In short, I slipped at the side of a road, sprained my left ankle & abrased my right knee. And it all happened today, a Friday, ie MY SALSA DAY!!
I can normally stand minor sprains & wound, but this time not so, cause I was totally stumped for 2 minutes & almost black out when I tried to stand.
I practically need to sit for more than 5 minutes to regain 'consciousness' before seeking treatment. The best part is the 2 nearby clinics are yet to open.
Thought of using the first aid kit from my office to wash & cover the wound. And , there are only bandages, swaps & painkillers in the so called first aid kit . Not even a drop of lotion is in the kit. Gonna complaint to the welfare manager next week!
Took a cab to see a Dr and he says no walking allowed for at least 2 or 3 days & definitely no heels!
No walking(plus no heels) = NO DANCING! Help!! 2 weeks without dancing??
It also means I'll have to sit off my samba class this Sunday.
Oh well! At least I was given 1 day MC(Doc said can give 2 if I'm working tomorrow, but since I don't work Saturday, so no need for MC).
Might as well use the given MC-day for another kind of practice
A night of Salsa Dancing + Bachata Competition + Eddie Palmierie's Latin Jazz Concert = My Singapore Trip.
Have only planned to attend E.P's concert at Esplanade on Sunday & hoped to catch some salsa (the Saturday night before) at Union Square.
Then, thanks to Wai Sum(she got all these tickets for us), we were able to watch the Bachata Competition at Upper Club, Chimes & had a few salsa dancing at the same place.
Nice deco they had and superb dance floor too. Big enough for a whole bunch(& I mean a whole big bunch) of salsa addicts.
Then, we got to know that 2 of our salsa kakis entered for the bachata competition too. The Bachata contestants
Here's the video of them dancing to Bachata Rosa :
They didn't win the competition, but nevertheless, I definitely salute them for having the guts to enter this competition.
Eddie Palmierie's Latin Jazz Band live performance on Sunday is simply mesmerizing & lively(needless to say). The pieces were a bit long, but I just love to see the congas & timbales being played. The saxophone & trumpet are equally superb(yet I still love the congas & timbales most >_< ).
Some of the VIPs got free CDs from the group too(I'm so jealous of them >_<). No pictures here cause videography and/or pictography are not allowed in the auditorium.. :P
uno ---------------- one dos ---------------- two tres --------------- three cuatro ------------- four cinco ------------- five seis --------------- six siete --------------- seven ocho ---------------- eight nueve ---------------- nine diez ----------------- ten
uno y uno son dos ---------------- one and one are two uno y dos son tres --------------- one and two are three cinco y cinco son diez ----------- five and five are ten
Too busy with my 'children' nowadays to blog about 'Something New'.
But moi still got time to share 'Something Fun'.
Just go here http://www.mambojays.com to vote for your favorite Salsera and/or Salsero and see who'll be crowned the Mambo Queen and Mambo King.
You'll get to vote for the venue for the crowning session too. Adios for now. Gotta catch up with some(hopefully) before tonight's fix at Little Havana.
ps. Shall blog about 'Something New' hopefully during CNY.
The 1st post for 2008 & I believe this shall be a pretty good start for my favorite fix, that is Salsa:
In the rush of thing on a Friday morning, I ter-packedmy 2 years old latin shoes for my Salsa fix at LH. Only realised about the wrong shoes when I was on the way from gym to Little Havana.
I can't even stand properly with this old pair of shoes on, not to mention walking & dancing. Tried the first dance with them with a not-so disastrous result , but still felt like falling down whenever I did a turn .
So, for the second & the rest of the dances(be it salsa or bachata) that night, I've decided to just salsa kaki ayam(not totally barefooted, but DEFINITELY shoeless) style.
Can't remember how many dances I had , but I realized I had more fun dancing(me can still do double spin leh ) on me bare feet than with my shoes on.
Could it be that I'm used to practicing in a shoeless manner at home ? Deep required here. Well, definitely can't do this too often or else I might not get enough salsa fixes, due to some gentlemen just won't ask a barefooted salsera to dance.
Wonder if these gentlemen would reject a barefooted salsera's request for a dance if she(me lar) ask nicely ?
On a different & healthier note: Little Havana(upstairs) is smoke-free on all Salsa Nites starting from the (most)memorable Friday night of 04 Jan 2008.
**Smoke at your own risk - a pail of water shall be waiting for you.
Am still trying to recover from a night of good music & great dancing at LH last night.
Thanks to DJ Lee for starting the night with Salsa Con Sabor, then there's Bella Mujer & Un Beso, Dejame Sonar & much much much much more.
The only song missing from the list is Yamulemau, but I shouldn't be so demanding right ?
