This class is hell boring especially our schedule with it because it's a Saturday and it's after lunch.
But we dealt with it for the whole semester. As for me, I didn't quite perform well in this class because if I was not absent during classes, I was always asleep in the room.
For our Finals week, our professor instructed us to make a final paper about a successful woman and we should be able to report her life and how she became successful in front of the class to pull up our grades especially for those who have below average grades in the subject. I assumed that I am one of those who are low in the class because of my performance :| so I decided to make an effort with this paper and report it nicely in the class.
But because I was too lazy, I just decided to make the paper and my presentation night before our report and I was not even decided yet who I am going to report. And suddenly I saw a post in my facebook that "Nay Jen", our choreographer in Orange Dance Studio, was just awarded for the GoNegosyo something so it was really perfect for me to do my report about her. Plus it is already an advantage for me because I know well her life and why is she successful for me. And and and .... it is just so easy to look for her profile and details about her in the website of Orange Dance Studio.
JENNIFER S. REAL-LIM
Educational Attainment:
Bachelor of Science in Interior Design – University of Santo Tomas (UST), College of Architecture and Fine Arts (CAFA)
Dance Background:
Jennifer Real-Lim trained with Ballet Philippines for 8 years, with her outstanding performance, she won the prestigious award from the Royal Academy of Dancing in London. After having perfected the discipline of ballet, her passion for the art of dancing moved her to Jazz and Streetjazz, which gained her exclusive membership with Adrenalin and affiliation with Powerdance. With her excellent vigor and versatility, she without surprise became the Artistic Director & Head Choreographer of the UST CAFA Dance Troupe & Miriam Sayawatha Dance Troupe. From thereon, Mrs. Lim concentrated on hiphop / streetdance in 1996, together with partner and husband Dexter Lim and established Orange Dance Studio in 2001, which is now renowned as one of the pioneering dance institutions in the metro. Undeniably, Mrs. Jen Real-Lim with her husband Mr. Dexter Lim has shaped the talents of many, moreover, continuously honing any dancer’s utmost potential in the art of dance.
Outstanding Trait:
Mrs. Jen Real-Lim or “Nay Jen” as their students in Orange Dance Studio call them is a religious person. She is an active member of Victory Church and uses dance as a form of gratitude for all the blessings she has been receiving all her life including her two children.
SHE IS A LEADER
She is a leader because she greatly influences her students in dancing and in life. In Orange Dance Studio, she leads the CORE (a group of home-grown choreographers) and guide them to be pillars of the studio in developing their students in dancing and also in transforming their lives by being role models for the students. Actually, she leads everyone inside the studio because she is the main decision-maker.
She is a Human Resource type of leader because she leads through caring, supporting and empowering her students.
How do people see her
People in her influence see her as “Nanay” to all that is why her students call her “Nay Jen”.
“As her student for 7 years now, she is like my second mom already. She is not just a choreographer, she is my mentor”
How did she make an impact in their life/career
Some of the CORE people who are the ambassadors of Orange Dance Studio are just regular students of Orange before who have their own vices and are not active in Church. When they became CORE members, some presented themselves to be baptized as Christians because they want to develop their characters and transform their lives through bible-based lessons and teachings in life.
These people have different careers. Some are still in college, some are working in a degree and some stayed loyal and work full time in Orange. Even if they have different career paths, they still go to Orange and manage their time to dance because of their passion that is inspired by “Nay Jen”.
Realizations
Upon studying the life of “Nay Jen”, I realized that you will be successful in something that you love to do most. It is not just about studying whatever course you may want but it is how passionate you are in what you are doing.
I also realized how much I am inspired by Nay Jen in all aspects from her religious life and how she devotes herself in her faith to God; her love and family life because she now has two cute little kids with her LIFE DANCE PARTNER; her career, because she is awarded in STARpreneur and also I know how successful she is right now with the fast growing population of students in Orange Dance Studio.
Somehow, I wish to be like her when I finish college.
See myself as a future leader of my desired career/field
In my career related to my course, I do not have any specific vision of myself yet.
But with my dancing career, as one of the members of CORE in Orange Dance Studio, I see myself as an ambassador of the studio just how Nay Jen envisioned us to be, teaching the students to be great dancers and transform their lives and develop their characters.
Personifying the Assumption College’s Women of Faith and Women of Action
I think I will be able to personify AC’s Women of Faith because I believe that I can do all things with the strength God is giving me and through my faith I know I can go no wrong. Women of Action, because I will use my talents and skills to serve others as my way of giving gratitude for all the blessing He has given me.
