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“1, 2, drop, roll up, 5,” she whispered as she practiced in front of the wall. “6, 7, pop, and, 1, 2, 3, 4, bounce and bounce, 7, 8…” she remained focused as she tried to memorize carefully the choreography.

It was imperative that she got this right when they would come back from their break. The ‘foreigner privilege’ did not exist when it came to entertainment; therefore, she had to work even harder to be acknowledged. She had raised the bar so hard for herself in every aspects of her life.

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8…dang it, I was supposed to take two steps, before that twirl and that whip…” she accidentally cursed as she walked towards the radio and stopped the music.

She sighed and resumed her practice counting loudly. Her moves were more fluid at least. She remembered receiving a reprimand about looking like a robot. It was quite embarrassing especially if she wanted to teach others how to dance. She could remember that moment clearly enough. There were some who were saying everything that came to their mind out loud not even caring if it hurt. She remembered mocking her for being ‘not black enough’, because ‘African could all dance’. Obviously, it was science, it was common knowledge. Then, the leader of the slander team reminded everyone that she was ‘half-black’.

“1, 2, drop, roll up, 5…” she restarted from the beginning of the section. “1, 2, step, step, turn and whip, 8,” she did correctly this time around.

“Keep up with the good work, Alex,” said someone from the door. It was one of the dancers that she could vaguely recall the name. She went to the radio and plugged her iPod into it. “But, Jihye-unni said to take a break. It’s good to rest sometimes.” The girl said before starting to play WANNA B’s Attention. “I still love this song. Do you know it?”

Alex shook her head. The melody was pretty good though. She liked the beat and started to move to it. It made the other girl smile even more.

“Let me show you the point dance,” the girl announced. “It’s pretty simple. I think you are familiar to Little Mix’s Salute? Because, when they say ‘Attention’, they salute. And then, the chorus comes.” She showed Alex the choreography a couple of times. It had been a while that the American had that much fun with someone who was not exactly part of her friend group. She was not even the slightest anxious.

“I love the rapper’s part a lot,” Alex ended up saying while she continued to practice the chorus.

The girl acknowledged it with a nod. “There are really not half bad. You should check them out really. It’s sad that not everybody can make it big. They deserve some recognition. So many groups deserve some actually.” She sighed. “Okay, let’s have a little battle. Who can do this part better?” She exclaimed accompanied with a giggle.

Wariness began to grow in her heart. She was really self-conscious when it came to any forms of competition after what happened to her. The latter assured her that they were just doing it for fun; therefore, Alex should relax a bit. Tying her hair with a scrunchy, the young woman inhaled and exhaled until she reached a calmer state. It was just a harmless dance off. That was what she kept on telling herself; yet, it did not quite help. The girl even went first, which made Alex even more wary of the latter’s intention until the girl clasped her hands on Alex’s cheeks.

“It is just for fun,” she said once more. “It is a game,” she added in ‘engrish’ to make sure that Alex understood.

In the end, she declared Alex the winner. “I even have proof that you know how to dance pretty well, so don’t get too frustrated and don’t overdo it. It has been hard for you these days, right? We all kind of noticed that, because you train a lot more these days. Jihye-unni asked me to keep an eye on you.” Her words made Alex teary that she had to fight to hold back those tears. Moreover, those words, which she took for encouragement, gave her strength.

event.

#+03 DNC #rkdanceoff #[ pretty much insp from the dance practice in my neighbor charles... tae and alex... ]