A big thank you to Desmond, Ian, Ong Tou, Adam, Jeya, Mango, Sachin, Robin & Jason for the birthday dance & turns & to Fadzli & Esthee for the birthday wishes .
Also a huge thanks to Chin Lai, Chiow Er, Brenda, Ken, Sam(D Boss), Jason for the impromptu birthday song, cake & unexpected birthday gifts .
Never expect to receive so many birthday gifts at my age A hand-made chocker+earrings set, a flower necklace(I got this way before my birthday is due) & 'Baby'. Mi amigos know me so well. And then, there's my birthday Tong Yuen(home made by mom) for brunch this morning
I get to eat this every year on my birthday. Don't be jealous yeah.
Hope I didn't miss anyone's name from this list. If I did, tell me yeah. I'll find ways to repay ya.
** A little note: Little Havana is on Saturday 29th December, not Friday.
Imagine yourself dancing in an almost smoke-free, cool(and I mean air-conditioned cool) salsa club, lots of fans to spare & later cooling yourself while perched on seats that overlook the pool And if you're lucky, you might get to feel some of the (au natural)breezy, cool wind blowing in near the entrance too
Go here to see a field report of The Lodge with DJ Swami Gee as the resident DJ. He played quite a cool selection of salsa music with only 1 or 2 bachatas & merengues in between.
Party starts 9.30pm with 1st drink charge (at a steal: only RM6.90 for a bottle of mineral water leh).
Address: 2, Jalan Tengah 50250 KL (along Jln Sultan Ismail, opposite Wisma Genting) Tel : 03-21420122 Email :salsalodge@gmail.com
Do beware of the clickety click lightning when you're there
Shopping+eating+shopping+more shopping+SALSA = my Bangkok trip The plan is just to meet up with a friend who's working there & shop around.
But it was slightly thwarted by 2 salsa addicts: Uncle James & Shiva(they saw me & my friend upon arrival at Suvarnabhumiairport on Friday).
The salsa addicts: you coming for the salsa festival ? Me: No lah, shopping only. Anyway, I didn't bring my shoes The salsa addicts: Can always buy here.
In the end, I did drop by for a short(but fun) 1-hour-fix where I salsa kaki-ayam(seriously) style. A salsero asked me for a dance & to my surprise, when he saw me bare footed, he took off his shoes to salsa with me (me)with the 2 (gentlemen)salsa addicts, Shiva & Salsakaki(Uncle)James. Mucho gracias for the dances.
**Thanks to Suzuki san for providing me with the map to Bann Silom(where the salsa party's at on Saturday). If not, I'll be having itchy feet for the whole week without my salsa fix.
Q: How come you didn't join the class ? Me: I thought the class is in TTDI(but, its in LH, duh!!), so, I didn't join lor.
S(tatement): See my (latin)shoe. The straps are coming off already and I have only 1 pair. But, I brought along another pair, just in case. Me : LOL(apa lah!!)
Q: Where's your new shoe? A: Oh!! It's on a holiday.. Me: Me: What you looking at ar? A: Just peeking here and there.. the dress so sexy lar Me: Blocked by people, how to peek ? Go up there and get a clearer view lah .
A movie loaded with yummy salsa songs+biography of Puerto Rican salsa pioneer(Hector Lavoe)+popcorn+cosy sofa(all provided by Salsa Havana) = how I spent my Sunday evening yesterday.
If only the script of 'El Cantante' have less F*** words in them. Now I definitely understood why it won't be shown on the big screens in Malaysia.
After the Censorship Board beeped out all the F*** words, you'll only hear great salsa songs + a few sentences here and there. And I do believe that you won't be able to see any subtitles for this film either, cause, how on earth will you be able to translate all the conversations with constant beeping(F***) here & there?
There is a bright side of this movie as it does introduce a lot of Lavoe's salsa songs to the audience. I especially love the self-titled soundtrack itself, El Cantante.
If you wanna know more about this movie, just go here.
Well, gotta go & get the soundtrack of this movie; if I can find it in one of the record stores here.
Is today(referring to yesterday) Saturday or Friday ?
I practically woke up late, lepak at home the whole day, read mags, uploaded photos & have dinner at home before going to Little Havana(used to do that when we had LH on Saturdays instead) .
HS: how come you're late? You're normally early.
Me: Holiday mar.. so, lepak a little bit longer at home first .
Surprisingly, I didn't make wantan nor cough much last night. Must be the salsa thingy making me better(or could be due to the LoHonGuo infusion doing its magic).
DJLee played a salsa in Mandarin: Qing Ren(Lover) around 11ish .
Nope, me didn't dance to this song. I bet I'll be singing the whole song when salsa-ing to this number.
