Uplifting Words From The Dalai Lama

 By Emeroy Bernardo

I love using StumbleUpon, and I especially love it when it leads me to insightful and motivational quotes. These are a list of quotes from the Dalai Lama that I found and just had to share it.

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements
involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R's:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate
steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think
back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your
life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love
for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get
it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

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The Road to Hip Hop International

By Emeroy Bernardo

It’s been about three and a half weeks since the chosen 7 of FamBiz started up rehearsals for Hip Hop International. This is the first time we’ll be competing at this competition. While three of us have been to the competition, only one of us has actually had the opportunity to compete. We have no idea what to expect, and all we can really do is prepare.

It’s been 7 rehearsals and things seem promising for us. Right from the get-go we’ve hit the ground running. We’ve adopted a workout routine before every practice, designed to attack every muscle group at once to quickly raise everyone’s heart rate so we can build up our stamina. Even though Hip Hop International only demands a 2 minute routine, it’s what’s in those 2 minutes that really count. And with only 6 rehearsals left there really isn’t any time for messing around.

For those of you who aren’t too familiar with how Hip Hop International works, here’s a quick rundown.
Along with the criteria of performance, staging, crowd appeal, showmanship, and execution , each crew must perform a minimum of three street dance styles (this includes party dances).
Considering that not all of us break and not all of us lock, it’s been a challenging and enjoyable experience seeing everyone evolve and step out of their comfort zone.

Along with the requirement of three street styles, there’ll be a panel of eight judges.

4 Skill Judges, 4 Performance Judges

Performance Judges
They evaluate and score the routine according to performance, creativity, staging, showmanship, street presents, and variety of styles

Skill Judges
They evaluate and score the musicality, synchronization, execution, and difficulty.

So considering the fact that this is a maximum of eight dancers and not a sizable group like 20 or 30, it’s practically one set of eyes watching each and every one of us. There’s no hiding in this competition, if a person is unable to execute, everyone will be able to see.

Overall this is a new challenge for us, which has made us set the bar higher for ourselves. Whether we win or not, we’ll see what happens. It’s just exciting to be a part of this opportunity and to be able to share that floor with many talented dancers from across the world. Even though this is just the beginning of our journey, it is exciting thinking about what’s to come.

The Road To Hip Hop International: Part II

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Help Us Out!

UPDATED 7/6/2011
FamBiz is selling shirts and tanks to help us out on our journey to Hip Hop International! They are $20 each and $35 for both!

Here are the new colors for you to check out!

E-mail us at: fb.fambiz@gmail.com if you're interested in buying!
Anyone who had purchased before, thank you so much for the support!

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Movement Lifestyles new STUDIO!

By CJ Capili

 This was a picture from the Day 2 Grand Opening of Movement Lifestyles new studio!

Quite a crowd to be seen, so many dancers and so many faces from different areas! I wasn’t able

to attend this due lack of money, but it seemed like it was a blast.

A class line up that spanned of 3 days, and the price was only for 10 dollars! From Shaun

Evaristo, Lyle Beniga, Brian Puspo, Andrey J, Sh*t Kingz, Keone & Mari, and Jun Quemado!

This lineup of choreographers really makes a grand opening for a studio great! Aside from that

they also held an encore on that Friday as well from

Bam Martin, Shaun Evaristo, and Rie Hata!

Aside from not being able to make it to the grand opening, I’m glad another studio has been

opened to the community! Allowing more dancers to seek different locations to take classes and

just be inspired altogether with the knowledge these choreographers has been bringing to the

dancing community since the beginning.

For the location of the studio:

11135 Weddington St. #116

North Hollywood, CA 91601

Special thanks to: Movementlifestyle.tumblr.com & Shaunevaristo.tumblr.com

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Fearless

By KennyDiamond


Can you honestly say that you have exist each day without trepidation?
Some may actually live life fearless while others say so just to look
grand. But as a usual aspect of human nature, fear is only a state of
mind. People grow fears from all kinds of ways. Poor experiences from
a younger years, present tragedies or even just witnessing the
misfortune of someone other than one’s self. I’m sure there are more,
but these are the most usual examples I can think of as far as where
fears may develop.

Although they appear ordinary, one that is more ordinary than those is
the fear of the uncertain. People have the fear(s) of things they have
never experienced in their lives and some never overcome that fear.
Some, if not many, people are fearful of heights (acrophobia) and
flying or swimming in the ocean. Others are afraid of spiders;
arachnophobia. However, fear is something we can challenge, suppress
and overcome.

Some fears are more solemn than others, like ones that really put an
end to certain people from living their lives. But I think that given
the chance to confront your fear, you have an even higher chance of
overcoming it. It might be a good gamble. You pretty much have nothing
to lose and everything else to acquire from it, such as the life you
would like to live: fearless. So what are you afraid of?



One Love,
@KennyDiamond

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