a1sts

painfullythick

when you’re in class and you don’t know what’s going on

rkjihyo-blog

{✱ usual day at footlocker: judging b*tches footwear; }

among the coworkers jihyo had to associate with during work, there were only several others that she really enjoyed the company of. alex was of them, especially so now that yoongi had gone. it was refreshing to work in a place filled with a younger crowd because when such songs as the leader of global icon’s newest club jam came on, jihyo had no qualms about letting herself enjoy it. she wasn’t the best rapper but the songs she knew the words to, she knew the words to. jamming behind the counter next to the register as she picked through her bag of skittles (because the red ones always had to be eaten first), she could feel the slight ratchet vibe the song put into someone start to take over her, her body unable to resist bouncing though she had to remind herself it was the register at foot locker she was standing at and not the middle of a club dance floor. catching wind of alex’s voice as she poured into the chorus once more, her bright red ponytail bobbing left and right as she animatedly rapped along with it, she took into account the situation and dear lord… interrupting her song, she picked up a pack of yellow sticky notes and left her post to come join her coworker, chewing happily upon a bright red skittle. she held the sticky notes up, a crude yellow card. “we’re going to have to ask you to take a seat on the bench, ma’am.”

areidrk

She was lucky that she had been apprehended by the best duo in town there to save her from humiliation. Perhaps the customer did not know, but, here in Footlocker, where from the old school to the new school experts converged, she would be judge quietly or in her back by the said experts due to her shoes. It was with the kindness of their hearts that the girls set her aside, because they were saving her from any form of slander. “You look so young, lady, I’d give you 26 years old tops. I believe that it was Heaven itself that send you here. You got swag as far as your clothes suggest, but…” Alex had her eyes set on those shoes and shook her head. Those shoes were ruining it. Crossing her arms while bobbing her head to the ambience music in the store, the American turned herself to her coworker wondering what she had to say on that matter. She was happy that Giselle had played along. Serously, it was great to still have her around after all this time. “What do think we should, my dear Watson?” she inquired. “Keeping it with the golden Nike, Adidas, Jays?” Everyone knew the Jordans were on a league on their own even if they are commercialized under one of the big names.

#.jihyo #.judgingbees #{ starter 3 }

ponderfulstark

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

Alan Rickman (1946-2016)

#quote is fitting to alex and i can pay homage to him at the same time TT-TT

TAYLOR ♎⋆♓ ALEXANDRA “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” Aristotle™

[ DIARY ENTRY ]

When I left for Korea, I left alone without this one person that I cherished a lot. In Korea, I did made friends, but there was still this person that dragged me to MTV Iggy and made me fall in love with Korean music. If I had to name this friend in question, this best friend in question, I would answer ‘Taytay’, but you probably would now her better by ‘T-ae’ or ‘Taylor’ or other names that she acquired over time. I forgot when we first met, but I can be sur that it was one of the most magical and whimsical moment in my life. See, we had our ups and downs just like everybody, but we patched up. She has been there for me. Do you believe in cause and effect? I’ll give you a reason to believe in it. When I saw those girls on the stage of MTV Iggy, I instantly wanted to join them. I had a dream that, one day, I would be on the same stage. I did not want fame or anything. I just wanted to be up there. It would have not happened if I did not agree on going to that concert with Taylor. She had a pair of tickets, so she invited me. At first, I was reluctant, because I did not know anything about K-Pop, hell, I was one of those people who only knew Japan and China. I maybe I would say that I knew Thailand, because Thai Express? Really, my knowledge of Asia was fairly limited on overrated stuff. Taylor’s efforts paid off into giving me a dream. That is why I am in Seoul, South Korea today. It’s because of a great, sassy and caring friend named Taylor (not Swift or Lautner but) Lee Taeeun (yes, the youtuber).

[ THE END ]

#rkship #rkmoodboard #+03 CHR #( around 300 words? )#rktaeeun

fyp-philosophy

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Denis Diderot (via fyp-philosophy)

thekpopfix

Alex eating show~^^

footlocker™ crew JIHYO ♈⋆♓ ALEXANDRA Employees ❝Top 3❞ Edition alex: nike lebron soldier 9 × nike air max thea × timberland boots jihyo: custom vans × adidas originals amberlight up × red converse high tops

MANAGER: “What’s your opinion of Park Jisoo?” A: “Pardon my language in advance, sir.” {#bites her lower lip }“The kind of girl who would not give a damn and wear Christian Louboutin’s ‘Bianca’ pumps in a Footlocker. She is very kind and will act a fool with you. Really, having hr around makes the shifts entertaining. In times of distress, you just need to go to her and everything will be fine. Honestly, sir.”

