Confessions of a City Slicker

Being the kou khap fan-see of the band means that we become the go to people when the band wants some audience participation.

For instance, Froggy is the go to person for sing alongs.

I think I had become Rachel’s official cha cha partner when she sings her favorite Spanish song, Besame Mucho :D  It’s all Froggy’s fault!  I had to go down and dance with Rachel to prevent us from looking like a bunch of unsporting prudes.

It’s a good thing that cha cha is not a difficult dance to learn.  In fact, anyone with any semblance of grace can fake it.  Add a little sashay and arm movements and you’ve got your own flair.

And oh, ALWAYS REMEMBER, your performance might not be that impressive, but end as dramatically as possible.  I always like the Spanish arms ending ala pasa doble

Spontaneity is the spice of life.  That’s what I always believe.  I’m not a stickler for planning everything down to the last detail, unlike a certain close friend who insists on discussing everything.

Girl, you know I love you dearly, but really, this need for extensive discussion and following through with plans can be very tiresome, you know :p

I remember a time when we were going to watch a certain DVD but changed our minds at the last minute to watch another movie while you were not around.  You didn’t even realize it was a different movie until near the end of it and we couldn’t understand your confusion was because we were not watching the first movie as discussed

Of course, people who have worked with me will never see this different side of me.  I’m a meticulous perfectionist in the office with a serious case of OCD.

Outside the office, I’m a pig!

So which one is the real me?  I admit, I do exaggerate a little in the office.  It makes life easier for me.  But you know, one can only keep that up for just so long.  Outside the office, I need a break.

I need to let the spontaneous soul inside me to be free to do things at the spur of the moment, to just let things play themselves out instead of planning for every contingency.

A guy once told me why he likes spontaneity.  It’s about "getting there", not "reaching".  Keep an open mind and you will enjoy the journey more.

Dude, I like your philosophy :D  Gimme five!

OK, we can hi-five each other the next time we meet up, huh?  BTW it has been a long time since I’ve seen this dude.  He seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.  Gone fishing somewhere exotic, perhaps

It is now official! I have not had any food for 24 hours, not since lunch yesterday, in fact.

I must have caught some sort of stomach flu. Even mom’s super-delicious chicken rice failed to entice me to have a nibble when normally, I will be eating a mountain. Surprisingly I’m feeling fine. No bouts of dizziness so far. Hopefully, I can eat something when I go home for lunch later on.

I do hope it’s not a fever.  I did experience some joint aches and chills last night but some fever medication did the trick.  Well, I DID go through a 3 hour jam session during Celebrity’s hafla last weekend, so some aches are to be expected.

Keeping my fingers cross that I’ll be fine.

Celebrity Fitness had its first hafla last weekend.  So we decided to go check it out.  Price for tickets is RM15.00 which includes dinner and lucky draw.  Pretty cheap.

This is the first time I actually went into Celebrity Fitness.  Of course they collected our contact at the door so they can "sell" to us later on, but I decided to fake mine.  I don’t want to receive junk SMSes for offers I will not be interested in, thank you very much.

Got a surprise at the buffet line - David, ex instructor from my gym who taught practically every class there is except for Yoga.  Dinner was pretty simple, don’t want to over eat anyway.  I found out long ago that you can’t belly dance with something in your stomach.  Even something as simple as a cup of Milo will make it somewhat difficult.

I figured every girl there will go for the traditional Egyption look, so I opted for the Gypsy look.  Found the skirt from Chinatown Fashion a few doors away from Sam’s Batik.  Oh well, Sam’s variety of belly dance paraphernalia is just not what it used to be.  Chinatown, although not that much variety, is definitely cheaper.  The plus side, the tau keh soh is also an avid belly dancer, so there will always be stuff to talk about with her.

After dinner is when the hafla started and it didn’t end until a little before 11.00 pm - 3 solid hour of non stop jam session.  Phew!  3 dancers led the dance sessions.

Ms L - More of a fusion style, beautiful figure.  Long legs and torso and a non existent tummy makes her stand out amongst the other 2.  She adds a modern twist to her choreography so it’s really fun.

Ms B - Cute little lady who also teaches at my gym.  I love her outfit with the flowers in her hair.  She is a protege of Shirlynn from KL, so her style is more traditional.

Ms A - On the surface, I can understand why some people enjoy her class.  It’s such a good workout.  On the downside, I don’t think she understands the fundamentals of belly dance techniques.

At the end of the 3 hours, my spine was protesting and I was dead tired.  Didn’t win anything in the lucky draw either, although we were kinda aiming for at least 1 of the 2 bottles of wine.  Oh well, better luck next time, huh?

Oh yeah, there was a solo performance from a male belly dancer.  It was very humbling to see that someone his size can shimmy better than us females (blush!).

Picture taken with Ms B just before we left.  Didn’t have a lot of time to take photos as we were busy dancing.  Quite a lot of people actually dropped out of the jam session halfway.

Now, I have Conny’s Saturday Night Fever jam session at the end of the month to look forward to.

I bought this bra top from my belly dance class.  Ugh!  This is definitely not something I would buy if I was thinking straight.

First of all green?!  Never been my favorite color which might explain my aversion to vegetables and being around nature.  Except for Lucy, Simone and Missy that is.  Also, green gem stones like emeralds and jade are so in the "Auntie" category.  Therefore, I try to avoid buying anything green if I can help it.

And lace?  Gee, I’ve never been a lace type of person.  I’m more or a satin and silk kind of girl ;)  Besides, lace is so frivolous :p

It also doesn’t have any underwire for support and the push up effect that I favor in bras.

Guess the only thing that this it has going for it is the large enough cup size.  Most bra tops being sold are made for smaller women :p

Therefore, why when I saw it, all I can think about was how good it will look on me?  Why do I get the "feel"?  Of course, now that I’ve bought it, it means more shopping to look for a skirt worthy enough to be worn together with it

That, any girl will give a nod to.