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I was talking to ol' friend JW the other day, and she made a remark about me. She said that I tend to obsess a lot, i.e. I get crazes: I find something I like, then get absolutely engrossed and preoccupied with it, thinking (and talking) about it 24/7 . Then it fades and I'm normal again until something else comes along. Obviously, I disagreed with her choice of words.. obsessed is such a strong word! To me, I think I'm just being passionate (cos' that's just me), not obssessive. Although I have to admit that it's a very fine line.. (And having said this, I'm sure those of you who actually know me fully agree with JW since I am exactly like that!) Anyhow, I refuse to have this 'stigma' attached to my name so for now, let's just call this passion, ok?

Following on from that, I have a new craze.. it's a Disney Channel original movie and was just released early this year. Yup, it's High School Musical alright! Oh my gosh, when I first heard about it/saw the advertisment, I knew that I was going to like it. After all, this is my forte - singing, dancing, acting! But when I actually watched it, I was blown away by how incredible the movie was! The actors were absolutely brilliant, and I do mean brilliant.. the singing was of star quality, the music, all original, was so catchy and just sounded great.. and best of all, the dancing. Ohhh... the dancing.. it was absolutely brilliantly amazing! The choreography was simply excellent (they won an Emmy award for Outstanding Choreography!) and the dancers were brilliant - perfectly coordinated and most important of all, looked like they were so energetic and like they're having so much fun!!!

What's the story? Well, it's a typical American high school where the main character is Troy, the all-star, coolest-guy-in-school who everybody adores. He's the basketball captain, the playmaker and is the one who's going to bring the regional basketball championships home. But then he meets this girl, Gabriella (played by Vanessa Anne Hugdens) who is a maths whiz, i.e. nerd, and they both discover that they both love singing, especially together. Without giving too much away, it's basically about following your dream, breaking free from stereotypes and acceptance amongst everyone regardless how different they are. All in all, a very feel-good, everyone-lives-happily-ever-after movie: true to Disney, alright!

Need I say more?

Of course, with every movie craze I get, there must be a guy who I am very fond of, to say the least.. this time it's the lead guy, Troy Bolton, played by Zac Efron. I (and all my friends whom I persuaded to watch it) thought that he was absolutely amazing! Definitely a rising star, I'll certainly be watching out for this cutie in the future! I mean, he's an ace actor, and I mean, really really good.. he's a great dancer, has loads of style when he dances so much so that he completely stands out from the crowd, and he's an awesome singer. Plus, he's really cute (and adorable) and absolutely charismatic too! What more could you ask for?

This was taken from one of my favourite scenes in the movie - isn't he so cute?

Here is him in yet another scene of the movie, enjoying his singing.. Look at the expression..wow!

And just in case you didn't get a close enough look at him, here he is!
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Anyhoo, I just thought I'd share with you my amazing experience with this movie.. I absolutely love it and according to my sis, on the Disney Channel (cos' I can't afford to subscribe to it), they're also play the 'sing-a-long' and 'dance-a-long's. So cool! But to be honest, don't think I really need it. Know why? Well, I've watched it so many million times, and listened to the soundtrack another couple million times that I can sing to almost every song now!

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But that's not my biggest accomplishment. Get this: there's this huge, energetic and really cool finale dance at the end of the movie.. and in keeping with my latest 'trying-to-get-into-shape' thing, I decided to try and figure out the steps! After a gruelling 3 hours plus, I did it! Mind you, not an easy task at all!! Then I've been spending another 2 hours plus teaching JW and JT the steps, and dancing together cos' let's face it, it's much more fun to dance together! (We've still got a bit more to go..) Gosh.. these few days have been absolutely exhausting for us ok! But it's sooo cool.. we enjoy dancing it soo damn much, we get great exercise and sweat like absolute pigs and at the end of it, feel frickin' fantastic afterwards!!!

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I've always said that this has been my passion.. there's nothing more I want to do in the world than dance, sing and act for a living. Heck, you don't even have to pay me, I'll do it just cos' I love it! Sighh.. unfortunately what am I doing? Medicine.. f**kin' medicine.. Really, one of these days, I'm going to stop whining about it and instead, go follow my dream and break free.. Disney style!