Happy Halloween 2011

Sunflower Rhapsody

I love sunflowers, they makes me happy. Looking at their big faces they seems .....
Read more .....

2011 October Calendar Wallpaper

Hello everyone! A new month is coming! Download the new wallpaper for October 2011 now. Clicking the image will lead you to our new website where you can download the high res version.

You may also take a look at our new website. And don't forget to bookmark it!

The Ballet Girls
September 2011

September 2011 Calendar for you

A September calendar for you to download. Resolution 1440x900 perfect for your computer wallpaper!
Hope you like it!

Dance with the music!

One day after school, we were meeting at the playground ......

Kate: "Let's dance with the music!"

Eve: "Ok! I can always dance with the music. Let's start!"

Ally: "Very well then. But I can't hear any music playing.  How to dance?"

Mia: "The music is already in your heart! Don't you think?"

Everybody nodded knowingly.

Along with the music playing in our heart, we were dancing and enjoying.

We can always have music playing in our heart.

The Balletgirls

August, 2011

The Grandfather Clock

There is always someone we missed so much in our life. 
And there is always an item, whenever we seen it will remind us how badly we missed our special one.

Happy Father's Day!

Kate.
June 2011

Life is colorful, don't you think?

It is your own choice whether your life is colorful or not.


Think positive, choose happiness and smile always. 


Simple like that, you can now enjoy a COLORFUL life.


B.Gs
May, 2011

My Top 10 Good Mood List

Have you ever noticed that every time when you are doing something in a good mood, you will usually get a better result than when you did the same thing in bad mood?

It is common sense. I am sure many of you have this experience. And even you don't, you know I am right and it is not hard to figure it out.

Everybody prefer to have a good mood all the time. But the real challenge is: How to keep yourself in good mood? Or how to remember to bring along your good mood with you when you are doing something important?

Here is my top 10 "Mood Booster":

1. Chocolate bar - It usually helps, especially when I need a quick mood boost.
2. Listen to a favorite song - It works when you get bored by your homework and study.
3. Helping people - You will be in a good mood for the whole day.
4. Be punctual in time - I hate to be late and I feel good being punctual in time.
5. Watch a disney movie - They are entertaining, educational and inspirational.
6. Singing when you shower - A mini "personal" concert in your bathroom really rocks.
7. Meet an old friend - A "must do" if you are really in bad mood.
8. Walking in zig-zag pattern - I know it looks weird, but it works.
9. Do some chores, and concentrate on them - It helps your mind to settle down.
10. Say "Good Morning" to yourself - It will remind you to live for today and to carry a good mood.

How about you? Do you have any "good mood" tips to share?

~ Ally, April 2011

Preparation that works

Last Saturday we had a ballet performance in the Town Hall, it was a fund raising event to help an elderly centre in our neighborhood. I was selected to perform a two-minutes pas seul (solo dance). My mother and grandmother also came and watched the show.

After the show, mother squeezed me in her arms and told me the  performance was marvelous and I looked very confident on the stage. She burst out with tears and said she was so proud of me. My mouth couldn't come out any word to express my thankfulness, so I just gave her a big sweet kiss.

Then I told mom, I had been preparing this show for almost a month. 

Once I heard that I needed to perform a solo, I was so nervous and worried. Although I also realized that it was a great opportunity being able to dance in front of the public. Therefore, I told myself I mustn't chicken out. I must get my mind and body ready for that. And the good thing was, I still had the time to prepare.

During the next four weeks prior the show, I was working non-stop. Physically I was practicing at least 3 hours per day. And mentally I repeatedly imagining myself dancing on the stage with hundreds of eyes watching. Slowly day after day my anxiety and nervousness were faded. There left only one voice in my mind when I was finally waiting at the backstage on the night of the show: "Stay focused! Just dance it out!"

When the curtain opened, I was simply repeating, almost mindlessly, what I had been rehearsing for the last whole month. My body just flowed so smoothly along with the music. My mind was so peaceful and calm and thinking of nothing else, until I heard the loud applause from the audiences.

I have made it! What I had been working hard on had finally paid out!

