My goodness, I never got to blog during the entire month of October. The month had been so crazy, and I will elaborate on that later.
When I looked back at my blog entries from October of last year, I realized that as of October 17th, it had been exactly a year since I attended my first Lebran class. Woah, I can't believe a year had already passed since then. To once again quote the character Brett from Children's Letters to God, "So many changes in one year... Wonder what next year will bring."
How apt for me to be included this year in a pictorial of Lebran Shapers (teachers) a few days after that exact date. It sort of celebrated my first year in Lebran.
It's been a pretty amazing one year for me. Upon the discovery of Lebran, a lot of things had happened and it was due to my perseverance to keep taking classes. OK, I'm not really proud of it, but I managed to attend my first level of classes because of a silent sponsor who was willing to pay for them. In addition to that, I also had to attend the Lebran dance fitness class as well. It took a lot of effort to come up with the money to pay for all those plus my other expenses while just keeping a part-time job. Imagine my surprise when I was allowed to attend the evening classes (I just attend the mornings) without any extra payment because I was told I had potential.
Imagine my surprise even more when I was encouraged to join the syllabus competition alongside the other scholars. Training with them was a great learning experience, as it was a good way to get to know and bond with them.
As surprises go, after helping out at one mini-event, I was suddenly called in one time after a class, and that was when they announced that they finally took me in as a new scholar. It was such a big relief on my part because I didn't have to pay for classes anymore. I could take all the classes I want for free.
Apart from being a scholar, I was also part of the Lebran team's core group alone with Sir Brando, Mommy Val, and Myrone. We are the ones who basically keep the business running smoothly, setting schedules, handling marketing and publicity, etc. When I got counseled by Mommy Val, she advised me to draw up a five-year plan to give my life some direction, then encouraged me to take the Lebran teachers certification exam. And I couldn't believe I actually passed.
Challenges keep coming at every class we attend, especially on my part. Due to scarcity of gentleman scholars that serve as partners for female students, I was tasked to learn the gentleman's part as well to help out. Then because of all the new accounts coming up, our schedules keep getting busier. Every time a Lebran teacher would be late in the morning (well, basically it's just Myrone and Jayson), I would have to fill in, so it was pretty good practice to teach.
The biggest challenge of all was during last month (October). During the middle of the month, Myrone had to be taken to the hospital due to primary spontaneous pneumothorax. With one Lebran teacher down (and our highest earner!) and having a new hectic schedule, we had to move things around. I had to learn to keep at least one class, and we were so glad that there were new male partners being trained, so we didn't have much problem with the technique classes. Thankfully it was also the college students' semestral break, so Abby could fill in for some of the classes that Myrone had. He's finally out of the woods now, and even went straight to our Lebran pictorial once he got out of the hospital. Heck, even though he's not allowed to dance for at least 6 weeks, he's been going out a lot. Crazy man.
So now, we're gearing up for our next big event. This month, on the 24th, Lebran Dance Fitness Experts will be launching its official website. Along with it, we will be introducing our newly-certified Lebran Shapers, plus showcasing our students in a mini-recital. Will keep you guys posted for that one, as we are selling pretty limited tickets.
