Pictures From Astro Battleground’s Facebook Photo Album
December 23, 2009
Astro Battleground Performance Preview
November 22, 2009AAAHHH!!
the preview for the ‘Sports’ themed episode, in which The Rebels had the most privileged opportunity to perform, is out!
sure, we do not even have 1 second of frame time in the preview, but hey, we are delirious with excitement nonetheless 
remember to catch the showing of the episode alright ;D if not for us, then at least for the impressive performances by the competitiors 
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Astro Battleground 2009 – SemiFinal 1
Date: November 28, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 7pm
Channel: Astro Wah Lai Toi, Channel 311
if you missed it (or you wanna watch it again because you love us so much ;D), catch the repeat on Sunday (November29) afternoon, 2pm!!
High School Crush Theme Party @ Mist Club, Bangsar
November 20, 2009It was …. lots of hot chicks in plaid skirts & white blouses, no jocks stereotypes (surprisingly), school ties, and ‘nerdy’ thick-framed glasses (which were given out free at the club’s entrance).
The Rebels had performed a 6 man (and woman :p) show Wednesday night at Mist Club, Bangsar in conjunction with the club’s “High School Crush” theme. After all, what is a high school theme without a typical pep rally showcase of cheerleaders, eh? ;D
We performed twice to a happening crowd and we sincerely hoped that we had impressed them as they did not seem too pleased to be shoo-ed off the dance floor for our 4-5 minute performance :p (4-5 minutes is exceptionally long for a cheerleading routine, by the way. we were knackered, the six of us!)
in the storage room they let us use to change and whatnot
in between performances
outside the club
Astro Battleground 2009 Performance
October 29, 2009
We are glad to inform the dear followers of our humble blog of the fact that The Rebels has been given the awesome opportunity to perform for one of Astro’s Battleground Dance Competition episodes. {this is where you give a loud cheer of ‘Hurray!’}
Date: 07 November 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 1:00pm onwards
Venue: Berjaya Times Square, KL (front entrance)
{this is where you note down the date, time and place in your diary to remind yourself to come support us}
The episode’s theme, as we have been told, is ‘Sports’ and as we all know, cheerleading is a sport (if you don’t, go eat pompoms and die XD). So one thing led to another and matters resulted in one of the producers of the show approaching us to ask if we could be the opening gambit for that particular ‘Sports’ themed episode. {this is where you cheer loudly in agreement again}
Needless to say, we are very much elated at such an opportunity and also maybe, a tad nervous because this is after all, quite an important event. The producers have made quite some requests as well, and since when has extra criteria/conditions ever ease a performer’s nerves, right? 
among the requests, are:
among the requests, are:- 9 cheerleaders
- integrate the celebrity hosts/emcees into our routine i.e. let them perform with us
- escort the participants in that episode’s round as the emcees introduce each team
- work with a rather restrictive stage dimension: 18ft x 20ft
The plus side, we guess, would be that we get to be on TV! …. (more specifically, Astro Wah Lai Toi Channel 311) woohoo ;D The show’s episodes air every Saturday at 7:00pm.
Anyway, on an end note, we hope all goes well with this performance
p.s. we will be watching out for you supporters… we had better see a lot of blue and white/silver pompoms and placards that declare your love for us when we are performing. Or else… *gives evil threatening squint* muahahahaa….. haaa… hahaa.. ok..
Showmanship
October 7, 2009The most important thing you need to have in a routine is a sense of performance.
It is so important that without it, even if you were to execute a difficult and impressive routine cleanly, you will still be missing that X-factor. But if you execute an average and maybe even slightly less-than-perfect routine with confidence and a sense of performance, your team will be the one that leaves the strongest impression upon the audience
When you perform a routine, it is not just about knowing your part and just performing them with that concentrated look on your face that has you staring at the floor throughout the whole routine. (dear less experienced members of The Rebels, do take note of this :] )
No. It is about performance, as well. Make eye contact with your audience to let them see how confident you are. Engage the crowd. Tell them to or make them go WILD at your performance. Perform. Chest out. Head high. Wear a look on your face that says, “Yeah, come on! Watch this! We’re gonna rock your socks off!”
No room for shyness. You’re on stage/mat! These are the only times you get to be cockily confident and not be hated for it :p Your chance to be flirtatious and be someone entirely different!
