Hey guys! Merry Christmas to everyone and happy Boxing Day too! Oh, and happy new year in advance as well :)
It seems like 2017 has passed by in a flash - we say this all the time - but this year, it actually felt really quick. It has just been a year of academics without much time to slack off (unlike 2016, when I basically went to USS weekly for like 3 months or something) so everything just felt like a whirring pool of memories or something. It felt so fleeting that it just went past with a blast.
but yet at the same time, it feels like 2017 was also slow. It slowed down in certain parts when the going was tough, and when events and special occasions happened that I really want to remember. I'm glad that I replay it slowed down as compared to usual school days, as that would mean that those would take up more of my memory space and thus be more significant. Do I even make sense? I haven't been writing in the longest while and I have to admit, it is getting more difficult for me to write properly nowadays :( All I've been doing is texting (lol) and I haven't been continuing my novel (which I'm not even sure any of you guys remember) and I haven't been reading extensively.
But anyways, this is just a quick kinda review/ thoughtpost / dump? Initially I wanted to talk a little bit about motivation (hence, the title) but I just kinda rattled off tangent and it soon became like a wrap up of 2017, haha.
I've been watching Haikyuu!! two days ago and I really, really love the anime. The plot is simple and easy to guess, really, but yet it gives you this adrenaline rush and makes you feel like you're part of the volleyball team as well. Their enthusiasm is so addictive and I find myself yelling YOSHHHHAAAAAAA and like IKUZOOOOOO when the team is having their match and all of that - I know it sounds really stupid lmao but I feel that excitement when I watch Haikyuu!! and it hasn't happened in such a long, long time. Many times, I feel so down because it seems like I've already hit a plateau in dance since years ago, and I have stopped improving. This just makes me feel so unmotivated and my passion just drops, a little practice at a time, to the point where sometimes I find myself going for pracs just because I'm obliged to. Recently, however, I found myself looking forward to pracs, trying my best to stand in the front row because I want to learn the first-hand movements and mimic Deesiow, instead of getting the second-hand, third-hand, fourth-hand movements from the rest of the dancers. I know that this may seem a bit selfish because I am the dance captain and I'm supposed to be looking after the dancers, but I just can't help but feed this selfishness that I have to want to improve and be better. Urban isn't my strong genre - heck, even contemp isn't my strong genre - so I know that there is already a giant gap between myself and other dancers like Josiah and Guei. They are so amazing and I can't put into words how strong their movements are, and how solid they look when they execute a set of choreography while I just look like an octopus flailing around because of the lack of strength. An has already improved leaps and bounds since joining funk movement in SMU, and the other dancers too have been trying their best to improve. Then what about me, the captain? Shouldn't I be doing my best as well and be the motivator? Shouldn't I let them know that we should always be improving, and to never ever be satisfied with the status quo? I should set an example and always bring my 100% to pracs, such that the dancers whom I believe are able to feel it will be inspired and put in their 100% too. That's what a captain is and I should never let myself be conceited.
Of course, saying the above is easy but actually doing what I preach is a whole other matter. I feel like Haikyuu!! has once again made me realise the importance of teamwork, and trust. Even though it is slightly different because they are a sports team, dance teams also require the same, if not more, amount of teamwork between the dancers as we need to know each other's strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, preferences before we can dance as a team. If not, we are all better off dancing as individuals. We need this team spirit that cannot be fostered overnight, in order to propel us to top 5 for HOCC. That's Guei's and my goal for HOCC 2018. For us to be back in the top 5 and improve as one team.
Hey guys! Merry Christmas to everyone and happy Boxing Day too! Oh, and happy new year in advance as well :)
It seems like 2017 has passed by in a flash - we say this all the time - but this year, it actually felt really quick. It has just been a year of academics without much time to slack off (unlike 2016, when I basically went to USS weekly for like 3 months or something) so everything just felt like a whirring pool of memories or something. It felt so fleeting that it just went past with a blast.
but yet at the same time, it feels like 2017 was also slow. It slowed down in certain parts when the going was tough, and when events and special occasions happened that I really want to remember. I'm glad that I replay it slowed down as compared to usual school days, as that would mean that those would take up more of my memory space and thus be more significant. Do I even make sense? I haven't been writing in the longest while and I have to admit, it is getting more difficult for me to write properly nowadays :( All I've been doing is texting (lol) and I haven't been continuing my novel (which I'm not even sure any of you guys remember) and I haven't been reading extensively.
But anyways, this is just a quick kinda review/ thoughtpost / dump? Initially I wanted to talk a little bit about motivation (hence, the title) but I just kinda rattled off tangent and it soon became like a wrap up of 2017, haha.
I've been watching Haikyuu!! two days ago and I really, really love the anime. The plot is simple and easy to guess, really, but yet it gives you this adrenaline rush and makes you feel like you're part of the volleyball team as well. Their enthusiasm is so addictive and I find myself yelling YOSHHHHAAAAAAA and like IKUZOOOOOO when the team is having their match and all of that - I know it sounds really stupid lmao but I feel that excitement when I watch Haikyuu!! and it hasn't happened in such a long, long time. Many times, I feel so down because it seems like I've already hit a plateau in dance since years ago, and I have stopped improving. This just makes me feel so unmotivated and my passion just drops, a little practice at a time, to the point where sometimes I find myself going for pracs just because I'm obliged to. Recently, however, I found myself looking forward to pracs, trying my best to stand in the front row because I want to learn the first-hand movements and mimic Deesiow, instead of getting the second-hand, third-hand, fourth-hand movements from the rest of the dancers. I know that this may seem a bit selfish because I am the dance captain and I'm supposed to be looking after the dancers, but I just can't help but feed this selfishness that I have to want to improve and be better. Urban isn't my strong genre - heck, even contemp isn't my strong genre - so I know that there is already a giant gap between myself and other dancers like Josiah and Guei. They are so amazing and I can't put into words how strong their movements are, and how solid they look when they execute a set of choreography while I just look like an octopus flailing around because of the lack of strength. An has already improved leaps and bounds since joining funk movement in SMU, and the other dancers too have been trying their best to improve. Then what about me, the captain? Shouldn't I be doing my best as well and be the motivator? Shouldn't I let them know that we should always be improving, and to never ever be satisfied with the status quo? I should set an example and always bring my 100% to pracs, such that the dancers whom I believe are able to feel it will be inspired and put in their 100% too. That's what a captain is and I should never let myself be conceited.
Of course, saying the above is easy but actually doing what I preach is a whole other matter. I feel like Haikyuu!! has once again made me realise the importance of teamwork, and trust. Even though it is slightly different because they are a sports team, dance teams also require the same, if not more, amount of teamwork between the dancers as we need to know each other's strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, preferences before we can dance as a team. If not, we are all better off dancing as individuals. We need this team spirit that cannot be fostered overnight, in order to propel us to top 5 for HOCC. That's Guei's and my goal for HOCC 2018. For us to be back in the top 5 and improve as one team.
Situated in the sunny island of Singapore, Jolene recently (is 2 years considered recent?) graduated from university and is now working in a job she never expected herself to hold. Besides having frequent quarter-life crises, she also indulges in video games, anime, and aesthetic korean girls documenting their life in vlogs.
Although not as eloquent with words, she still aims to try her best to bring across her thoughts to the Internet.
