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yesterday at around 4pm we all gathered around in a circle, with the batch holding their snacks - japanese biscuits and chips. i am very blessed to be under an instructor who is really eager to include everybody, (and that includes the feverish and gastric-stricken) so we spent the last half of our final march holiday prac having a batch bonding session! it began with a game of mrt - accompanied with a lot of laughter and tears from laughing

then popped the million-dollar question - "why did you join dance?" which can similarly, be answered "why do you dance?" i think, part of being in jc involves you re-evaluating many things that you value, and sometimes i feel like i lose myself a little along the way, so i've been asking around, hoping of finding (finding... or rediscovering?) what i can latch my heart and soul onto.

FY says that he rejected many things to join dance because he feels like it is a great way of self-expression (expressing his soul, he adds). Cy says he joined dance because Mr Dan was under his old instructor, and he learned more than dance moves from his old instructor... he learned life lessons, and he is sure Mr Dan has something meaningful to teach him also. Yh told us about his dilemma between street and modern, and said that knowing that here he would learn the basics, he would have a good foundation. B talked about how she feels when she is dancing - she is naturally small in size, but the feeling of dancing, which is as if nobody is watching, makes her feel otherwise - which cannot be replaced. A tells us she considered other CCAs, but she is stopping ballet this year, which made her question what she really wanted to do ("I cannot imagine my life without dance.") C joined dance because she says it makes her feel accomplished. ("I was in choir, and all we do is sing the same song every week, but after joining dance... I feel like I go home having learned something each lesson") Yz said, "I was deciding between canoe and dance... and I just clicked dance on the CCA selection list", but reasoned that dance was fun! Lb recounts her decision and I'm just thankful that she's here with no regrets :') J chokes up a little, and says... this is something that means a lot to her. and these aches reminds her that she is learning, and growing, and doing something great.

and I'm hoping that here, my affection for dance will not stop growing, I might find new ways of self-expression, amalgamate accomplishment and fun - challenge what I know about my basics, and hopefully, learn life lessons along the way.