BLANK MIND...
LOST IN THOUGHTS (think I just contradicted myself)...
INCOGNITO...
This is how I've been since last evening. Hope things turn out ok for her. I'm actually sitting and thinking why it should affect me coz I barely know her. 5/6 dance classes with her. I tried calling her today to find out how she's doing. She didn't take the call.
Had dance class yesterday. She didn't turn up. That's when her pal told me what happened. She messaged me immediately after that. I don't know if she will come for tomorrow's class. Seems very unlikely. I don't feel like going tomorrow. Felt... I dunno what I felt during yesterday's class. But it wasn't pleasant.
I'm gonna go to bed. Just hope I get better sleep than last night.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Last weekend...
hmmmm... an extended weekend after long... trip to Bangalore... friends I've not seen for the last 2 years or even more! phew! memories galore!
Left for Bangalore on friday afternoon and got back by monday afternoon. Was in Bangalore during the Iron Maiden concert and DIDN'T go for it. Didn't wanna spend my time out there nursing a headache. Saw some of my engineering seniors after about 5 years! sheesh! Reunion or what! Oh! I remembered the name of only ONE of the seniors! Everyone else was a familiar face.
End of it all, spent an hour or so catching up on what's been happening with one of my closest pals. Been so long... way too long. The funny part was... even though we never met for the last 2 yrs and 3 months (so I'm obsessing... sue me!) the on-off phone convo once in a while never ever left either of us with a feeling that we don't have anything to talk on or it's been so long what do I talk about.
To be frank, I think i'm rambling now. I've been wanting to blog about my trip to Bangalore for a while... now that I am blogging about it, I'm rambling.
My pals in Bangalore are learning Salsa and Jive. (sob! i'm gona miss jive classes next month!!!)
By the way, I've started off with Tango classes... it's fun! Different with a completely different style. And i'm lovin' it! Aaaahh... my partner is a pretty sweet gal who's a pretty good dancer when she picks up the steps! :) Best of all... we're enjoying the dance. So, if we don't get it right... who cares right? WRONG! The instructor is gonna stand right behind you and go ... "exactly what do you think you are doing?" So... moral? GET THE STEPS RIGHT!
Left for Bangalore on friday afternoon and got back by monday afternoon. Was in Bangalore during the Iron Maiden concert and DIDN'T go for it. Didn't wanna spend my time out there nursing a headache. Saw some of my engineering seniors after about 5 years! sheesh! Reunion or what! Oh! I remembered the name of only ONE of the seniors! Everyone else was a familiar face.
End of it all, spent an hour or so catching up on what's been happening with one of my closest pals. Been so long... way too long. The funny part was... even though we never met for the last 2 yrs and 3 months (so I'm obsessing... sue me!) the on-off phone convo once in a while never ever left either of us with a feeling that we don't have anything to talk on or it's been so long what do I talk about.
To be frank, I think i'm rambling now. I've been wanting to blog about my trip to Bangalore for a while... now that I am blogging about it, I'm rambling.
My pals in Bangalore are learning Salsa and Jive. (sob! i'm gona miss jive classes next month!!!)
By the way, I've started off with Tango classes... it's fun! Different with a completely different style. And i'm lovin' it! Aaaahh... my partner is a pretty sweet gal who's a pretty good dancer when she picks up the steps! :) Best of all... we're enjoying the dance. So, if we don't get it right... who cares right? WRONG! The instructor is gonna stand right behind you and go ... "exactly what do you think you are doing?" So... moral? GET THE STEPS RIGHT!
Monday, March 12, 2007
SALSAAAAAAAAAAA
SALSAAAAAAAAAAAA
well finished off with a month of Salsa with Dance Illusions on 08th March '07. Had a final dance on the last day... all the couples danced on a song each. Was a blast! My turn and both Lily and me were nervous. Shit, I'd danced before larger crowds in my college days but that was all freestyle and you had the lights blazing away at your eyes so there was no way you could see the audience. Here, every turn I took I could look at the audience!!!
Ok, ok... I'm blabbering away but lemme see if I can get it down to the exact sequence of events.
FLASHBACK:
Late late night of 07th March: Call up ol' buddy ol' pal Mandar! "Dude! Suggest a song to dance to!" He comes up with a couple of great songs and even some hindi songs which would have been lovely except for the fact that I just didn't have time to practice with my partner! Checked out some dance videos online. Man! They're good!
