence and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Busy Weeks Ahead

The day seemed to get more and more busier for me each day without my body and mind getting the sufficient rest that I required. How do I know it? By the numbers of pimples popping out of my face each day...shld praise GOD for giving me a body that had such a good function.
Nevertherless, I realized that I should Seriously get more rest or it would only make my effectiveness and efficiency drop as well. However, things just seemed to crop up here and there and I seemed to have endless things to handle though my week. Maybe it's a test to teach me to handle my time and schedule properly.
Alpha and AHM are coming up in the coming weeks and it seemed to me that I need to dedicate my time well or things would only be messed up instead of benefiting me. I felt that as my schedule get busier, I tend to forget the presence of the GOD and even forget to pray at times. It's a mistake that most people would commit and ME are not spared either. What a excuse to use!! Good thing to say about is that I am using my work time to blog right nw...hahahaha.

Corrinne May and an Forgetten Promise

I met up with CK, XJ and L for the Corrinne May's concert in the evening. Before the concert begin, XJ and L had consistently remind me not to fall asleep. XJ even got some titbits stand-by oredi. So touched by their helpfulness....haha!!
When the second song was sung, I tried to appreciate the music by closing my eyes. But I realized that the music was so 'beautifully' that I almost went into my sleeping mode. Hence I had to keep my eyes wide open for the next two hours. Nevertherless, I classified the music into 2 main categories--one for relaxing and one for dancing of the mind. The relaxing part basically make me feel so peaceful that I felt it would be a good bargain to buy a CD for my mum and me to have a good nite sleep. The second part is the one with 8-beats that allow me to recall the moves and steps for tomolo dance lesson. Thanks God for the revision section.
After the concert, we proceeded for supper at the new food stalls set up beside esplandage. The food was quite alrite and the price was cheaper than I expected. While going back home, somebody mentioned to me about a promise which I had made to someone. This is the second time in two days which I heard about this promise. Due to my poor memory, I seemed to have a vague idea about the promise but I can't really recall the person I promise. Felt so 'paiseh' but at the same time, I must find out who's the person. Let me start my detective work tomolo.

Ups And Down

It's been ages since I blog about my recent life happening. Recently I'm busy increasing my net value for this one year through improving my dance techniques and guitar. Hopefully I'll be better next year this time. The reason is because I hope to be a Bf or husband that my girlfriend can be proud and make it difficult for her to leave me as well since i'm so "PERFECT". Haha!! Want to puke or vomit rite....Watever!!
My life had been quite peaceful recently and while Pastor talked about slowing down our pace of our lives, I think it's quite difficult for me at least for the next few weeks with Alpha and many activities coming up. Really need to have more discipline in relaxing and thinking more about my goals and purpose in life. Somehow or rather, we get too busy in our daily activites that we forget about the reason behind the things we are doing. Perhaps we forget about the reason we chose the jobs or even the reason behind all the activities going on. Really should take time off to mediate.
Recently, many things happened to people around me that ponder me to think about the good and difficult times of our lives. Why are there good and difficult times and not only PEACEFUL TIMES? I personally think it's becos we by human nature want some excitement in our daily lives. When our lives get too peaceful, we will try to get some fun by going for some entermaintment or doing some stupid things. Imagine yourself being cooped in a room for one whole week without going out,would you be able to endure it?
Therefore, the bad times is to remind ourselves of how fortunate we are in the past when times are good and to appreciate of the good times that lies ahead of us. And the good times is for us to prepare and take caution of the bad times that may fall on us in unexpected situation.