Monday, October 23, 2006 . 3:08 AM
Well this whole week hasn't been exactly an easy week for me. Im really glad that im finally thru it and thank God for bringing me thru it.
It's quite unbelievable the amount of nerve wrecking events i have managed to pack into a week.
Friday was teh salsa party that my instructor organised for his students from all classes to come and put into gd use what they have learnt in class.And i was to perform the dance with him, he told them that it's to show them the advanced salsa steps but in actual fact he was using this chance to get mi exposed to performing and gain more experience. The purpose of doing this is to prepare me well for the dec's singapore salsa festival, which we wld b performing and professionals from overseas would b attending.
So yesh it was nerve wrecking i admit. I never thought that i would get sooo anxious over a performance. I mean it really didn't help much in terms of calming my nerves when i arrived at the scene at 7+pm. There were aldy quite a crowd in the studio, doing their dances...but the moment i walked in, the attention was like on me. I have no idea if i was being too paranoid or wat. But i gez out of the aunties and uncles, you see this young lady, dressed pretty sexy oso may i add walked in, gez the attention was bound to fall on me. But that kinda made mi really stressed out. Then we had buffet...and i was told to go fill my tummy. But then i was thinknig how am i going to dance with a full tummy. But anyawy after din, i was dancing with a 2 guys to so called 'warm-up'. Every time my instructor came over and juz leisurely danced with me, to help me to warm up, everyone gathers ard to watch. And obviously i was being treated like the animal in the zoo..i got so stressed i didnt' wan to so called warm up with my instructor anymore.If i don't get enuff warm up, i won't b stable when i really haev to dance. But anyway, the performance started and everyone crowded ard to watch AND to my horror, like half of them took out their video cams or digicams, ready to take down the performance for references for their own dance routines. I think i kinda freaked out when i saw them all ready and posing with their cameras. Damn. So i performed. I wasn't very pleased with my dancing bcos i know i made a couple of mistakes etc..but i was told that they couldn't tell...so i gez im safe. 
We were checking out the video the lady took of our performance. 
The 1st pose of the dance re-enacted.
The ending pose re-enacted.
And protraits of me taken by my ever faithful fan, without me knowing it. Makes me feel like im a diva.....wahha
Fooling ard haha...
The next day, i was also invited to one of the student's wedding dinner to perform the same dance routine that i did on Firday with my instructor. No angbaos required, juz perform and eat the gd food. It was held at Rendezvous Hotel. Everything was superb when we were rehearsing, as we were there really early. Then waited and waited for the guests to arrive, the dinner was supposed to start at 7.30pm but well, it got delayed till 8.30pm -_-...chinese pple....:p Then i was told our performance would b after the 7th dish. Gosh...so i have to watch how much i eat. Sighz. Wat a waste. I wasn't feeling that nervous as i tot the rehearse went gd and with previous nite's performing experience and not knowing most of the pple in this room, i tot i shd b able to perform well. The dance floor was rather small. And was also used as the place where the bride and groom poured champaigne and all those ceremonial stuffs. When it was our turn to take our place on the dance floor, i realised that the floor was very sticky due to the champaigne and all.....and sticky means i can't really spin and it's not easy to move ard. Tot im so dead. SO kinda expected that bloopers would happen....and was rather embarrasing...hai.. THink im getting so used to being embarassed. sulk sulk sulk. But anyway the wedding was fun. It was more of an informal wedding, everyone having fun. The couple loves to dance, so different music were played throughout the nite for pple who knows how to dance to join in. So was really crazy fun, i had fun doing other dances after our perfomance. Was really heart warming when the couple did a couple of waltz together. I know waltz. And i really hope my future bf will learn waltz and argentine tango bcos the dances are sooo romantic. wahhaa
Then finally, the last thing on the list is..tuesday. I have to go meet the owner of xenbar, this salsa bar, who is also the organiser for the salsa festival. We would b performing under Xenbar and we are going there to show him our cheorography and see if he wanna add in more stuiffs etc. I was really v happy abt having to go there on tuesday bcos it's MY HOLIDAY. Come on, it's such a rare chance for a long hols...juz not very willing to give it up for dancing again!! SOmemore the whole week i've been dancing. monday was the salsa class, and alittle practice of the routine. Thursday was practising the routine and 'perfecting' it ( turned out wasn't that perfect at all.....) Friday salsa party. Sat wedding din. And i've aldy wasted my whole sat like this. Tues nite still have to go ........... i told him that next time pls don't pack so many things at one go. And i won't b going for monday's class bcos i've taken leave and i do not want to waste my mon by having to go for salsa class. Request was approved.
BTW, sat's morning was spent on my 1st driving lesson! And it was really fun. I think the thrill of driving a car my own on the road is so much that i almost wanted to go wahhahaa in the car.MY instructor is pretty old..like 50+ and tends to b a little repetitive, but he allows mi to do what i want, he doesn't seem to order mi around on what i shd do etc...he lets mi have a choice of what i would do..and then help me out. Was really fun. haha..
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