Morning of 08th March: Attending classes. Lecturer is talking on and on about some multi-stage air compressors and I'm sweating away coz I have no idea what song I'm gonna be dancing to!!!
Evening of 08th March: Rush home! Grab the cd! Play songs! Naah too slow! This one's too fast!
Where's the beat in this one??? YEAH THIS ONE! Ok try this step.. and this one.. yeah! this goes great! Message Lily about the song. She said we needed to practice at least once! DUH!
08th March, 1710 hrs: Get a call from Lily and she's gonna be home by 1900hrs. We have to practice! Ok. 1845hrs I make a move to town to find half the roads blocked coz of the floats!!!
Oh crap! Pick her up. We can't practice at her place coz her sis has exams coming up. We have to go back to my place. Oh! I must add here, she looked lovely in a knee length evening dress. ABSOLUTELY! So there we go all the way back to my home. Play the song and do a couple of steps to get the intro sequence out of the way. Rest of the song is a breeze as it's just me who has to lead her and she knows the signals, and so knows exactly what to do. Grab her and rush back to the hall. Walk in and everyone (well almost everyone) is out there.
BACK TO REALITY:
We dance... and after we start with a small fumble initially, it doesn't feel that bad or scary. We're enjoying the song, enjoying the dance... it's FUN!
Everyone dances out their fears... open floor at the end and smart ass me tries out a couple of freestyle moves. Stop. Look around. People standing in a circle around me. Me right in the middle. UH OH. "awesome! do it again!!!" "what?" "that move you just did! do it again!" " uh.. ok" So yeah, had another 15 minutes of fame.
End of the day, had a nice pic of the salsa group taken with the Dance Illusions banner.
Guess what? Tango is starting up next!!! Lily has got exams coming up and damn I need to get a dance partner for this dance now!
well finished off with a month of Salsa with Dance Illusions on 08th March '07. Had a final dance on the last day... all the couples danced on a song each. Was a blast! My turn and both Lily and me were nervous. Shit, I'd danced before larger crowds in my college days but that was all freestyle and you had the lights blazing away at your eyes so there was no way you could see the audience. Here, every turn I took I could look at the audience!!!
Ok, ok... I'm blabbering away but lemme see if I can get it down to the exact sequence of events.
FLASHBACK:
Late late night of 07th March: Call up ol' buddy ol' pal Mandar! "Dude! Suggest a song to dance to!" He comes up with a couple of great songs and even some hindi songs which would have been lovely except for the fact that I just didn't have time to practice with my partner! Checked out some dance videos online. Man! They're good!
Morning of 08th March: Attending classes. Lecturer is talking on and on about some multi-stage air compressors and I'm sweating away coz I have no idea what song I'm gonna be dancing to!!!
Evening of 08th March: Rush home! Grab the cd! Play songs! Naah too slow! This one's too fast!
Where's the beat in this one??? YEAH THIS ONE! Ok try this step.. and this one.. yeah! this goes great! Message Lily about the song. She said we needed to practice at least once! DUH!
08th March, 1710 hrs: Get a call from Lily and she's gonna be home by 1900hrs. We have to practice! Ok. 1845hrs I make a move to town to find half the roads blocked coz of the floats!!!
Oh crap! Pick her up. We can't practice at her place coz her sis has exams coming up. We have to go back to my place. Oh! I must add here, she looked lovely in a knee length evening dress. ABSOLUTELY! So there we go all the way back to my home. Play the song and do a couple of steps to get the intro sequence out of the way. Rest of the song is a breeze as it's just me who has to lead her and she knows the signals, and so knows exactly what to do. Grab her and rush back to the hall. Walk in and everyone (well almost everyone) is out there.
BACK TO REALITY:
We dance... and after we start with a small fumble initially, it doesn't feel that bad or scary. We're enjoying the song, enjoying the dance... it's FUN!
Everyone dances out their fears... open floor at the end and smart ass me tries out a couple of freestyle moves. Stop. Look around. People standing in a circle around me. Me right in the middle. UH OH. "awesome! do it again!!!" "what?" "that move you just did! do it again!" " uh.. ok" So yeah, had another 15 minutes of fame.
End of the day, had a nice pic of the salsa group taken with the Dance Illusions banner.
Guess what? Tango is starting up next!!! Lily has got exams coming up and damn I need to get a dance partner for this dance now!
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