Unfortunately I cannot post the video up on blogspot, but here is the link! Watch it, it's intense.
http://vimeo.com/54068099
Special thanks to Dave Lam, Tomasz Kurek and Ryan Churchill for making this video with me. It was a lot of fun and I've definitely learned a lot!
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Been a While..
It's been a while since i've updated. many things have happened.
Thank you to Gadfly to have taken me under their guidance and allowed me to have been a part of their Bazaar: Loyalty piece this year. Although there isn't good footage to put up, I still am super thankful and will remember this experience forever.
I'm super thankful to have been chosen to be a part of the Gadfly Klorofyl Remount piece.
It is a almost 16 minute piece that is the essence of the full Klorofyl production. This has really helped me. I know I am not a street dancer at all, but those little parts of freestyle that I need to do really have pushed me to work. As well, this piece contains such a unique style that I've never experienced before, it's beautiful and amazing to dance. A struggle, a mission that will be conquered in the end.
It happens this Saturday and Sunday, November 24 and 25 2012.
Thank you to those who are coming out to support me through my journey with Gadfly.
Thank you to Gadfly to have taken me under their guidance and allowed me to have been a part of their Bazaar: Loyalty piece this year. Although there isn't good footage to put up, I still am super thankful and will remember this experience forever.
I'm super thankful to have been chosen to be a part of the Gadfly Klorofyl Remount piece.
It is a almost 16 minute piece that is the essence of the full Klorofyl production. This has really helped me. I know I am not a street dancer at all, but those little parts of freestyle that I need to do really have pushed me to work. As well, this piece contains such a unique style that I've never experienced before, it's beautiful and amazing to dance. A struggle, a mission that will be conquered in the end.
It happens this Saturday and Sunday, November 24 and 25 2012.
Thank you to those who are coming out to support me through my journey with Gadfly.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Upcomings: NOTBS 2V2 Bboy, 1V1 AllStyles Battles
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| Sorry, couldn't find a nicer poster online |
"Not BS stands for “Not By Sight” and has creatively collaborated the emotional expressions of both breakdancing and car modification into one event. Car modifying is seen as a hobby that alters a vehicle from its original state for the purpose of appearance and engine or handling performance. Breakdancing has been perceived as a physically demanding dance often viewed as a public spectacle. However, there is an artistic and emotional expression that cannot be seen By Sight when both car enthusiasts and breakdancers engage in their respective hobbies. My hope is that this can be an opportunity for community building and for artists to demonstrate their hard work." (taken from Facebook group, click Here)
Details
Who: Not BS, Gabe "Floodgatez"(EF, Apex, JH, TM3), DJ Be Bad, MC Nicholas Reynoldson, Dancers, Judges (Tango, Jester, FreshFX), Import Models
Where: 4732 Sheppard Avenue East, Wheels Direct at Scarborough. Parking at 4630 Sheppard Avenue East.
When: Sunday July 22nd, 2012, 1PM-7PM
Cost: $10 for competitors and spectators at the door, additional $5 for bringing your camera (this is only to raise more funds for the cause! Read the next line...)
Why: Most importantly, all proceeds go to Kenya missions fund and Summer Camp program for children with Special Needs
Go go go! Let's go entertain and be entertained at this one of a kind Dance x Modified Car event of the century!
Support Each Other,
It's Out: Teambuy's Maxx Seafood and Grill Promo Video
After blogging about it just last night, the Teambuy video that Johnny Loh and Lily Yan asked me to help out with is now fresh out the press! (Well, imagine we're in the old days when that saying was relevant...) I'll say no more, here it is!
Hair and Makeup: Jasmin Yeung
Stylist: Lily Yan
Everything Video related: Johnny Loh
Company: Teambuy.ca
Hahaha, I laugh at the last shot of me laughing like a silly girl. But hey, I'm not complaining! Special Thanks goes to Johnny and Lily for this awesome opportunity. You guys rock!
Inspire Each Other,
Hair and Makeup: Jasmin Yeung
Stylist: Lily Yan
Everything Video related: Johnny Loh
Company: Teambuy.ca
Hahaha, I laugh at the last shot of me laughing like a silly girl. But hey, I'm not complaining! Special Thanks goes to Johnny and Lily for this awesome opportunity. You guys rock!