Now I have learned how important preparation is. No matter you are doing a ballet performance, having an exam or making a speech or whatever things in life. Confidence just won't come naturally to conquer the fear of failure. But what we can do is to prepare ourselves until we know we can do what we have to do.

Kate, March 2011.

P.S. Lately I have watched the Oscar-winner movie "The King's Speech". The story really inspires me!

Playing your heart out ... be enthusiastic!

What ever you do in life, be enthusiastic.


Find your passion and ignite it. Your enthusiasm will give you a better chance to realize your dream. Of course nothing come easily. There will always be some stumbling blocks waiting ahead of you. Don't worry, they are only there for you to discover how badly you want to actualize your dream.  Accomplishment after striving hard is the most rewarding thing to keep you going.


This is one of the most important things I learned from ballet.

~ Eve

March, 2010

I can always do better

Many of my classmates in the ballet class are quite talented. Like Ally, she learns fast and she can handle new maneuvers without much difficulties. For me, somehow I am quite a slow learner. I always need to practice very hard for every single movement and taking much longer time than the others to learn it.

People might think I should feel upset, but in fact I don't. Somehow I show my improvement by practicing harder than the others. Well, it is true that I need to put more effort than the rest of the class but at the end of day I am still able to make it. That's my way.

And I am happy. Because I know day by day I am getting better and better.

Descartes once said: "Conquer yourself rather than the world!"

Let's share this wisdom, and always doing things with our best effort to conquer our own selves!

- Mia

February 2011

Our Chinese New Year Special Dance Performance

Last year we visited China and joined the Chinese New Year celebration there. We were really impressed by the festive atmosphere and we all like the lion dance very much. So this year we decided to do a little play in our dance school to celebrate the Year of Rabbit. We have come up with an idea to combine the traditional chinese lion dance with some ballet moves.

Hope you all like it!

Happy Chinese New Year!

- The Ballet Girls

(To download the pic, just click on it!)

Get yourself ready

Are you ready .....


... to carry your smile first thing everyday when you wake up?
... to make a difference to make this world a better one?
... to get a start for what you haven't put into action?
... to accomplish what you haven't finished?
... to get rid of old bad habits and start new good ones?
... to become a better you than you were last year?
It's 2011! And it is all yours! So get yourself ready!


Happy new year!


~ Kate, Ally, Eve and Mia

We wish you have a fantastic Christmas!

A Christmas wish from the Ballet Girls

The Night of Oz

"After one full day of adventure, dusk finally arrived the land of Oz.

Cowardly Lion went to sleep at once, as if only in his dream he has nothing to fear of. Well, let's hope he won't have a nightmare. (^_^')

Scarecrow was leaning his back on an old oak tree, trying to clear up his no-brain head. It seems like one day's adventure already puzzled him too much. It's better not to disturb him or he will flood you all the questions in his mind. (O_o?)

So I was teaching Tin Woodman some ballet moves. He followed clumsily and I quite enjoyed it because watching him was really funny. However, I think he did need to add some lubricant oil to his joints. The sound from his joints were really awful!  (*_*')

Indeed, the journey was a tough one and the quests were not easy. But this night shall be the last night. Tomorrow we will finish the last part of the yellow brick road and enter the Emerald City to have our dreams fulfilled!"

Everytime I watched the movie "The Wizard of Oz". I always fancied myself travel with Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion in the land of Oz, to their journey of discovering wisdom, courage and love. We followed the yellow brick road, heading to the Emerald City to meet the Great Wizard to pursue our dream.

I always love to ask my friends, "In real life, where is your yellow brick road and what is your Emerald City?"

- Eve

P.S. Happy Halloween!

Flamingoes

Look at these big birds in flaming color.

Resting at the waterside quietly.

So relax and carefree.

Elegant their postures are.

Like a group of ballet dancers.

Mayhap, I should invite them to dance with me.

~Mia

September, 2010

Watched a TV documentary about wild flamingoes last night. They are so beautiful. When I was watching the show there was only one thing in my mind: "They really look like ballet dancers dressing in flaming dancing costumes!"

However the condition of their natural habitat is severely under threat. Air and water pollutions and global warming are putting their home in jeopardy. If we don't do something to stop the pollution and protect our environment, someday all these beautiful animals will disappear forever.

