Moving Soon

Hav not blogged for so damn long.
Cos nothing much happened.
Now in HK.
Been here since beginning of June, which means I have not been coaching or training for almost TWO months now.
Longing to fly again.

Got performance before coming back to HK.
But din wanna blog abt it cos something bad happened during performance.
Din happen to me, but to my teammate.
Still, it has affected me one way or another.

Anyway, will be ditching this blog, and combining my cheerleading life with my personal blog.
Not easy to maintain two blogs and so ended up neglecting this blog for the past year.
Not good.

Will be back in Spore at the end of next week.
Hopefully can start training soon after that.
Refer to my personal blog for updates bah.

Warning to Outsiders

To those of you (especially guys) out there who think that cheerleading is a chance for a guy to touch a gal (in the perverted sense that you want to believe in), well, I will not try to change YOUR thinking.

But remember - YOU see it as a chance, not so for our male cheerleaders.
Do not tell me that our male cheerleaders share the same wavelength as you.
Do not even imply anything close to that.

Most of the time, a male cheerleader only get to hold the gal's shoes.
The rest of the time, he is either being elbowed in the face, or kicked in his balls while trying to save the flyer (or flyerS).

As for the looking-up-the-gals-skirt issue, they are most probably too busy trying to stabilise the stunt to keep us safe to take notice.

Don't you dare accuse my fellow cheerleaders for joining the sport with ill intentions, and lower them to your non-existing moral standard.
They are not just my fellow cheerleaders - they are my friends.
So watch it before you open your gap with any accusations.

By the way, we cheerleaders are not stupid.
We gals knows whether a guy is trying to do something more than stunts, so thanks for the concern.
Now go eat your own crap.

Imagination Going All Over The Place

Edward n I were having some funny discussions some days back.

Me: I wanna buy mats for our home in the future, so that I can single base my kid when she is 5.

Ed: Dun want lar. Dun subject our kid to such things.

Me: Then I single base my best friend's kid instead?

Ed: Ya, can *laugh*

Me: It is so cool! I think I can do toss to hands with my kid.

Ed: Ok, then we have a kid just for that (cheerleading) purpose.

Me: Ok! Boy or gal?

Ed: *laugh* Gal lor. Boy can teach him to play soccer.

Me: So we have 1 kid specially for cheerleading and another for soccer. Then I wanna have one for basketball, and another for netball...

I wander how my kid(s) would turn out to be in the future *think think think*

PS: stil waiting for SAJC's performance pic n video *wait wait wait*

SA's Pre-Sports Day Performance

The PE HOD assessed my SA kids' sports day routine last week.
The routine was meant for this coming Thursday, and a few PE teachers came to look through the routine.

This is the 1st time the kids are performing for the school after THE accident last year.
So the school wanna make sure everything will go smoothly on that day - so, no wobbly stunts pls.

1 complete routine, within 2 days.
I sure had my fingers crossed throughout the whole assessment.

And the HOD was very happy with the routine *phew*
I'm so damn glad.
Gd job, kids!

Will post video after the performance on Thursday :)

Cheerobics 2009

Cheerobics 2009 is finally over!

My SA kids joined the open division group cat. as team Spectrum Youth.
The heel stretch din dismount the way I intended for it to, but hey, the flyer din fall and the bases managed to save the stunt and continue with the routine.
'm really happy that they listened and practised what they were taught - the importance of communication during routine.

For a team who had little experience and training time, they did very well.
And I would not expect anything more from them.

To XY, Singgih, Pinky, Bryan, Doreen: 'm really proud of you all.

As for Spectrum, well, we withdrew from the group cat.
Ya, after all the late nites, pain, tears, injuries, sacrifices, effort and hopes, we didn't take part.
It is a long story.
But I think it doesnt matter anymore.
Although we din display the fruits of our labour, what matter most is the lessons learned for the past 2 weeks.

We are 5 cheerleaders who came together with one common goal - Cheerobics.
And we forgot that we are 5 individuals with different skills and abilities, believes and values, and ways of handling stress.
As a result, we misunderstand, and were misunderstood.
Many a times, we almost fell apart as a team.
And it was only after sessions of "serious talk" that we start to see things from each other's point of view.

We still dun understand each other completely, but we are learning to get there.
And with that, hopefully, we would learn to trust each other more during stunts in the future.