The exhilaration of performing and hearing the crowd scream for you. There is no drug which can substitute that satisfaction. Off stage, you can be incredibly timid. But on stage, you are in a different world. Take me for example, I dare not let go of myself and enjoy dancing freely on a dance floor at social events/places. Honest to goodness, I have friends who can testify that they have had to drag me onto the dance floor and even then I just stood there superbly shy and scared :p But they can also tell you that I am totally different when I am performing. Heck, I get so enthusiastic that I may just be actually scaring the crowd with my ferocity/intensity (which, of course, I do not recommend you to do) :p
It is not just about doing a routine. It is about performing
So get your butts onto the mat and wow the crowd, Rebels. Show them that we are bloody good and that we are darn proud of it!
Bytheway,…. having a fixed grin on your face is not the same as a genuine proud smile.
The Dinner after the Charm Cheerleading Championships 2009
August 4, 2009
The receipt from the dinner The Rebels had after the Charm Cheerleading Championships 2009.
The competition venue was at Cineleisure, Damansara. We walked over to The Curve and had lunch at the KimGary outlet there :pDinner was funded by the very generous parents of our members, who basically said, “Ok, here’s RM*** . You guys use it to have a celebratory dinner lah!”
AusCheer Results
July 27, 2009Okay.. competition results of our time at AusCheer, in Brisbane, Australia:
Partner Stunts category, Level 4: 1st & 3rd place
KimSwee & WaiMin: 1st place
Natalie & Jordan (from Lions Cheer Squad): 2nd place
AhWah & Ivy: 3rd place
Group Stunts category, Level 4: 2nd place
Purple Team (from Lions Cheer Squad): 1st place
Team Malaysia (consisting of KimIng, WaiMin, KimSwee & Ahwah of The Rebels ): 2nd place
): 2nd placeIt was really crazy for this division. We came up with our group stunt routine only when we were in Australia, meaning we practiced no more than 3 times or so… o_o;; I think YeeMing (Team Malaysia’s captain) nearly experienced a heart failure when she found out…
Cheer category, Level 4.2: 1st place
Team Malaysia: 1st place
Fit2Cheer Royals: 2nd place
Personally, (waimin) i felt that they had a more interesting routine than we did. They’ve got cool tumblings and they were quite strong too. Just that they faltered in some of their stunts. There were some parts of the routine that may have had too much activity going on, but they had great transitions and gorgeous uniforms XD I think it’s the silver that made their colours so sharp. I liketh much their ribbons too :p
Videos!!
Fit2Cheer Royals
Team Malaysia
there’s another video of the same recording, but from center view, on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWqtovPq8Qs
Hello from Australia ;)
July 16, 2009
a little shout out from GoldCoast, Australia here we would not be able to update our blog much until we get back because unlimited free wifi is not as ubiquitously found here as back home in Malaysia, but as a teaser, we’ve got good news about our competition here….. (not much of a teaser, but oh well :p)
We will be back in Malaysia by the 20th of July 2009, a monday
A visit from Singapore
July 3, 2009I’m quite sure Kah Weng wants to kill us for the superbly late update :p blame the people who uploaded pictures of us together at training onto their facebook accounts but did not tell me so…. hehheh, no lar xp we’ve just been tied up with other matters lately.
In the third week of June, KahWeng from Aces, the cheer team of the Nanyang Technology University in Singapore, joined us for some goofing around.
Monday, 15 June: KahWeng, who had been in touch with YeeMing from CHARM All Stars, dropped by to watch the training session of the team going to Australia. We found out that this super tall dude lives in ampang and asked him if he would like to come train with us in Cheras, to which he said, “Sure.” :p
Tuesday, 16 June: KahWeng joined the team going to Australia for training again and manly took on all the girsl on the team, basing each one of them We stayed back after training for a short round of drinks in Sunway/Subang Jaya.
Wednesday, 17 June: KahWeng joined The Rebels for training :p and also joined us for a round of noisy mamak, where he confirmed the supposed talk that Malaysia food is better tasting than Singapore’s :p no offense meant to the dear Singaporeans who read this. You know we love you guys ;p
Thursday, 18 June: KahWeng dropped by during training for the Australian competition again and got a pictures of us stunting 4 cupies, which he had put up on his blog.
Friday, 19 June: KahWeng joined the Rebels for training again and revealed the camwhoring side of him :p And after training, we had a long round of mamak again, hehheh.
We took pictures of KahWeng stunting with us during training…. but I’ll need to hunt those pictures down first…. not sure whose camera had taken the pictures :p but here are the non-stunting-just-messing-around pictures enjoy (KahWeng’s the black t-shirt-wearing guy at the back)
