So I have gotten pretty darn sick for the past two days. At first, I thought it was just some minor cold that was causing me to feel extremely tired. But late midnight I start to vomit once every hour or so. For the rest of the day, I literally felt like shit.
but I am feeling slightly better. Hopefully this flu will die down tomorrow...because I have two projects that are due sometimes next week =P
Music
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
It has been a while...
It really has been a long time since I last write a blog post. It's not because I am too busy to write one, but rather it's because I am lacking some interesting things to even attempt one. But it's almost the end of the month, so I decided to write one regardless.
So, one thing was unexpected. Our Midnight Rave T-shirts are selling a lot better than I have originally anticipated. One of our member, Kevin Qiu, designed the shirt. With the original price set at 20 dollars each, I often receive complaints about the price. However, with a one dollar profit per shirt at 20 bucks a piece, it is really hard to lower it even further. However, with much negotiation, the price of the shirt has been lowered to 15 dollars each. Since then, we have about 20 orders.
Apparently Midnight Rave is far from being done for the school year. We have about three performances left, maybe four if we are eligible to compete in a coming up breakdancing competition in March in a random school. With the coming up pep rally, the group is now making another round of effort to perfect our techniques and mentalities. Last time ended in a disaster, so we hope to not have any mishap occurs this time around. Thankfully, we r only dancing this time. So no glowsticks are going to be cracked.
With ethnic fair being our last official performance, the group is also making an effort to further expand our experiences with weapons. We plan to make a legitimate choreographed fight scene, but that is only doable if we accustom ourselves with the pain and experiences required. So this is another thing to look forward to.
Now, onto something more academic. I have heard from Urbana Champaign and I have been accepted. However, it is not the major which I intended to study in college. With that being said, I am having some thoughts about going there. Currently, my choice may be to go to Purdue for one year and if I still want to go to U of I, I will transfer to the school. I really don't know what to make out of it. But I really feel like I could've done a lot better than this. Ah well, just gotta wait to hear from other schools like Cornell now.
As the end of the year starts to approach, I can't help but ponders on my high school career. There are things that I cherish; there are things that I regret; there are things that I wish to remember vividly forever; and there are things that I wish to forget. This has really been a roller coaster ride. It saddens me that it's going to end in 3 months of time, but I am also excited to embrace the brand new chapter of my life: College.
So, one thing was unexpected. Our Midnight Rave T-shirts are selling a lot better than I have originally anticipated. One of our member, Kevin Qiu, designed the shirt. With the original price set at 20 dollars each, I often receive complaints about the price. However, with a one dollar profit per shirt at 20 bucks a piece, it is really hard to lower it even further. However, with much negotiation, the price of the shirt has been lowered to 15 dollars each. Since then, we have about 20 orders.
Apparently Midnight Rave is far from being done for the school year. We have about three performances left, maybe four if we are eligible to compete in a coming up breakdancing competition in March in a random school. With the coming up pep rally, the group is now making another round of effort to perfect our techniques and mentalities. Last time ended in a disaster, so we hope to not have any mishap occurs this time around. Thankfully, we r only dancing this time. So no glowsticks are going to be cracked.
With ethnic fair being our last official performance, the group is also making an effort to further expand our experiences with weapons. We plan to make a legitimate choreographed fight scene, but that is only doable if we accustom ourselves with the pain and experiences required. So this is another thing to look forward to.
Now, onto something more academic. I have heard from Urbana Champaign and I have been accepted. However, it is not the major which I intended to study in college. With that being said, I am having some thoughts about going there. Currently, my choice may be to go to Purdue for one year and if I still want to go to U of I, I will transfer to the school. I really don't know what to make out of it. But I really feel like I could've done a lot better than this. Ah well, just gotta wait to hear from other schools like Cornell now.
As the end of the year starts to approach, I can't help but ponders on my high school career. There are things that I cherish; there are things that I regret; there are things that I wish to remember vividly forever; and there are things that I wish to forget. This has really been a roller coaster ride. It saddens me that it's going to end in 3 months of time, but I am also excited to embrace the brand new chapter of my life: College.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Midnight Rave: Final Mix
So this past Wednesday and Thursday were the final appearances of Midnight Rave in the Hinsdale Central Variety Show. Because 6 out of 8 members this year are seniors ( myself included ) , we came to the conclusion that the six-years tradition may have come to a conclusion. However, with two outstanding freshman and an additional junior that is joining shortly after the variety show, the future of Midnight Rave seems bright.
