Here are the compilation for yesterday videos. Featuring Ryan, Xian Zhao and my routine.(ill include Clarence and Terence clips for viewing as well, for others check out the channel) So this is a quick post. Before that my plans in skating now is to save up and try get a job for money to go for WFSC (World Freestyle Skating Competition), Thailand for Thailand Series and Penang for Malaysia Series so help me if you can. I will also be training even more to bring my technical level up. Those who want to train with me let me know. First up will be my routine. Which i feel has no power. I could have done better. a lot better still. Next up is Ryan routine. Good start at the 0.5 cones. Complex tricks at the 0.8. Took my ideas to even better use of syncing his moves to music. Im proud that he has progressed to this level. and Xian Zhao who trained hard. He has the style and power in his moves, lack the technical and confidence. A student who will eventually step up to have stronger style then me. If he is more prepared for the competition he will do a lot better! Not to forget Singapore top slalomer Clarence who has always been epic. He is actually flying back to hometown for a few days right after the competition. and his elder brother who used to train a lot, along with a butterfly slaloming through 0.5 (i wonder how much marks he got for that) before attacking Terence face haha. another 2 that caught my attention was Katoh and Wukai's routine. Wukai has amazing flow and is very nice to watch as always. while Katoh improved a lot from travelling all over the world to skate. good job to both skaters. overall i feel that this competition level has went up. All the slalomers performed well and has a pretty impressive standard. Even for the girls. Especially the new comers. There was one girl who came but didnt perform well for her competition but could see she has a lot of flair and trains a lot during her warm up. But unfortunately overtrained before her comp, so thats a lesson learnt. Looking forward to the next competition to see more routines as well as for me to compete again

Craziest day I have planned, but worth it!

Photo Credits: Krystal Teo So i was stressed, i was nervous i couldnt sleep the previous night at 4am. I nearly overslept for my registration and rushed down. Thanks Terence for helping me so much with the song and registration. But all went fine and i went 3rd after requesting it as I may have to rush down to school for TPDE auditions. Quite honestly on my way to the group i am freaking out, i set my competition song on loop, listening to it over and over while visualizing what i am supposed to do. I was shivering on the bus in fear and being very nervous. This carried on till the very point i started my routine. It was pure numbness even when i jump and i could not feel anything so i decided to lower my flair so as not to kick cones. With my heart resuming to its normal as i continue skating with my stage presence helping me, i could feel that this may not be tat bad after all! Ryan and Xian Zhao actually did quite well as well in my opinion, its just the standard is really high IMO. I am sure they can do it for Rookie! Just let me know if you want to see any of their videos! After the comp i had a quick lunch with the skaters before rushing down to TP for my TPDE auditions. Which i was late for and had to go for a later slot. It MAY have been a blessing in disguise as i bonded with the dancers more as well as learning from them. However my audition went really bad, i had a lot of problems with the choreography. Ultimately though i had fun. I met my ex boyfriend who was trying out for TPDE as well, walked up to him and tried being nice to talk to him, he is rather soft spoken and shy IMO. However during the audition, he is really really too good when it comes to dancing. I was planning to go home seeing there is no point going Sentosa since it is 6pm already, but Andy Lau called me and I rushed down to join them for dinner instead. I reached Sentosa an hour later and changed to my beach wear. As I was done changing they were leaving the place already! haha! So we took the shutter bus back to Vivo City to have dinner while we had fun singing, doing magic, dancing randomly, splashing water and eating. I bumped into 2 BW members training there as well, good to see juniors training their passions. We left awhile later and was on our way back and XZ texted me that the results are out. And i am really happy with it!

Judging by me being right below, Clarence & Terence who are Singapore placing first and second skaters, Wukai and Wayne who are team people who trained really hard and went overseas as well, Jerome who used to skate professionally and go overseas with the team to compete and Katoh who learnt a lot after going all over the world to skate with others. I am happy with my results. I am planning to go for both competitions, and to go down to Sembawang to train every Friday after my batch of newcomers are settled first. So for now I will still skate in school for Fridays until lesser help is needed before going Sembawang more to train and bond with the rest and aim for team! Also to open up the new group around my place so i can train more!

