Dancing on the cloud

We took a break from our practice during the Christmas and New Year Holidays. We were back to our ballet class last thursday. Well, I never thought that I will be missing the class so much. The tutu, the dance shoes, the music, the barre are looking just like my long missing friends.

You know what, sometimes I did think that the practice is so hard and so tiring and there were times that I didn't really want to go to the class. (That's true! ) But last thursday, when I put on my tutu and dance shoes I felt energized. I went in the practice room, looking at the dance floor, the mirrors and the barre, a sense of warmth just running through me.

And so the class began and the music started, and I felt like I am dancing on the cloud with a sacred light shining upon me. All the happiness, love and blessing feelings surrounded me.

"I really love this!", so I thought.

I told myself, whenever I feel like not going to the ballet class for whatever reason, I shall close my eyes and imagine myself dancing on the cloud.

Daydreaming on the New Year Day

It is the first day of 2010!

Of course there is no school or ballet class today. I am staying at home and tidying my room, somehow I want to give a nice start for this year.

I found my 2009 diary resting peacefully in the bottom of my desk drawer. I flipped through it, reading the things that I wrote. It is kind of fun reading your own diary, as the memories flashing in your mind like a movie. Honestly, I didn't use my diary very often. Many of the dates are left blank, especially the second half of the year. It seemed that my zest of writing diary had faded. I feel sorry for that.

Mom bought me a new diary of 2010 the other day. I take it out and fascinating what will I write into those pages. Will this year be no different like the others? Or will it be full of surprises, challenges and adventures? There are 365 days ahead and 365 pages in the diary. It looks like every page is full of possibilities.

I just hope that there is always something I can write into my diary.

~ Ally

P.S. To my dearest friends: Happy New Year!

A Christmas Wish

Its Christmas time again
The season of renewal
Love, faith, charity
And all that is beautiful
Chimes greatly in to every heart
Beating in celebrations
Of Spirit, togetherness, and affirmation.

I wish you good health, happiness and cheer.
And all the best things in the new coming year.

I wish peace for the world and true freedom for all
For the Devil and hate, a final, downfall..

I hope those filled with greed will find they have enough
That love and friendship will replace all that "stuff".

I hope the homeless and hungry
Find relief from their plight.

I wish a life for the Children will be worth living
Each with loving parents the art of giving.

I hope we'll care for our earth.
Quit polluting this place,before it's too late

For the Human Race.

Merry Christmas!

The new tutu

After two weeks of practice we finally can put on our new tutu for rehearsal. It is glittering in white and silver in the spotlight.


Let's hope that the dance recital will be successful and we shall gather more canned food for the food bank.


We still need a little bit more practice. Well, we all feel that the more practice we have, the more confident we are.


Yes, we are ready.

My first ballet shoe

I was cleaning my room and found a really old box in my closet with the word ballet on it. Apparently, my mom kept some old photos and ballet things as a memory box for me. I found this really cute photo of our first class (when we were only three years old!) and my very first ballet shoe! Remember how we first started and was stumbling while learning our pirourette and admiring the advanced class doing their jete? Through hard practice, we have become a better ballet dancer. Christmas performance is coming up and we are all working hard, i can't wait for our family to come watch us!

Jolly Christmas Dance Recital!

Hi Everyone! Our Dance school will be hosting a Christmas dance recital and our family and friends are invited!  We are really excited about performing and most importantly, it is all for a good cause!  Tickets will be on sale or you may instead bring two canned goods for free admission!  All collected food items will be donated to the local food bank so that it will be a warm and full Christmas for all those in need!  Hope to see you all then!

Winter Wonderland

It is finally December and Christmas is definitely in the air, the snow has covered the mountain tops and trees and we just couldn't wait and went to the frozen lake for ice-skating right after our ballet class!  Mia is as cute as ever and was wobbly on her skates and would not let go of Eve's hand.  Ally is always her best and showed off her jumps.  I was just glad to be out in woods, breathing in the cold fresh air, and skating so free as the wind hit my face.  It was truly a winter wonderland, so calm and beautiful.

The Lucky Clover

We have found a four-leaf clover.

Kate was the one first saw it when we were spending our lazy afternoon in the park near the dance school. We all come close together to study it.

"How lovely." I said.

"It must have some meanings it wanna tells us." Ally said.

"Well, people says it is a symbol of luck." Mia added.

"Kate is the lucky one," I said.

"Not just me," Kate smiled. "This is the four of us. We are all lucky."

"So it represents our friendship," Ally said, eyeing on the leaf. "We are so lucky to become friends."

"And the ballet practice," Kate added. "We do realize how lucky we can learn ballet, don't we?"

"Of course we do!"

"Let's show it to the others in the class," Mia was going to pick it up. "Let's share this luck to them too."

"Hey, Mia," Ally stopped her. "I have a better idea."

Ally took out her cellphone and shoot a picture on the clover. "We can post it on the blog, so more people can share this."

"And I can draw it!" I added. "Make it a symbol of our friendship and luck."

So I made the drawing, and here it is.

Hope you all like it and share the joy!

So poetic Autumn is

Among the four seasons I do love Autumn. The weather is so nice and the sky so blue and looks so high. Take a deep breathe and the air is so refreshing.

Leaves all changed color, and dancing together with the breeze so restlessly, then quietly laying on the ground, making a nice carpet and I can hear the little whispers when walking on it.

The sheddings of sunlight on my shoulder through the trees are so warm, like the hugs from the people I loved.

I wanna dance now, dancing with the flying colors of Autumn.

BOO! Happy Halloween!

We are ready for Trick or Treating!