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DANCEwithme
Your Funky Ultra-Boy
Martin Shin

★ Music INSPIRES dance & dance BEFORE style ★

26th December 1988
HongKong
Singapore
Queens, NewYork
Temasek Polytechnic
Nassau College
Business major
Dancer
B.I.Crew X Ovation Crew X TPDE X Marvel Crew
dance obsessively, excessively.


"Always always always...Keep it real
But never too quick to judge, my friend."


Music inspires dance
Do you feel me?


MusicPlaylist
Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Calender 2010
keep me going


Sept 1 - School Reopens
Sept 5 - StonyBrook Visit Sept 6 - Hangout with poppers
Sept 14 - One year
Sept 19 - Observation night
Sept 29 - Mothership Funknight 3
Oct XX - King of NY


TAGBOARD
let me hear you.




AFFILIATES
endless connections.

J.Crosses Goodloving
Martin&Crosses
AH TER SpringMelon
KevinDoodlepants
Gen mom
Chansee
Allycia
Jessica Ah J
Veronica Nai ma
Jonas Black Tie
Keiths poppin twin
Audrey Ayozi
Niger bra
Nelson Lokto
Wailam L
Zhixiang buddyforlife
Peiru da jie
Yong kogepan
Gangyi bro
Alicia ma-ma
joey nu-er
May sis
Liting Kupo
Fion Quack
Suriaaa
Amberlene 'Smoker'
Rinna Rimmers
Iman Nathaniel
Ming
Amelia
Gary
Yanti
Melissa(xiaoxin)
LeVon
Serene
Pearl
Emili
Darryl


REMINISCENES
my faded memories.
  • July 2006
  • November 2006
  • December 2006
  • January 2007
  • February 2007
  • March 2007
  • April 2007
  • May 2007
  • June 2007
  • July 2007
  • August 2007
  • September 2007
  • October 2007
  • December 2007
  • January 2008
  • February 2008
  • March 2008
  • April 2008
  • May 2008
  • June 2008
  • July 2008
  • August 2008
  • September 2008
  • November 2008
  • December 2008
  • January 2009
  • February 2009
  • March 2009
  • April 2009
  • May 2009
  • June 2009
  • July 2009
  • August 2009
  • September 2009
  • October 2009
  • November 2009
  • December 2009
  • January 2010
  • February 2010
  • March 2010
  • April 2010
  • May 2010
  • June 2010
  • July 2010
  • August 2010
  • September 2010
  • October 2010
  • November 2010
  • January 2011
  • July 2011
  • December 2011


  • CREDITS
    spontaneous applauds

    Layout: materialisti-c
    Inspirations: exquisite?
    Editing: smoker



    Date / Time : Tuesday, April 29, 2008 / 12:44 AM
    I saw my JAM N HOP Performance on Youtube today! Haaa, thanks for uploading it yo!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hucm6Ya_-9w


    And then i found my senior( Rahim n Darren's showcase on KO-night)

    The RED LINE SHOWCASE!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thbq-MnOqKo&feature=related

    DOPE SHIT! Sharp to the maxest MAX.

    AND THEN THERE'S MORE!! KLOCK AND DANNY, the FAITH SOCIETY CREW!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-65qeJnNHIw&feature=related

    LOCKIN YO! My senpais!=D

    Really look up to all of them, the TPDE's pride.


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    Im working hard to follow their footstep.

    To be the FIRST MARTIN in TPDE.

    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    Date / Time : Sunday, April 27, 2008 / 2:49 PM
    There's too many people i had disappointed. I couldn't put my guilts into words. But im not running away from anything, just need abit more time to be prepared for this breakthrough. Give me abit more time, and i'll show everyone, a better me.

    Sorry ='(

    And grats everyone for getting in! =)) Good job! I'll be there supporting all the battles, jiayou! Live for the moment man. =D

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    And to the one that i hurt. =) Guess i made a wrong move, forcing an end to our relationship. I don't know if it's a wise decision to look back, but at the very least, she will stop crying, cease all the pain i had been inflicting on her, and to myself.

    baka me.

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    Ahhh, i need to organise my time well. So many things, so little time. It's only when i push myself to my limit, out of comfort zone, then i will see something growing in me.

    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    Date / Time : Monday, April 21, 2008 / 1:31 AM
    I struggled through the night,

    finally came to a conclusion.

