Aristal 2013

The night where pretty little dancers come on stage to present the true meaning of elegance and grace.

HI HI HI HI ^^

Play this song while reading!!! You will feel calm listening to it hehehe.

I am finally done with editing the photos from Aristal!!!!! Phew, that was tiring. Okay okay, let's get started!!!!

So... I went home with Thiam that afternoon because she was desperately trying to avoid someone. Hahaha I found it really funny how that person kept appearing even though it was almost impossible for him to do so. Thiam and I were really taking our own sweet time (strolling, using the toilet, taking the next bus etc) and TADAH he's just there. LOLOLOL shit always happens.

I reached home and had a yummy curry lunch/dinner!!! ^^ Initially thought I'll be early but turned out I was late again. SIGH SIGH SIGH. I tried on 5/6 dresses before deciding on the first piece I tried. HAHA I know, it's retarded. I always wanted to go in that dress but my mum and sisters kept commenting on how tight it was (yes it was really tight, and I had problems breathing when I first wore it), which explains those 5/6 dresses.

I really like the dress!!!! Lolololol lace were never my kind of thing, but the color of the dress and the leather collars made the dress a really pretty one ^^ Oh oh the best thing about it? IT'S ONLY TEN BUCKS. All hail almighty!!!!! Hahaha yupzzzz, it was the one I bought from Bugis previously lololol.

Eh but I doubt I will ever be wearing this dress again. It's way too short and I don't exactly have nice legs (fml) And walaozxc, I think I 走光 lotsa times throughout the whole night ): Especially when I'm wearing the 13cm/5-inches heels :/ Lolololol yeah it feels nice to be tall for a night. But after having sprained my toes and towering over so many guys that night, I think I might settle for flats for prom this year HAHAHA. We shall see when the date draws closer ^^

Hehehe I took this photo with Daisy before I left home!!!! That was how pretty my hair was supposed to be like before the crazily long walk from my house to the wrong bus-stop to the crazily faraway right bus-stop ): It was my first time wearing such high heels and I had lotsa trouble walking in them, sigh. Did I mention I fell onto my knees when I first left the house???

Another photo with me at the far back!!! The three of us don't look alike hor??? Hahahaha that's what everyone says.

Okay so after that horrible walk to the bus-stop, I managed to hop onto the MRT to Bishan without falling!!!! Tripped a little here and there though LOLOLOL. Met the kind souls, Thiam and Monique, who waited for late me at the Circle Line and hehe for the rest of the journey to Stadium, I was telling them to guess the cost of whatever I was wearing. All super cheapzxc hehe ^^

Look at Thiam's fair complexion!!! Jelly siaaaa HAHAHA. So after a loooonnnnngggg train ride, we finally reached Stadium in time for the concert!!!

Thanks to Jinghui, we managed to get probably the best seats in the concert hall!!! Which was the center of the last row of the first block of seats on the first floor. We could see every single faces of the dancers really clearly yayyyyy.

I was sitting on the rightmost of the climbers and there was an empty seat right next to me :O Hahaha and this very nice friend of Kaixiang was sitting beside that empty seat. Jinghui wanted an Aristal booklet and told me to get her one before coming in, and wellzzz I forgot. LOLOLOL so I asked Kx to get me one and this guy offered me his book!!! Damn nice right ^^

And... the concert finally started ^^ Have to mention this again, but I really loved our seats coz it was really good and I managed to get some pretty photos and even close-ups of dancers ^^ YAYYYY this means pretty photos time!!!!! Hehehe I'm pretty proud of the photos I took coz they're so pretty ;)

First up, we had JH Indian Dance!! It was fabulous!!! They were so synchronized and I liked the vibrant color of their costumes ^^

Oh oh oh, see Ruiying in the second photo? Hehe the SH climbers had no idea who she was, other than the fact that she was Huiyin's and Jingxuan's good friend, but we were all shouting and cheering for her LOLOLOL.

Next, it was the JH Chinese Dance!!! By the way, you will be seeing lotsa B&W photos below coz... I wanted to try something new and dancers always look damn cool in B&W ^^

MY SHOTS ARE QUITE ARTISTIC RIGHT. Thank you thank you.

And looking at the JH CD kinda reminds me of dance in primary school. Lolololol mind you, I was from Chinese Dance when I was a little kid in primary school ^^ I was not bad okay!!!! One of the better dancers lolololol. Decided to quit dance totally and lost my gracefulness thereafter. Now I'm dancing like a piece of shit liaozxc. Quite sad whenever I think about it ):

Kkkkkk next, JH Western Dance. Hahaha had no idea what their dance was about but hell, it was scary. They were dressed like rag dolls and they just kept swiping their hair everywhere HAHAHA. But I liked their dance very much coz it was just so scarily cool ^^

OMG OMG OMG see the photo above? That was how I was imagining the girls in my head LOLOLOL. Super scaryyyy!!! HAHAHA and don't you think that photo looks like some ghost film's poster??? Hehehehe and guess what, I decided to make one!!!!!!!!

My poster-making skills are still damn cui but this will do the job I guess. LOLOLOL please don't get nightmares from this. I'm getting damn scared from looking at that poster while typing this too HAHAHA. Kkkkk more photos of JHWD.

I really like the B&W photos coz it brings COOL to a whole new level hehe.

Next, JH Malay Dance!

HAHA I've decided on this one photo coz I was too lazy to edit the other photos #lazinessstrikes

And it was finally the SH dances' turn!!!!!! ^^ Chinese Dance was first up!