Inspire Each Other,
Updates: A Month's Worth!
Oh boy. Has it been THAT long since I updated my blog? I'm sorry, world out there and my own psyche, written therapy is much needed. I have been gone, but I haven't been static! I've been working on things here and there as well.
Before that, I really must jot down the reason why I was gone (for my future eyes): I've had a longstanding chest pain/ infection and possibly something wrong with my blood since May 2012 which I regrettably overlooked (Sorry, old self!!!). Up until the day of Spotlight, I had stress and adrenaline keep me up and alive and not noticing any symptoms of anything. Once the day after Spotlight hit, I got a fever, painful red bumps on my ankles, a huge cold sore beside my lip, and episodes cold sweat and just plain sweat. Immune catastrophe GALORE! Pretty sure my mind and body were mad at me. REAL mad. Imagine going to Orlando, Florida with fat painful ankles. Because that's exactly what I did - shopping, walking, universal studios, and Islands of adventure - really not the sensible decision but Dang it's Orlando!!! Anyway, then I took an antibiotic called AVELOX. Little did I know, one of the known side effects were swollen tendons/ joints. Thanks for telling me, Doc, you suck. And now, a month and a bit later, my ankles are STILL swollen. I still get painful red bumps and a cold sweat whenever I work "too much", which is defined according to whatever my body feels like. Sometimes I can walk like a normal person (ankles, knees and elbows still slightly swollen), or sometimes I walk like an old grandma with a pitiful limp (ankles like balloons and knees aching a lot).
OKAY! Enough ranting. But other than the injury, I've been pretty busy (don't tell anyone, I've been dancing on my injury... But not a lot! I Promise! Shhh). Want to hear what I've been up to? Yesssss you do :)
Before that, I really must jot down the reason why I was gone (for my future eyes): I've had a longstanding chest pain/ infection and possibly something wrong with my blood since May 2012 which I regrettably overlooked (Sorry, old self!!!). Up until the day of Spotlight, I had stress and adrenaline keep me up and alive and not noticing any symptoms of anything. Once the day after Spotlight hit, I got a fever, painful red bumps on my ankles, a huge cold sore beside my lip, and episodes cold sweat and just plain sweat. Immune catastrophe GALORE! Pretty sure my mind and body were mad at me. REAL mad. Imagine going to Orlando, Florida with fat painful ankles. Because that's exactly what I did - shopping, walking, universal studios, and Islands of adventure - really not the sensible decision but Dang it's Orlando!!! Anyway, then I took an antibiotic called AVELOX. Little did I know, one of the known side effects were swollen tendons/ joints. Thanks for telling me, Doc, you suck. And now, a month and a bit later, my ankles are STILL swollen. I still get painful red bumps and a cold sweat whenever I work "too much", which is defined according to whatever my body feels like. Sometimes I can walk like a normal person (ankles, knees and elbows still slightly swollen), or sometimes I walk like an old grandma with a pitiful limp (ankles like balloons and knees aching a lot).
OKAY! Enough ranting. But other than the injury, I've been pretty busy (don't tell anyone, I've been dancing on my injury... But not a lot! I Promise! Shhh). Want to hear what I've been up to? Yesssss you do :)
- Wedding performance for Andy and Jessica
- Danny and I performed at his brother's wedding in June and it was so fun! The lighting was terrible, I don't know why they dimmed the lights but the audience still loved it. This was also the day that someone said I looked like Carly Rae Jepsen with my smile and my curled hair that day. Haha! What do you think? I haven't seen the footage, but I imagine it was a great show that night.
- Wedding Classes with Jennifer and John
- Choreographing and putting together a little one-minute set for this lovely couple to show off on their wedding day. We'll be working for about 6 hours together for learning choreography, formations and accommodating the wedding gown, suit and dress shoes. I can't wait to see footage of the big day!
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| Carly Rae Jepsen, Taken from Google |
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| What do you think? Do I look like an asian her? |
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| A screenshot of our wedding sessions at VYbE |
- Fairchild Radio's Sunshine Generation Opening Dance
- This year Danny and I are leading the choreography and direction of Sunshine Generation competition's opening show for their Pre-show. It's actually at Market Village this Saturday at 2:30pm! Come out and see what we've come up with!