    I might fall very hard in the end,

    but it's ok,

    I know i will stand up again.

    To tell you the truth, we are damn scared,

    we know where we stand, we know we are not up for it.

    But for the sake of those who had faith in us,

    for the sake of those who's there for us,

    we decided to step up.

    Our technique might be weak, but the passion we had for dance, is just as strong as anyone there in KO-night =) Let's do it twin.

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    It's a sunday, and we went to school for dance. Me keith and timothy. Hahaa, my first time carrying a cassette player ard. Frankly speaking, i think it's cool. lol. Imagine you walk half-way and then want to cypher in the middle of no where, just drop it and can start doing all the nonsense already. =DDD Sigh, wish the studio can open for me 24 hours. Anytime can just walk in and train.

    But me and keith had came to a decision. That every weekend, we make it a habit to meet at TP and train outside the library. And at the end of the day, we will battle each other. LOL. Or should i say cypher. haa.

    In addition, he suggested that we should go clubbing once in awhile to cypher. LOLS. People go there to destress and hong girls, we go there to train. DOPE.


    Ofcs, anyone can free to join yo!! =)) frens can come dropby if u wanna learn dance. =D i don't mind teaching basics. People like Nehneh, Dion, Xinyi, Edna and basically anyone. =)

    just dropby ya? omg, it gonna be fun. You come and shoot me down also can. Then can help me improve.

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    And,

    you know what's in my mind now?



    IM STILL FREAKING SCARED AND STRESSED OVER KO-NIGHT!!


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.


    Date / Time : Saturday, April 19, 2008 / 4:37 AM



    GOODJOB to all the Dancers =) We did it! =D Our everyday hardcore training did pay off well!

    =)) And im glad that i pulled myself altogether this morning, heading to the studio way earlier than the rest to dance alone, though it's actually my mistake because i got the rehersal time wrong. HAHAHA. Oh well, blessing in disguise man. My confidence's backie! heh. Hope i did look more confidence, lol, because i really was enjoying myself tonight.

    Gratz BUSINESS SCHOOL emerging as the champion again! That makes a 4 year consecutive winning. Proud of all the business peepz=) Keep it up yo!

    And im sleepy, time to get a GOOD rest.


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    Date / Time : Friday, April 18, 2008 / 11:34 PM
    Tonight, i realised, i lost everything.

    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    Date / Time : Wednesday, April 16, 2008 / 4:16 AM
    I never had cried with half my pillow wet before.

    But tonight, i did it.

    Everything happened too fast.

    It's time to let her go.

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    I can't do it now, right this moment.

    When she told me she probably let go, time freezes.

    With 'With you' playing, it takes me on for a memory ride, from day 1, all the way to now.

    I cried.

    I should have stayed until the last bus tonight.

    To hold her hands abit longer,

    to embrace her once more,

    to kiss her lips the last time,

    to give one last sniff on her scent,

    remember the smell, the touch, the sweetness, the baby whom i loved.

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    It's not the end right? ='( Give me your answer soon. I'll wait for it to come.

    No matter what decision it is, baby, i'll still love you., care for you too, just like what you promised me. =')

    I'll wait if your coming back.

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    God, i can't stop crying.

    Because when i think of all those sweet memories we had been through together, it just shouldn't end like this. aww. ='( We had been through sooo much.

    Those moments, i can't let go of.

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    I lied down on her laps, asking her what she'll miss most when im gone.

    She hug me tight like a baby and says,

    'Your cute, your smile, your touch, your love that ....'

    And the next thing i felt were tears dripping from above,

    dripping from my very own iris.



    I love you.


    Dance in the Rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    Date / Time : Saturday, April 12, 2008 / 1:09 AM
    First of all, Happy birthday to my mum =) It's been quite tragic for her to have such rebellious kids like me. I know im not making her life any better this days, giving her craps like coming home late, going missing, untidy room and such. The worst part is, i actually forgotten her birthday. =( No wonder she seems to be in a bad mood yesterday. I only realise it when she bought a cake home. I was like, FUCK. Ouch, that's hurt. I din mean it. =(( sorry mum. Sigh*

    I don't know. I have this pride of mine when comes to handling my parent. I just can't show my love to them like any other sweet families out there. Well...guess it's due to the environment i was raised back in childhood, where everyone's just so practical, the word being 'sweet' just not the kind of thing the Shings do for one another, especially my dad. And now, me.

