July 31, 2008

A NEW DAWN

True to the title, a new dawn has arrived. After more than 6 months of attracting and communicating with the universe, I finally found what I am looking for. And it came in a compact & bubbly package. Read the post below to find out what the "£%*%@" am talking about.


Well, today’s the day I officially start interning with the Living Arts dance studio. I’m pretty excited about the whole thing and am out to give it my best shot. I am a final year student completing my Diploma of Performing Arts and in order to attain it I need to do a three month internship with any company involved in the performing arts industry. I chose to do this internship because Teresa has really inspired my passion for dance and I feel that I will be learning a lot of things that attain to my personal growth and development.

I really like the Living Arts approach to movement and dance. Over the years of joining dance studio after dance studio, it hasn’t been easy finding one that doesn’t just spoon-feed choreography to you but also allow you to explore dance movements for yourself and just be plain creative with it. Despite the fact that we are sometimes subjected to Spartan training, we also have a lot of fun in classes and we get to play games that allow us the freedom of movement.

What I really hope to achieve from this internship is to know the dance industry more intimately and where it stands in the performing arts industry. Living Arts is actively involved in the world of performance and theatre so I will be able to get glimpses of this. I also hope to attain a growing sense of responsibility, efficiency and confidence through this internship. As it is, I am already being challenged even during my pre-internship period as I slowly learn the ropes of administrating a dance studio and assimilate with its systems. Submitted by, Erica Tham.

Welcome Erica! My angels & I are quietly celebrating this moment as we embrace you into our family. Namaste = "I bow to the divinity in you, as I see in myself".

July 12, 2008

Picking up the pieces, one by one...

The fastest way to communicate what I've been really, really busy with is through pictures. I hope to get around uploading pics real soon. It has been a wonderful 2008 so far, with opportunities to perform, to teach and to travel. Am blessed to be able to attract what I want. Once again, I am humble by the power of nature and the divine presence surrounding me.

Admittedly, I may have neglected my family, my bf and my dogs but I do treasure the few minutes I have with them. I am grateful for all that I am, all that I have, all that I (can) do.



Terry & I took EIGHT days off to Macau/Hong Kong to attend the Asia Yoga Conference 2008 in Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.


Those of you who have been to HK will know that Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui (Terry pronouns this as Tim Sar Jui) isn't exactly the place to stay for backpackers like us. So we travelled to Yau Ma Tei (Terry = Yamateh) to stay in a cosy, clean, decent place called The Salvation Army Booth Lodge. For RM207 per nite, we were given clean bed & buffet-style breakfast. Not a bad deal eh?


While we were, we met up with this cool capoeira dude, Indio from Group Axe. We became instant friends, he was such a chill pill, all except when he was teaching class. We attended a class in Pure Fitness gym. In 1 hour, he action-packed everyone with warm-up, duo trainings, kick-boxing, group roda & makulele. Fuyoh, I hardly had time to breathe. He introduced us to coco de roda, cool dance moves. Thanks, Indio, Wilson & Alex.

As I am writing this, I am still in a musical production called No Limits. Which reminds me, I need to get some sleep, soon. Come back for more drama!


Right after this, I will be roped in as a female fighter/capoeirista in a low-budget reel made for fun & a physical theatre production which will be staged in Singapore, August 08! One step at a time, sunshine!