Salsa

The classes during the day wasn’t exciting at all. There was histogram equalization from EN2401 and viewing perspective from DD2423 (vanishing point).

In the evening, dq, kh and me went to the Salsa night. Initially, we thought there were not many people in the Nymble hall. So, we went to the lounge at first floor to chit chat. As the time passed by, many people started to arrive. Hence we decided to venture up to the hall. As we stepped inside, there was quite a crowd already.

The group was divided into 2 groups, the beginners and the intermediates. I was, naturally, in the beginners. We started off with the basics. The forwards, side steps and turning. Frankly, it wasn’t that fancy when the instructor demonstrated. When the music started, it was another story. I had a hard time trying to follow up with the tempo of the music when the real thing comes. Haha… I guess it’s the bad thing about me, no sense of limb coordination. The beginners were lined up in 3 rows and each row took turn to move forward and the front row would be moved to the back.

Then… it came the couple dancing. All of us were standing in a big circle, alternating between man and woman. Like most technical schools in the world, there were fewer ladies than men. So some of us, including me, started with out a dance partner. The instructor was kind enough to let the group rotate dance partners, such as passing the lady to the next man standing next to you, so that I won’t be standing there like a fool throughout the night. LOL…

Again, the basics of the couple dance wasn’t hard without the music. However, the men were supposed to remember the dance steps to lead the ladies. This was something I wasn’t good at. Anyway, as we rotate dance partners, I did get to talk to many girls, mostly exchange students. There were Lisa, Veronik, Veronica, Maut and many others who I couldn’t really remember the names. My sincere apologies to them for being so bad with names. There were serveral exchange students from Czech, Austria and Belgium. It was fun trying to keep up my own pace, but it was chaotic when it came to leading the lady. Because I wasn’t sure about my own steps. LOL…

There were quite a few occasions that I stepped someone’s heel or foot. When it comes to the guys turning part, the height difference manifested in the most interesting way. LOL… It felt like having a little toddler trying to spin a huge top that was much taller than her. LOL… It’s technically feasible but difficult to execute.

Had great deal of fun that night. I didn’t regret going to that event even though I was quite reluctant at first.