Bro7herHodz Crew

Our new member of Brotherhodz

2009-10-28T11:08:00.000-07:00

Hello people of earth,haha,it's been awhile since my last post,well that's because they were nothing to post about,sorry about that,but now there's something,the crew has another show coming up venue at mabuhay,and to be honest I don't know where that is xS any who,the show is basically a celebration of Halloween..So any way,talking about the show,we have a new member,who will be joining us and performing with us crew,he's name is Fareed a.k.a Bboy Parallel :

He's one heck of a dude,and look at arvin,haha,gawd..Anyway,he's newest member in Brotherhodz and now Brotherhodz is spelled with a "T" changing the "7" ,as of now there's 8 members,so watch out for us,haha,just kidding,but seriously,haha xP so until next time,take care,much love

Love,Bboy Goofy aka Figgi boy

RIPAS(KACA performance)

2009-10-05T22:44:00.000-07:00

Hello there,so it has been a few days after the KACA performance,and to be honest,it was fun..Even though the sound guy kinda like play it soft at first and before that the wrong song,haha,that was funny..But in all coolness xP the crew just go with the flow...Sorry to tell you that the video that was taken pretty much sucks and the crew is planning to record it soon but at a different venue,so be patient and will soon record and upload the video here..Oh yeah,before the crew performed,the five of us were given a "Happy Meal" lol by jobilee or was it jollibee? xS emm,anywho,haha,each of us got different hand puppets,haha,will upload the pictures if i have time,well,that's about it,until next time,haha,peace...

With love,Figgi Boy From Bro7herhodz..

Hello world

2009-10-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

Whats up and hello to all of you,it's me,Figgi boy,representing Bro7herhodz crew to update the blog,I know we haven't been blogging for a long time that's because all of us was busy with stuffs,some were busy with exams and some were just busy with errands and others..Sorry about the delay,anyway,I just want to update a few stuffs,for almost 2 weeks now,the crew has started practicing for the next show which is held in RIPAS,the crew have been invited to perform for a charity show for KACA,which is going to be on Saturday,the 3rd of October,I know so soon xS anywho,we've also abduct one dude,awesome dude indeed,his name is Fareed,He's a Bboy from ISB,very awesome cool guy,he will be performing with us this Saturday,and it's his first time performing,I think,haha..Anyway,that just wrap everything up I suppose,until next time,will blog more stuffs soon,take care people,and Brothers,I love you,lol,gay..And for my Black brother(Shaneel) in Canada right now,take care and don't forget about us and Dalbert,take care my brother..

Much love,Afeek a.k.a Figgi boy..xoxo

Tribute to Michael Jackson

2009-06-26T06:38:00.000-07:00

The breaking of news today in CNBC was this:

Michael Jackson has passed away

Nicknamed "The King of Pop", he was said to be the greatest performer of all time. A genius with the art of music and dance, he deserved to be called the King of Pop. He was an inspiration to millions of people, and he touched them with his music and his quest to save the world. Needless to say, he also inspired our crew with his amazing and unique dance moves. We are now planning to make a choreography as a tribute to Michael Jackson.

His spirit will live on within us....

One of my favourite

15th June 2009

2009-06-16T08:34:00.001-07:00

Today had been a more or less good day. Why?

Because when the sun shine we'll shine together

Because: - we had our cha cha class today

- we sang our hearts out to Tenacious D song

But it was not a good day for my phone which had to be reformatted due to some bloody error. All my pictures, songs and contacts are gone. I feel quite sad about the pics, some of them are quite nice. Fortunately, most of the nice ones are in FB!

Tomorrow will be a better day! If you're thinking how would i know, the answer is i dont. There's nothing wrong in hoping right? What would life be without hope?

Wise Thoughts

2009-06-15T06:22:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking, maybe one of the ways of keeping this blog alive is not just to blog about Bro7herhodz Crew only, but also to blog about the small things in life that people tend to overlook.

It is often these little things that make life more meaningful, things that you did, said, witnessed or things that other people said to you. Some of these things will keep churning in your mind, making you think about the 'why's.

Life goes on regardless of whether you want it to or not.

Live life to the fullest and appreciate all the moments of each and every day, for there will never be two days which are exactly identical.

