Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Blessing In Disguise ??


11am

Bren : Eh, can teman me to buy dancing shoes ar ? My old ones die already.

Me: Why so kan cheong ? Need to get so soon meh ?

Bren: Yeah lar, for the dance class mar.

Me: Yeah hor. When you wanna get the shoes ? This Saturday ?

Bren: Okay. You working ar on Saturday ? What's the shop's operating hours?


Me: Nope, me free on Saturday. I think it closed about 6pm.


Bren: Ok then. We go on Saturday afternoon lar.


Me: Ok. We set the time later.


1.30pm

You've got mail(attention to all staffs): Please collect your Pirates of the Caribbeans ticket(FREE!!) for 2nd June, Saturday 2.30pm show at ..... department.

Alamak!! I just promised Bren to go and get shoes woh!

Checked the listing for confirmation. Eh, how come my name not inside the list one? Jeff registered for me already mar last week.

FieryST : you need to register yourself via email lar(which I totally forgot to do that day
)

Jeff: I also cannot make it this Saturday cause I totally forgot that I need to attend a wedding in Sitiawan the same day. Luckily I can give my ticket to someone else.

Me: A blessing in disguise for us. If not, dunno how to explain to my friend lor.


Jeff: Yeah, luckily for us both
.

No FOC movie for us both, but then, there's always the DVD.

Monday, May 28, 2007

Photos from Gangsters & Divo(oops...Divas)



Masterpiece by Salsa/PhotographyKaki JamesQ and courtesy of Hazel

More pics coming up soon(after another round of salsa fix
)

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Salsa at Little Havana on Fridays

Last night(11 minutes before closing of the party)

Guru Sam: Little Havana has been changed to Fridays from 1st week of June and we'll go to Salsa Havana on Saturdays. Studio Party will be on every last Saturday of the month.

Aiks!! Aiya... so used to LH on Saturdays already. Why change lar ?!?

Still remembered going to LH on Fridays long time ago. Have never missed it on Saturdays since they change it from Friday about 2 years ago.

Now have to brainwash and reset the alarm again to LH on Fridays! LH is on Fridays! No more Saturdays!!

Updates for Little Havana in June(courtesy of DJ Lee):

1/6 = Friday night salsa
*9/6 (salsa on Saturday night for this weekend only)
15/6 = Friday night salsa
22/6 = Friday night salsa
29/6 = Friday night salsa



GANGSTERS & DIVA/O(S)

A cold cold(am talking about the air condition) night of dancing with the mafias and divas.

Didn't dance much, either am enjoying the scene(and/or music) or my mind is somewhere else
.

Heard all the familiar and some not so familiar songs the same night.

Music begin and immediately the name came into mind:
Merecumbé. Was struggling to remember the second song that came on air next. Er?!? Ah!... yes!! Moliando Cafe. Click here to see why these songs are still sticking in my CPU(brain lar) till todate.

Disturbed DJ Lee 2 songs in a row cause I wanna know the songs' name. Now looking online for Mujer Erotica(darn
!!.. I forgot the artist's name lar) and Los Confinados(artist unknown ). Note to self: bring pen & paper along to salsa clubs.

Had pictures taken with Michelle the Diva(or Divo???) aka MichSoon. He got the award for Best Dress(ladies/men... nope.. its Best Dress) In Between. Chiow Er and I were wondering, where did he get the dress(we were informed later by a little birdie where he got it from
) NO pictures to post yet. All the cameraman/ladies still asleep me think .

A slow song towards the end of the night,

Mian Li: What's the name of this song arh ?

Me(still singing along to it): Sealed With A Kiss

Mian Li: Its an oldies, but they salsafied it right ? Who's the singer ?

Me: Er
(CPU suddenly invaded by STML virus).. Cannot remember the artist's name leh. Its in one of my album. Have to check(forgot to ask her, the original singer or the salsafied version's singer ).

Mian Li: Maybe Marion would have know the singer's name.

Me: Yup, me think so too.

Talk about addictions: Saw Salsa(photographing)kaki doing bachata(his favourite??) with his camera(his darling) hanging from the shoulder.

End of the night:

Me: wah.. you so sei lei(hebat? great?) can dance with the camera hanging along.

Salsa(photographing)kaki: Was tempted to leave the camera behind, but...

Me: ng seh tak leh(Unwilling)?? Your camera must be shouting: Don't leave me behind!!

Salsa(photographing)kaki: Yeah lor.. Its calling and asking me to bring it along.. Then, I said come darling..

Me(and Chiow Er): LOL.

At about 1.30

Chiow Er: Might join them for yum cha

Me: Ok. But where are they are heading lar?

Someone shouted: Devi's(TTDI)

Me(and Chiow Er staring at each other): Ok.. let me take a cab home. You join them for yum cha lar

Chiow Er: no lah. TTDI leh.. Can go back home straight already.

