Malaysian Salsa Festival 2006 Part 2


Allo folks... Im back from my Freshman Team Building camp (aka orientation camp)... It was a fun 3D2N of sun sand and sea with kick ass company... wahahahaha... will blog about it soon when i get the photos and stuff..... but now, back to the salsa action!!!

Oki.... after the insanity of day 1, we turned in like super late. We actually intended to wake at about 8am but when my alarm went off, i just snoozed it and by the time we finally woke up, it was about an hour later.

We were late for the first workshop of the day, namely afro cuban by Gupson. So after the morning rituals of lai chuang and the fenzy of freshening up and gettin ready, we rushed down to join the workshop halfway.

Young looks like that at 9am in the morning

Afro cuban was interestingly refeshing but what really perked me up was.......... BREAKFAST!!!!! wahahahahaha :D. I must say that of al the meals at cherating, breakfast is always the BEST

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is this first meal after maybe 6 to 8 hours of fasting during sleep that kickstarts your body's metabolism and when nutrients are most easily absorbed.

I love cherating's breakfast due to a few reasons. A, they provide fruit juice, milk, coffee and tea.... while you only get ice water for the rest of the meals. B, they serve a nice spread of food, stuff like bacon and eggs... i like:) C, the ambience is always all so relaxing and slow..... cos everyone just woke up... so its like chillllll brudder....... D, im always hungry by breakfast......wahahaha

Nice spread

They like breakfast too

However, what really perks up the breakfast..... is the OMELETTE STAND... and the adjacent roti prata/ chennai stand...wahahahahahah. This nice little corner of the restraunt has chefs serving up fresh omelettes. You can just tell them what sort of filling you want and they'll mix it all in and fry up your desired omelette right before your very eyes!!! Talk about custom made omelettes man... wahahahahahahha. If u just want plain egs for a sunny side up or maybe some scrambled eggs, they'll cook it up for you too. A pity that for they didn have cheese as part of their omellette filling though...... i really like some cheese with my eggs...hahahaha.

Cooking up a storm

After breakfast, it was chill out till 1pm when all the salsa workshops would begin. Jinn and shirely went to play beach volley ball with gary and some other guys. Me however was still woozy from a lack of sleep (I need my 10 hrs u noe...wahahahah). I decided to take things slow and soak in the beach.

It was great.... Strolling along the beach was soooooo relaxing. Soaking up vitamin D from the sun, feeling the cool sea breeze caressing you, having crystal clear water gently swirling around your ankles.... .... all while gingerly walking along miles of fine powdery white sand... ... None of the hustle and bustle of the city. All so serene and tranquil. I like...... ...... ahhhhhhhhh :)

My fav pic of the beach

Solitude

After the beach, i took a stroll around the resort complex just to get the blood pumping. Since it is a beah resort, the place also had a nice rustic touch to it all.

What's a beach resort without trees

Definately tropical... ...

At 1pm, after feelin all warm and fuzzy inside, the real action began. There were workshops from 1pm all the way till 5pm, ranging from street cha cha cha and rythm and music appreciation to intro to lifts and tricks.

4 hours of workshops aint no joke. It's down right tiring man.... rushing from workshop to another. In the end, i took introduction to dancing on 2 by suman, int partnerwork on 1 by Ashwin, adv partnerwork on 2 by Santo Rico and intro to lifts and tricks by Fasilito.

I learnt quite alot... but forgot even more...hahah... My puny brain was rather overloaded...hahah What i really enjoyed was the intro to lifts and tricks.... It was the first time i got to lift ladies up and tried to flip them over my back...hahahhahaha... freakin funny and tiring... I was successful for only 1 attempt when both of us weren't really thinking and during 1 try, the gal was stuck on my back....lol... Quite sorry that i dropped to ladies ... even though i managed to cushion 1 of their fall with my tummy.... hahahahah At this point of time, i'd like to thank the ladc gals fortheir kind patience and for trusting in me... hahahhaha..... I'll do better next time :)

Workshop frenzy...

After dinner, it was off to watch the performances again. It was good too... a maltitude of performances from diff countries. Candice and Lautaro from zurich, LADC exotic dance, Santo Rico from NY.... they all rocked...hahahahah

Candice and Lautaro

Gupson doing bachata

Jaime and Liz....

After the performances, it was another night of hot sweaty bodies dancing around to the grooviest salsa beats..... I met June and Jackson too.... took a pic cept my cam went wonkuy...hahahahah

Hot salsa action

Fuzzy pic with THE couple...wahahahaha

Oki... im off for lunch with joshua... stay tuned for the final installment of this 3 part mini seires...wahahahah :P