    But i think i made a change. last night, i brought melody back home to celebrate her birthday =) Not really a big one, but i can see that she's contented. And then tonight, went out to dinner with them! Which is extremely rare for my case, because....i don't know, just don't have the chance to eat with them, always hitting home late, ALWAYS.

    I don't know if they will read my blog.

    But i'll say it here that,

    despite all the nonsense i gave to them,

    despite all the coldness from me,

    despite all the quality time lost,

    I,

    Still love my mum, my family loads.

    Love them.
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    And Happy birthday to Badd too!! hahaha! Sorry i can't be there today, because need to celebrate birthday with my mum. But heeee, i know May, Fion , Yanti and friends will throw you a damn big party in FOC. So i got no worries about that. ENJOY dude.

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    And lastly, thanks baby to come down all the way to my place. If i know your having a menstral cramp, i'll had went down to pick you up. Thought your throwing me random tantrum again. wahahaha. Sorry. muack** loves you! =)

    And don't you worry for the TPDE audition man. you've got me to train you! I'll teach you everything i know of, even popping, if your interested, that is. hee. Just concentrate on recovering first ya? hughug*

    loads of cares and HUG.

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    Looking ahead, it's not gonna be easy for me. Im sorry, i couldn't be in any outing this days. Simply too busy. Any free time available, i'll just throw it into dance and pei-ing baby.

    NO TIME TO WASTE

    If not i won't be able to make it. In a week's time there's the Regetta performance and Engine performance. Yes, it's just for our own people to watch anyway. But, i totally agreed with what Rahim said. The school haven been taking us seriously. And if we don't show them something solid, we will never be recognised. And if TP ourselves don't recognise ourselves, what makes you think people outside will. =( So yep...buck up. =)

    And then there's another big ass audition coming. THE BIG GROOVE. The chance to perform with all the big names like WCO. It's world class dancers. GOD! I'll kill to perform. Though my chance for getting in is as slim as paper, but no harm giving it a try. Even if i din get in, i still gain exprience in Choreography. =) Choice of song will be 'I do' from Rain. And choreo work will start tmr in the studio. Jiayou!

    That's not all. I just got myself a partner for KO Night. it's none other than my twin Keiths! hahaha. yeah man we are Lollipops! K-lock and Danny wannabes. HaHAa. Jiayou jiayou. Must at least show them we actually exist in the Singapore popping scene! Though still quite noob, but we are on our way there. yeah man. =))

    Lastly, i still remember im a SL orientation leader yo! Hahhas.

    Good luck to myself, and all the rest of the dancers.

    Everything, happening, within this 2 weeks.

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    EXCITED.


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.


    Date / Time : Wednesday, April 09, 2008 / 2:26 AM
    Quarrel with baby.

    Darn it. It shouldn't even be started in the first place. Pointless, and whoever wins, both lose. Only remember the thing get worst when we start shooting at each another. Hughug**

    Thank god it's over now.

    hey baby. No matter what, you will still be my pirority alright? I don't care what it takes, but i just want you to be happy. =)) Thanks for being so understanding, putting me above anything else. Huggie** All the sweet little things you did for me, like writing me letters even though it's more like a one-way trip, no return.

    I'll start writing too. =DD Love you.

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    Supposed to go vocal for the whole week, EVERYDAY!!

    But seems like my plan was ruined. Dance came up all of a sudden out of nowhere. Say there's a performance on this coming friday as well, needed the dancers' total commitment. That makes 3 performance in just this month alone. Not making a fuss about it man, because, i simply love dancing, and the fact that i got the chance to perform really makes me high, very. =) Just that i feel bad to baby. I promised, to be with her this week to vocal class, and now that i can't be there for the classes, with the fact that she gave up FOC/FOW for me, makes me feel like some jerk. =(( goh-meh-neh. As promised, next week, i'll do something sweet for you =)) Muackies**

    Between, for 'makes me wonder', i kind of play Danny's part of the freestyle finishing. So cool!! But at the same time, pressurized, cos the whole performance gonna end off with that freestyle. Gosh. I'll did a good job man. Must not throw face for TPDE. =))

    And i......


    WANT TO JOIN KO-NIGHT!!!

    For fun ofcs, knowing the fact that people will KO me in less than 1 minute. LOL. Good exposure though. I'll see if i can get a popper to pair up with me.

    Tmr gonna chiong dance again. EXCITED over training.