Me: Ok loh. Let's go home(stomach growling already).

Can't remember what time I reached home(can't even remember being hungry until this morning). Hit the shower and went to sleep straightaway.

Shall try and grab the pictures from Yvonne and all.. (Wondering)when can we see the pictures
?

Thursday, May 24, 2007

A Cute One

Saw this cute grumpy 'baby' sitting alone inside my colleague's car today.



Can't resist taking a picture of him.

Its a gift from her friend. Made in China(confirmed place of birth) and sold in Thailand(me think!).

Now, when and where can I get it in Malaysia
?

Sunday, May 20, 2007

How to Dance on a crowded Floor

In the middle of a dance floor

Me: Walau.. so many people, how to dance lar? What else can we do ar ? Ok. Let's do some rueda moves(make it small and simple step). Can we do Kentucky
?

FE: Kentucky ar?? Ok lar

After 16 counts

Me: Eh!! Why take so long one the Kentucky? Cannot find the chicken ar ? LOL

FE: LOL. Ok. Here we go. Kentucky, siete
(me execute-curi ayam style). Enchufla Doble(No problem for me here). Sombrero

Me: Sombrero your head. So many people, how to sombrero lah ?

FE: Cannot meh? Ok. La Una
(No problem also).

Me: Too crowded lah. Me right turn, then you right turn also lar.

And we laugh ourselves off till the song ended . I know we shouldn't negotiate on the moves while dancing, but, but, but its damn crowded & I don't want to stamp on or get stampeded by other people.

In the middle of a Rueda

To my surprise, Desmond and partner join in. Me thinking: cool cool. Another casinero who we can rueda with next time. The more the merrier.

Efficient or LAZY!!

Got my 1st Streamyx bill of RM229.00 and was checking high & low(from their website) where and how to make payment.

The website was quite helpful, it pointed out the locations and opening hours too. But, hullo!! those payment outlets open till 5ish during weekdays and some of them close on weekends too.

Then, it hit me... I paid my phone bill using GIRO woh. So, maybe I can pay the Streamyx bill with the same system too?? But, what if I keyed in the wrong account
?

Was still skeptical on the GIRO transaction thingy, but was assured by Lyn: yeah yeah, you can make payment via GIRO lah. No worries.

And I've finally paid the bill using GIRO(via ATM, not Internet)
.

Heheheh, now I don't have to go to the counters, take numbers and wait in a long queue to pay my phone or Streamyx bills anymore. Just go to any Public Bank ATM(provided you have account with them lar) and voila, your bills had been settled!

Am I lazy ? No lar, am just trying to be efficient and prompt only

Saturday, May 19, 2007









Celebrated a friend's belated birthday yesterday at one of the restaurants in the Asian Heritage Row, Jln Sultan Ismail.

We were supposed to go to this restaurant called Saray, but found out too late that the restaurant is either not located there or sudah tutup kedai(closed shop).

Proceeded to find another restaurant and finally decided to have dinner at Kristao. It served Malaysian Portuguese food. The minute I entered the restaurant and wowee... I hear a salsa song(talk about a good beginning of the evening ). Then, it hit me... I did read somewhere that there are salsa classes available here. No wonder they play salsa songs.

The food was so so as most of the dishes that my friends ordered are hot & spicy(me not a fan of these kind of food). But, the environment was good, with all the salsa songs and 1 merengue song being played and the chatting session.

Finally we ended our dinner session after 1 and a half hour in the restaurant and we move to Bukit Bintang for dessert, but of course, I went for my salsa fix instead of the dessert.

A quiet night at SH yesterday, with the non-existing air-condition and a few old school salsa songs(those songs that we practice to in classes lar) being played.

The most memorable sight is when I saw Guru Sam and Cikgu Aisha dancing to Ay Amor, Cuando Hablan Las Miradas(translated as love, when glances speaks). Such a lovely coincidence.

Oh yeah... Toya Masaru san is back in KL. Talk about addiction!! He came straight from the airport bringing his luggages along to SH for salsa.

Left the place early though as I'm not feeling that well to dance anymore after 2 dances . Anyway, I do wanna save the energy for tonight's stint in LH(fingers crossed).

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

HAPPY FEET !!


A CD case given by a friend, courtesy of the original cartridges she bought from **

Finally have a lovely CD case for my beloved Salsa CDs

psst... Lyn, go and buy more of the cartridges .. then, give them(the free case, not the cartridge) to me yeah

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Nadie Como Ella - Marc Anthony

Heard this familiar song on Y!LAUNCHcast Radio(this is where I get my salsa fix at home):

Nadie Como Ella


It's in Marc Anthony's CD released in 1993




The lyrics are a bit sexy(or what Malaysia Censorship Board called 18SX), but nevertheless, I love this song and of course the voice of the artist himself is enough to captivate me.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

The Other Night

10ish in Salsa Havana

Salsero 1: Are you in Intermediate 1 or 2 ?

