Haven't been blogging for about a month now. Or am I having the habit of blogging once a month??!!?
What's happened so far in my life ? Quite a lot since February 2007.
A place of my own
My housing loan was finally approved in mid Feb and officially, I've got my own apartment. Quite satisfied with this purchase as the location suits me very very fine. What location ? Well, for one, its on top of Carrefour. Then its only about 10-15 minutes drive(not that I'm driving anyway) to KLCC and/or Bukit Bintang(depends on KL traffic, as usual). Since its near BB, this means its near Salsa Clubs too, ie, SH and LH. It also mean I'm staying quite near my office in BB, but, this also depends on KL's public transport, ie RapidKL and KL traffic again.
Things to learn
Well, I've put off learning musical instruments for quite sometime(since school days that is). Initially, would've like to take up drum, but then, since I'm staying in an aparment, doubt my neighbours could stand my drumming session every evening.. heheheh. So, I've finally decided on the one instrument that will let me salsa with it too.. What instrument ? The flute that is. Was in China in 2004 when I saw the people there selling the bamboo flutes(definitely cheaper than I can get in KL, the cheapest here is RM1800, sigh...). Quite an interesting instrument and to imagine that I'm using a bamboo flute to play salsa tunes... I wonder how it would sound like... Anyway, I didn't buy the flute from China, so, now have to wait for my Bonus in March to get one, and of course, before I can go public with my flute, I'll have to take up flute lessons. Hmmm.. this means I've to scout for all my favourite salsa songs' music sheets for practice.
Another thing that I want to learn is... SINGING..... I've a habit of singing along to most of the salsa songs that I'm listening to, either during working hours(yeah.. I can do lots of things at the same time), in the bus, salsaing at clubs or at home. Not that I want to be a singer, just that I find it an interesting activity to take up and it does help in burning calories.. one stone to kill a few birds I call it. And I definitely don't want to scare away those salseros with my off-pitch singing... heheh. Was informed by a close friend of mine where to go and how much it'll cost for singing lessons from a master. This guy is the instructor/teacher for a Malaysian singer it seems and the price is only RM100 for a month, once a week class and he will ask you whether you want to take up lessons for singing competition or just for fun. If its for competition, he will definitely put more pressure on you. Now, that's a good deal for me, as I hate having pressure/stress when I'm taking up something as a hobby.
Salsa
My friend and I have not gone for any salsa class since late 2005, why ? Well, we're quite kayu at that point of time, ie too lazy to style, don't know how to groove, etc. Since then, this friend of my was quite busy and we did not go back to classes no more. And since, I don't have a car, it is quite inconvenient for me to go all the way to the studio for classes(although I did go for the Rueda class by public transport for quite a few months only). However, this did not deter me from going to the clubs and have my fair share of weekend flings of salsa. Salsa is already part or my life since I was fully introduce to it by Mr J(you know who you are) in 2004 and I would always remember him for introducing me to such a fun and lovely activity, though he himself has left the salsa scene quite some time ago. Nowadays, I would not say that I'm a good follower, but, at least I get to learn new stuffs from the Leaders and I dare say that I'm in a level where I fully appreciate salsa music and having a groove of my own and adding new flavours to my own shines. I've actually bought 2 hats to match my salsa clothes. Why I need hats for salsa? Well..... I've added a few hat tricks to my shines and am going to come up with a few more tricks to add zest to salsa dancing(since I've limited memory of whatever shines that I've learnt before). Wish me luck in my choreographing(if you can call playing with hats during salsa as a new shine).