Got my new shoes!

Today is the first time I went on air in the studio, it was really tough especially when you got to pay attention to your camera works and listen to the director's cue. Overall though it is a really fun exercise and i learnt a lot from it. Nothing much for second class except to watch a triller called The Orphanage, already caught it and so i got bored, especially when my phone has no reception in class to kill boredom. After class i went to sport complex to practice on dancing when i met a bunch of bboys there and jam with them. I am horrible at break dance, but fortunately they knew who i am, dont ask me how but i think it got something to do with secondary school i think. I know 2 of them were my childhood friend's friend. So we had a lot of fun and i messed around a little there till about 6pm. Oh i got a new move as well. tho its not nice yet.

yeah! I want to do a proper 7 freeze soon. its really nice. and my hand spring is better too. After dancing i went to eHub! to join my mum and brother for dinner before buying a new pair of kicks coz my Edwin shoes has a hole at its base from all that dancing. its such a beauty!

And i am back to my work, a thousand word essay on production design over a movie which i picked, V for Vendetta. till then!

first lock and waack try

i never really lock or waacked before. but i picked it up during camp from a freshie and a GL. so here is my first try on it. I tried out a lot before i took the video so i couldnt do the whole song at all hahaha

DESIGN GOT THE BEST SPIRITED AGAIN! YES!

yes! WE DID IT! DOTC, DOTC2 and Camp Giza WAS THE BOMB. and all our efforts paid off and we got the BEST SPIRITED AWARD ONCE AGAIN!

I was literally in tears the moment the announced that we got it! before the announcement, my heart stopped for a few seconds hoping we did it, make our year 3's proud and leave the school with their dreams intact.

also i would like to thank all the Loggers. It has been a really good time knowing you all and working with you all. Even though like i said during one of the debrief before that Logistics was not in my choice and i didnt want it, I didnt leave. Partially because the 3 in charge are people who i know and can say somewhat close with. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? its a choice i never regretted. I know i didnt mix well with you guys but i still had a lovely time, silly moments and working with you all.

And year 3's I'll really miss you all, words cannot describe how lost I am feeling now without the sight of you all in school. yes its true that many say MOI people are hardly seen around school so there are little MOI friends. but just saying Hi like close friends in school, stopping for a few minutes in lift stairs outside school and talking about our life for a few minutes, it really meant a lot to me for my Poly life.

I am both upset and afraid of this year, when i become a year 3. its also because i felt a big sense of support gone. I have became slightly reliant to my year 3 friends for emotional support and to spend time. being a year 3 its only another blink of an eye before i post about me leaving from TP already.

I WISH I COULD HUG AND THANK ALL THE LOGGERS AND EVERYONE ELSE..too bad i got to leave early due to parents. <3 LOGGERS! MEI JIO!!!

I cant type anymore man, got sand in my eye. Ill stop here

it is come to the time of my time to time self reflection, on how to be a better person. it is true that you have to be yourself, but this is me, always wanting to be that better person. so here are some of my views on myself, judging myself.

for now could you tell me what you feel what needs to be changed, i will update this same post again with my reflection after camp.

=) thank you. leave it in the tag box, facebook msg or talk to me etc etc. i will not take it to offence and in fact respect the courage to tell me my flaws that i can improve on. or should try to improve on


and the GSD promo video is out guys! =)
spent my nights in camp editing it from scratch.

Day 1 of camp

Found the photos on Stomp haha! Robot Shuffling!


Day 1 of camp. Really tiring, had headache and not to forget i have a national slalom comp to prepare for. i am looking forward for the next 3 days of camp!
but also rushing the Global Shuffle Day 2012 Promo Video at night. so tired!

As for Slalom, i can feel the routine more, a little touching up to be needed. However I still feel i am far from ready. I hope i can make it to top 10 and go for international ad join team. God bless me on this :)

back to editing the video. GSD 2012 promo! catch it here in a day or 2!

it took me a year to think it over

im too excited for camp tml that i cant sleep so i was thinking of some stuff and here is my conclusion


its been a year since i started this question to myself, if i should go all out on skating or skating on my final year in poly. and I've come up with my list on what i want most.

