Saturday, August 11, 2007
bruise that's worth it!
ever since i can remember, one of my biggest dreams is to be part of the PEP squad... to be a real cheerleader. but one thing was hindering me from marching right up to there tables to join: It was the fact that i don't have any history in gymnastics and watching the videos of the performances of different universities, i have observed that all of them know how to do the split, back walk, back hand spring, and a lot more stunts. And because the only stunt i know how to do is the cart-wheel, and that i didn't take gymnastics, i thought i was not good enough for the PEP.
Because of the career path I'm taking, i have to go to UPM. That's when my dream of being one of the pep went right down the drain. I tried to find any way to be part of the PEP eventhough im in UPM. I'm thinking, maybe their training is every other day most especially wednesdays and saturdays where im very available but it was just not meant to be. they train everyday from 6-10 pm. i can't train that late, diliman is just very far from my home.
Dancing is my passion and 4 years without real dancing is just long enough. The fact that the PEP is in diliman and i am in Manila won't stop me from dancing once again. In UPM i found Indayog, and it was love at first sight.
its been a month since I've first met them personally and within that month i have learned a lot of things already. and i have been very happy.
being with indayog changes my belief that it's too late to learn what gymnasts can do.
last saturday they went to rizal gymnasium to learn new stunts and i came along. hanging out there, i realized that all the things/stunts that gymnasts do don't take years to learn but only weeks [if you train everyday hehe]. its the practice and mastery to be great in their field that's what they've been doing for years. i may not be able to aquire the level in which i could compete in gymnastics, but i could learn just enough to be great in my field: DANCING.
i went there today alone. indayog had a competition to audition to that's why they couldn't come. Being independent, i had the freedom to choose the coach that i already knew though my bestfriend therese. hehe. in today's session, i met Kuya Dave [a third year BA in diliman, a member of the UP Pep]. Like me, he was there to learn gymnastics. and through him i learned that not all members of the Pep know how to do the stunts, him being one of the examples. it was also through him that i learned that you dont have to be already great when you enter groups like the UP Pep. You could be as simple as a clay and they'll be the ones to mold you into the best one in town. There i also met Kuya Dico, he is a member of the RP team in gymnastics. this guy is great. eventhough he's one of the experts na, he's still open to help amateurs like kuya dave and I. through kuya dico, i learned that things like split could still be learned at our age. Isipin nyo! may chance na akong makapag-split! wooohooo!
It is such a great feeling of fulfillment to have all of these chances infront of me. a great dancer who does a lot of stunts is the person i want to achieve. and knowing i still have a chance to be that person is fulfilling already.
one more thing, today i also bumped into the coach who helped us in our cheeing piece when i was a sophomore in masci. this is how our conversation went:
[while i was practicing my back walk]
coach: ang lakas naman pala e
ako: ahehhehehe... sir may tanong po ako sa inyo!
coach: ano un?
ako: familiar po kasi kayo sa akin e. kaso dko po alam kung saan ko kayo nkta
coach: kaw din familiar sa akin. kaya nga knina pa kta pinagmamasdan e kasi parang kilala kita
ako: ay ganun po ba... tanong ko lang po... nagturo po ba kau ng cheering noon sa masci?
coach: oo.. kayo un di ba? sabi na nga ba e.. kayo ung kasama nina therese!
ako: opo!
coach: kamusta na nga pla ung si therese? san ba xa ngayon?
ako: UPd po xa.. PEp po xa..
coach: ahh ganun ba... buti naman... atleast napapractice parin nya skills nya.. kaw? team ka ba?
ako: team? what do u mean po? varsity? la po sports sa min e UPM po ako.. sayaw po oo
coach: ahh UPM... indayog ka?
ako: opo! alam nyo po un?
coach: nagturo na ako sa knila.. dun sa studio nyo... bkt d ka mag-pep? sayang naman
ako: med po kasi ako e kaya UPM... pero gusto ko po sana
coach: mag UST ka... salinggawi.... ung built mo ksi tipong pang salinggawi e...
ako: nagtuturo din po kayo sknila?
coach: uu dati minsan... mag UST ka!
ako: UPM po ako e...
coach: o cge... sayang.... cge alis na ako... see you next time ulit a! good luck!
[it for you to find out the reason why i posted this particular conversation.. ]
[btw ung title ko kaya gnyan is because may pasa ako ngayon dahil sa audition ko kahapon for compet pool.. i fell.. it hurt... but it's worth it! its worth the try and experience]
~oOo~RottenButSweet~oOo~ [10:53 PM]
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