I'm finally back from Taiwan! :) I went to Taiwan with Aces for the sole purpose of having a little exchange trip with a team of Taiwan Cheerleaders. We went to Vanung University and the cheerleaders were just too good. Whenever I see them doing stunts, it just makes my heart drop. I was simply in awed with whatever they were doing and how much training they had put into making themselves that good. It was just too amazing. I really regretted not taking more pictures of my week in Taiwan :'( and I really had the time of my life in my stay there. I just want to thank the Vanung Cheerleaders for teaching me so many new stunts and for helping me out in so many ways I can't imagine.
I tell you, the moment I saw their team and their bunch of year ones, I was literally shocked. Their bases there were all really big-sized and even those somewhat slightly small sized bases were considered quite huge for us Singaporeans. Plus their year ones were really good! And I was really glad to practise most of my stunts on them and they were so good till the point that they could point out my mistakes and helped me correct them. I just want to thank them so much! ^^ So anyways, here are pictures of my last day in Taiwan, in which they organized a huge BBQ session for the whole lot of us.
My bbq table consisted of Lawrence, Nee Meng, Yixin, Mabel and I, and we really were enjoying ourselves. Nee Meng was the one in charge of the cooking and it was really funny whenever he kept burning the aluminium foil.
There was also this ice-cream counter at one corner of the bbq place and greedy Lawrence helped himself to like 4 scoops of it and piled it on like some crazy person. Hahaha :)
Say hi to Tiny, me, Yixin, Yulin and Ahdong. The two of them at the side are the Vanung Cheerleaders :)
If I'm not wrong, this guy here is called DingDang :) Super adorable name right! All of them had super cute nicknames which was easier to remember, considering the fact that I can't remember Chinese names for nuts :P
Gerald, the bubbly Aces base! :)
Hendro was not happy with this picture because that 'belly' you see there is not actually his belly. It was just layers of clothing which rolled up to make him look like he had a belly. He immediately asked me to take another picture! Haha.
Ahhh, now you can see that he has no belly whatsoever, but I do! :)
This guy called AhDong is just damn good at gymnastics and cheer techniques. He can literally do a layout twist on the hard ground itself without any momentum whatsoever, plus he can breakdance rather well. His techniques are amazing in a sense that he can toss to hands a 58kg flyer with a freakishly large amount of air-time. And he is not the strongest there, so you can actually imagine how amazing their team is.
The reason why I snapped a picture of Ahdong and Yixin together was because I felt the two of them look really alike. I had no idea why but I kept thinking the two of them seemed like a bunch of long-lost siblings. Hahahaha and to prove to others that I was not lying, I snapped this picture :P Can you see the similarities?
Wylie and I: I tell you, Wylie is like some shopping king. He is the only guy who has spent over 2k Singapore dollars within one week in Taiwan. Of course most of it are spent on his shopping sprees :) And after seeing this picture, it is quite obvious that Wylie is a camwhore king as well. Haha :P
Here are 6 people's worth of luggages all neatly stacked up while we were checking in for our flight back to Singapore. Their weighing scale was really small so we had no choice but to pile them up like that.
Our flight back to Singapore was really quite an entertaining one: Lawrence, Minyi, Yixin and I were seating near each other so we started chatting and talking about our week in Taiwan and other random stuff that came to mind. I swear we were laughing so loud that the people around us seemed quite irritated at us. Opppsies.
After touching down in Singapore, my dearest bf surprised me with a bouquet of flowers! He had been waiting there for me for 4 straight hours and he even bought flowers for me. I was really touched even when I was so exhausted from my trip. Thank you bf for being such a sweetie and I really did miss him and my family while I was overseas. I was probably too tired from all the trainings to think about them too much, but I certainly did miss them a lot :)
My trip in Taiwan was a very fruitful one and I had learned so many new stunts and techniques from them just within one week. Plus I also managed to buy a few varsity jackets which was super cheap in Taiwan! Yayness! :) I just hoped that I could stay there longer and train with them for at least one month, because they are just so good. I really do appreciate their effort and patience in teaching me and I wish them the best for whatever upcoming competitions they have in the future. Plus, I heard from someone, saying that when we came to Taiwan, they had examinations coming up in two weeks time. Yet they still poured in their time and effort in coaching Aces. Thank you and I really love you all a lot! You all are a true inspiration whom have motivated me to work harder in my years in Cheerleading.
Go, fight, win!