Time really flies...

After countless rounds of turns, twists, breaks, shins and shimmies, I am done with Salsa 1...Our class will soon be streamed. I hope to devote myself to mastering L.A. or Cuban style soon. Jason and Iris gave a great demo of Casino Salsa...but it does not appeal to me.

Over the weeks, Union has become our "training ground". The best way to improve is to dance with someone from another dance school, or someone who is obviously much better than you. Tuesdays are Beginner Nights, so it is a great opportunity to practise. On weekend nights, the dance floor is filled with pros and zai people. For mere mortals, it seems that the only thing to do is watch and sip Martinis...

After last night's lesson, the hardcore clique (Val, Clara, Angeline, Dash, Jon.C and me) duly adjourned to Union to groove and chill. The ladies took a cab and Dash drove the guys (talk about reversal of gender roles!)...but then we got lost somewhere at Telok Blangah and ended up going around in circles and figures-of-eight...When we arrived at Union, I was already a little bit dizzy...

Nevertheless, it was only a short while before we made our way to do dance floor and started grooving along...I danced with the three ladies for awhile before I went to look for a dance partner from another school...

First up was Sharon from L.A. Dance Studio...As a freelance fitness instructor, she had heaps of stamina and was able to keep pace with the up tempo beats of the livelier numbers (even as I was beginning to get an asthma attack from overexertion!) Her breaks were a little bit off, but I liked the way she executed her basics...She really brought in alot of her own style. Her shimmies were really great. Excellent upper body movement! I was really impressed by her hips...they moved to their own beat...really, really sensual and sultry (I don't mean this in a cheeko pek way...btw, it's sultry, not slutty...)

Next up was Chris, from Attitude Dance Studio. This lady was a noob, so I had to work quite hard on leads and turns. She smiled alot, which kinda made the hardwork that I had put in worth it..haha. I had to make sure that my repertoire did not throw her off her tracks...Luckily, the songs we danced to were rather even-tempoed numbers that did not call for nifty footwork or violent sashaying...I had alot of fun dancing with her, too bad I got scratched by the chunky ring on her index finger.

Number three was Elizabeth, who had picked up Salsa from Jitterbugs and JJ...She was sassy and full of attitude...but very nice towards me...It was easy dancing with her because we came from the same school, and she was able to pick up all my leads. She smiled alot and gave me tips...I really have to keep her advice in mind and step harder when I do my breaks and shins...It's all a matter of weight distribution.

Pity the kopi clique could not join us last night....Missed Roy's wisecracks and Evelyn's laughter...Hope to see them on Friday for the Fiesta.

Well, I'm looking forward to the Fiesta...Hope Friday comes soon!