yesterday i watched the finals of So You Think You Can Dance, and felt sad to say goodbye to travis, benji, and heidi. i think benji winning is like the coolest thing ever since he claims he's never been classically trained, but yet everything he does is incredibly tight and well-performed. he's like the criss angel of dance, minus the weird hair and rebelliousness and dashing looks. as for heidi, she was never one of my favourites from the start, but now i've got to admit that she's probably the best female dancer in the competition, and by far the most improved. plus, she has got an AMAZINGLY STRONG BACK which makes all her lifts look effortless even though she's clearly carrying a good amount of her own body weight. she may not be as pretty as natalie, but she sure can dance.



i never cared much for donyelle, because she never points or finishes her turns properly, and that's just ungraceful. in fact, that's exactly the reason why i never cared much for hip hop. anyway, the show has inspired me to take proper dancing classes again. everytime i look back on the years i spent in gym and ballet, i feel regret that i didn't commit enough of myself to either of them to be proud of anything i did. i always sorta muddled my way through trainings, especially when it became apparent that catching flying things is NOT one of my strong points. i think if i'd taken dance from the start instead of rhythmic gym, i'd have enjoyed and got a lot more out of it, as compared to making mostly panicked scrambles to finish each movement while trying not to let anything drop or touch the floor. i was really quite useless as a gymnast, haha. anyway, when i start my salsa and classical jazz, that will not be the case. after all, it's high time i grew up and committed myself to at least one thing that i love, and focus on doing it well for a change.

speaking of dance, channel 5 will be airing The Dance Floor soon, which is like a cheapskate local version of So You Think You Can Dance. i predict it will suck so much that it will ruin everybody's impression of singaporean dancers, which is not that great to start with. such a pity really, that dance will go down the same road that debate has with the other new channel 5 programme, The Arena. it's like the most phony debate series anyone could think up, complete with nonsense motions and corny titles and taglines. it goes out of the way to prove that debate isn't always a nerdy thing, which is again total rubbish because everyone knows that debaters indeed take great pride in being nerds. who cares if we're uncool, at least we speak well and know lots of things. and i think it's a travesty that loyang beat RI, because the guys were obviously more intelligent and making more sense than any of the whiny and annoying loyang girls. in fact, it just about reveals the screwy judging behind the show, and that is precisely the reason why i shouldn't be blamed for coaching vishal's girls to a loss against uwc. not that i even feel that it's my fault or anything, of course =P