well, its been a great week so far! Took the chance to clear up the house on mon, KTV with the BIE ple on tues ( i sang cheena songs! Its a miracle! ) and caught up with a couple of pri sch frens on wed ( watched casino royale ... ahem ... alittle to the right...). But the event of the week has gotta be the NTU salsa camp.
I've just returned today from the 2 day camp actually. Learnt quite alot of things there and i must say it did revive my intrest in salsa. We met at city hall mrt in the wee hours of the morn. 8am!!! I had to wake at 6 plus ... haven woke up to see that the sky hasnt lit up for a long time. haha ... anyway the first item on the list was amazing race. Nothing special bout tt but it did help to get the grp to know each other better. A fun yet leisurely race :) . Young was helping out as one of the programmers in the race. Was sooo super suprised to see him! furthurmore he's from SMU ! haha ... but then again he's super into salsa and has been ard for sometime ... After the race and a shower back at our chalet we headed down to dance enmotion, Gary's dance studio. Learnt a couple of partner moves as well as some styling basics from meiling, our invited guest. She's one of the best salsa dancers in S'pore and we guys were really impressed by how she made the simplest of moves look soo good ! omg .. She was there to teach ladies styling actually but we guys decided to hang ard to learn abit. Thank god we did, cos we learnt alot from watching as well .. haha ...
Union square was next ! The place was virtually empty as MOS was having a salsa pary tt night. Just as well ... cos we had the whole floor to ourselves !! prislyn n helena dropped by as well b4 heading to MOS. Even Andy came down too! no matter, I really enjoyed myself tt night. Tried to lead the newer gals to varying degress of success ... haha ... Also danced with Jiahui n nicole, both excellent dancers in their own right. Was alittle nervous when initally when nicole asked me for a dance( yes i nowe ... but gals can ask guys too right ?! ) cos she's sooo pro but it turned out quite well in the end :) . Also tried merengue with Jiahui and considering tt it was my first time dancing merengue, I was suprised by the fact we managed to actually finish the whole song ! haha ... learnt the basics of bachata and some salsa footwrk by impromtu classes held by Gary in union. Sometimes, we would just sit ard n watch the pro ple strut their stuff ... And man are they good ! Its like wat u see in show where the floor suddenly gives way to 2 dancers and applause fills the air. really cool.
supper was next on the iternary b4 we head back to the chalet. I stayed up till 4 plus playing cards n mahjong jenga ... woke up ard 7 plus the next day. We headed down to changi beach after that n gray taught us some basic afro dance moves. haha ... nt easy ... our body isolation is really needs tt much more work... didnt really learn much but it did provide us with some exposure on afro .. I must say learning danc on the beach was a truly novel idea, cept for the sweltering sun ... After tt, we head back to the chalet.
Upon checking out, we played a game of bowling b4 catching the bus out of NSRCC. Its been a great 2 days and I've learnt alot. Had loads of fun too ! Its been great knowing you ple!