#rkship #rkjihyo #+03 CRT

footlocker™ crew YOONGI ♓ ALEXANDRA “... its not so much about the shoes, but the person wearing them” © Adriana Trigiani

Temporary was her teacher’s position. When she found a new job as a ‘referee’ at Footlocker, she had the opportunity to be acquainted with this individual. He was a peculiar creature who was passionate about Space Jam (she was more of a Like Mike kind of girl). He is most undoubtedly her closest male friend and dummy. She manages to bring out the adorable quality out of him. Now, he is a bit busy with his ‘secret’ life.

A: “Yoongi, I’m sorry...but...” {#squats and pokes his sneakers to make sure that it is no hallucination. #takes out her cellphone } “What are those?” Y: “I had dance practice.” A: {#continues to film his shoes } “Ladies and gentlemen, these are sported by a footlocker alumni.” {#directs the camera towards him } “Mister Min, what do you have to say in your defense.” Y: “Alex, cut it out.” {#sighs } A: {#puts her cellphone away } “You could have wore anything but these. I don’t think any casting agents would choose you for the Space Jam sequel, but, for a bootleg edition.”

playlist 🔊

01. shake it off (by taylor swift): one of those songs perfect to act silly without caring about your surroundings. (she managed to make him dance to it.) 02. stepped on my jayz (by nelly ft. jermaine dupri & ciara): a footlocker employee and shoe enthusiast anthem. 03. space jam (by ): this movie was one of their first topic of conversation that had nothing to do with their job. 04. my heart will go on (by celine dion): on his last day in footlocker, she jokingly sang it to, because she was going to miss working with him. “I still got Jihyo. You no longer got any discount. Full price is going to be a bishie.” 05. king (by lauren aquilina): he is like her emotional support.

#rkship #( the playlist is right there. two birds one stone )#rkxyoongi #rkmoodboard #+03 CRT

9 shades out of an ∞ of them part of her DNA makeup. 💋

#rkplaylist #+03 CRT

nowdotheunni

RaNia’s new member Alexandra

starting: @rkdragon, @rkseungmi replying: @rkjihyo, @rksunbin, @rktaeeun* waiting: @rkdaehyun, @rkseungyoun, @rkhyunakim plotting: @rkmin, @seulgirk, you?

#[ ema keeping track... ]

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“Meaningful…mainstream…alternative…slow…fast…metaphorical…social…” she had been blurting out words out of the blue without a clue what she was going to present to this high school student she bumped into. He knew of her aspiration in her present which was quite the surprise of the century – it was a bit of a hyperbola, but she was pretty startled when he came to her and ask her to spit some verses. He held a camera in his hand waiting for her to proceed. If it was for a school project, it meant that he would broadcast it to his peers. It meant that viewers are going to listen to her content. It meant that even if it was just two or three students could actually come to like her – it was not like she had a fanbase especially after what happened a few months ago.

Soaring high, drowning low, I thought I knew how to stand. Dreamed to reach the skies Derailed in to the abyss I’ve yet to take my first steps…

She paused for a brief second, but, in her head, she processed that she had been for ages. It was those verses she attempted to deliver. Would anyone understand where she was getting at? It was hard to freestyle when it was not in your mother tongue. She attempted to go for some imagery with words she thought she knew. Scratching her head, she continued not to mess the flow. It did not really matter if she was saying stupidity. They would probably laugh it or say that she was cute for a foreigner. It was not hard out there for pimps.

…Granted that I crawled, I reached to people for support, For my soul to learn how to be more steady.

