The Pink Fluffy Bunny Club

It's Alex! Freakin'! Wong!

Did you watch this week's episode of So You Think You Can Dance? I'm talking about the one that was telecast on Monday. If you did, wasn't it bloody awesome??!! I liked all the routines (except perhaps Melinda's), but there were two which I haven't been able to forget because they were just so FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!

The first one was by AdeChike and Lauren who had danced to Hot n' Fun by N.E.R.D. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSA19wErqxA&feature=related]. I love hip-hop and I really like this song. So it was so much fun watching their performance. I loved the choreography, especially the throw-and-split at the 1 minute mark. It's fun watching Lauren, who's a really strong dancer, and AdeChike was a very pleasant surprise. Awe-some!!

The second, and my favourite performance till date, was by Alex and Twitch who danced to Outta Your Mind by Lil' Jon and LMFAO [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ_pVL_Df-I&feature=related]. Awesome doesn't even begin to describe their performance!! It was mind-blowing! Supersmashing! Metafantastic!! I loved it! I loved it! I loveeeeeed it!! It's on my i-pod right now (both of them are) and I can't seem to stop myself from watching it every 10 minutes or so.

It's Alex freakin' Wong, peepaaal!!!

Your Laughter - Pablo Neruda

Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.

Do not take away the rose,
the lance flower that you pluck,
the water that suddenly
bursts forth in joy,
the sudden wave
of silver born in you.

My struggle is harsh and I come back
with eyes tired
at times from having seen
the unchanging earth,
but when your laughter enters
it rises to the sky seeking me
and it opens for me all
the doors of life.

My love, in the darkest
hour your laughter
opens, and if suddenly
you see my blood staining
the stones of the street,
laugh, because your laughter
will be for my hands
like a fresh sword.

Next to the sea in the autumn,
your laughter must raise
its foamy cascade,
and in the spring, love,
I want your laughter like
the flower I was waiting for,
the blue flower, the rose
of my echoing country.

Laugh at the night,
at the day, at the moon,
laugh at the twisted
streets of the island,
laugh at this clumsy
boy who loves you,
but when I open
my eyes and close them,
when my steps go,
when my steps return,
deny me bread, air,
light, spring,
but never your laughter
for I would die.

A Temporary Break

You wouldn't believe how sad I am right now. Really. Okay, I'm not really at my lowest point, but I'm sad. Some respect here please. A couple minutes' silence.

I just came from my last dance class for the next month-and-a-half.

I know that really doesn't seem all Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but maybe you'd understand if you knew me. I LOVE my dance class! There are so many elements about it that I love, that I'm going to miss.

I'm going to miss my instructors. They're the ones who keep us all going. Even when the world goes black owing to the amount of pressure you're putting on your 'core', they stand beside you and tell you to keep breathing, to not lose concentration, to keep smiling. They push you to your extreme and get the best out of you. There was a time when I couldn't do développés (pronounced de-ve-low-pays) without using my hands to support my legs, and now I don't need to do that at all. I've grown as a dancer thanks to my instructors and I'm going to miss them a lot!

I'm going to miss seeing those people twice a week - people I've been with since I started my classes, people whose names I don't remember even though we've been in the same class for three months, people who exchange smiles and feel comfortable with each other knowing they share that same passion for dancing. Maybe I won't really miss them much, but a little, yes, I will.

I'll miss doing those workouts, the chaînés (pronounced shay-nays), those horrible pirouettes - every single things. The pas, the routine - the whole frickin' class - I'm going to miss it!

Here's to you, dance class, I'm going to miss you so much :(