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    DANCE WORKS 2008
    Date / Time : Saturday, April 05, 2008 / 10:14 PM
    Back to TPDE this morning. First thing when i stepped inside the studio. Greet all the friends there, put down my bag, start popping! hahahaha! See. im so eager to learn, to improve =DD

    Though it wasn't a formal lesson today, but it's not a bad idea for all of us to settle down and sort things out abit. The future plan of TPDE etc. It just got me more impatient to train myself up. All the passion seems burning me up. it's no longer passion. at some point of time, i think it's more like an self-actualization sort of stuff, and im starting to see it as a form of Art. I don't know if im even good enough to call it Art, but i'll work real hard to make it big. =)

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    Straight after pract, went down to Vivo for danceworks Final. Whooo, i realised another thing. i no longer sees those sick moves with zillions of exclamation marks, but it's actually moves made up with layers of neckbreaking effort. It's attainable ya? If i work hard enough, that is.

    I feel that im lacking in grooving and the daredevil in me. Guess what, with popping and vocal on its way, i gonna build in some bboying and reggae course as well. Should learn from Timothy, who actually started to choreo his own dance. =))

    There's just so much more i can do when it comes to effort.
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    Back to danceworks! CONGRATULATION TO FLAIRNATION!!! They got 3rd overall for the open category!! Good job!! Proud of people like Fast, Mervin Daniel and all. =)) Really nice. I enjoyed it very much. heee.

    And another team i need to talk about is the secondary school category's champion. THEY ARE GOOD man. They were the very few group who got my attention from top to toe of their showdown. DOPE. Young and talented, really. =)

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    TPDE just got me 2 performing opportunity. I'll be performing in

    1) Week 0 Orientation during Reagetta, most probably Hiphop.

    2)TP Graduation Night (Pending), and if yes, it will be popping/locking item.

    =D So stay tune.And support ya??!!


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    Chalet.
    Date / Time : Friday, April 04, 2008 / 10:34 PM
    It's a secret chalet. No information gonna be out here, because... =) hee hee, i just couldn't, no one supposed to know about this.

    And all i want to say is, I love her alot alot. More than anything else.

    Maybe i haven try hard enough to be the very best one for her, my one and only,

    but i promise, i'll learn, to be the best boyfriend, who baby yearns for =))

    loves.

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    Let's go there again some other day. =)

    Splash water** hee hee!


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.

    SL CAMP!
    Date / Time : Thursday, April 03, 2008 / 8:57 PM
    Whoo. Just came back from SL Camp. Whooo. Pretty fun. I had my share of fun inside =)) But somehow, in this enjoyable moment, i feel the pain and emptiness deep within, especially during the last day of camp. I was swallowed by this guilt and unsatisfaction. That is, unable to spend time with my family when i know time with them were short, limited, yet i choose to fore-go them. It takes 150days, until i get to see his face again. His humour, his love, everything. Sounds damn gay and mushy, but i yearn for it. You won't know how it feels like when seeing your family's no longer a daily in-and-out rountine, but more of a reward sort of thing. Well, less nagging, great, less love, ouch.

    Oh well, im getting so used to it living without them. =) Will see them again soon enough. Bon voyage.

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    EH. CAESION's my empire! I tell you, it's dope ok!? My first exprience in a camp, where i actually don't really know anybody in the group!Ehh, actually i know quite a few, but din really talk much, mostly were hi-bye friends in campus like Caleb, Tatyi, Malia, Nic and this ophix girl whose name just slip off my mind now! LOLS.

    Initially felt abit awkward inside, simply because of my slowness in opening up to others. Takes time ok!? haaaa. But slowly, im getting better at it. And at a point of time, i became a part-time dance teacher inside, teaching my groupmates how to do a proper handwave. LOLS. And i get to know this future NY neighbour guy called DION. Omg, damn cool. I found my first friend in New York!! Quite an coincidence, but maybe that's fate. And Jesus sent me someone in my life, i am really super grateful to that, making my road to new life not so lonely and helpless. =D Praise Lord.

    Then there's this girl called Edna who knows Huijing. The detail of how she knows her will be a secret to all though since she's unwilling to share with the rest. haaa. Anyway, Edna so evil, Give Live-update to her on me. Eeeeee. Spy. HAHAA. Oh well, i know im one faithful boyboy. =)) heee.

