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Okay, breaking from studying... Well actually today I didnt study a bit, because i felt sick yesterday and thought that I might have caught the flu bug. So today I skipped studying in school, which i have never done before...

So the past 2 days what I have been doing is practising Chemistry questions and English Essays. I tried to do maths and Comprehension, but I got bored quick and either fall asleep or idle around the room. Well hopefully tomorrow will be much better because I am out of Chemistry papers and English Essay questions, so I am planning to do Geography and probably the Comprehension that I finished halfway.

Anyway, I cannot study continously, so I had my computer on and started watching past episodes of SYTYCD (So You Think You Can Dance) and DWTS (Dancing With The Stars), and I was hooked to do the dances. I watched it over and over again, especially the good ones. I especially liked the Pros Dance on DWTS, i just can't get tired over that magnificent Paso Doble danced along to the music of Queen's Under Pressure, and I liked the song. It has a really nice tune to it although the lyrics were quite scary at times... like for example, "People on the streets"... I was like, what was that has to do with being under pressure, then it turns out that the song was about people being pressure to fall in love and people on the streets are the norms who believes in love at first sight I think... I don't know. And oh, there is this one story I told my friend yesterday. 2 days ago I started searching for this song on the web, and I found it on youtube, of course I couldnt understand what the lyrics was about, then I wiki-ed and I was traumatised because I was reading about Queen and David Bowie, who are clearly old people and at the brink of kicking the bucket. Furthermore, the song kept player on youtube, and I was further terrified by that stupid line, "People on the streets" and random "ba-ba-day". ARGHHH!!!

I also began watching America's Ballroom Challenge on youtube. The dancers were very elegant and sexy, I liked the strong chemistry between the dancers while at the same having the ability to dance their choreography effortlessly. So here is the low down what this show is about. Couples from across america come to Ohio to participate in this competition. There are 4 categories in this competition, American Smooth, American Rhythm, International Standard, and International Latin, so the couples can pick which category they want to participate in. The show carries on for 5 weeks. Each week begins with the couples participating in the preliminary round where 6 of the best couples are picked by the judges to carry on in the competition. Then, they participate in the group dance where a song clip is played and they have to dance the style that they are supposed to dance along to the song. They will be ranked by the judges from the best to the weakest. After which, they will carry on with the show dance where they can throw in their creativity and musicality and put up a dance performance which showcases steps and styles of the category they are in. Again, they will be ranked best to worse by the judges. Both ranking are then added up to tally their overall position in the category, the first position will then represent the category in the 5th week competition where all the winners from the categories will compete for the title of the best ballroom dancers.

I have to tell you this show is simply exquisite because their dance is pure and splendid, there were no mashes up no screws up and very elegant. If one were to witness a ballroom dance, this is one show which they have to watch. However, comes the show dance segment of the show, it is not really nice to watch because they werent staying true to their dance, and they mashed latin dance, hip hop, ballet and other stuff that really spoils the true objective of the category. But it is nice to watch for entertainment. Overall, this is a must watch on the web.

So after watching the shows, I learnt a lot of the dancers and improves my ability, however, it is still unfortunate that I do not have a partner to practise with, if not, I can really do well in ballroom dancing. I know this may be a little early, but I am going to make my new year's resolution.

TO LEARN BALLROOM DANCING.

Mom, if you are reading this, please sponsor me with the funds. ANYone out there who happens to like ballroom dancing, please contact me if you need a partner. Actually someone did already but I turned her down because her invitation came on the week of the Prelims which is really a bummer.