SAS Talentine 2009

2009-06-14T07:54:00.000-07:00

The SAS Talentine, held on 13th June, Saturday, has just passed. And so, here is the video of our dance. In a way, its a re-union for the Bro7herhodz Crew. It has been too long since we've performed as a complete crew. All the sweat and blood did pay off in the end although after the dance every one was totally drained. Like they say, those who work hard get to play hard. So i think we deserve a good rest before going back to practising for another show on the 20th at a wedding. The great news is that we're getting paid, not sure how much though, but at least we're getting paid right.. =)

The Revelation

2009-04-03T07:12:00.000-07:00

Its been a long while since i've updated the blog. Reason? just plain lazy and because of that i have been procrastinating the job of updating the blog. I've been telling them i've been busy with school and other stuff, but that 80% bull shit. I mean i've been busy with school but if i really wanna do it, nothing can stop me.

Anyway, the crew is really at an all time low since last month, we got out of some misunderstanding which very very nearly tore us apart. But we've managed to get thing sorted out with the help of Aries who talked sense into us. God bless him. We sat down in Ayamku and talked about it and finally got things over with. Then dalbert had to leave, and just recently, raymond started working. Practices didnt really feel like practice at all... Hopefully thats gonna change soon.

Right now, my mind is in turmoil, i'm more into ballroom dancing than hip hop. What does that have to do with this? Well, its just that, i've been keeping that to myself coz i'm worried about telling it to the others and i think that this will be the best way of telling them about it. I love dancing; 3 years before i would never have imagined i would be in a crew, never would imagined myself dancing on any stage and most of all, i would never ever have imagined that i was gonna meet 6 people who would in time turn out to be my closest friends, so much so that we are like brothers. It is these brothers that i'm afraid i would disappoint if i tell them about it. However dont get me wrong, i'm not giving up on hip hop, breaking, cwalk and all that. I would still practice those, its just that over time, my love for dancing has shifted towards ballroom, i cant really explain it. Its not because of the girls (although she does play a tiny part in that) doing sexy poses and all that, it just happened.

So guys; Afiq, Dalbert, Shaneel, Raymond, Calvin and Eric, i sincerely hope that we would still remain as brothers even when everyone is in different parts of the world, through the years that are to come.

I CHOOSE BOTH!

hahahaha.. well thats was kinda serious, time to cheer up. =D

vin signing out

Febuary Picture Post

2009-02-13T23:07:00.000-08:00

Sorry people, i finally managed to get a few pictures up, its not gonna be a very good post though. I'm doing this in a hurry, i promise to put more pics up by next saturday. =)

But for now, take these pics as 100Plus to quench the thirst (yes, i'm talking to shaneel and afiq here) hahaha

Brothers for Life...

Gong Xi Fa Chai

2009-01-26T03:14:00.000-08:00

The year of the Ox has just stared, Bro7herhodz Crew wants to wish everyone a

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR.

May it be filled with prosperity, wealth and good luck throughout.

GONG XI FA CHAI!

First Practice of the year 2009

2009-01-01T07:16:00.000-08:00

Today, we had our first practice for the new year..

And i wanted to take pics of us doing two poses. so here they are:

Calvin's one handed handstand kick

Dalbert's invert

Raymond's Warm up

Raymond's Headstand

Afiq's handstand pose

Arvin's nike floor freeze

Dalbert's Hollowback

Calvin's Headstand

Raymond's one handed freeze

Arvin's Baby freeze variation

Dalbert and Raymond's 'Y' Handstand

Afiq's Baby Freeze

Dalbert's Airbaby

Afiq's Headstand

Raymond, Calvin and Afiq

Group photo: Arvin, Afiq(only his legs and hands can be seen), Raymond, Dalbert, Calvin

Looking at ________

And finally, something mysterious on Dalbert's pants?

Hope u enjoy the pics, vid coming soon. =)

-ViN-

Happy New Year 2009

2008-12-31T08:43:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

2009 is here, may it bring prosperity, luck, happiness and last but not least, good health to all.

i've been thinking about what to post for this new year, and since i'm so into Jabbawockeez recently, i'll post one of their video.

Its a deleted scene from step up 2 and i tink its AWESOME!

here's the vid:

Jabbawockeez rocks!

-ViN-

Its Never Too Late

2008-12-30T07:16:00.000-08:00

Okay, finally, i'm updating the blog. Sorry for the inactivity, been busy with stuff, well, lazy actualy. haha..Anyway, we were invited to perform at Sunlit's Christmas party or was it their annual party, not sure.. We danced to Apologize by One Republic and then straight away to Take it to the floor by B2K. Before i post the performance video i wanna tell the story of how we started the Apologize routine.Early december, i was in kuching for RYLA which stands for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, kinda like a youth camp. There the 35 participants were split into 5 group of 7, on the last night each group had to come up with a performance, so my group's performance was themed around the song Apologize and the phrase "its too late to apologize". So i came up with a simple routine that my team members can learn without much trouble, i tink u can call my routine 'lyrical hip hop'. We did a some acting then followed by the dance and ended the performance with a little more acting. Surprisingly, my group got first between the 5 groups. Here's the video:

When i get back, one of my friends from Kuching told me that he was gonna a hold a Christmas and New Year party wanted a message from the 4 Bruneians that went for the camp, so i decided to make a video for them. I asked the crew for a favour which is to do a routine with the Apologize song so that it can be put into the video. We took my initial routine and everyone added bits and pieces to it to get this end product.

