sweat. blood. tears.

cheerobics 2007 was over on saturday.

kr steppers rocks PS. we got sunshine award, best spirit award, and... and... 1st RUNNER UP! still can't believe it till now. how can we, a first-timer in cheerobics, got 2nd place?

you know what? all of the hardwork, midnight training, torn lips, sprained ankles, stiff necks, love bites (i.e. gay kisses--when two bases kiss each other when a cradle goes bad). all the all-nighter we pulled to finish up the flag and training routines. all the sianness of listening to the same music over and over again. all the fall from 2.5 level, the failed b-toss, the scary tumbles, the pissed-off-ness, the craziness, the drop in CAP.

all of those.

they are all worth it. worth every single second we put in. worth every single person. worth every single ounce of emotions.

worth every single drop of sweat. worth every single millilitre of blood spilled. worth every single tears.

the suppers we had. the friends we made. the joy we had. the bittersweet moments. we went on emotional rollercoaster again and again. cheerobics in march, cheerobics in june, cheerobics back in march. ihg closing in two weeks, haven't trained anything yet, haven't linked everything yet. a day before cheerobics, dance was changed, must add new things into muscle memories and erase old ones. all the trouble with parents, with girlfriends, with boyfriends.

so will i do it again? yes, i will. not a chance you'll see me quit next year. with people like them, i'll do it again, and again (only twice because then i'd graduate, lol).

jianping, junmin, step, wanlin, chongyunn, aili, siyong, rongren, shimin, calvin, jiahui, alvan, jonathan, lele, junkang, youyi, chunting, ezekiel, jeffrey, brian.
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so many things have passed. two years ago, i was still this starry-eyed freshie. i still remembered our first training in that green patch down there, beside the dining hall. still remembered kelchoo did a scary elevator with lijin. we couldn't even do a darn easy elevator, or a shoulder-stand. look at us now. so different now to then that i can't believe the two are the same squad.

it's really sad that now, some of us are leaving steppers behind. jianping, step, and chongyunn are graduating. junmin and wanlin are going for exchange. it's like a new squad all over again next year. nothing's gonna be the same again. but i know i'll get past it. the freshies are really really great to have around. plus next year, new freshies will come in.
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so we went to celebrate yesterday. went to billy bombers to eat dinner. it was just okay. not exceptional at all. expensive? yes. all right, the shakes are really good. but the main course is normal. nothing special.

then we went to watch TMNT. big disappointment (as i'd expected). sigh.

finally, the 6 of us, the last few that remained behind, went to coffee club to drink. we chatted a lot. going left, right, centre. two themes keep recurring, relationship and future steppers (both are deliberately vague to not reveal too much). i haven't had such a talk for a long, long time. where we just sat and talked and talked and talked. the last time i had such chat with steppers were almost a year ago. it was a dejavu, mind ya.

anyway, it was wonderful. went back close to 430am. thanks everyone. love you guys.
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while we had all those things yesterday, i exchanged a couple messages with a friend. this is another can't believe so moment. i only knew this girl for barely 3 months, but we were already exchanging sleazy stories (eh, not sleazy in that way, i mean 'sleazy' as in not things you'd normally share with normal friends). i even told her about the sw moment that happened last year. i mean, only those two a-blockers had my confirmations about that. the rest were just guessing and teasing me around. i just kept it floating without confirming anything. so yeah. every since fallen angel (a code name for someone from the past, someone i was pretty close with) i haven't had that much things to talk to with a girl. i realized that even with my ex, we didn't really talk about things that matter. it was very superficial. no wonder it didn't last.

hmm, that makes me wonder. how's fallen angel doing now? i hope she's still steady with her longtime boyfriend. still remembered the time they got together back when i was in jc. she was so indecisive about him. her friends said he was a playboy. i said if she liked him, just go for it. the last time i talked to her, a few months back, they were still together, more than two years already. lol. how did we drift apart? i guess it's the business of A level, and girlfriend, and work.

i've just added fallen angel to my new msn. i'd always want to do that, but somehow, it got delayed until now.
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Seasons of Love
Original Broadway Cast of R.E.N.T

Company:
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Moments So Dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do you Measure - Measure A Year ?

In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife

In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure
A Year In The Life

How About Love ?
How About Love ?
How About Love ?
Measure In Love

Seasons Of Love
Seasons Of Love

Joanne:
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Journeys To Plan

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure The Life
Of A Women Or A Man ?

Collins:
In Truths That She Learned
Or In Times That He Cried
In Bridges He Burned
Or The Way That She Died

All:
It's Time Now - To Sing out
Tho` The Story Never Ends
Let's Celebrate
Remember A Year In The Life of Friends

Remember The Love
Remember The Love
Remember The Love
Measure
In Love

Joanne:
Measure Measure Your Life In Love

Seasons Of Love ...
Seasons Of Love
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p.s. what the hell is wrong with blogspot! i lost my cheerobics post yesterday. and i almost lost this one if i hadn't copy and paste it to notepad.