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| 15 contestants of 2012 Sunshine Generation looking all snazzy and cute. Spot the TWINS! |
- Beatdown
- Beatdown. What a long personal story for me. I really wish I could've danced in it. It's got so much personal meaning and relation to what I've been through, it was the toughest decision to not dance and just stay on the sidelines and choreograph. You'll understand when you see it. Or maybe you won't. But I know I will!
- Doctor's appointments
- Still trying to figure why, and what next with my situation. Seeing lots and lots of specialists lately - respirologist, rheumatologist, physiatrist, even neurologist! - they better find out what's wrong with me. This is adding on to the past ENT and future hematologist. I was always the kid who went to the nurse's office at primary school, but I didn't think it'd carry over to my adult life! Must. Get. Healthy. Need. To. Dance. Full. Out.
- Other projects here and there
- I did a nice video shoot with Johnny Loh and Lily Yan (they're going out) for a Teambuy.ca promotional video for Maxx Seafood and Steak Grill. It was really fun! Lily styled me because I had nothing to wear, and thankfully my hair was behaving that day, and it was beautiful weather! Will definitely post that once it's out.
Lily's styling efforts not gone to waste! - Helped Kelvin Young Photography at an ORBIS charity event, "Pull for Sight" at the Toronto Pearson Airport, early early early morning on Sunday the 15th of July. Got to see the inside of a FedEx plane, got to touch a plane, got a nice little tan, watched my ankles inflate, and asked many participants to sign up on his cool iPad app for notification of team photo viewing. It was an amazing event and it blew my mind that people could actually pull a plane and make it move. I guess it helps that the engine is on and it's on wheels. I'm showcased on Kelvin Young's blog! Check it out right HERE!
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| Taken from Kelvin Young Photography. www.kelviny.com |
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| Ha Ha Ha. "RAH!! I'm pulling the plane!!" www.kelviny.com |
Well, that's all for now. I have many other little things planned here and there, and despite this stupid injury, I am ready to do what I gotta do to get myself out there. My goals still haven't changed. I know this inflammation with go away, or I will learn to live with it. I've had my ups and downs and I've got no time for a debbie downer right now. Let's fight! Are you with me???
Inspire Each Other,
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Setbacks.
Personal note.
You know when you're on a really good track, thinking it's too good to be true, but you go along with it anyway because you think, maybe there really is a chance I'll have what I want and I'll earn it with my bare hands.
That usually doesn't last. And I know why, it's no trivia. Life is giving me a serious lesson. A serious thing to ponder about. To get through and to be a fucking survivor.
I know I can do it, I know I can fight through whatever it is that comes my way. But at the same time, I really also am as emotional and as weak as my physical self, the small little asian girl that you see on the outside. No one could've known that this could happen, no one at all.
I really am grateful for my friends and family who are really there and trying to help and support me as much as they could. They all have their own ways of showing it, but I really can tell how much they care and want the best for me. Thank you for everything. You have no idea what every kind word, every joke, every detour back to positivity means to me.
If you have something you really want to fight for, don't ever let go. You never know what setbacks you will have in your life that will try to take it away from you. Be a strong warrior. Be that person you want and think you should be.
Alas, I need to stay positive. Can't keep reverting back to horrible thoughts, preparing for the worst. I know Life, or whatever deity is out there, they really just want to give me a struggle to help make me define myself. Become a better person, know my real wants and needs. I know it, and I'm ready to take on whatever you've got.
PS. I REALLLY WANT TO DANCE!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHH.
You know when you're on a really good track, thinking it's too good to be true, but you go along with it anyway because you think, maybe there really is a chance I'll have what I want and I'll earn it with my bare hands.
That usually doesn't last. And I know why, it's no trivia. Life is giving me a serious lesson. A serious thing to ponder about. To get through and to be a fucking survivor.
I know I can do it, I know I can fight through whatever it is that comes my way. But at the same time, I really also am as emotional and as weak as my physical self, the small little asian girl that you see on the outside. No one could've known that this could happen, no one at all.
