Never before has it happened that Skittlez had too many dancers for Remix. It sucks to cut people, because as much as we do not want to, feelings would be hurt. :( It sucks that only twelve dancers are allowed. *sigh* Sorry newbies. :( Next year okay? I waited a year as well (I didn't dance in Remix 07).
Presenting, the Skittlez 2009 Remix team.
Jason Cruz* Ann Chua* Nicole Carlos* Elana Cabrera* Jake Go* Cheng Ortaleza Chynna Sing* JC Velasquez Danny Moynihan of Leeds Cesca Rivilla Innah Gan Angel Noel
* members of the 2008 Remix champion team
Pressure on the newbies, but I know they will step up. Let's do this, Skittlez!
Being a third-year student is tough on blogging. My online times are dominated by research (twenty-one new sources alone today, for thesis research), and some chilling out on Yahoo Messenger or shooting up some players on Call of Duty 4.
I'll try to blog a little more, because so many things are coming up, exciting and fun things, and they simply must be shared. :D
I have been with Skittlez Crew since late 2007, and my, what an evolution the crew has gone through.
I really had nothing to do for about half an hour a few days ago, and I compiled an interesting data base about the crew. From the ten original members who competed in Remix 2007 (3rd place), it has seen MANY more new members. After Remix 2007, two new members joined (Jake and myself), thus making up the second generation of Skittlez Crew members.
For Remix 2008, we saw a whole lot of new faces join. 2008 in general saw a lot of members who danced with us in gigs, and generally showed a lot of support for the development of the crew. Out of the ten original members, only six competed again in Remix 2008. We acquired quite a lot of new talent (Elana, Migz, Chynna, Cyrene) and Skittlez would end 2008 as La Salle champions (1st place in Remix 2008).
We had a few members who joined us in on gigs (Cheng, Jess, Brent, Gayle, Maicah, Angel), and now, as we prepare for Remix 2009, we see a whole lot of new faces (JC, Robi, Pao, Cesca, Innah, Rocky, Stephanie), and I can assure all of you that we have some serious talent in the crew this year.
We've also danced in eight gigs (Rock Candy, CBE Oscars, Luminous, MaFia, Green Giant Launch, Danz Dish 4), two of them very special to us (Kundirana Concert 07 and 08, Dagupan). We've performed with some of the best dancers in the region, and we cherish those memories.
We are seeing the evolution of the crew, in terms of dancers, and in terms of styles. This is the third year of Skittlez, and I am so proud and touched that a lot of new and up-and-coming freshman dancers see Skittlez as a place not just to make new friends, but to grow as people and as dancers. To see and hear these new guys want to join Skittlez really touch my heart, because we've done something that a great many crews will not be able to do, ever; to inspire others beyond ourselves, and to show that a crew can be a family as well.
We are a diverse group. We have an engineer now (Decky), we have a Philippine All-Stars dancer (Matt), we have La Salle cheerleaders (Jake and I), we have a school athlete (Pao), just to show some examples. We are achievers, not just as dancers, but as people and students. We give everything we can in everything we do, and as our older members start living lives separate from Skittlez, we thank you for all that you have imparted to us. This may well be my final Remix, but Skittlez Crew will never ever suffer a lack of members or of inspiration.
To our faithful and loyal supporters (Gayle, Maicah, DJ Jet, Zee, Cheng, Sam, plus many more), thanks for the prayers and undying support. :) We are this crew because of your love for all of us.
We are Skittlez. We are diverse. Different flavors, different colors, different styles, but one love. As our awesome DJ Jet did in his special Skittlez mix:
We dance for laughter, we dance for tears; We dance for God, we dance for fears; We dance for hope, we dance for screams; We are dancers; we create our dreams..
An advocacy project for Citizenship and Governance class. Please show your support! Spread the link of this post to as many people as you are able to! We are targeting a few thousand views before the month is out. :)
To the late former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino, Godspeed and may your family be comforted by the love that the people of this country have given, and will continue to give, you for all your efforts and services to this nation.