And finally, for the performance, Afiq was on holiday which left the four of us, changes were made to the routine and more stuff added so that it doesnt end in the middle of the verse. Nothing changed for the B2k routine.

Halloween Party

2008-11-25T22:11:00.000-08:00

On October 15th, we were invited to a halloween party at the Brunei Yatch Club in Kota Batu. It was a pretty cool place, the whole compound was decorated with spooky stuff, and everyone was in their costume that nite. We dressed up as mimes and so talked very little, we used gestures to tell others what we're trying to say. Overall, it was a really fun nite. Oh yea, we were given 6 cans of pringles.. hahahha

Anyway, here's the video.

There's some pictures that was taken by Dilys, will upload them soon too, when i have the time.

~vin

November 15th Videos

2008-11-19T06:11:00.000-08:00

Our first hip hop was the one with the kids.

Song:Show me the money by petey pablo

Then there was the fight scene with batman

Our own hip hop dance, featuring DMM's Gilbert

Song:Dangerous, Let it Rain, Shawty get Loose

Posted by :vin

Our 3Bute

2008-11-17T05:24:00.000-08:00

November 15th 2008, Saturday

DMM 3rd Anniversary Dinner

"Our 3Bute"

We performed at Rizqun hotel on the 15th, we did quite a few number. There was the one with the local artist, Ashraf (hope i got the name right, hehe.. ), then the opening, 'I'm so excited'. After that was the hip hop with the little girls and later own on hip hop..

Finale was the tribal themed dance..

They say pictures say a thousand words; so here's tens of thousands of words for u all... Hope u enjoy it

Pictures before the show:

The penultimate night

The Awesome Afiq-tion

Cat-mama and her whip.. Meawwww.. HAHAHA

Two mimes getting owned by Cat-mama

A right hook Cat-mama
Introducing Helen, who made our tribal costumes (the one drinking water)

Leopard Skin costumes.. Sexy? haha

Pictures during and after the show:

Rock and Roll (Westlife?) hahaha

Rock and Roll Girls

L to R: Liyana, Chinchi (not facing the camera), Helena, Nadia(top), Alex, Dilys

We came out of the jungle and met 5 lovely tree-girls and a headhuntress

Thing were back to normal... More of less.. =)

More pictures..

And now introducing Aries, the man behind the whole thing

Group photos

And finally, to end it a all, a video of the 'I'm so excited' performance

Get well & Contemporary

2008-11-07T03:32:00.000-08:00

Me and Afiq went to the studio on wednesday to rehearse with the instructors. Apparently Afiq was injured because of futsal and im supposed to have hiphop class on that day but the students din't turn up cus one of them was sick.And Now im not feeling well. Hope we get better. We had fun at the studio. We sang and laughed with the instructors as well. The manager was Insane! Here are some pictures of me and Afiq.

The dude who played futsal and injured his leg!

The dude who's currently not well cuz of...???

Both the vain ass!

Again!

This picture was taken on wednesday night while rehearsing. Yes, taking pictures once in a while is good!

Anyway, me,dalbert,sabena and isabel went to studio on tuesday and we had lots of fun. But sabena went home early. I practised routines with dalbert while isabel and sabena were eating and staring at us practising. Oh well, we had dinner together at the near by restaurant. After dinner, Dalbert went somewhere for some Audition(not to be mention) while left me and isabel in the studio all by ourself.

So i decided to choroegraph a small routine just for the two of us. It's a contemporary dance. Took a video of it. I look wierd tho cus i've never tried contemporary before. Anyway here it is. Enjoy!

posted by : Calvin

Freestyle video

2008-10-30T04:46:00.000-07:00

Anyway, we had rehearsal on sunday(26th),everyone was there. The rehearsal was ok like usual. Me and Dalbert went to studio on monday(27th) for practise. We did practise ourself and had some crazy times together as well. We freestyled alot and decided to take video of it and yeah, we did.

Me and Dalbert practised our freestyle. Kinda messy tho cus we come in and out in crashing timing. but was cool. We're gonna have practise tomoro again and hope everything goes perfectly well.
Can't wait for the performance! That's all..will update more!

posted by: Calvin

Happy Birthday to our Afiq

2008-10-30T03:07:00.000-07:00

This post is dedicated to our one and only Afiq Taufiq.

