The Wannabe Economist

I’m frigging tired now. We decided that we wanted a change in lifestyle, and thus went to bed at 9.30am and woke up at 4.30am…

(photo credit: TynaC on flickr)

to go to Mac’s and have breakfast. And TRIED without success to study a bit, before we gave up and went back to watch tv.

On another note, episode 7 of the America’s Best Dance Crew was out online yesterday.

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(Disclaimer: Chongky would not be responsible for the premature release of information if you have not watched the show and intend to catch it soon.)

DAMNIT!

Kaba Modern is out of the competition.

How could this be? Kaba is definitely not the worse out of the three. And like many others, i’m anticipating a final showdown between Kaba and Jabba.

I think that’s a bloody good example of the spoiler effect. Kaba and Jabba are similar in the dance styles, with excellent isolation and neat group work. Even the race composition and (i suspect) other demographic of the members are almost identical. Despite both of them being extremely popular with the audiences right from the beginning of the season, the two group has probably split that majority support and this allowed Status Quo to win the both of them in vote count after last week.

Status Quo, on the other hand, is probably one of the best example of streets dance crew, if you know what i mean. I do not think there’s much formal training, and thus the seemingly lack of tidying up at each performance.

But now, i’m very sure that Jabba is going to be announced the winner next week. Considering the swing votes that Jabba is very likely to receive now that Kaba is out of the race, you do not have to know any voting theory to figure out where the odds are on.

I’m watching the show now. Still catching up with what had happened in the past 2 months as the show progresses.

I guess the saddest moment for me is when Live in Colour got knocked out of the competition. I can see their hard work. I can feel their passion when they dance. They are so well spoken that i’m impressed. So what if they go to Thrift Store for their costumes. They are still cool.

I thought they’re among the best in the competition. I mean, there are at least 2 other groups dancing at that very high standard in my opinion. I just didn’t expect Live in Colour to go out so early.

I hope they are doing well now. More dance contracts, more bread to put on the table, especially to the guy who has a daughter at home. I wish you guys all the best.