Innocence got you thinking “life’s beautiful” Maturity is reality K.O. telling you “that’s bullshit”

Sleeping in, waking up, I thought I could chase the dream. Envisioned to step into the scene Left paralyzed to make a move I’ve thought of kicking the bucket…

Alex stopped there, because her eyes were burning. The tears were threatening to fall and she did not want that kid – Park Junse – to capture this side of her. The world did not have to see how a struggling and anxious half-black American girl looked like in a strange new world that she decided to live in for the past four years of her life.

#rkfreestyle #+03 RAP #.openevents

rkseungyoun

{✱ starting 2016 awkwardly; }

perhaps he doesn’t have the spare cash lying around after christmas, but seungyoun still finds himself looking for comfort in the lines of shoes on foot locker’s shelves. it’s with the excuse that he needs new sneakers for dance lessons– which is partly true, but it’s really just a ruse. new sneakers are usually an impulse buy when he’s avoiding something, and that’s how he’s running his finger over soft leather and pulling down the display of a new pair of jordans to inspect them. he’s standing still but he’s not paying attention to his surroundings where he should have been – so of course, clumisness is bound to happen and seungyoun looks up only to see a store clerk bowing profusely to apologize. “ what? don’t worry about it –” he lowers his head with a tiny grin; it’s his own form of apology while holding up the shoe in his hand. “ i wasn’t paying attention anyway.” he sets the shoe gently back on the display where he found it, slipping hands in his pockets. “ just looking around. new shoes for lessons i’m starting up.” and she probably didn’t need to know that, but the poor girl looks awkward enough and he knows well how nerve wracking it can be to feel like a complaint will roll through to the big boss.

areidrk

Looking slightly away from the other, she caught his grin and it perplexed her. It puzzled her a little that a situation like this could bring out an expression like his unless he was either trying to display compassion, pity, mischief or worst. She hoped it was not on the bad side compared to the aforementioned. Swiftly, she opted to change the direction of the conversation to ease mostly her own awkwardness after the exchange of apology. She had to act professional whatever that meant really. There were a lot of customers around and, like her manager repeated every now and then, they had to be more in charge to leave a good impression – in her case she was repairing an impression or not (she wanted to correct a wrong that did not exist). For a start, she could help him out with his dilemma.

“Shoes…for lessons…” She nodded to herself glancing furtively at the shelves. “Is it for dancing or for training? Jays are what you were for basketball, dancing or swag…I mean style…however if you are an upcoming soccer…I mean football…player, a rising star, you ought want to go into the section for that purpose.”

#.awkward2016 #.seungyoun #{ starter 2 }

rkdaehyun

{✱ royal blessing; }

the flocking was obvious–it was always sudden and out of place; something quick, like a glimmer, like beam of refracted light that came and went with motion. even if the seconds were long and even if the moments were slow, he knew this time would fade, would be muffled by the rest of his life, other events more loud, more demanding of attention. they had a short life, so he reveled in it, felt it was a prize won by his hard work. after all, weren’t fans to be prized? so he smiled, soaked in the warmth of attention before an attendant walked over. he gave her a nod, another smile, body still heightened by the limelight. “yeah, i’m looking for two sets actually. matching, maybe, but not the same kind. more like, similar–know what i mean?”

areidrk

A red flag was appeared in her mind when she heard his request. After studying some popular trends among teenagers and young adults, she wondered what he exactly met when it demanded for matching shoes. She was a bit fidgety not too sure how to bring up the question without raising suspicion or attention on both of them. “…matching…?” she mumbled. They had a bunch of those. Each pairs in the store usually arrived with different colors and patterns (sometimes, textures). It would not be so hard to tend to his demand. It was just that this demand could end up breaking into a scandal. She, like some of her coworkers, was fond of hi and were waiting for his debut.

“Daehyun-ssi…how is your…” she bit her lower lip pausing in midsentence. “Isn’t it a bit early to think about a Valentine’s gift…or is it for an anniversary of sort…is it for you? What kind of shoes? What should they tell people when those people see them?”

#.royalblessing #{ starter 1 }#.daehyun

r-aniagifs

t-ae/alex moments on ‘rania’s back’ ep 1

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