9th june, we set off for our 3 weeks usa trip, there is 15 of us, this is the start of the trip, a very tiring trip, we dance almost from 10 t0 10 for the 1st week, 2nd week we have our perf so time was almost from mornig till night, in sg at least we have an off day a week there we dance continuously for 2 weeks, but after our perf we rest 2 days at new york, we mange to finish our 3 piece b4 time, we brought our preview 1 day forward n we shop at franklin mills thsta the only place that we really spend our $, cos b4 that we dun have time to shop by the time we finish our reh, all shops closes, we dun even noe how they look like, we ate chi food almost everyday sometimes pizza, their pizza was enornmous, also cup noodle,


at the airport
at the airport, at painted bride
how can i forget me n jiji signature pose

this is a very famous architecture desigher from philly, its the same design wif the studio s the designer likes ky lao shi choreography he helped the studio do for free,

outside the studio at 9th south street, everyday we have to name this place to the cab uncle, everyday we have to ask tarek to slip into the cab cos we always got 5 ppl, sometimes they found out some uncle were stupid haha. its near italian mkt, kunyang laoshi told us transformer took a scen from there ya i also saw that if i am not wrong cos i rem the rooster the place that sells chicken very smelly have to take other path

pats n genos, the famous cheese steak in philly near our studio, u can nv imagine how long is the queue during weekends ppl come esp to eat, i always wanted to order cheese steak without steak cos i dun like steak, but think i dun have the courage, i like pats fries, when we feel like eating we will go there to buy, else we go to their mama shop but its mexican mama shop to buy a lot of drink n tidbits

so hot tarek keep blowing herself in front of the fan
kevin, he dun noe what he choreographing, we name it a monkey dance, he cant rem names, he call yan yan si yan and ruixin apple cherry and orange, call shiji miss s, danyi miss a, wenjun miss w, star mr s n me danny i dun noe when i become a guy. his dance is terribly fast we dance very ugly cos too fast till we cant finsh the movements n my legs were 拐 so ugly i nv dance so ugly b4, n i will nv forget his reh from 2 to 10, b4 that we have open class in the morning, we sweat like hell even me who nv sweat swaets, cos kunyang laoshi aircon was spoilt, n he only found out during the last day of our reh, we were dancing in a sauna for the past 20 days
dont it look like a poster, but we miss out jiji cos she was busying p.r with the journalist
大姐大ourlighting designer cum s.m trying to pose our garuda poses wif us, she is a very comical person, she nv laugh when she says sth very comical, she likes our truope cos we r the 1st grp of performer who tidy up the theatre after our perf, normally she has to clear up for them
kunyang lao shi helped us organise the perf at usa, haha we finally got a chance to perf in usa though its not my dreams but at least when ppl ask we can tell A we perf in usa b4 leh hehe
wenjun n us taking outside the theatre after our perf
rhonda, our floor barre teacher. inhale exhale, toes, balls heals, bring your leg up dadadadada, think i will miss her floor barre, c how strong she is she can carry 2 of us
Garuda flies to places in our usa trip

at the airport

Garudu after performing our "Garuda" at painted bride theatre

at one of the landmark at Phillidelphia

garuda visits the statue of liberty on the ferry

garuda goes shopping at New York 50th street

look at our poor wrist all has blue black at the same hand n same area, the reult of Fall....

the morning view of braodway new york, we went to braoedway and shop at gap b4 wathcing perf by Philadanco at joyce theatre, its a black ppl dance co. only got a white, they r very good in 垫豚their stamina is very powerful can dance 20 min kevin kind of dance

picture hunt - look the sun is just beside the statue of liberty
this pose very familiar, like those taken in macau? bintan ?

“我的心比自由女神还自由”c jiu jian lao shi we nv forget to learn our song for butterflyeven at the staute of liberty

thats broadway night scenary, i really cant stand qicong, keep bringing us to those luxury boutique like long champ, chanel prada, all those shops we cant shop, till night then at least he brought us back to braodway cos all the shops here open till 12 midnight, USA very funny all shops closes at 6pm on sun. i saw M & M animation n building n quickly went there alone, it was 4 storey high i nv went to M & M store b4 it was really an eye opener, it sell so many things like t shirt, figurines, accesories etc, i was so scared i miss out sth, i bought a liberty figurine for shirely, a big t for koko, n a wearover for future niece. the rest of them went to Sephora n shop there for 1 hr plus n buy lots of make up. then we ate yoshinoya n rush for the subway b4 our limited rides ended for the day, we reached our 民宿n spend our last night at NY. btw the 民宿wasin a deserted area n very quiet place, eriee

the director of KYL/dancers -Dawn from sg too, invited us to her house on the last day for a meal, she cooked hokkien mee, curry and a lot of tasty food and baked cookies and cakes bbq chicken wings, me n tarek keep sitting around the table to eat n eat we almost finish everything. thats the best meal throughout the 21 days,

Jen n scurltz brought us out for dinner, we almost die b4 we get to eat, we took a 45 min walk from the studio to the resturant Continental from 9th south street to chestnut st. this is outside continental, the 1st feel i went in i thot we reach dragonfly, still got bouncer, we walk towards the back to take lift up to the roof top to eat, i thot finally we mange to eat western food in this trip, in the end we ordered, phad thai, some chi veg, 2 salads some string liked friesand some mexican pizza, i didnt eat satisfiedly after walking for 45 min n waiting for our food for 20 min, (also i was worrid my vege ganna stolen angry star helped me add fertilizer thinking it will ripe immediately but it ripe at the time when i having dinner, i even call back sg to ask sharon jie help me keep,) later we went to gelato to eat ice cream

thats Kunyang lao shi house its a 3 storey house, the 4th was a rof top, sometimes he will go up n look at the scenary of philly from there, he has 2 dogs molly n tai chi, that day after our reh, jen n scurltz took us out for dinner, we acc jen back to his house to put the bicycle,

a scene from snow, when we rehearsing one day, Kunyang lao shi, took video standing on a stool (about the height above my waist), we heard: "Ya ba ba , ya ba ba , ya ahhhh......" Jiji took a glimpse secretly and saw him fall down from the stool, but he nv fail to take video, later on he admitted he fall down n we laugh like hell, then he try to stand up on the stool again to take Fall, he laugh again
Michael Jackji Michael jackyi

Michale Jackdan Michale Jackyan Michael Jackzhen
Yan yan bought this hat, we all take the same shot with tareks glasses, c their eyes look so big cos their degree is lesser than tareks, they open their eyes at the count of 3, sorry tarek was unable to load your pic

累了,就坐下来,看看海,看看我们的过去,一生为友,终生为友
this is such a photo that we can come back to see when we r old, we are so good frds, sitting on a bench and looking towards the river together

taken at the river near philli museum, we all very vain wanna wear high heels shoes we bought there during our site seeing, jiji took out her shoesas she really canyt make it le, i think i was very clever, i bought slippers wif me n put inside linai's bag