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Recital 2016

Before January ends I better write this. So I have campus holiday for one full month and on January 23 the dance school I am in had its first recital. I have joined this School of Movement since September 2015. It is the continuation of the dance workshop I attended on August 28. I joined Lyrical Contemporary class as an attempt to avoid Miss Andara (but the teacher was absent for several times so I had sessions with Ms.Andara). But finally one Sunday, the first meeting I had with the teacher was straight 2 hours. His name is Davit Fitrik, a senior dancer from Gumarang Sakti Dance Company. I actually don't care where he came from. I was going to pass out from that 2 hours dance class. Miss Andara might be brain-burdening but this guy killed my body. He made me work out at the barre, my thigh muscles were all stretched and I was sweating like crazy. I was alone. I had no classmate so you can imagine how intense it was. After the killer warm up, he gave a choreography -- supposedly f...

2015 at a glance

Of course this is another lie to lead people think I can explain things at a glance. But I will try. I started 2015 by working in Pingu as a teacher. I am thankful that I got a job which allows me to work half day due to my campus schedule. After a year doing freelance writing, being a teacher again made a crack to my cocoon. I learned more than I ever did -- of how to communicate with children and how to literally have fun with them. 2015 was also the year that made me a Master of Ceremony. It all started with Pingu event, Show n Tell, where every teacher got the MC role at different times. The number of the audience could vary depends on how many students have class that time. I got the schedule when the students are many so I thought of strategies how to not make it chaotic :D I also watched other teachers when they are being the MC and from watching I got what's good to do and what's not. So that evening I walked to the stage (Damn I felt nervous even though it was j...