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY

And here's our lovely and handsome birthday boy, the one on the left.

Birthday boy in mask.

Whats wrong with this picuture? =)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AFIQ

HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO YOUUUUUUU..

More Practice

2008-10-22T07:55:00.001-07:00

We had some intense practice last week. Well, not really intense but we were at the studio everyday from wednesday till sunday. It was fun. Hip Hop, rock and roll, tribal dancing, scrabbles, pilates (abs exercise). If you're wondering how scrabbles the pilates came into dancing, we we just bored and took some time off.. haha.. Not really much to say. Enjoy the pictures.

Ignore the leg, bad camera angle

This is what i call teamwork!! =D

Afiq, Me(Arvin), Gilbert, Calvin

Pre-headstand exercise

On sunday, we got our props, the MASKS!! Its the coolest stuff that we've used for our dance ever. So right after we fixed out masks, we started taking pictures

Afiq Doing his sexy pose and Me in the hood and mask

Then afiq had his mask on

We got some strange ideas with the mask, so we tried them out

Looks kinda creepy huh..

Today, 22 October, we were at the studio again, and we got bored so we saw this picuture and said to each other, why not try it out? hahaha..

Spot the differences!

The original is done by a male and female, but Bro7herHodz version is done by both male(Arvin n black, Afiq in orange)
The female in the orginal looks graceful, but Afiq looks lustful
The couple are wearing dancing shoes, but we are wearing sneakers

And some last word for this post:

Happy Belated Birthday To Dalber Law

20th October 1990, 18 this year

May all things go well for him!

Performance coming up

2008-10-10T23:17:00.000-07:00

By the way, we'll be performing for the performance coming up which is on NOVEMBER 15TH and it's gonna be at Rizqun Hotel for the 3rd Anniversary of DMM Studio.

Well, Some of the crew member's are not gonna perform cus they'll be busy with their upcoming test and some is busy with work. So those who's gonna be performing is Calvin,Dalbert,Afiq,Arvin & Gilbert.

You guys might wonder who's Gilbert???

He's a ballroom dance instructor and i FORCED him to perform with us because we're sort of.."Not enough dancers?"

So yeah.. It's just gonna be temporary. We've performed with other Instructor as well when our crew member cant turn up. So yeah. There's gonna be practise today and we will update more about it.

Here are some videos of us that we took. Enjoy!

posted by:-Calvin.

I Love The Whole World

2008-10-09T08:00:00.000-07:00

"I Love The Whole World" Song

I love the mountains

I love the clear blue sky

I love big bridges

I love when great whites fly

I love the whole world

And all its sights and sounds

Boom De Ya Da! (x4)

I love the ocean

I love real dirty things

I love to go fast

I love Egyptian kings

I love the whole world

And all its crazyness

Boom De Ya Da! (x4)

I love tornadoes

I love arachnids

I love hot magma

I love the giant squid

I love the whole world

Its such a brilliant place

Boom De Ya Da! (x4)

Posted by: -Vin-

More practice

2008-09-30T08:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday and saturday we had 2 more practices. On saturday it was only me, dalbert and calvin, but yesterday, afiq and eric were there too. Our new routine was pretty cool, but fu*king hard to catch the beat coz its so damn fast. Yesterday was very tiring, we started at 4.30 and finished around 7. At around 6.30, i couldn't concentrate anymore, kept getting the moves mixed up. Anyway, after we finshed, we wanted to look for a restaurant where we can have a good meal, we walked up and down the kiarong area. I was getting kinda pissed coz we're weren't going anywhere and we were really tired too. In the end, we followed eric's car to kiulap where he dropped us at ayamku.

So we had our meal at ayamku, it was me, calvin and dalbert once more at that time, afiq and eric went home already. The three of us ordered the same meal, Ayamku Happy if i'm not mistaken, the one with chicken, egg, rice and a drink. After that, we chilled at the arcade in Seri kiulap mall. I played ddr with calvin, it wasn't even 30 secs when the screen showed "GAME OVER". What the heck man.. hahaha.. We were laughing at ourselves coz of that.

Finally here are some pictures from saturday:

Daydreaming

Comparing arms and legs

Posing?