I really am grateful for my friends and family who are really there and trying to help and support me as much as they could. They all have their own ways of showing it, but I really can tell how much they care and want the best for me. Thank you for everything. You have no idea what every kind word, every joke, every detour back to positivity means to me.
If you have something you really want to fight for, don't ever let go. You never know what setbacks you will have in your life that will try to take it away from you. Be a strong warrior. Be that person you want and think you should be.
Alas, I need to stay positive. Can't keep reverting back to horrible thoughts, preparing for the worst. I know Life, or whatever deity is out there, they really just want to give me a struggle to help make me define myself. Become a better person, know my real wants and needs. I know it, and I'm ready to take on whatever you've got.
PS. I REALLLY WANT TO DANCE!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHH.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Happenings: Unity Charity 3v3 BBOY, 3v3 ALLSTYLES Dance Battle Preliminaries
The Unity Charity Battle Prelims hosted by Dave Baring was a huge success! Held at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO, we thank them for sponsoring the space) for FREE on Friday June 8th 2012, the turn out was amazing. It started off with many cypher circles (mostly breaking and a few hiphop and popping/ locking ones) and good hiphop music and breaking beats to get everyone warmed up. This was about to be my first dance battle ever and it hadn't even kicked in yet.
Many familiar, and even more new faces showed up as the night progressed, the all styles battle prelims happened first. When it began, that's when my heart started racing a little bit. When Mariano and Dave Forteau (MC's of the night) actually called out our team name "Team Roshi" (Don't ask what it means... Vinny made it), I went into panic mode. I'm pretty sure it was a mild panic attack I had there, I could feel my heart pumping like there was no tomorrow, my limbs were numb, the music was hard to absorb, what the opponents were doing right in front of my eyes were a BLUR. Thank goodness Pyro was by our side to calm us down, told us to focus, and listen carefully to the music. And here it is... footage of our prelims!
I dont know what I was doing... I need to learn how to control it a little more... not let my nerves get the best of me when I freestyle.
I really want to thank everyone who has been supporting me and pushing me to do this. I know that I am an instructor and I should be fearless, but when I felt weak and nervous, I was glad to have so many people out there who had my back and kept me going. Even if they weren't there at the AGO, or even if they didn't say "good luck" I know that if they knew they would be happy for me and would cheer me on too, and just that thought alone was really powerful in my head to push myself forward. And especially to those that stood by me and were at the battle hoping for the best for our team, I thank them for their presence and their words of encouragement and even more grateful for their words of advice after it all happened.
Well that was a super fun experience!! I feel like battling is like getting tattoos.. it gets addictive after the first one.
Inspire Each Other,
Many familiar, and even more new faces showed up as the night progressed, the all styles battle prelims happened first. When it began, that's when my heart started racing a little bit. When Mariano and Dave Forteau (MC's of the night) actually called out our team name "Team Roshi" (Don't ask what it means... Vinny made it), I went into panic mode. I'm pretty sure it was a mild panic attack I had there, I could feel my heart pumping like there was no tomorrow, my limbs were numb, the music was hard to absorb, what the opponents were doing right in front of my eyes were a BLUR. Thank goodness Pyro was by our side to calm us down, told us to focus, and listen carefully to the music. And here it is... footage of our prelims!
I dont know what I was doing... I need to learn how to control it a little more... not let my nerves get the best of me when I freestyle.
I really want to thank everyone who has been supporting me and pushing me to do this. I know that I am an instructor and I should be fearless, but when I felt weak and nervous, I was glad to have so many people out there who had my back and kept me going. Even if they weren't there at the AGO, or even if they didn't say "good luck" I know that if they knew they would be happy for me and would cheer me on too, and just that thought alone was really powerful in my head to push myself forward. And especially to those that stood by me and were at the battle hoping for the best for our team, I thank them for their presence and their words of encouragement and even more grateful for their words of advice after it all happened.
Well that was a super fun experience!! I feel like battling is like getting tattoos.. it gets addictive after the first one.
Inspire Each Other,
Happenings: Spotlight 2K12 Photo Blog
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All photos from my camera, and whoever was holding it (me, Henry, Pyro, Danny, etc.)
All photos from my camera, and whoever was holding it (me, Henry, Pyro, Danny, etc.)
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