i was in my living room today examining the cuts and bruises on my arms and legs when i realized something: CHEERLEADING IS HARD.
i could be one of the first to tell you that i'm a fan of sports. i'm not into any sport. so each year, for sports day in my school (for most of us who aren't athletes who joins track, etc etc), there'll be two choices. cheerleading or marching. and i always go for the latter. cos hey, it's like walking. just uniformed. and harder. i mean, have you seen the marchers practicing under the hot sun to be perfectly uniformed with one another? and besides, in my mind, only the girly girls join cheer. what with their micro minis and booty shaking.
oh was i so wrong.
for it was in cheer that i had endured two weeks of the most painful training i have had since i came into high school. (and no, i did not join cheer on my own free will btw. we have keshia and cathaline to thank for that).
so anyway, let me start with the most basic moves. it is to put your arms together at your chest, thrust arms forward,come back, do a diagonal while keeping knuckles together, do a normal diagonal and reverse it. sounds complicated, but it's not. truth be told, that's possibly one of the simplest move in cheer. but here's the kicker, you have to do it in tune with 24 other girls. not only that, it's done at super speed. and over and over and OVER again until your arms feel like their about to fall off.
and THAT, is the easy part.
being one of the taller, bigger girls in the team, me and a few friends of mine made base. which just means we had to go about carrying people. i really thought it'd be easy. i mean, please. 4 people at the bottom of the pyramid, 2 on top, and 1 girl at the very top. should be easy right? NOT.
i've said this once and i'll say it again: I WILL NEVER EVER UNDERESTIMATE CHEERLEADERS EVER AGAIN.
oh.did i mention AS we are carrying these girls on our backs like a pack of mules (or having them step on your thigh/ shoulder/ palm), we have to memorize and shout out a cheer especially made for our school/ team? you try that and tell me how it goes.
and that, is just about cheer moves, stunts and chants. let us now move on to DANCE.
here's a thought, how can you say i'm not trying to move my body when i'm utterly incapable of moving said body part? how can you 'shake' something that does not wanna be 'shook'? you tell me:) we need to be soft enough to shake and forceful in movement. we need to be in tune with the music and the other 24 girls in the team. what what whatt?
too. many. things. to. focus. on.
so don't come to me saying that 'left, right, left, right' is the harder activity cos i will kick your sorry ass. it has been left, right, left, right since centuries ago. so what poor deluded thoughts have i been (and i'm sure MANY students are still) harboring thinking that marching even comes CLOSE to the hell that is cheerleading?
but at the end of the day, i have nothing but respect for all the cheerleaders. they find good music, great dance moves, stuff for pom poms, designs for the uniform, make sure the girls are in line, in order, and uniformed with each other. it's harder that it looks.
so here i stand today paying tribute to convent cheerleaders. telling people how underestimated cheerleaders at our school really are. even by students like me. cos at the end of the day, what is it that people really remember about sports day? it's only the marching and cheerleading competition that leaves a deep impact in their minds. so really, i really do believe that the teachers really DON'T give us enough credit. don't you think so?:)
Debra Debbie Allison.
i can't believe it's my senior year
&& it's only January but I'm being so emotional here
i don't want to leave school
i'll miss every little things
even the annoying people
because I know that there won't be another annoying people i'll met out there HAHA
respect to all the cheerleaders this year&& TO THE CAPTAIN TOO! which is
1. RAJVIN KAUR - fokker house
2. ALICE AMANDA MICHEAL- jet house
3. PETRENE SUSANNA - comet house
&&
4. LUCYNDA JOEY - boeing house
they had made a blast perfomance in such a nick of time.
there were no time that they got a relieves UNTIL the real sports day
all captain had made their best of the best of FULLBLASTED best this time
like what Debra said to me "sedih oh kaw tida masuk convent awal-awal"
I KNOW!!!!!!!!
nevermind, things happened for a reason.
ciaos bonita (: