It's been a while since the last post, but here we are, 2 weeks after our last post and...
it's been a super busy week T T
However, all that business is compensated by our epic fails in excursions with the chillest of friends, in the chillest of countries.
First epic fail:
We took a group picture of us sessioning... here are the pictures
Finally we had a decent picture
So many other epic fails i can't think of, but it's alright since friends who embrace such the epicness of "epic fails", (and not the fail part of "epic fails"), are ones you can keep.
Be on the look out for a compilation of our sessions
A series of event has happened that caused a lot of events to occur. Well, first and foremost, I have landed a research job in the Genomics Central Research Center in Taipei! It is directly funded by the Taiwanese government. So this place is quite prestigious. So this early morning, Blu-Jay and I took the train and headed up north at 6:30 AM.
Around 8:30 AM, my mom and I said good bye to Blu-Jay at the train station. From then on, we got on the taipei subway and toured around for about an hour before we finally arrived at the front gate of the research ground. It was quite a bumpy ride on the bus....the Taiwanese bus drivers are pretty darn reckless. On top of that, the Taiwanese roads are pretty bumpy due to the constant constructions. Therefore, it was quite an unpleasant experience to say at the very least. Nonetheless, we made it...
Thankfully, the research facility definitely lives up to its reputation as the national central research ground. Each buildings house different fields of science research equipments as well as work forces. I myself am assigned to work under the Genomics Research Center, which definitely am related to my major. So this will be quite an experience for the future!
I have met with the person that will be in charge of me. He is quite a scholar. He got his PhD in the famous Cambridge University. so hopefully I will be able to learn while working under him. He kindly showed me around the lab. And to be honest, I was quite astounded by the similarity between this working ground and that of a graduate student in UIUC. In all honesty, the set ups are quite similar, with only one big difference: the costs of the machineries used in this place is definitely way beyond the ones that our school provides. A random test tube can cost up to 80,000 NTD! Like honestly...what the hell?! I sure hope I don't break anything here....
With that said, it is easy to assume that I will be spending the majority of my time in the city of Taipei. On weekends, I will be returning to Miaoli to spend some time with my parents. But this upcoming weekend, I think bboy Blu-jay, my roommate, and myself will be going to the beach in taipei together! Hopefully that is something to be looking forward to ^_^
The living arrangements will be quite random. I will be living with my cousins who just got married. In fact, she just gave birth to a cute little nephew not too long ago. So i will be living in their apartment. Thankfully, it is somewhat "close" to where I will be working. So hopefully that will work out...and not awkward >.<
Well, that's about it for now! I am currently using the Wi FI in the McDonalds to get this post on the blog. More to come later tonight when I finally settles down!
So today was the first day i sessioned with bboy N-dure at his house in taiwan, and my second day staying there. Let me tell you off the bat: MIAO LI IS AWESOME. Hakka food is the best. I MEAN THE BEST.
So today me and N-dure here worked on a few things we've been meaning to practice some power. But due to his injury, and the fattening of my stomach from all the good food...
What have we been working on? For me it's the floaters: crickets and darkhammers. N-dure with some 2000s and masterswipes.
At least... these are our attempts:
Hopefully we'll get better during this one month of vacation and be able to better ourselves in becoming bboys.
Homework before Bboying! and luckily, we have no homework
Hey all! This is bboy N-dure of the Suburbaknightz Crew. With much discussion with bboy Blu-Jay, we decided to make a blog in order to dedicate it to the crew and the crew members! This will be the place for us to post videos or share some interesting life experiences. In other words, this will be, hopefully, the ultimate archive of the Suburbaknightz! Well, what blog doesn't start out with a little introduction? :P With that in mind, let's begin our journey with the history of the Suburbaknightz.
It all started out as a little idea in preparation for the annual jam known as the IL BREAK 7. It was hosted by the bboy club unique to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign known as Floor Lovers Illinois, or FLI for short. Needless to say, Blu-Jay and I started to formulate a battle plan in order to participate in this event. However, because the battle was in 5 vs 5 crew format, we were short in numbers.
Then the idea of bringing back our old high school bboy buddies that we still keep in touch with struck both of us. Through several phone calls and facebook posts/messages, we were finally able to get the nominees together during winter break.With 5 simultaneous agrees, the Suburbaknightz Crew was born. The crew members are bboy Akimbo, bboy Ink Motionz, bboy Justinian, bboy Satori, bboy Smash, bboy Blu-Jay, and myself.
A crew definitely needs a crew T-shirt to represent! Thankfully, our very own Ink Motionz was able to put his artistic talent to use! He skillfully designed the crew shirts, which we worn to IL BREAK 7!. Gotta say, you got mad talents bro! I foresee a huge success in your future since it is your major XD Anyways, after several complications over the shirts, we were able to get the shirts delivered on time for the battle.
On April 10, 2010, the Suburbaknightz battled for the first time as a crew. It was a fast paced, close call for all of us. The crew that we battled were known as Sudden Impact. Although they did not look like much of an opponent, they were definitely way better off than us in terms of fundamentals. However, with the crew working together, we were able to emerge victorious!Blow is the video recording of the actual battle! Some of us could definitely do a lot better. However, with the inexperience with battling as well as nervousness got the best of us during this battle.
As exciting as we were, we were utterly defeated in the second round >.< to South Chicago. They were definitely better than us in any aspect. But hey! We are very proud of our achievements ^_^
With the goal achieved, we are now preparing ourselves in preparation for th upcoming jams. Each of us have our unique styles and are constantly improving our skills or make new combinations or moves. We hope to achieve more!