Then there are those from Spectrum who came for trainings just to spot our stunts, to ensure our safety, and to support us in whatever way they can.
'm really grateful to them.
Thank you so much *hugz*

I'm (and the rest of the group are also) in pain and covered in bruises.
'm wishing hard for a speedy recovering of our injuries.
Thank you so much to those who showed concern over my injuries.
Something as simple as "how are you now?" and "are you ok?" makes me feel less pathetic, and that there are still some warmth in this world.

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My right leg is still very much in pain, and I can barely rest my weight on it without feeling the pain.

Hopefully I can recover soon - I miss kickbox and tennis.

Trust

In the prev prev training, I hit the side of my head, again.
It is still swollen.

In the prev training, I was let free-fall, head down, before being caught by the bases and came to a sudden stop.
Ed said I was inches away from the ground before being caught.
I really thot I was going to hit the ground *touch wood*
The shock of it made me teared, and I couldn't bring myself to do the same stunt again.
Lost the trust, I guess.

Now, I'm covered in bruises.

Ed asked me if it is worthed all these, if this is really what I want.
Honestly, I still want to go for it... to try to improve myself as a cheerleader.
It is what I want.
I'm just not sure if the injuries are justified.

I miss cheering with Eddie, David, KJ, Weida, Law, Isaac and Chuanyan.
And even CR - cos I know he would catch me no matter what.
I miss being able to trust my bases.

Cheerobics 2009 - Coming Soon!

Cheerobics 2009 is coming soon!!!

Date: 22 March 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm - 7pm
Venue: Zouk carpark

Be there, or be square (omg... this line is so cheesy).

Another Fall

I had a bad fall during training on Thursday.

I hit my head.
I had many falls before, and this one didn't appear to be serious.
But it was somehow different.

Usually I would try to stand up asap after a fall.
This time, it was impossible.
No one knows how ouch it was, except me.

First, it was a sudden impact on my head.
Then the pain crawled along the side of my head, down to my neck and shoulder, until I could not pinpoint where it was exactly.
The side of my head got so heavy that I couldn't do anything, except lying there on my side.

I heard Ah Feng asking me if I was ok.
I tried to speak, but couldn't.
I saw Veron handing me a tissue.
I wanted to reach for it, but couldn't.
The pain was too much for me to take, and I was trying hard to hold back my tears.

If I had landed on my neck, or the back of my head...
*touch wood touch wood*

I wanted to throw up on the way home.
And I had trouble sleeping cos of my neck and shoulder.
Ed was so worried that we almost went to the hospital for a checkup.
He said he wanna be there at the subsequent trainings leading up to cheerobics to ensure I'm safe.
I feel so bad, cos I know he has lotsa work to do, and he has inadequate rest to match that heavy workload of his.

I finally realised no one is responsible for my safety, except myself.
The shadow of this fall is gonna stick around for quite some time.

I feel so depressed.

Either This, Or That

It is not easy to be a coach, and a friend at the same time.

Too strict, and I become unapproachable.
Too friendly, and the rules I worked so hard to put in place are taken for granted.

HO 2009

Have been too busy to write about cheer.
Now that HO is over, I have slightly more time to cheer-blog.

First up, Spectrum secured a third place in HO 2009!
Good job!!!
I cheered so much during Spectrum's performance that I needed to go to the doc the next day.
Some of the Spectrum-X came back to join in the celebrations that night, and we did stunts.
It was like the good old days all over again.
The laughters and all.
I miss training with them so much.

Coached Hall 5 this year, and it proved to be a challenge.

Hall teams generally have committment problem, and given the fact that the team had no prior cheerleading experience, it almost drove me nuts.
I decided to whack routine neatness, instead of working on difficulty level of the stunts.
Their routine was only 2 1/2 minutes.
And half of the stunts didn't go up.
But they ranked 10th out of the 16 halls - they scored high on basket toss, jumps, precisions, and dance.
So happy for them!
Hopefully the cheer spirit continues in Hall 5.

Alrite only have time to update the above.
Will post more pictures soon.

Busy Busy Busy

Been damn busy with coaching and kickboxing.
And when I'm not exercising, I spend my time rushing around, scheduling training sessions, planning routine, mixing music, resting at home, and sleeping.

My body is aching almost everyday.
And my right thigh and left ankle gave way yesterday.

I no longer have time to go to the library, or do my drawing and photoshop stuff.
And no time to go down to Spectrum's trainings.
And need to shop for xmas presents.
And need to cut my hair before xmas.

So little time, and so much to do.