    Besides all those mention above, there's still lots of interesting people inside CAESION, like the very crappy Tatyi, RahRah Jeslyn, Watermelon King Nic who i think hes very good in analysing stuffs after NightWalk etc etc. Lots more to mention, but if u ask me now, i cannot remember everything. So , let's move on. haaa.

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    Day 1 Camp

    Came to Camp without my handphone, the fact that's it's with MERVIN!! I LEFT IT IN HIS BAG DURING FION's BIRTHDAY. Faint* Nvm, Reached school, see alot of familiar faces, like my clique people, 1B10, TPDE peepz and BSC friends. But to my horror, I was posted to this CAESION empire, which seems ULU to me cos' there wasn't anyone i familiar with inside. Haaaa, but gurss it's a good chance for me to know more friends, and try to get RahRah without much help of May, Yanti, Amelia and friends.

    Camp kicks off with Classic ice-breaking games, and then followed by making of flag, buying material using the monopoly system. It's damn retarded i tell you. Personally i hate this game, cos it's turn-based, and people just need to wait for 7 empires to play until it's back to you again under the HOT sun. Thumbs down, BAD, not fun, and too much casualties, just play a simple game to split the material and get it over with. -.-''' But im kind of designed the flag with my teammates. Super-chui flag compared to the rest. Oh well, im always bad in ART. =X

    And if i din remember wrongly, the next thing's the Wet games. Haaa. Am i right? I think so!? but left half-way because i got to rush back and join my family for dinner. -

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    DAY 2

    Came back the next morning just to realise i missed Mass dance, Business dance and TPDE dance performance, which i supposed to be performing as well. DARN IT! What a bad timing man. If only i reached abit earlier.

    After lunch, it's Scroll hunt! And we pwned this round man! Out of the 8 empires, with only 100 scrolls waiting to be discovered, we actually held pocession to 25 of it, which is like 1/4 of the total numbers of scroll. DOPENESS. =DD Must thank Tatyi because without his leading, guess we'll just whacking around blindly for scrolls.

    Afterwhich, whooo, it's empire performance. Hatshe's good. I can still rmb Keith helping Roy ahem ahem** HAHAHA. SICK! And dancing to Stepup 2 music. Cool cool. Keep popping man. =))
    The rest of the groups' great too, but guess everyone's too tired for 8 perf in a role bah. heee.

    And after Perf, battle of the sexes time! Frankly speaking, i only enjoy the dance battle part. haaa. The aircon-less environment makes me really grumpy and impatient. Anyhow, the guys WON this year! 1 MACHO clap!

    clap* USH!

    Last event of the night, it's none other than the NightWalk. i was quite looking forward to it, cos' May and Yanti told me the previous BSC nightwalk's damn damn scary until they felt like crying. But hmmmm, not as scary as i expected. =)) Still, good exprience, the whole game idea's good and really give me a really really really fun time. =))

    At midnight, chilled with the guys at Mac opposite school, a little sharing session with a cup of iced-milo. =)

    And then, went to send my dad off in the next morning before i rushed back for day 3 camp.

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    DAY 3- FINAL CLASH

    Yesterday i missed the dance, now i missed the TM hunt. Sad case.

    By the time i came back from airport, it's wet games and final clash already. SHOWDOWN.

    FINAL CLASH IS DAMN TRAGIC I TELL YOU!!!

    I got fouled almost immediately after the game began. My bad, din pay attention to the rule of the game, i always thought final clash's supposed to be violent, and that means can throw people, so i simply threw the waterbomb to one of the empire's player. BEEP BEEP. Foul.

    WAH. Damn sad i tell you. T.T I must be quite a joker back then. -.-'''

    We managed to get a fourth for the final clash. Satisfied =)) Like what they say, it's the fun and process that matters afterall. =) So just chill and enjoy it yo.

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    FINAL RESULT -

    CAESION EMERGED 3rd in the SL CAMP!!!!It's more of a miracle to us, taking into consideration that we'll ranked at the bottom few before the Final Clash, and now, we'll at the 3rd position. =DD


    WHOOO! GROUP HUG** STUNNED**Moments of joy and more joy**

    And that marks the end of the whole camp. =))



    i love my empire, CAESION.

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    Exchanged contact, and im looking forward for more fun and friendship in the future. One thing for sure, CAESION will live in every single one of us. All the memory, don't let go of it.


    Dance in the rain,
    TO BE CONTINUED.