i told you so...

my title simply explains what has been on my mind since jinjin bagged 1st place in her competition today.

my girlfriend, jinjin, has just won the championship for solo category in SAYAWJUAN (a dance competition hosted by the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe). yup, solo. jin's first ever solo.

although she made it seem easy when she showed up with her winning piece, she had a really rough time up until the moment her dance ended.

first of all, she was sick for the past week. she was down with fever. good thing it came after her 2nd screening. that meant no practice or even just conditioning during those days.

second, she gave much time for my birthday. not that i obliged her. i actually told her to show up na lang for the dinner and practice the whole day. but she spent almost the whole day with me. and she was only recovering from fever last friday.

third, she choreographed her dance only last sunday. yes, last sunday. two days before the competition.

fourth, she only got a hold of her final music sunday evening. thanks for helping out kuya boj kahit short notice :)

fifth, she broke down once or twice during the weekend. she cried a lot thinking that there was no more time. no music. no more ideas. no strength. she even thought of quitting. wth?

and from there, i sort of started to "mess" with her situation. i couldn't stand seeing her that way.

i pulled out the competitive me. i sort of acted as her coach. haha. not coach as in choreographer but the type of coach who gets mad when his trainee wants to quit.

i helped her by charming marj into asking her brother to fix her music. i also joked around by bringing a towel for her sweat when i went to her place last sunday while she was creating her routine. i even suggested a lot of moves. sadly, only two counts were included. hahaha. i started to call her CHAMP as if she was a boxing superstar. whenever she told me she was nervous, i asked her, "who's nervous?!" and she answered with "no one." hehe... good thing all that pressure didn't shake you off too much. :)

i never had doubt that jin would win this competition. it was just a matter of jin doing her thing and not quitting. true enough, she came out like a true champion.

you are so great jinny. i told you so. :) i'm so proud of you.

and to the person/s who tried to derail you, in your face/s. whoever you are.

flashback:
i put on my wishlist that she would win too. and she did. Praise God. thank you jinny! :)

THAT'S MY GIRL!!!