Monday; MUET Speaking Trial; Cheerleading!

Our MUET trial was at 9am, so I had to leave Biology class (They were doing this 'experiment' which involved drawing sliced orchids- SLICED ORCHIDS!) to join Angus, Ashrul & CSF for our exam. We're the first group for every MUET speaking examination, so it's kind of a disadvantage. But at least we get it over with quickly! :D Teacher Victoria, who is our examiner, has told me before that my teammates kinda cause me to not get the higher marks that I am able to get. In a way, it's true, especially for Angus. He's a steady speaker, but a little slow, & I barely dare to interupt him or, as the teacher says, 'make the discussion not like a dead fish' because I'd seem to totally take over. Ashrul is always alright, though he is stubborn & always sticks to his stand. CSF gets way too nervous, so he stutters & doesn't say much sometimes. So... We'll be staying back tomorrow, Thursday AND Friday to practice speaking together. I don't mind, because it seems fun to be able to stay back with my friends & have lunch with them. Also, I might be able to get more work done in school, where there are people around me watching, instead of going home & utterly slack off into oblivion. Cheerleading was still quite a mess today, without Douglas (the only boy in our team) and Azera (one of the best dancers from the Cultural Dance Club). Yii Chyng & Ee Ee guided us through stretching exercises! After that Ee Ee & a few of her friends taught us some dance steps, which were not too difficult, not too easy. Even though there were way too many rests & stops as they discussed how to do this & that, still, at the end of the day, when I gathered them together for a short briefing (pep talk much) they all exclaimed that they had fun. Whether or not some of them were being sarcastic, I don't know- But it felt good :) It felt nice to be sort of leading a bunch of girls who clapped so loudly & cheered when they went out five by five to try out the dance steps in front of everyone else. Even though mistakes were made. Even though some of us were lousy. But they cheered! That's the spirit of being a cheerleader. I really hope we'd be able to get this up and going, & turn cheerleading into a unique discipline in school. Most important would be the cheerful, sporting attitude. It's important to instill that, so that when Sport's Day rolls around, they wouldn't just concentrate on the competition & looking good- they's actually CARE a lot about how their Houses are doing, & stand in the sun to cheer for those participating in the events. Not that I wanted to lead XS I'd joined cheerleading, expecting to learn a lot of things, & to be forced to exercise- cheerleading is a very demanding sport, physically, and I love how it tones the body but doesn't rough anything up, like basketball and badminton. Nevertheless, it's a mess. As the saying goes, if you want anything done right, do it yourself- or rather, in my case, if you want anything done YOUR way, do it yourself. I don't want this cheerleading thing to be a mediocre, just to pass time thing. I remember the days when my mum trained the Red House Cheerleading Squad for the annual cheerleading competition between houses in schools- The commitment, the discipline, the excitement <3 It's like being involved in perbarisan all over again, except this time, no suffering under the scorcing sun listening to speeches, prettier costumes, sheer workouts that gives you a hot body (IKR) & MUSIC! So much better, so why not? :D Okay, I don't know about the hot body. But it's a start. Change starts with you. I'm not much, I'm not that efficient, & I feel bossy & stupid trying to organize this, but it's a start. Who knows, yeah? Cheers for cheerleading! Signed, Carmelia. Feeling, happy. Thinking, I wanna do toe touches splits gherkins platform raises straddle raises yeah.