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Represent Malaysia to retain our Dance Champion title 3rd year in a row against Japan, Korea & Taiwan!

If you have not heard, Malaysia has some serious dance talent. We have been champions 2 years in a row in Asia's Biggest dance event against Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan & Thailand.Know someone who love dance? get them to join Gatsby 's 4th Dance Competition and represent Malaysia to retain our Dance Champion title for the 3rd time! Download the official dance track and start dancing!

Hey peeps :)

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...

He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by...the little boy had grown up,
And he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
"Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
"I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more"
The boy replied.
"I want toys. I need money to buy them."
"Sorry, but I do not have money...
But you can pick all my apples and sell them.
So, you will have money.
" The boy was so excited.
He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.
The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
The tree was sad.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned
And the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said.
"I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family.
We need a house for shelter.
Can you help me?
" Sorry”,
I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches
To build your house.
" So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.
The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day,
The man returned and the tree was delighted.
"Come and play with me!" the tree said.
"I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.
“Can you give me a boat?"
“Said the man”.
"Use my trunk to build your boat.
You can sail far away and be happy.
" So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.
He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years.
"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.
No more apples for you...
" The tree said”.
"No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite
" The man replied.
"No more trunk for you to climb on"
"I am too old for that now" the man said.
"I really cannot give you anything...
The only thing left is my dying root,”
The tree said with tears.
"I do not need much now, just a place to rest.
I am tired after all these years" the man replied.
"Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,
Come, come sit down with me and rest.
" The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...
This is you and the tree is your parent. !!!!!

In routine village life was routine for each and every member on the rustic side. They peeled their eyes open at the hint of sunrise. Washed up, packed and set off to gain from the earth’s womb.

But among the routizens, there was one young lad, Rolta who shirked off routine to think differently. He wanted to dwell on his own, live out from his own muse. So he looked around for ideas. People poked fun at him; his friends thought he was a bit bent in the head. While his parents cursed themselves for rearing a black sheep in their home.

But Rolta turned a blind ear to the incessant ugly downpour of words. He trusted his instincts and kept his head up high. One day as he walked through the village, his shoes got entangled in the weed that grew surreptitiously on the ground. Yanking it out from them, Rolta landed on his bottom with a thud, clutching his shoes to his chest he laid there for a few minutes and then suddenly, it dawned on him what he wanted to do in life.

He went around observing the shoes of everyone in the village and pitied the sight of tattered footwear where flies had made their nest and cracks multiplied generously. The city shoes were too expensive for the poor villagers and so they wore shoes till no one could use it ever again, not even a cockroach.

Rolta went to the city to collect information and resources on how to make shoes. He worked with a shoemaker only to return home 6 months later, equipped with knowledge and material. He made a pair of shoes for everyone in his house who proudly prodded the village citing their son’s talent. Soon people requested Rolta to make shoes for them. He did at a price they could pay, but at a price with his profits included.

Word spread like fire and Rolta had shoe projects he never dreamed of. He put up a board at his home, Rolta Shoe Mart – give your feet some love. Was the tagline he used to attract people and profits.

And so Routine Village had something un-routine about it. There was a new cobbler that made shoes in their village. Soon Rolta employed 6 men in his studio factory and taught them the craft of weaving rubber and tan. Transporters were employed to deliver the products. Suppliers were employed to receive the products. Rolta’s father was given the charge of the factory’s finance. His mother was in charge of quality. Everyone in Rolta’s family had a job that earned them more money than their regular jobs.

Rolta’s parents were now proud of their son. He was not the black sheep of the house anymore, name calling was forsaken. Instead now it was ‘Rolta saheb’, after all he was the village saviour.

Always trust yourself and your instincts. Be proud and confident of yourself no matter how small a person you are.

