another semester's gone, but this time I'm living it
3am: i wanna blog but i can't stop moving to "teenage dream" by the dalton academy warblers (from glee). I'm gonna jump around in my room for the song. be right back.
3:05am k, done.
one of the calluses on my feet tore again during capoeira training today, sigh. softball had my palms, now capoeira's got my feet... it's like, it's my destiny to play capoeira, just like how it was for me to play softball; always gotta choose the unique one.
i just peeled the skin of the callus off, it was 3cm in diameter and it was thick, rubbery and pretty tough with good resistance to stretching, which makes me think if it's possible to use this kind of skin as a material to make things... WHAT?! it's sustainble, biodegradable... and can be regenerated... just play capoeira. anyway what's so disgusting about it... it's similar to leather, snake skin, goat skin, whatever animal skin.
on the last training of the semester, we had a really long roda consisting of 3 birthday rodas and 2 farewell rodas, which were for MY and me. It was the longest time i was in the roda and finally i get to feel the pant from roda. I'll really miss this new family. oh why doesnt tasmania have capoeira! i just hope i'll meet someone who played it before, and we can ginga and practice together, learning from mestre YouTube.
That day 2 travelling backpackers who play capoeria too dropped by to join in on our training. Their names are Vanessa (from Canada) and Busi (i'm search i spelt it wrongly, anyway he's from france) and both of them speak french, which made charlotte excited as she finds it funny that she comes to singapore and so many people seem to know some french in one way or the other. I spoke to Vanessa and asked more about herself. She looks up capoeira schools in every place she visits and will request to join their trainings for a while. it's a like capoeirista's journey or it's like capoeira is the medium that allows her to meet people with the same passion. Imagine that, the first time you meet someone and learn about about the person is in the roda where you dance, fight and sing. that's pretty darn cool man. What's even cooler is that Vanessa and Busi met online, while in singapore, through capoeira and arranged to come for training together! I just find the way how 2 strangers can form a connection out of anything amazing. it's abit like that 6 degrees of separation theory. And when i shared with Vanessa about my feelings for going abroad to study for a long time and by myself for the first time. She understood that it was going to be a completely new phase in life for me, and said she felt excited and happy for me too and that i'll be fine there. Hearing that made me happy and slightly taken back because although it was a simple comment, it was said to someone she met the first time with sincerity and thoughtfulness. am I making something out of nothing? i don't know... i just feel that people elsewhere are so expressive and they just say what they wanna say without much thought. and seeing how effective that is makes me wanna learn to open up more. i'll try.
I've come to know more kinds of people through capoeira, or maybe uni in general. I see more types of personalities and have learnt more about the world. For instance, today, at supper. i learnt that bahia is in brazil ahahaha... okay i made a fool of myself and imane said she'll buy me a world map. I've also got to learn about some outside perspectives of singapore. Imane, who's french morrocan, commented to me that the fashion here is good, which i was surprised and happy to hear, although i think that statement would mean that she likes korean/taiwan fashion. and she also commented that the girls here are good looking and i said likewise to how we feel about the girls in the west too.
And i would always ask charlotte about paris/france like how i see it on tv and she would say, "no, it'z not like that. ahaha you watch too much tv, deh li ya" hahahaha, charlotte is so funny. she's one of the most animated people i've met.
there are just so many interesting people in capoeira. MY is one of them. he stood up and gave a farewell speech on the last training, which was a really good one. He's always full of surprises.
i also like the seniors who teach and guide us. they are always so willing to teach and share and they always make sure that we are doing it right. i always leave training learning something new, not just about capoeira but about anything.
at yk's 21st bday party, which had an AWESOME spread of peranakan food, omg, sooooo GOOOD, charlotte, soong ming and i were chatting about what would happen if we hadn't decided to go for that first capoeira traning/welcome "tea". one decision and it changes your life! imagine if we hadn't chose capoeira, and we didn't get to know one another. charlotte said on the night of her first training she was still considering if she should go or not because it was 7pm and she was feeling tired. That was the same for me too, especially since training was at 7pm! that's like dinner time with the family for me, which i knew would be a norm if i joined any cca but i went to nus with a thought in mind and that was to put myself out there, take action, take initiative and expose myself to opportunities.
