Quit my job. Last day is friday.
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Lately I've been thinkin bout the ppl I know. I feel like I have a lot of acquaintances but very few friends. Then among the small group of ppl I consider my friends, there are the ones I feel fairly comfortable around and there are ones that I think I try too hard to impress. These are the ppl I feel I need to be entertaining and funny around. I'm gettin sick of puttin on this show.
Friday, August 20, 2004
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Monday, August 02, 2004
Hello. As we students all know, there is about a month of summer left...
I took in kdays on sat and was only there for about an hour and a half. Every yr, I get a little more bored a little faster... maybe I'm just too old for kdays. I am disappointed I didn't get to see the cirque show everyone told me about.
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Yest my kung fu club had 3 demos at heritage days. The first two were at hong kong pavilion and I screwed up my hand form in the second show :( However, this yr no screwups with my weapon... aside from cutting myself but no one noticed. Still disappointed in the crowd at heritage which always seems to lack enthusiasm which I think is largely due to a lack of understanding with how much training goes into it.
Last show was china which was good since that pavilion was right next to borneo. I got to watch Kev and Noel lion dance in a demo setting for the first time and was totally impressed. Although the performance wasn't perfect I still really enjoyed the things that were attempted. I still think there is way too much poilitics involved... somehow a "rivalry" started between bcaa and ging wu. I clapped for bcaa even though some of my fellow ging wu members told me not to. I also noticed that some bcaa ppl started watchin our demo and I did not see them clap.
I can swallow my pride and say that I find bcaa's lion dance to be at a higher difficulty level than ours with the pedestals in their demo. But different ppl and even groups in this case have diff strengths and weaknesses based on where we place emphasis. In my defence, I'd have to say that ging wu has hand forms, weapon forms, as well as sparring to focus on besides lion dance. It was news to me that bcaa had recently started honing in on hand and weapon forms. By watching our demos, I think anyone would notice that bcaa's lion dance portion is the main event whereas ours is more the hand and weapon forms. Another thing I just want to point out is our styles of lion dancing are totally diff. I found bcaa's style to be more about endurance and showmanship whereas I would describe our lion dance to be shorter since the emphasis is placed more on power and sharp movements. I just hope that next yr and in yrs after that both groups clap as a show of support for the other.
Please note that none of this blog was meant to put anyone down, just my comparison and thoughts which is what a blog is all about. If something offends anyone, pls let me know since I'm sure it's just bad wording.
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I took in kdays on sat and was only there for about an hour and a half. Every yr, I get a little more bored a little faster... maybe I'm just too old for kdays. I am disappointed I didn't get to see the cirque show everyone told me about.
[martial arts stuff]
Yest my kung fu club had 3 demos at heritage days. The first two were at hong kong pavilion and I screwed up my hand form in the second show :( However, this yr no screwups with my weapon... aside from cutting myself but no one noticed. Still disappointed in the crowd at heritage which always seems to lack enthusiasm which I think is largely due to a lack of understanding with how much training goes into it.
Last show was china which was good since that pavilion was right next to borneo. I got to watch Kev and Noel lion dance in a demo setting for the first time and was totally impressed. Although the performance wasn't perfect I still really enjoyed the things that were attempted. I still think there is way too much poilitics involved... somehow a "rivalry" started between bcaa and ging wu. I clapped for bcaa even though some of my fellow ging wu members told me not to. I also noticed that some bcaa ppl started watchin our demo and I did not see them clap.
I can swallow my pride and say that I find bcaa's lion dance to be at a higher difficulty level than ours with the pedestals in their demo. But different ppl and even groups in this case have diff strengths and weaknesses based on where we place emphasis. In my defence, I'd have to say that ging wu has hand forms, weapon forms, as well as sparring to focus on besides lion dance. It was news to me that bcaa had recently started honing in on hand and weapon forms. By watching our demos, I think anyone would notice that bcaa's lion dance portion is the main event whereas ours is more the hand and weapon forms. Another thing I just want to point out is our styles of lion dancing are totally diff. I found bcaa's style to be more about endurance and showmanship whereas I would describe our lion dance to be shorter since the emphasis is placed more on power and sharp movements. I just hope that next yr and in yrs after that both groups clap as a show of support for the other.
Please note that none of this blog was meant to put anyone down, just my comparison and thoughts which is what a blog is all about. If something offends anyone, pls let me know since I'm sure it's just bad wording.
[end martial arts stuff]
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