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11 dance classes in the span of 16 days. Sounds crazy but it was a helluva lot of fun. 10 of those classes were at the famous Broadw.ay Dance Center and the other was at one of the smaller studios in town.

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I still can’t believe I met my OTL Davi.d Cook. It’s weiiiird. Absolutely fantastic but surreal.

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Long rambly posts on the happenings on my awesome, awesome trip plus photos will be forthcoming, I promise. Just that I have so many things to share and a ton of photos to go through and having to resize everything and what-not will be a long process. I’ve decided to break up the posts into a few “themes” to be more organized and talk about the different things I did. And y’know, you can skip whichever parts you don’t care for, hahaha.

In the meanwhile, I’m trying desperately not to freak out over the enormity of my dance commitments. The next 2-3 weeks are gonna be long and torturous as I attempt to catch up and learn a whole lot of choreography and somehow get it at performance-level. I confess, I’m worried and feeling not very confident. But I need to be positive which I keep telling myself, cos if I believe I can do it, it’ll happen.

I’m also having a wardrobe crisis cos I have NO IDEA what to wear for the items. My 3 themes are black & orange with a ghetto/street flavour, black akin to Jane.t’s wardrobe stylings and bright colors for a retro/pop/whimsical feel. I’m stumped and I don’t know what will work for both the item and for me. Help?

Stress stress stresssss.

… And I’m not particularly looking forward to the 31st either. Sigh.

August 14th 2008. Washing.ton, DC: The day I met Davi.d Cook.

I don’t have the time now to divulge the whole story but rest reassured, meeting him is way up there with meeting M5 and J.D, in terms of awesomeness. Wasn’t as long as the other 2 experiences, but the man knows how to pack a punch in like 3 minutes. I wasn’t expecting much really but that Da.vid Cok is such a sweetheart. He absolutely is a terrific guy from what I experienced and what I observed and wow if I do end up marrying (a man like) him, I’d be one lucky woman.

The concert was equally awesome. Our seats turned out to be 5th row from the center part of the stage that juts out so we had a freakin’ wonderful view. I actually enjoyed the whole concert and all 10 of them but naturally, soft touch in my heart for my David. He is so amazingly talented and I had to like pinch myself cos I couldn’t believe I was seeing him live after obsessively listening to his music. Hahaha.

Today has been absolutely awesomeeee. So surreal. So so surreal. Details when I come home. Ughhhh, time is running out. Only a few more days before I gotta head back to reality.

… In the meantime, I’m gonna go daydream about David.

Y’know what? I really really wanna live in New.York.

It’s been 4 days into the holiday and it has been helluva lot of fun. Been 4 years since I was last here and everything’s the same yet different. I’ve been super confident navigating around since I’m familiar with the layout of the city and the subway and all that nitty gritty stuff. Love it. Minimal stress for me and it makes me feel more relaxed. No lost tourist look for me, haha.

And we’re staying in a studio apartment in the Upp.er East.Side! So feeling feeling Ne.w Yorker! This trip has been cool in that respect; since I’ve seen most of the iconic touristy stuff, I don’t have to sweat about it. We’ve been roaming around, shopping, eating and all that kinda stuff which has been cool. I think Roz is missing out since she hasn’t seen the iconic NY stuff but I’m cool with it. I’ve been able to experience NY in a different way, which really makes me feel that I would love to live here for a while.
Been to dance class, which wasn’t as nerve-wrecking as I thought/expected. Lu.am’s class was SO AWESOMEEEE. She has such a cool vibe and I love the ease with which she grooves. Something to learn there fo’sure. She taught CMAR which made me doubly awesome and I really enjoyed the musicality of her choreo. Was supposed to go for her class again today but I missed out cos it’s full (no kidding; the capacity for her class is 75! In case all classes there are filled to the brim. MADNESSSSS!). But no biggie cos she teaches there 3x a week and I have 8 more classes on my dancecard.

Besides, I’m EXHAUSTED. Pretty much spent my day solo and I ended up walking A LOT. Wow, I have lost all feeling in my legs. I don’t think I would’ve survived/enjoyed Lua.m’s class (which would’ve been my 3rd dance class in a day! o__O).

I’ve burnt a hole in my bank account from buying stuff… and I’m not done yet! Hahaha. OMGGGG. The major bummer is that the much-coveted B.Free shoes are friggin’ SOLD OUT. AARRRGGGGH. I am not a happy camper about that. I hope the store calls me back and tells me it’s available somewhere. :(

Oh oh, the most amusing thing so far: I have been getting a million compliments on my A.didas boots! Hehehe. Srsly. Like every other person comments on how cute it is. SO AMUSING. Flattering too. :D
Don’t even wanna think about going back home yet. Still got about 2 weeks and I’m gonna max it out and come back tired as hell but happy. So many things yet to do, still got Niag.ara and DC to look forward to. DAVIDDD COOK, OMGGGG. I’m super excited.

So yeah, here I am, living in my alternate reality. And it’s sweet beyond words.

Oh. My. God.

… I’m really going to Newwww Yooooork.

It feels weird, you guys. WEIRD. Haha, I sound like it’s gonna be my first time there. It just feels weird and surreal and unbelieveable. Hmmm.

I’m tired and I’m getting paranoid about forgetting to bring stuff and basically I’m o__O. But I’m ridiculously excited behind all that. I caught myself smiling for no apparent reason today despite the hectic day at work. BECAUSE I’M GOING TO NEW YORKKKKK.

The City. Dance classes. Shopping. Doing fun stuff. Dav.id Cook. Niagara. DC. Being able to feeling feeling New Yorker. Maaaaan, is this trip gonna be fuckin’ awesome or whaaaaat?

(Wish you guys were coming too.)

Don’t miss me too much; I’ll be back by the 20th and probably feeling miserable, haha. Will probably be online from time to time since Roz is bringing her Mac. And if you need to reach me, there’s always email!

See you guys when I get back! :) (And have a good time at Si.ngfest!)