Can you feel the breeze?

This is a hot summer day and I am on my way to the dance school. The air is hot and humid and I am running on the street. When I reached the bus stop, I have just missed the bus.

"What a bad luck!" I think. 

Sweat keeps running down from my forehead and the sun keeps on baking me, you can imagine how it feels like.  If I can only run faster and get on that bus, I should be now enjoying the air-con, pulling out my ipod and listen to the music. The only thing I can do now is waiting for another 20 minutes or so until the next bus come. I keep blaming my stupid self and the disturbing weather. 

I am waiting impatiently at the but stop and feel more and more uneasy. I wish that there is something which can cool me down. I sit down on the bench and noticed an old lady sitting next to me, smiling.

"You have just missed the bus, right?" she said. "Don't worry, the next one is coming. It won't be long."

"This hot weather is driving me crazy." I told her. "And I am going to be late for my dance class."

"I see," she nodded knowingly. "I have missed that bus too. I need to pick up my grandson from the kindergarten and I am pretty sure I will be late."

"There is nothing we can do but sitting here stupidly under this cursed weather to wait for the next bus." I can't help complaining.

"Of course not," her voice sound peaceful, doesn't seem to worry about anything. "We can enjoy the breeze."

What? Breeze? I can feel nothing but the heat only. I look at the old lady, puzzling.

"Now close you eyes," she said. "And try to feel it."

I close my eyes, my heart still wondering but it seems to calm down a little, not as agitated as before. I try to concentrate to feel something. After a while, I can really feel some tiny flow of air around me. It does comfort me and I can feel it more and more clearly. Now I have totally cooled down and my anxiety is gone. I eyes still keep closing, enjoying the light breeze softly caressing my body. I have never had this experience before, it is so wonderful.

I slowly opening my eyes. I body can still feel the breeze. The old lady is still sitting next to me, smiling.

"Feeling better now, isn't it?" she asked.

"Thanks." I nodded.

"It always work for me. Whenever I am getting mad on something I will use this method to calm down myself." she said. "The way you feel can actually control by your mind."

I thanks her again. And we start chatting happily. I tell her about my ballet practice and she tells me about her grandson. The heat doesn't bother me anymore.

And then the bus arrives.

~Ally

August, 2010

Dancing with the magical bubbles

I love blowing bubbles very much since I was small. 

I remembered Mom always get me a bottle of "Magic Water" whenever we went to park or beach or some countryside. By the time I really believe there was some "magic" added to the "water", before I actually find out the "formula" was no magic at all (water + washing powder + soda powder).

Well, maybe the "water" was not that magical, but the bubbles were, and they still are.
I enjoy the fun when blowing out the bubbles, watching them floating in the air up and down. I always try to chase them and catch them and then watching them vanish in the air. I can see the rainbow-like color of the bubbles, as the sun shining on them. That makes me happy.

Yes, there is so much fun watching the bubbles. And I will make wishes. I can imagine that every bubble carrying a tiny little wish of mine, floating high up in the sky. 

May all my little wishes come true, my little magical bubbles.

~Eve

Summer Serenity

On the little pond where water lilies grows,

the water and the sky are indistinguishable.

Lilies floating on water,

and ripples echoes together.

The sun is shining,

and the clouds show their linings.

The breeze gently caresses my body,

and I simply dancing quietly.

Silence is the greatest music to hear,

with this calm and peace my dear.

The mother nature is playing so sublimely,

this symphony of summer serenity.

My grandpa's croft is our camping site in summer. There is a pond of water lily blooming next to the house.  I dream I can dance on lotus leaves all the time with breeze swirling around. This is the peaceful leisure I desire and the little frog stands by me.

My friends, let's calm down and sense a moment of pure serenity in summer.

~ Kate

July 2010

I love you Daddy! Happy Father's Day!

Thank you Daddy.

Thanks for having an understanding heart,

Thanks for being my source of strength and of support

Thanks for your constant readiness to help and protect me.

Thanks for all your encouragement and forgiveness.

Thanks for always have time with me no matter how busy you are.

Dad, I am so proud to have a father like you.

~ Mia