Shall We Dance?
So, there’s this ex-colleague of mine, Des invited me along to learn dancing in Kelab Rekreasi Petroliam, which is used to known as Kelab Shell Lutong (KSL). I think it still belongs to Shell, not so sure though. If I ain’t mistaken, my dad ever take me to swim there once, back in like a decade ago? Yeah, it was back long long time ago or once upon a time~ (no! I’m not gonna tell a fairy tale).
Well, I’ve owez wanted to learn dancing, esp modern dance (hip hop!). Never thought tat one day I’ll learn Salsa n ballroom dance. This is good also, next time if I go for any dinner or function it may be useful.
So thr was 4 of us goin together. Most of d ppl who went was Shell staff. All young adults. Then, there’s this guy, I don’t knw wat’s his name, let’s call him conductor, teach us the 5 basic steps of salsa. I was quite nervous when dancing in a pair, the conductor kept asking me to relax relax coz he said my hand were quite stiff, even when Des danced wif me he said so. Prob coz I’m dancing wif ppl I don’t really knw. I’ve learnt a bit of Salsa back in Penang whr thr’s this Penangite fren of my suang suang wanna teach Salsa during a BBQ gathering at the beach, cool eh? But then, I forgot the steps dy.
For Salsa, male’s role is very important coz it’s always male who take the lead and the female will follow the male. So, if u dance Salsa n u’re a guy, u better master it…Next time wanna ask a girl for a dance in the ballroom, it’s allrite if she can’t dance, u may lead n she’ll just follow ur steps.
There’s two gals fr Shell very good at Salsa. When they dance, *wow*! Great posture!!! Hen[2] you[3] qi[4] zhi[2]! U got to turn a lot n twist ur bon-bon a lot for Salsa. Initially I find the turning was a bit diff to catch up coz I kept confused wif the steps of turning n mixed up d two diff types of turning. Then, Rumba in incorporate in Salsa dance. We danced Salsa for ard 1 hr 20 mins.
After tat, we learn to dance Cha-cha. I’ve learnt Cha-cha before when I took the Basic Dance I for my compulsory extra-curriculum in uni last two sems, so it’s like a year ago. However, I don’t reli rmber the steps though. Then hor, the one I learnt here and in uni a bit diff. For Cha-cha, thr’s this couple conducting d dance, a pair of husband n wife. They shud be professional, esp the husband. He teached a bit too fast though, I couldn’t really catch the turning part, again, *LoL*.
Then, towards the middle of the class, the Cha-cha conductor dance wif me to make sure how was my progress. He’s reli reli good, man! very gentle but firm (very pro). He lead the dance so well! Of coz la, pro mar, not noob like I do. (1st time dance wif a grandpa, no idea whose grandpa, hehe!) Unlike the Salsa conductor, he’s a bit rough but he lead v well though.
Man! After Salsa dance Cha-cha reli kenot la…got d steps all mixed up! After Cha-cha I kinda forgot Salsa’s steps. It’s better to concentrate on just a dance. I prefer Salsa though. It’s more cool.
So tat nite I pair up wif 6 diff men alltogether for both dance, wow! 1st time I danced wif so many men in a nite, haha! Last nite, on the way back home, my colleagues were saying “wah we danced salsa + chacha becomes sal-cha” then I said “or maybe cha-sal (cha-cha + salsa)” and they all burst into laughter. Cha-sal sounds like char[1] sao[1] which means roasted pork in Mandarin. Creative-nya me *LoL*.
Wat a tiring day! We danced like 2hrs n 30 mins straight fr ard 6:40pm to 9+pm. Then, the ballroom dance class nt yet end we left. Everyone was hungry dy. We shall learn dancing again next week. I love dancing, it’s so fun! When u dance, u’ll like put down everything behind, forget everything for the time being and u will only be thinking bt the steps n counting the beats.
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