1. Video editing & acting. ( Its the reason why i came into TP in the first place. Studies comes first as always)
2. Skating ( yes it took me a whole year to get all my shit thought cleared out and THIS is what i want to be in the team)
3. Dancing ( from my facebook many would have thought i threw away skating for dance that is not the case.)
4. other skills that i have just done at random time

with my post im going to explain why and more in depth

Video Editing, was the reason why it saved me from my poor O level results and got me into School of Design. I wanted to be an actor form young, not because of fame. Simply put that I find the passion to bring a world that is within the mind into something other people is able to see. The more I act when i was younger, the more i took the camera to film. It soon developed the interest to work the camera and edit the clips. To be a good actor, i felt that i got to first understand how it is like being a crew, so it would be easier to work in the future. and so i began to film more and more and just edit. Even for the fun of it, its just too addictive.
After the release of results i put the course im in as my first choice, which got rejected. I got sent to NYP and i appealed getting into RP. before TP gave me a chance to show what i have and i got through and here I am. This tough journey made me want to do my best when im in the school, but the journey was not smooth sailing. Being a designer emotions play an extremely big role in your work, and i am a emotionally fragile person. which hindered me a lot. and thus i did many other activities to get my mind off the problems at hand.

Skating...I still remembered when i begged my parents for a pair of skates after i graduated from secondary school. Which they felt back then was that its just an expensive toy i would get tired of and throw it aside after playing it once or twice. And so they refused to help me buy, and as a kid, it is impossible to save up for something so costly. and being that immature brat, i ran away from home. until my father felt that i was serious and bought me my first pair of FR2. After i entered poly, I had an offer to directly admit into the dance team without audition, which i didnt go for after my accident during dance which made me stop. I felt shuffling isnt what they were lokoing for as well and my hands arent working back then. having ym own pair of freestyle skates, and seeing the skating demo i knew then it was what i wanted! however during the first few training, without my strong basics along with my bad slides (i was a slider when i started freestyle) i injured my already badly injured hand. and thus i sat down to think of my decision. Since i wanted to dance and something less risky i decided to go for slalom. this was the main activity which distracted my emotional being by training harder and harder each time.

if i want to make it, i got to go all the way. and so the team was what i aimed for. i trained even harder almost everyday until one day i tore my leg muscle right before my competition. that feeling was devastating. the only bright side was when the team manager came and ask me if i wanted to be part of the team. I rejected it. for a few reasons. i felt that the muscle tear is a goner
9its better and pretty much fully recovered now after that short quitting). I questioned myself if im able to dedicate my time into the team. and lastly negative pressure from my poly club, i was afraid my club which is my family would ostracize me when im in the team.
this is a decision which i now regret. especially during the period when i wanted to quit skating after the break up. (post is way way old go look for it if u want to know more http://leoakaninrai.blogspot.com/2011/10/yes-it-hurts.html) my BIGGEST regret was to give up on the team and my juniors who kept asking me not to go. it was a really emotional period for me.


now to dancing, want to know why i dance so much? because its the only way i can express without anything, without putting on my skates. (like what bboy Felix from Radikal Forze said for his interview) for now it can only be an interest, a normal guy like me cant do too much. i only have 24 hours a day. maybe i will only go all out on this after i graduate from poly, after my skating career cant go any further. this expression made me make a lot of friends, be it good or bad. this expression also helped me show what i hide inside. all the pain, happiness, energy and many more hidden. hope in future i can make it more into this. one day the jack of all trades, will be a king. king of all trades.


and others....life is too short, yet there are so much things for us to explore. thats why i learn so much things. piano, magic, skate, dance, martial arts and list goes on. like i said above, i cant master all at a go. so one at a time i will get the checklist down. with all this mini talents i have here and there, it will definitely help in my Acting career, my future job. filming me will be so much fun.

a person once said to me, my talent is to have talents. I guess this is one skill i can master. to master all talents once at a time. my life journey with this adventure continues.

its time to sleep now, if u finished reading this long post, i congratulate you. do let my know in the tag box or FB chatbox me if my English have improve a little. Ive been working a lot on my language skills. Thank you for reading this long post.