Their costumes were really nice!! I remember wearing something similar back in primary school ):

My chiobu Weiwen dancing!! ^^

Then it was Western Dance. It was one of my favourite dances coz they incorporated the American phone booth which made it super duper coolzxczxczxc ^^

Sigh pie, how can someone be so elegant ); I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM LOLOLOL just joking.

The phone booth was really pretty ^^

And then it was an intermission!!! Hahaha and smartypoop us decided to head down to the stage area to take some photos and polaroids. Everyone could see us very clearly, which made it super embarrassing lololol. DON'T JUDGE US PEOPLE, we were just trying to get the best lighting HAHA. I'm too lazy to go to Facebook to get the photos so you can visit Facebook for them (: I'm still very sad that I missed the HAT phototaking session that was happening concurrently outside walaozxc.

SH Indian Dance was up after the intermission!!! The dance was awesomezxc!! I really 佩服 all the stunts they were doing. From balancing pots on their heads, to balancing on planks of wood, to dancing on stilts, to lotsa other stunts you never ever knew were possible to do when you're dancing :O

Hehehe and for those who didn't catch Jinting dancing, she was the one playing the drums! (:

I got lazy after the SH Indian Dance performance and stopped snapping photos hahaha. But I fished out my camera again when Western Dance was putting up their last item. It was really cooolzxc!!! It was about the stress felt by students, especially during the examinations period. Loved it!!!!

HAHAHA it was yet another scary dance with the girls in the typical plaits and schoolgirl attire. The photo above was kind of scary actually lolololol. Imagine a group of ghost schoolgirls carrying you :X HEHE guess what, I did another poster again!!!!! Coz the photo above looks like a ghost film poster too ^^ It's not as scary as the previous though. And I just realised it's kind of ironic (like Return of blahblah and point of no return) -.- SHITZXC WHAT WAS I THINKING THEN??!! FORGET IT.

Don't really remember what dance was after this but the finale came soon after!!! (: Hahahaha have to admit that the finale was pretty disappointing coz somehow I was expecting some kind of combined dance put up by all 4 dance groups lololol. But their individual dances were pretty good too so yeah. All finale photos were taken by Vetra coz I was too lazy to do so ^^

Hehehehe I managed to get a photo of my beloved Chem teacher (one in brown/black) who is also a Chinese Dance in charge!!! Lololol she's like one of the best Chem teachers I've ever had. But my Chem is still failing badly la HAHAHA.

Oh yaaaaaa, watching the finale reminded me of the past 4 years in St Nicks, where I spent Jubilate on stage as a performer/back stage crew. When I was just a band recruit, I helped bring the chairs out for my fellow band seniors and felt super proud of myself for that small contribution. Like "without me, the seniors won't have chairs to sit on" HAHAHA

Moved on to being a senior in Secondary 2 and had been performing on stage ever since ^^ Lololol I remember how almost every single performer on stage for finale will cry tears of joy after the curtains were drawn shut. It was like a magical moment for all of us as performers, after those months of hard work and endless rehearsals.

And I loved the way how St Nicks girls will go all out to dress up for this annual school concert too (: All the dresses and glitter will light up the entire concert hall and it's really a nice feeling. It's like audience are putting in effort to look good for the concert and playing their parts to make this concert a success blahblah. Hahaha it just feels different being in NJ now.

So after the whole concert, everyone went out to camhooooooo ^^ Managed to get a team photo, in which Keita refused to join and we conveniently missed out Darryl HAHAHA 

And we went bonkers after the glam team shot...

EHEHEH see the photo with Vetra in the center? SPOT MY BLUE CLIP!!!!!! Hehehe I bought that clip especially for Aristal to add color to my entire outfit. And I'm liking it alot ^^

Okay. Up next will be a dream come true for all of you girls out there. Not one, but two photos of NJ's hottest guy and cutest guy!!!!!!!!! -Gasps- Please don't drool.

CUTENESS OVERLOAD???? Okay la, I'm pretty used to their bro-mance so yeahhh, no spazzing coming from me.

Headed to Level One to look for the dancers after that ^^ I didn't have many friends who were dancers so I was just stoning at a side with Xinmin lolololol. 

I managed to get a photo with cute Jieying!!!!! ^^ She was really small and cute then and I felt like hugging her sooooo much coz I was practically a giant that night hahahaha. Now I know how the guys feel whenever they see her ^^ Another reason for me to go in flats for prom hehehe

Hehehe and my favourite shot of the entire night!!!! Photo with my bestie ^^

I think my editing skills are like SUPERB manzxc. Do you know how the original photo looks like?? THIS.

Hahahahahaha and I made the photo much nicer by a thousand times ^^ Feeling like a pro now LOLOLOL. Hehe anyway, I like the photo so much that I made another 3 photos with different effects!!!! HAHAHA

The effects are really nice right ^^ Hehe, that photo app is officially my favourite photo editing app now coz all it's filters are really pretty!!! (: Even the simplest photo can be made pretty with that app ^^ Those using Windows 8 should all download this Fotor app like NOWWWW!!! Hahaha too bad those without Windows 8 can't use this app. But don't worry, I'm sure there are better apps out there for your OS (:

Anyway, I'll be doing some sort of review for that app in my next post too!!! My next post will be on Ubin so yeah, I'll be trying out all the different effects and showing you guys which are my favourite filters ^^  There are quite some photos which are really nice, and you should see how pretty Ubin is now!!! SO MUST COME BACK AND READ K. Most probably will be done with the post over the week hopefully!!! And I'll tweet about it when I'm done so no worries ^^

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K la, I shall end off the post now!!!!! 明天再见!!! BYEBYE!!!! ^^