Me: I have not gone for salsa classes for a very long time.

Salsero 1: Oh? But, you've reached Intermediate right ?

Me: No woh. I stopped at Pre-Intermediate only.

Salsero 1: Ohokay. I've learnt a new move in Intermediate 1. Thought of practising it with you.

Me: Okay. Let's try it.

After the dance

Salsero 1: Not too bad(hope he's referring to my following )

Me: Thank you very much(too happy to think of other things to say)

Next dance:

Salsero 2: Would you like to dance?

Me: Hmm... ok lar

Salsero 2: Tarikh harga ar ?. So bad lah you.

Me: Wei... you taught me one okay ?

After a while

Salsero 2: Its nice dancing with you.

Me: Thank you thank you (on cloud nine again )

On cloud nine till I reach home(back to the real world again)

Sunday, May 06, 2007

You Owe Me A Dance

Beloved Salsera: Today got to leave early.

Me: Ok. No problem.

Later

Me(To Des who just came back from somewhere far far away): Hullo...Where's my sou soon(cantonese for souvenir) ?

Des: (Hit my hand in playful manner, means no souvenir) Dance with you later yeah.. choose a nice song.

Me: Ok. As you wish, master..

10 minutes later

Des: Aik.. going off already ?

Me: Yeah lor, driver have to leave early.. tomorrow got appointment.. You going to studio party ?

Des: Yes, most probably.

Me: Okay. See you then(if I ever am going).. You owe me one yeah?

Des: Okay. See ya then.

Me: Owe me one dance and a tub of ice cream(he owe me tonnes)

Des: Yeah! Right!?!
Off he go to dance with his partner(girl friend lar)

Off me go, singing(not dancing) along to my favourite song

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Finished Already ?!?!?

In a certain restaurant in Bangsar:

Friend: What shall I order?

Me : I know what I want. You done selecting the food ?

Friend: Not that hungry, but I'm in the mood for dessert. I want B... pie and tiramisu.

Me : ok. What you want to drink ? I want lemon lime bitter tea.

Friend: I want lemon...

Me : Cool. Let's order

Waiter: What would you like to order?

Me : Bolognese spaghetti and lemon lime bitter.

Friend: B.. pie, tiramisu, lemon... less ice

Waiter: ok. (repeat order)

2 minutes later

Waiter: Sorry mam, b.. pie finished already

Friend: huh? So fast ar? Ok lah, tiramisu enough lah

Waiter: Also finished already.

Friend: Waa... why so fast finished one? What else do you have? Let me have the menu again please.

1 minute later

Waiter: Sorry mam, your lemon... also finished already..

Friend: Aiyo.... what else do you have?

Waiter: you may check at the counter there.. That's all we have left for dessert.

Friend: (after checking the counter) nothing nice leh.. Can help me to choose ar?
Me : ok lar.. wait ar. (a few seconds later) The nicest one is chocolate brownies
leh..(checked menu).. It comes with ice cream too. Order that one lah.

Friend: But, the chocolate cake comes with ice cream too. Ok, we order the chocolate cake then.

7 minutes later

Me : the spaghetti's nice. The tea is not bad either.. Better than the ones upstair.

Friend: Hope the chocolate cake tastes nice too.

Waiter: Mam, your chocolate cake.

Friend: Where's the ice cream. Hullo? Menu said got ice cream?

Waiter: Sorry mam, ice cream also finished already.

Friend: What do you actually have left then? How come never inform me earlier? If like that, you still charging me original price ar? No ice cream leh.

Waiter: Err.. let me check with my manager. (5 seconds later).. Okay mam, we give 10% discount (on the cake only).

Me : Ok lar. At least got 10% discount on the cake. Next time we come earlier for the tiramisu lar. If really hungry, then only we order the spaghetti and stuffs.

Friend: Yah... and the b.... pie too.

Left the restaurant at 11pm. Determined to be back for the tiramisu and b.. pie, but shall make it before 8pm..

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

The Nicest Salsa Night Yet

Was at SH yesterday. Yeah, its a weekday, but today's a holiday. Wanted to get my salsa fix.

Almost a night of non-stop dancing for 3.5 hours, the longest salsathon for me. Had lots of rueda and salsa, 2 merengues and 2 bachatas. The music was good and the air-condition was cool too.

Energy level was 0.00 at 1am, but still want to have another round of salsa cause one of my favorite song was on air. Had another round of rueda and that's it for me for the day(s)

Went for supp-fast(as Martin put it) session with the gang. Chat for a while and went home.

Overall, its one of the longest/nicest salsa night and a cool beginning of the week for me. Mucho Gracias to Martin for sending me home too.

Looking forward to the weekend for another salsa session.