And im going to be year 3 soon

It is scary how fast time flies in poly. I could still remember me stepping into the school for the first time, the time here flew just in a blink of an eye. and soon I will be in school for week 0 of Design camp, as a year 3.

so last night i had been working. a rather fun job. i think the pictures will explain it all.




so yeah i was shuffling with Lloyd and Vintage at club Shake as our job. Thought the night wasnt as smooth as i wished it could be it still worked out pretty fine. Along with Dillion and Keith.

After that i went over to central fire station to help Alex shoot. Both Alex and Phoenix were freaking overdressed man. but dang! they look good! haha.

made the fake blood to shoot. got the car for a part and yeah.

oh forget to mention, its the first time in my life Ive actually seen people push start or jump start a car. and its a really sweet car. wait for video to be out and you will know what i mean =)

alrights had a tiring night. shall catch up on my sleep again. night guys.

after i finish editing some parts that is....

updates on my Singapore Series routine

just woke up from second night at Terence place. He left for work so here i am gaming with Clarence at his place.

Last night was the second night I was planning my routine, which turned out not as smooth as i expected it to be but still good. Im glad Xian Zhao decided to join in as well and he sure learnt a lot from Terence.

My 0.8 routine for first part is pretty okay already, as for 0.5 need a little touch up before i complete my 1.2. keep your fingers crossed for me guys as im really not confident this time round. i need that fire abck.

im off to play O2jam and touhou with Clarence. Clarence touhou is SICK.
in case you dont know what touhou is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nb5Ohbt1Sg

long time no see!

its been a long time since i updated because i was extremely busy. Ive been acting and filming and acting and filming a lot. not to forget upcoming skate competition and dance things at hand.

Where shall I start? hmmm...

Orientation camp then. So I got camp at hand, which somehow i do not feel as excited as i was last year but still give my all for. Somehow i do not feel the bond as it should be, and a lot of external things distracting me. It really puts you on the state of stress which is never good for me.

How should i say this, there is a short week or so where i felt really happy. no stress, or things that hold me back. but this really didnt last at all. what to do? =/

Okay so this holiday im not home more then 80% of the time, including not sleeping on my own bed despite packing my whole room to an ultra neat state. And my aircon is repaired. but there is soo much space to dance and work out now, in fact ive been dancing and exercising a lot. Just now Terence was like' wah 6 pack come back liao arh' EHEHEHHEEEhehehehee

Been filming with Xero at his place for the latest video, hell lot of work but it is worth it. I hope i can release the video soon for you guys. That aside been training shuffle a lot too for the upcoming Global Shuffle Day and performance at Club Shake this Friday. I am also organising a National Shuffle Battle soon. More to come.

Dancing in general has been great, I train a lot and clubbed a lot. To distract myself from being all emo nemo :) maybe i should do a serious video of my dance soon, not many have seen it tho knowing that im actively involded in it these days. Been break dancing again, popping, picking up locking and hip hop. My Dance buddy Christian seems busy too but we do meet and train together time to time.

Skating....hmm havent been skating much because i am busy. And there is a competition on 28 April, holy mama....that is why I am at Terence place to train really really hard. I hope to make it to top 10 and go international after i threw my chance of going to the one last year because of RS stuff.

Speaking of relationship, its eben nothing much these days. Constant 'have I let go or not' still. Nothing new, no new romance and stuff. I do admit it makes you feel empty seeing all your close friends one by one getting happily attached, despite that I feel I have to really let go if I am planning to go and seek in this bitter sweet world. Its really strange to still feel so confused over her. How long am i going to lie to myself and others that it no longer bothers me. This i wont know i guess.

Anyway been planning on a few scripts to act and film in, i need to build up my resume for AADB and make my way up for professional acting soon. Gambatte Leonard!

As for today, pretty much woke up at Alex place and help him film a little for the current video, then i rushed home and went to Terence place to train with Terence and Clarence. Fell and broke my favourite watch (as seen on Facebook), irony that the watch is called broken heart and now it really is broken. sobz.

Alright shall try to update again tml. now for 2 of my latest videos!

first my popping training video



a random teaser which i anyhow made for major project



jokes aside i made a serious one


and after 2 blocks of major project here is the final product