Class 2

Hey I wanna go for the IFC coaches course (class 2). Anyone wanna go too?

Scorpion... Almost

Been working (xtra) hard on my stretching for the last 2 months in order to do a scorpion that looks less like crap.

Can finally do a side split (needs lotsa warm-up before that though).

And I realised I can finally balance myself while attempting the scorpion.
It's a HUGE improvement, from the time I needed to hold on to a wall with one hand, while pulling my leg with the other, and risked hitting my head on the wall when I lost my balance (which I did once, and Regine and Ning had such a good laugh over it).

This time, Ihit my head with my own hand.
Stupid bitch.
Finally, I was away from the wall! Haha!
Realised my back was not arched at all.
So spent some time trying to train my back, before attempting again...

Congyan said my scorpion is in a diamond shape *pout* cos I bent my leg too much.
Hmmm... I think I need to work on the shape a little.

Work it bitch!!!

PS: I told Ah Liang that my ultimate goal is to do a single base scorpion with him.
Think we should work on our lib from next training onwards.

Single Base Lib

This is amazing ya!!!

Lotsa Updates

Lots happened and it is time to update, before everything piles up sky high~

Coaching has stopped for the time being cos my kids need to study.
Actually the kids didn't want to stop training yet, but Sam insisted that they spend every Wed (their training day) studying together, to prepare for their promo exams.
Apparently, more than 1/2 of the team are getting bad results.
I had planned so much for them to learn.
Hopefully, they won't forget their stuff, at least until training resumes one and a half months later.

I'm missing my kids.
I'm missing coaching.



Now that I have no coaching, I can concentrate on my new-found interest... being a gal base!!!
Seems like Flinestone is skeptical about my basing ability.
Gotta prove that I can base a gal...

Wenfeng wanna prove she can base too...
Seriously, I'm training with the gals to be a gal base.
Being a midtier is still on the top on my list - in fact, I will never give up midtiering, as long as I'm a cheerleader.
But being a base is a whole different matter.
It brings on a new dimension of satisfaction and thrill.
I miss flying actually, but I dun get to train much, since the team is concentrating on the junior flyers now.
So I guess it is time for me to move on to something else, like basing.

I realised that the best way to sweat it out is to be a base.
Just 30 minutes of basing makes me sweat like mad.
Proves that I put in effort!

Left knee has been hurting a little recently.
Ed said that it happened to him when he was a base, and his knee has been weak since then.
Gosh! I must protect my poor knee!!!

Ankle guard... Knee guard... What's next?
Hopefully I dun need to wear wrist guard.

KJ came to train with us yesterday.
On the way home, I noticed, from our reflections, that he looked real HUGE.
He is huge to begin with, and it is more obvious when we sat side by side.
His shoulders are twice as wide as mine!!! And his arm is triple mine!!!
I bet he can easily break my arm.

Went for supper at Geylang with Spectum Xpires last week.
I miss them so much!
It was totally crazy... like back to those good old days when we trained, crapped and laughed together.

Regine and David looked so happy (Regine was David's gf, or so she wished, that nite).
Jason looked bored.
And KJ napped while waiting for his food.
Ning, Eddie and Edward.
The 3 of them had their heads turned at the same angle.
And their hand positions almost synchronised!
Me and my Ed.
Me and Ning.
As usual, when taking pictures, if Eddie, KJ and David are beside us, there will surely be some floating objects in the pic.
In this case, it's a floating glass (empty and straw included).

One of my all-time fav basket toss bases, Eddie!
Here's another fav basket toss base, David.
I forced David to put his hands around me...
And it caused much jealousy from Regine.
She demanded an explanation from her bf-of-that-nite for his behaviour.
From David's expression, you can expect nothing less than a "DeLan forced me!" from him.
Leaving Regine and David in their bickering, I moved on to find my next pic buddy, KJ, who didn't seem pleased to see me.
I thought I would have better luck with Jason, but dun be fooled by his smile.
He refused to share his chair with me, and it was only after much pushing (on my part) that he let me sit on the tiny edge of the chair.
See how he was pushing me off with his arm, while I was really hanging on for my dear life?!

The trio are still the best pic buddies!
Always ready for any cam-whoring actions.
Tried very hard to get a group pic...
Almost there...
The best we could managed!

Cheerleading Workshop

Couldn't think of any descriptions to the pictures.
Too much happened lately.
Till I could find my voice, pls mk do with (only) the pictures...