Thursday, February 17, 2005
i'm feeling NOSTALGIC, oh yes, so NOSTALGIChearing the sound of clashing cymbals, the gong and the powerful drum beats of the various lion dance troupes zipping around the whole country really made those
-i dunno if it's good or bad- memories come flooding back.
i was an avid supporter of liondance troupes in singapore, reasons being.. my late grand uncle was one of the members of a liondance troupe in boonlay.. and my cousin used to chase me around carrying a lion. and a real lion.. not that kinda toy ones; all the boys in my primary 4 class - all of whom i used to play hide and seek with before and after school, and also
the ex.
but i was really fascinated by them. been watching liondance competitions at ngee ann city since secondary school days. would go there without fail.. and i'd simply go crazy watching them. they must be courageous people, jumping on stilts, man on the other man. and what agony it is to see one of the troupes fall from the stilts.. i pray they dont hurt their groins. but probably hurting their groins is far less than hurting their pride, destroying what they have been practicing for months. but it's all part of being successful. you fall, u get back on ur feet again.
i saw nam sieng yesterday.. they were doing cai qing at si-bei-lor. the hawker centre. but i didn't go watch lah.. but.. they changed their uniform. it's not that nice now. lol -_-"
a nice juicy information that would widen eyes. well, at least to me..
stin said that long ago, maybe in the 60s, 70s, troupes used to test each other. they'd invite another troupe to do caiqing at this place and the lion had to jump over a pail of water. it'd most probably be a pail of acid water. so whenever they see water that they have to jump over, they'd test to see if it's acidic.
also, some troupes had benches which the lion is suppose to step on to get the qing. but the inviting troupe would provide benches which are near to damage. creaky ones. so the lion will have to thread around very carefully. even if they fall, they'll still need to find ways to get the qing. usually the little buddha has to support the bench.
hurh.. and speaking of liondance makes me think of TBCM!!! the stupid lecturer, MR ALAN KWOK! he sucks to the max man... he smses when u're doing a presentation and ... i thought my topic is damn traditional lor!!! i mean, who'd go read up about liondance man.. i'm sharing a piece of valuable information! -_-"
but still.. i dunno. i think he's prejudiced - cos of the religion bases? but... maybe he's more interested in beauty. cos when cheryl presented on her topic - beauty.. he was really into it. screw him, vain old man.
we prayed to ti-gong this morning, at 1am.. i prayed that i'll get into a university. i'm really scared.. cos my grades are like average. i'm just an average b student.. no As - be it on my O levels or Poly result slips. and that sucks, totally.
mummy will help me send the letter today... and today.. i'm gonna start pia-ing for my fyp. jia you, girls~
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