ok i have um 2 hours to sleep now.. i wanna leave the house early to go somewhere to study but I still can't decide between NUS and changi airport. zzz
3:05am k, done.
one of the calluses on my feet tore again during capoeira training today, sigh. softball had my palms, now capoeira's got my feet... it's like, it's my destiny to play capoeira, just like how it was for me to play softball; always gotta choose the unique one.
i just peeled the skin of the callus off, it was 3cm in diameter and it was thick, rubbery and pretty tough with good resistance to stretching, which makes me think if it's possible to use this kind of skin as a material to make things... WHAT?! it's sustainble, biodegradable... and can be regenerated... just play capoeira. anyway what's so disgusting about it... it's similar to leather, snake skin, goat skin, whatever animal skin.
on the last training of the semester, we had a really long roda consisting of 3 birthday rodas and 2 farewell rodas, which were for MY and me. It was the longest time i was in the roda and finally i get to feel the pant from roda. I'll really miss this new family. oh why doesnt tasmania have capoeira! i just hope i'll meet someone who played it before, and we can ginga and practice together, learning from mestre YouTube.
That day 2 travelling backpackers who play capoeria too dropped by to join in on our training. Their names are Vanessa (from Canada) and Busi (i'm search i spelt it wrongly, anyway he's from france) and both of them speak french, which made charlotte excited as she finds it funny that she comes to singapore and so many people seem to know some french in one way or the other. I spoke to Vanessa and asked more about herself. She looks up capoeira schools in every place she visits and will request to join their trainings for a while. it's a like capoeirista's journey or it's like capoeira is the medium that allows her to meet people with the same passion. Imagine that, the first time you meet someone and learn about about the person is in the roda where you dance, fight and sing. that's pretty darn cool man. What's even cooler is that Vanessa and Busi met online, while in singapore, through capoeira and arranged to come for training together! I just find the way how 2 strangers can form a connection out of anything amazing. it's abit like that 6 degrees of separation theory. And when i shared with Vanessa about my feelings for going abroad to study for a long time and by myself for the first time. She understood that it was going to be a completely new phase in life for me, and said she felt excited and happy for me too and that i'll be fine there. Hearing that made me happy and slightly taken back because although it was a simple comment, it was said to someone she met the first time with sincerity and thoughtfulness. am I making something out of nothing? i don't know... i just feel that people elsewhere are so expressive and they just say what they wanna say without much thought. and seeing how effective that is makes me wanna learn to open up more. i'll try.
I've come to know more kinds of people through capoeira, or maybe uni in general. I see more types of personalities and have learnt more about the world. For instance, today, at supper. i learnt that bahia is in brazil ahahaha... okay i made a fool of myself and imane said she'll buy me a world map. I've also got to learn about some outside perspectives of singapore. Imane, who's french morrocan, commented to me that the fashion here is good, which i was surprised and happy to hear, although i think that statement would mean that she likes korean/taiwan fashion. and she also commented that the girls here are good looking and i said likewise to how we feel about the girls in the west too.
And i would always ask charlotte about paris/france like how i see it on tv and she would say, "no, it'z not like that. ahaha you watch too much tv, deh li ya" hahahaha, charlotte is so funny. she's one of the most animated people i've met.
there are just so many interesting people in capoeira. MY is one of them. he stood up and gave a farewell speech on the last training, which was a really good one. He's always full of surprises.
i also like the seniors who teach and guide us. they are always so willing to teach and share and they always make sure that we are doing it right. i always leave training learning something new, not just about capoeira but about anything.
at yk's 21st bday party, which had an AWESOME spread of peranakan food, omg, sooooo GOOOD, charlotte, soong ming and i were chatting about what would happen if we hadn't decided to go for that first capoeira traning/welcome "tea". one decision and it changes your life! imagine if we hadn't chose capoeira, and we didn't get to know one another. charlotte said on the night of her first training she was still considering if she should go or not because it was 7pm and she was feeling tired. That was the same for me too, especially since training was at 7pm! that's like dinner time with the family for me, which i knew would be a norm if i joined any cca but i went to nus with a thought in mind and that was to put myself out there, take action, take initiative and expose myself to opportunities.
ok i have um 2 hours to sleep now.. i wanna leave the house early to go somewhere to study but I still can't decide between NUS and changi airport. zzz