oh crap. (thumbs up, nina!) we're so dead sa ballet. mama wants us to quit weekdays and halfday lang ng weekends. that is soooo not enough for dance of the hours.. shiiiiiiit naman! tatapon lng namin uli ung opportunity na to? i mean, 12 foitte turns are incredibly hard to do and really challenging..my chance to prove myself, and i don't want to lose it...God, this is so hard and depressing..ate mimi said gawan ko nalang ng letter si mama..damn...okokok, i'll make one now:

Mama,
I know you know that we love ballet very much. this year, we were given the chance to showcase our talents. Do you know the feeling that you've accomplished something really good and then when the chance to show people what you've done suddenly disappears? Especially when you were really excited about it? It feels...depressing...parang nawala nalang lahat ng hard work mo. example: you're writing a thesis paper, mga 21 pages sa computer. When you saved it, something wrong happened. siyempre, you'd feel very bad. Nasayang hard work mo. I think you'll know what i mean... That's how we feel. Lalo na kay Kim, it was a big downfall for her. Ngayong summer kasi, she learned to stop depending on me. I think she felt really proud of herself nung workshop. She was so good in the contemporary, jazz and ballet classes. I can tell pati yung big ones, T. Joelle and of course T. Eli nakita kung ano yung masasayang kay Kim kung nagstop siya.
I already talked to some classmates sa ballet. One of them di pwede ng fri kasi until 7 ung class niya. Yung iba until 5 naman. Plus, hirap na kami ng magkasunod na sat sun na pointe. If you ask Teacher Eli, he'll also say na may times na pagdating ng sunday pointe class, hirap na hirap na kami. t eli was saying the other day that t th was the perfect sked kasi it gave us ample time to rest, without our letting our muscles lose their elasticity(i wasn't here, eto sabi ni ate mi na sabi ni t.eli). No difference din kung friday ung class namin kasi madaming days to lose our elasticity. And also, t.eli might have some coaching classes. The other sunday lng, he coached a girl in chacha. Sometimes he can't adjust anymore kasi nag-adjust na siya until he can't anymore. Madami ding affected. Di lang balletmates, pati na rin sina t.joelle. kasama din sila in our dances. they can't adjust to us. they have their own classes to go to. professors kasi sila.
Teacher Eli also said tht he thinks the more dances we have, the better. I know you contradict this. I know you also don't like the schedule. I don't know why our schedule is different from other schools. I'm sure yung explanation ni t.eli is that our muscles have to 48 hrs of resting para hindi entirely magcool ung muscles.
Please understand rin na first time naming nagtuloy-tuloy na tth last year. I hope you were'nt expecting that we'd get it the first time. Sina Ate Frances took time din to get used to that kind of schedule.
I also understand na super nahirapan kayo sa amin last year kasi u had to review us. Tapos si kuya tony most of the time di ka na nahahatid. Most of the time you have to ride with someone to atc tas dun ka na sinusundo. I feel bad na nasayang lang lahat ng pagod at hirap. I'm sure pare-pareho lng tayo ng nararamdaman, although for different reasons. Not to mention ung money spent.
Please consider.

Love, ika


balletmates (esp. ate mi) please help!!!!!!! comment naman diyan...thanks in advanced