Dance For A Cause

Dance For A Cause

OnRepeat: NERD – Meet Me Halfway
CurrentlyReading: HW due for the next 2 weeks
TheMessage: SHEROES is HOSTING "DANCE FOR A CAUSE," on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 from 5-9pm, to support the typhoon victims of the Philippines and help aid those whose lives has been torn from these tragic events. PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT!

DanceForACause. On September 28, 2009: At least 400 Filipinos have lost their lives, and 150,000 of their homes, to Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy). The storm hit Luzon, the Philippines' main island, on Saturday, September 26th bringing a month's worth of rainfall to Metro Manila and nearby areas in just a few hours, causing severe flooding which resulted in the loss of many lives and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

Up to 80 percent of Manila is covered in water. Rescue workers are reported to be overwhelmed. Forty-eight hours after the storm dumped the same amount of rain in one day as is typical for a whole month in the region, thousands of capital residents are still awaiting rescue on rooftops. Tens of thousands of people are sleeping in churches, schools, and outdoor parks. Many are pitching tents wherever they can. Roads and bridges have been washed away. In the capital of Manila alone, economic damage has already totaled $30 million.

Similarly, on October 3, 2009: At least 193 Filipinos have lost their lives and tens of thousands of people to fled their homes for safer shelter as Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines.

All the profits, donations, clothes, books, toys, and nonperishable canned goods will go directly to the Philippines.

So PLEASE!! Come Out & Support!!!

Registration starts at 5pm.
First class is taught by Monica Parales. [6-7pm]
Second class is taught by Brian "BAM" Martin. [7-8pm]
Third class is taught by Shaun Evaristo. [8-9pm]

Check out the flier for more details.
SEE YOU THERE!

Hope you are all having better days.
Please advertise this workshop and bring everyone you know.
Also, if you are FILIPINO you have NO excuse NOT to be there.
<3 kimmiko

Silver Wedding Anniversary.

OnRepeat: N.E.R.D – Anti-Matter
CurrentlyReading: Midterm Study Guide for PS149C.
TheMessage: November 3, 2009 is my parent’s 25th wedding anniversary.

11.3.09. My parent’s Silver Wedding Anniversary is coming up. Unfortunately I don’t have enough money to pay for a banquet hall or fancy party. I thought about sending them on a 3-5 day cruise or paying for a week’s vacation, but they kept telling me to save my money and spend it on school. So… I ended up making them a scrapbook. A lot of the pictures they had were just stacked on top of each other and collecting dust. So I thought, maybe if I could quickstyle put together a scrapbook that’ll commemorate their 25 years of marriage it’ll be greatly appreciated. I felt that if I hand-made the gift it’s better than me buying their gift. It’ll be more personal because I put my heart, soul, and time into making the gift. Anyway, I’m still working on what I’m going to hand-write in the scrapbook. The pictures enough are worth a thousand words… so the message I’ll have to write has to really be meaningful, sincere, and memorable enough to not be forgotten.

Here’s the scrapbook I’m giving my parents, minus what I have to write. Enjoy.

Hope you are all having better days.
Come support CADC’s first performance of the year with the 09-10 team on 11.5.09 at flagpoles at 1220pm.
BTW Watch me & Yack’s class online:
<3 kimmiko

CADC 2009-2010

nuff said :]
YAY CADC 2009-2010!
I'm so effin happy and excited.
It's going to be a good year!! I CAN FEEL IT <3

Hope you are all having better days.
Come support SHEROES at CSSD Showcase this Saturday!
GAHH Pray for me I have 2 midterms next week lol.
<3 kimmiko

Kappa

Tina, Erica, Becca, and I

OnRepeat: Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway
CurrentlyWatching: CADC 2009 Audition Videos of my Individual and Group
TheMessage: I’m a Newbie on CADC! YAY KAPPA Class. YAY for a new FAMILY

Kappa. I auditioned for CADC on 10.19.09. It was probably the most nerve-racking thing I’ve done in 4 years. I haven’t auditioned in 4 years, regardless of how many people were there to give me pep talks and support me, I was still tripping balls! I've never auditioned inside crawford hall. I've been to DC and KM Auditions and Judged CG Auditions. It's so interesting to see the tables turn. I wondered how nervous the auditionees must have been to see the judges, alumni, and bleachers full of people. Then I find myself in that same very predicament. I couldn’t stop practicing, pacing, smoking cigarettes, etc. I finally get called round 1 [individuals] with Sonia & Koko [Returners on DC], and my group gets called 2nd to last for round 2. For being there for 8 hours, it was worth it. Putting aside how effing nervous I was, it was good times. There was hella auditionees [200?] and a lot of talented dancers [yall were sick as fcuk!] Thank God for Becca Kim & Erica Lee. I love you mamaz =D We worked hard and danced hard. I’m really happy and proud of us. LADY GAGA!!! Lol. For those of you who weren’t able to make it to auditions here’s my videos. Compliments of my dormmate Kris Chow. He's the effing best. thanks for recording and for the pep talk. BTW, I messed up and had my nervous moments, but I tried my best. Enjoy.

CADC Auditions 2009 - Team Lady GaGa ♥

CADC Auditions 2009 - Individuals: Kimmiko, Koko, and Sonia ♥

I'm really excited for this upcoming year. I'm going to continue to "finish strong." Work hard, dance hard, give back, and have a lot of fun. I'm really excited to meet the rest of the Kappas and start training/dancing on CADC. Let the good times roll.

Hope you are all having better days.
Come Support Sheroes Workshops Wednesdays in October at Jayvee Dance Center in Alhambra.
YAY CADC KAPPA CLASS!
<3 kimmiko

Finish Strong.