Uhh, no comment

Here's calvin taking picture of dalbert showing

his abs and me looking out the window

On the dance floor again

2008-09-26T07:33:00.000-07:00

After being inactive for so many months, we are finally practising again. The practice wasn't really intense as we(me and eric) are just learning the new routine from them(calvin and dalbert). Afiq couldn't make it because he had tuition, Raymond and Shaneel had to study for their O's,so it was only the four of us. We practised at D Music Motion Studio, where we met Joel, Gilbert, Glenn and a few others, they are such nice people. Since we are performing for them, we get to use the studio for free. =) How great is that haha.. But as usual, practice was 30% practising, and 70% fooling around. That's the Bro7herhodz style, unless our mama (none other than Ms Ong) is there, then we start to be serious. If we're not, she'll slaughter us..

Anyway, some pictures we took during and after practice:

waiting for the music

falling down? or doing a move?

Practising, why am i without my shirt? hmm

Ahh, thats better

middle finger? haha. its actually the \/ gesture

More \/ gestures by dalbert

bodybuilder wanna-be.. HAHAHA

one has fats and the other is bony

What's next for us?

2008-09-16T22:06:00.000-07:00

In my previous post, i mentioned about how we're were not performing as a complete crew. That was because Dalbert went to Miri to get his driving license, and Shaneel couldn't perform because he's grounded. So that left the crew with me, Afiq, Calvin, Eric and Raymond. The D Music Motion Studio informed us that a girl invited us to dance for her 18th birthday party, her name was Nabilah. The party was going to be held in Empire on the 3rd of February 2008. The song we used was Show Me The Money by Petey Pablo. Her gift from her father was a Mini Cooper, damn, lucky girl. Haha..

We spent almost one month making a new routine with the help of our instructor Joel, which means Calvin doesn't have to crack his head trying to think of a new routine. We practised a few times each week, and i remember my parents were starting to complain because the practice sessions were at night and also that we werent getting paid. But for us it wasn't about the money, we just wanted to dance.

Finally, the day arrived. Ms Ong bought donuts for us. So nice of her. =) And u can see Afiq gobbling down the donuts.

Then we had our dinner (it was a buffet dinner), soon after that, it was nearing our turn, so we went to the Men's Room to get ready. We changed into jeans and sneakers, but left the formal shirt and tie on. And all that is left now as to wait.

At around 10.30 it was finally our turn. Dennis took a video of us with my camera.

Dance Quotes

2008-09-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

Okay, I've decided to take a short break from posting about the Bro7herHodz, so I'll post some dance quotes instead. The quotes i chose are the ones that i felt were meaningful or cool.

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams." - Anonymous

"Life is a dance, from one stage to the next." - Anonymous

"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking." ~Agnes De Mille

"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art." ~Doris Humphrey, 1937

"Dancers work and live from the inside. They drive themselves constantly producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after audience." ~M. Louis

"When in doubt......dance!" - Anonymous

"Dance for yourself, if someone understands good. If not then no matter, go right on doing what you love." ~Lois Hurst

"Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy." ~Jaques D'ambroise

"You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart." - Anonymous

The Aftermath

2008-09-16T02:25:00.000-07:00

During our talentine, our mama, none other than Ms R.Ong, brought people from the D Music Motion Studio to see the whole show and they really liked our dance. From then they gave us opportunities to dance for them and with them. To me, i think we're really lucky that this happened as if it hadn't there would be Bro7herHodz and of course this blog wouldn't exist also.

Our next performance was at the Jerudong Amphitheater and our song was Ooh Wee and Take it to the floor. Before the big day, we polished up our moves at the studio with the help of our instructor Joel (not Joel Kester in case you're wondering =) ). We had so much fun at the Amphitheater, playing hide and seek, walking around, eating nasi katok. Man, i really miss that one.

And below is our video of our performance, enjoy.

After that performance our next performance was the St Andrew's Speech day, but sadly, we don't have any video taken. Its mostly the same as the one above anyway, except for the change in location.

Our Talentine Performance - The start of it all

2008-09-15T23:34:00.000-07:00

The Beginning

2008-09-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

What is now The Bro7herHodz was previously known as Shuflers. Below is just a little bit about us and how it all started (copied and edited from our friendster profile):

Shufler was formed around early september 2007 for the Sas talentine dance competition.Unexpectedly we got 1st place for talentine.From then, we've moved on since we've found out our hidden talent which we got in us. Each of us possess different strengths in dancing and that i believe, is what makes our crew what it is now.

But now we're no longer called "ShuFler". Now we're the "Bro7herHodz Crew".

Bro7herHodz basically means Brotherhood and the 7 represents the 7 of us. We will maintain our relationship with each other because we are like brothers to each other. So we'll do our best and we're dancing for life.

Crew members : Calvin Dalbert Eric Afiq Shaneel Raymond Arvin

(this is my first time blogging, so go easy on me aite =D)

-ViN