So happened, we're celebrating DJ Lee U Joe's & Andrew T'ng's birthday too.
Seldom can we see Joe out of the DJ Console area, unless there's a guess DJ. So, this is a perfect night to dance (albeit, a short one) with him.
Did I do the birthday dance with Joe or not? Gosh!! My STML is really bad nowadays. No pictures, cos nobody brought camera/s... ishh..
Asked Uncle James for a merengue, and my hairband decided to drop itself. I just put it in my hand & continue dancing with him till the end of the song.
After that, I tied the (falling)hairband to my wrist when I was about to salsa with Mambojays,
Salsakaki@UncleJames(walked over): How come you didn't tie the hairband when dancing with me just now?
Me: (Grinning sheepishly)Me tie it up now to prevent it from falling off my hair again mar.
(Jangan marah ye Uncle James. I'll put away me hairband the next time round )
Salsa-ed to No Me Ames. Quite a challenge, cause its a slow number(as slow or slower than Yamulemau) & I can't help singing along to these songs while dancing.
The surprise of the night is of course the Berjaya song , just cause its a Merdeka (Holi)Day. Salute to Joe!
Updates for Little Havana(courtesy of DJ Lee U Joe):
Salsa is on every Friday in September - 7/9, 14/9, 21/9 and 28/9.
Too lazy to type so many things. For now, it'll be pictures posting time only.
My first MSF(I missed last year's).
We departed from Sentral like 40 minutes after the scheduled time(talk about Malaysian Rubber Time)!!!
The interesting part is where our buses were escorted by the polices from Bidor to the hotel itself. Felt like VIP leh.
We made a smart choice for this festival(learned our lessons well from the previous SISF).
Less workshops & more rests(zZZZz) to make sure we have enough energy for the dancing later.
Not that we ended up dancing the nights away. My roomie & I ended up chatting till 4am instead.
Took a few workshops(3 per day ain't that bad): musicality-on1 & on2(basic only la), sexy movement(where the guy have to give the girl a sorta lap dance), Brazilian Samba, Turn pattern/s & spinning technique.
Shimmy Steven had a workshop of his own during dinner(where we feed ourselves & fattened those mosquitos at the same time) - mosquito bachata & mosquito shimmy(gotta clarify with him again).
CL, AL & moi even accomplished the mosquito shines. Caution, this move can only be perfected while having dinner outdoor, preferably near a lot of trees & with minimal lightings. And managed to hop into a reggae-ton workshop by the pool too. Darn good exercise for the abd & shoulders.
Didn't take photos on the 1st day at Lumut, but took a lot(well, not as many as Uncle James - almost 2000 woh he said) on the 2nd & last day. Credits goes to these suddenly-ter-appointed photographers: Jason, Roger, Gina, Chiow Er, DJ Othman, Chin Lai & Sean. Hope I didn't missed out anyone's name. If yes, please let me know yeah! The triple sharing bedroom in Swiss Garden at Lumut
Roomies(left to right): Chiow Er, Hazel & moi
MSF 2007- Group photo
(Right to left) Ai Ling, Chin Lai, Chiow Er & moi(like the colour combo, no?)
Team Havana with Guru Sam(I refer him as D Boss)
SoMachoMafias with D Boss
Chiow Er & me being surrounded by the Mafias! & yet, still smiling Stylo Mylo hugging(posing lar) with Martin(Mian Li, don't pukul me ah)
Jason and moi(I like his shirt. Eh, can pinjam ah?)
Chiow Er, TiredButStillBubblyWenNie & moi
Jason aka Mambojays: Why so hot one here? When gonna start partying ? (psst Jason, don't marah ye, nanti lekas tua )
No salsa yet, so Mambojays went & part timed as photographer (me photographed the photographer)
Er, let me check the camera first Chiow Er, (he won't allow me to call him a*** woh)Uncle James aka Salsakaki & moi
Uncle James & moi oi Sean & me(so normal posing lor)
Please don't drop me!! Gotta 'take 2' for this picture. The 3 of us(including the photographer) started laughing like mad & almost left our slippers & camera behind after taking this picture.
Wai Sum & me at the party
3am lor & the salsero/as are still going strong. No need to sleep ar ?
More pictures(gonna chase mi amigos for more of them photos):
With Kaytee
With Nestor
Balik kampung KL lah.
I curi ambil this picture. heheh... Does Not Play Well With Others (how u salsa if don't play well with others?)
And wanna thank Magna too for the salsa song that she shared with moi us. I still owe her something. Shucks!!
, there are only bandages, swaps & painkillers in the so called first aid kit . Not even a drop of lotion is in the kit. Gonna complaint to the welfare manager next week!
Help!! 2 weeks without dancing??