OnRepeat: Baby Dollz – My Cookie
CurrentlyCraving: Dole Whip from Disneyland and a trip to Vegas or some Indian Casino to satisfy my gambling itch.
TheMessage: Senior Year = Finish Strong. “The great philosopher Epictetus said, "It's not what happens to you, it's how you react that matters."

FinishStrong. It’s my senior year at UCI. I’m scheduled to graduate and walk Spring 2010. Looking back on my college life/career, a lot of shit happened—some good, a lot of bad—but regardless of all of that, I have one more year left and I want to do it big. I want to LIVE IT UP. I’m not going to have “Senioritis” and just “chill.” I’m going to go all out and not hold back on anything. What do I mean by this? This “Finish Strong” attitude is about choice. Only you have the power to choose how to respond to the challenges before you. So how will you choose to respond? Will you take up a challenge or let it pass you by? In my life, there are several struggles and choices that I have to make. I know that if I say “Yes” to something, I’m saying “No” to something else, so I've weighed my decisions out carefully. I’ve always been the type of person whose word is “good for it.” If I say I’m going to do something, you damn sure can count on me to do it to the best of my ability with no bullshit in between. I don’t believe in half-committing/half-assing something. So what are the choices I’ve made for 2009-2010? I’m clearly just going to list them, as a reminder to me and those of you following my blogg to be true to myself and keep me on check.

1. Dean’s list: I want to get on the Dean’s List one more time before I graduate
2. Complete UROP/SURP Research Project: I want to present my project flawlessly at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in May and get my proposal published in a journal.
3. Complete PS Honors Senior Thesis: I want to write a strong 60-80 page senior thesis and graduate with honors.
4. 2 exhibition: Sheroes & Boxcuttuhz—Sheroes practices Mondays (8-12pm) & Saturday Mornings (11-2pm). Cuttuhz practices Mondays (9-11pm) and Saturday Afternoons (2-7pm). I know I’ll be really busy dancing, but I want this and I WILL handle it. I planned out my schedule so that SUNDAYS are, with no exceptions, homework/study day.
5. Bartending: I want to balance school, dance, and work. Land a steady bartending job and keep it.

Announcement. After much contemplation, I’ve decided to audition for CADC. At first I was hesitant because I wasn’t sure if I could handle it. I wasn’t sure if this is what I really wanted. Lastly, I was SCARED. But I realized, I have to “FINISH STRONG.” I don’t want to look back on my life and wonder “what if?” I rather GO FOR IT and get rejected giving it my all than not trying at all. At least if I give it my all, there won’t be anymore “what ifs” or “regrets” right? After much self-reflection and discussions with several close friends, I decided to do it.

I’m 100% committed to auditioning and I’m really excited for auditions [workshops week 3, audition week 4 CRAWFORD HALL on Monday OCT 19th @ 6:30pm]. I’m usually really shy as a person (good at 1-on-1 conversation, but not BIG groups), until you get to know me, but over this past summer, I’ve grown to love the team. I think every single person on that team is not only sick as fuck as a dancer, but also a genuinely good person that I wouldn’t mind getting lunch with or kicking it with. Of course I’m a little nervous. The last time I auditioned for a team was my freshman year in college [4 years ago!]. So wish me luck =D I’m going to give it my all and I hope that’s good enough.

I know this is something I want (not because people were telling me to). I want to grow as much as I can not only as a dancer, but also as a person and friend. I know if I make the team, DC can teach me A LOT. I have one more year left to dance “competitively” (Lord knows I’m not competing anymore after I graduate. I need to work full-time for 2 years, land that professional internship at Corporate Disney in Burbank, and save for Business Graduate School because my loans won’t be enough to cover my schooling if I go off the bat)and I’ve realized that DC is perfect not only because of it’s location, or the fact that it’s UCI based and I’m a UCI student, but because I know that if I make it on the team, it’s going to the be BEST FUCKING YEAR of my life. I can honestly feel the energy from the team, the love and respect that they share for each other as teammates and family, and I want to be a part of that. I have so much respect for them and hope I get the chance to share the stage with them and dance my heart out on stage for them. Thank God for Becca Kim and Erica Lee—my CADC audition group and DC returners. I’m really excited and happy we’re auditioning together. It’s going to be hella GOOD TIMES.

BeReal. I know there will be people our there cheering me on, those people I really am blessed to have in my life and thank you for supporting me. On the other hand, I know there will be other people who will be talking mad shit, those people I have no control over, but if you’re reading this I want you to know that I’m not going to let you phase me. I’m tired of trying to make YOU happy. This is what I want and like the movie 10 thing I hate about you, I’m not going to make ANYONE make ME feel like I CAN’T have what I WANT. I’m doing this for ME and if you were really down for me, you’d be a homie, respect that decision, and support it. And if you weren’t a homie to begin with, stop wasting your energy and time hating on me, spend that energy elsewhere and do something positive for a change. But if you do continue to hate, I’m just going to develop “tough skin,” and stop worrying so much bout what you say. I’ma just do ME and be HAPPY that way.

FinishStrong. Thanks for reading my blogg. Hope it was somewhat inspirational. I challenge you to always choose to Finish Strong and tell me about it. I’ll be here cheering you on. Sorry if I’m MIA too for the homies whom I’ve yet to chill with, get lunch/dinner with for 3-4 years. You know how I am. Just know I never forget about you guys and always appreciate that you're still there.

Pray for me & Wish me luck.
Hope you are all having better days.
& COME SUPPORT SHEROES. TAKE ME & YACKZ CLASS THIS WEDNESDAY!
It’s to a JERKIN SONG!! No joke, I’ll teach you how to JERK!!
<3 kimmiko