You have helped toppled a dictator and create a lasting democracy in a country reeling from the terrifying regime of the president before you. I am proud that the green and white of my university flies your yellow for the past week or so.
May you rest in peace, and thank you for making us Filipinos proud of what you've done.
Former President Cory Aquino, wife of Filipino icon and hero Ninoy Aquino, died at 3:18am this morning due to complications from her colon cancer, which was diagnosed last year.
I am supposed to be writing up sources and references for our thesis paper's first chapter, and I had to line up rather long to get access to a computer.
Why?
Because there are a lot of unsympathetic and selfish idiots who feel it is their God-given right to use the campus facilities for Facebook games which - may I remind every university student in the world - are supposedly mainly for academic purposes.
I agree, not specifically for academic purposes, but if there are people lining up, holding books, research materials, and USB drives, kindly understand that these people are actually making use of their tuition payments to be productive.
I say ban Facebook on the campus computers. This post has taken approximately 3 minutes to type, and there are four empty computer terminals around, so I am not shooting myself in the foot. :P
A lot of my friends know this, but alright, I went to watch this movie with Gayle, and I have to say I was a little disappointed, considering the hype that has been with this movie from the get-go (and the fact that it is a HP movie).
CGI was excellent, especially the intro scene where the flying smoke things (HP fans, don't crucify me for not knowing the terms :P) attacked downtown London. Sick graphics right there. Most of the 'magic' scenes were all beautifully created, and the graphics were top-notch.
I specifically didn't like two things about the movie: the Dumbledore and Malfoy scenes, respectively. I didn't think Dumbledore performed well at all, and his character of an old and wise wizard/head master just didn't work for me. As for the Malfoy scenes.. I never really thought he was that much of an actor anyway. I found his parts bland and unappealing. His late-night secret trysts with a cupboard is a little too psychotic for my liking.
The characters are looking like adults now. Some of them are adults. LOL. It's removing some of that "British boarding school stories" charm that I always thought made the HP books and movies appealing to its fans. Oh well. What do I know. :P
Evil kid Voldemort FTW. He looks like a baby Adolf Hitler. Admit it, he does.
Another spin-off in the series that Arnold Schwarzenegger (governor of California) made famous, and I believe it didn't do justice to the first two movies (I know, there has been three, but the third one sucked).
Christian Bale wasn't too bad, but he should have known all his future performances would be compared to Batman. He did depict the emotional grown-up John Connor that has really aged in the Terminator series. However, Sam Worthington's talent was rather wasted on the "human turns cyborg turns human" concept, and it didn't really play well for this TV-series actor.
Whole film consisted mostly of violently brutal cyborgs blasting humans to pieces, and humans pretty much doing the same to cyborgs. Typical and predictable. Cool CGI, to be honest.
Nothing much more to add to that. Stop making Terminator movies! The first two were great by themselves!
We have this 'workout log book' in the university gym. Every varsity group, Animo Green (our loud and proud pep squad) and my Animo White cheerdance squad has one, to monitor our fitness progress and programs.
Yesterday, I broke my own record on the legpress machine. I actually ran out of space on the machine to put weights.
Previous record: 420 lbs (12 repetitions) (190 kg)
New record:470 lbs (12 repetitions) (213 kg)
I wanted to try 500 lbs for 6-8 repetitions, but there was no more space to place weight plates. I used ten weight plates weighing 45 lbs each, plus the natural weight of the leg bar of 21 lbs.
Keep in mind that I weigh 151 lbs (68 kg). LOL. I just legpressed three times my body weight. If that ain't sick, I don't know what is. :P Now I have to work on squats, as our PTs said, the squat is the upgrade to the legpress.
Much thanks to our awesome trainers who encourage all of us when we're down, get all pissy when we skip the gym, and soothe and repair all our injuries, big and small.
An upcoming event in De La Salle University Manila.
The Asian Schools Debate Championship, to be held at De La Salle University Manila in September. Big event, with the biggest debate powerhouses in Asian schools. I miss debating. :( If only I had the time for it again.