This year's act name is called Midnight Rave: Final Mix. I am pretty sure all the hardcore gamers such as myself can guess the origin of such title with immense accuracy. Yes, the inspiration comes from one of my all-time favorite RPG series known as Kingdom Hearts.
Above is our Wednesday's performance. This year, it seems like Day 1 was actually better than Day 2. Maybe it's because it's senior night, or maybe it's because of the primary adrenaline rush that we felt during the performance. But ah well, as long as the audience liked it =)
The act this year can be broken down into three parts: breakdancing, popping, and raving.
Breakdancing, first introduced by David Wu from the first generation, has been a milestone for the group. With tremendous difficulty to practice with safety, this area is by far the hardest to improve. However, with Alex Kim's guidance and experience, the group manages to improve this weakness with unbelievable speed. In no time, this becomes one of our best selling points. Needless to say, Alex Kim is also the breakdancing choreographer of the group.
Popping, lead by Aaron Saballo, is one area which almost none of the members of the group is able to touch. With exceptions of Kevin Qiu and arguably Alex Kim, the trio manages to pull out a satisfying routine at the last minute to impress the audience. It seems like only the formation and the sequence of solos are planned for the variety show. However, with Aaron Saballo's extraordinary fluidity, this remains one of the most unbelievable feat ever done by Midnight Rave.
Raving, the most anticipating part of the group, was made famous by Alex Sun from the first generation. To be exact, the "raving" which Hinsdale Central refers to is actually known as "glowstringing". It was a type of dance which propers during the 80's and 90's in clubs. With Alex Sun's graduation in 2008, the group was dismayed due to the clear lack of knowledge in the area. Attempted to keep the group true to its name, I picked up the pace and learned several new moves on my own, which ultimately led to my responsibility as this year's raving coordinator. The goal was to make up the lack of knowledge about the art with fascinating patterns and a "surprise" to put a beautiful period mark in our career in the variety show.
As mentioned, 6 out of 8 of us are graduating this year. Although we feel like Midnight Rave may be able to survive for years to come, we doubt its capability to meet or surpass the expectations which we set this year. Although this may sound selfish, but it may be for the best to end the group this year. If the three remaining members are interested enough to keep the tradition going, they can always start a new crew with a new name. After all, it's not the name that counts, its the fact that there are still somebody in Hinsdale Central willing to share their passion for hitting the beats.
This year's act name is called Midnight Rave: Final Mix. I am pretty sure all the hardcore gamers such as myself can guess the origin of such title with immense accuracy. Yes, the inspiration comes from one of my all-time favorite RPG series known as Kingdom Hearts.
Above is our Wednesday's performance. This year, it seems like Day 1 was actually better than Day 2. Maybe it's because it's senior night, or maybe it's because of the primary adrenaline rush that we felt during the performance. But ah well, as long as the audience liked it =)
The act this year can be broken down into three parts: breakdancing, popping, and raving.
Breakdancing, first introduced by David Wu from the first generation, has been a milestone for the group. With tremendous difficulty to practice with safety, this area is by far the hardest to improve. However, with Alex Kim's guidance and experience, the group manages to improve this weakness with unbelievable speed. In no time, this becomes one of our best selling points. Needless to say, Alex Kim is also the breakdancing choreographer of the group.
Popping, lead by Aaron Saballo, is one area which almost none of the members of the group is able to touch. With exceptions of Kevin Qiu and arguably Alex Kim, the trio manages to pull out a satisfying routine at the last minute to impress the audience. It seems like only the formation and the sequence of solos are planned for the variety show. However, with Aaron Saballo's extraordinary fluidity, this remains one of the most unbelievable feat ever done by Midnight Rave.
Raving, the most anticipating part of the group, was made famous by Alex Sun from the first generation. To be exact, the "raving" which Hinsdale Central refers to is actually known as "glowstringing". It was a type of dance which propers during the 80's and 90's in clubs. With Alex Sun's graduation in 2008, the group was dismayed due to the clear lack of knowledge in the area. Attempted to keep the group true to its name, I picked up the pace and learned several new moves on my own, which ultimately led to my responsibility as this year's raving coordinator. The goal was to make up the lack of knowledge about the art with fascinating patterns and a "surprise" to put a beautiful period mark in our career in the variety show.
As mentioned, 6 out of 8 of us are graduating this year. Although we feel like Midnight Rave may be able to survive for years to come, we doubt its capability to meet or surpass the expectations which we set this year. Although this may sound selfish, but it may be for the best to end the group this year. If the three remaining members are interested enough to keep the tradition going, they can always start a new crew with a new name. After all, it's not the name that counts, its the fact that there are still somebody in Hinsdale Central willing to share their passion for hitting the beats.
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