Hey peeps, today's been a super-tiring day. Guess what ? It's the very first day of our Vacation Bible School ;) Haha, the day I've been waiting for. Well, I was one of the site leaders - partnering with Shu Xian, my crazy best friend, hah :D We were in - charged of one of the stations, namely, The Hands On #2. It's basically about art & crafts - my favorite !! I didn't really went for those meeting held, i wasn't lazy, i was just busy, haha =) So, Shu Xian had to tell me what to do , blah , and brief me bout basically everything. What an embarassement - result of me skipping meetings, LOL.

So , the very first day , we did 2 craft work. One of it was a , err , short term-ed memory , please lemme recall. Oh okay , we did a penguin , since we all started off with the theme - Antartica, isn't this cool ? The lil' kids were like so so adorable. It feels so great when they call you like , teacher ! I don't know which one is the leg. Kinda lame , but , they're kids, yes kids my friend. Haha. Imagine them with their innocent look , big rounded eyes and and their cute , sweet voice :D awhh .. lol.

Later on , we continued with our next theme - Egypt. I'm kinda impressed with our speed and creativity in decorating the room :D Well talking bout speed, we changed from the freezing cold background, Antartica , to the dessert - hot , Egypt. Awesome !! Just like before, we did a cute artistic coaster. It was so brilliant of Auntie Ai Lin , excellent craft work :) The kiddies loved it. There goes the kids again, Teacher !! I want a love shape ! I want a seashell ! I want a pyramid ! Shu Xian and me was like, what? Can you guys give us a second, so many requests , at one shot. We almost fainted, gotta cope with different requests, and our skills, cutting heart shapes .. sweat, challenging. Haha.

Well, let's move on to the next station. Fyi, there were three stations all together in the Youth Hall. Our's, Iris's and Mikella's. Iris's stations was really nice. Her's was also something like hands-on but more of games. The kids had great fun over there in Iris's station :D Sand, in a baby bathtub, hidden treasures, using shovels , digging into the sand, and yeah, find hidden treasures :D Fun !! The kids just love Iris's station because of one major reason , SWEETS !! Lovely (:

And, Mik's and Tiff , woah , don't play play man . haha. their's were the Science Station. The kids loved it too. Basically, the kids loved every single stations , haha , who would't :D They did this very cool volcano. Those volcanos were really brilliant. Mik made a mini one and left Tiff with her gigantic one. They made the experiment, and the kids were like , wah , wah ,wah !! Hahaha.
For the next theme, Egypt, they made something like an origami. A pyramid was what they made. It was so pretty they kids just couldn't stop touching it. LOL.

Conclusion, we were all Amazing !! =D

Skip , Skip , Skip. Stop. Play. Haha, skipping and now the most interesting part ! When all the kids went outside for those dramas and stuffs, guess what the leaders did ? LOL. Unimaginably crazy XD
Iris, Mikella, Yen Shan, Tiff, Me and Shu Xian. We decided to start a band. So, without further hesitation, everyone hopped onto to any of those musical instruments on stage. We were all to rock off the stage !! Ahaha. Since we were all professionals, we decided to give ourselves a name.

And it went like this. Shu Xian Lautner - The Electric Guitarist ; Mikella Timberlake - The Singer ; Iris Bieber - The Drummer ; Shan Gaga - The Keybordist ; Bolman Cullen - Keybordist #2 ; Serene Jackson - The Pianist. Last but not least, Tiffany Smith - The Host. We went all crazy as we started singing, playing, shouting, and laughing out loud. We even recorded a video :D And tiff was the camera man - The man behind the scence, that was what Iris said, LOL. We sang "I Love You. You Love Me" at first and soon , we changed to "Baby" by JBieber. Ahaha! We had loads of fun today , boy, i laughed and laughed when I was playing on the piano that I couldn't stop nodding my head , up & down, Hahaha. Hey, we really did make a band, we really did sing and play , for real !! It was totally awesome !!

Tomorrow, we decided that we'll go home , practise tonight, and we're gonna start a Jam Session tomorrow. Hahaha ! I hope we'll all have another day filled with fun and laughter tomorrow.

Kisses,
Serene (:
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