I would like to welcome anyone of any age, size and background to come join me for a fun learning journey to experience the beautiful art of belly dance. Below are my new beginner classes now opened for registration. No experience required! Even if you do have some belly dancing experience, you will still enjoy the class, as, you will be learning new choreographies (6 of them altogether) and has a chance to re-enhance and confirm your techniques.

I received a forwarded email from a friend today with the title "Do Not Take Vit C with Prawn/Shrimp". After reading the email, I was wondering whether it is true, because, I take vitamin C daily too! I was suspicious of the content because, I regularly eat dishes with prawns for lunch and dinner before I consume my vitamin C and nothing happened to me. (touch wood ... hehehe). Could it be that my dosage was too little to cause any harm?

After discussing with CK, we've decided to check the authenticity of the email, so, we googled and found that it is a hoax!! Let's put a stop to the circulation of this email.

Check out this link for verification, http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/shrimp.asp.

He started driving, as I continued to throw all my disappointment at living at him. We were driving up a cliff. While I was complaining, he said, "Ok, let's go". He stepped on the accelerator and then I realized that he was going to do it, shivers ran up my spine. "Oh no!". All I could do was grabbed onto my chair with all my strength. My mind went blank and I asked myself, "Gosh! What have I done? Is this what I really wanted?". I did not know how it would feel, is it painful, is it quick? Life flashed over my eyes. I could feel the car being pulled down by the gravity, we're in the air heading down. "This is it.." and I closed my eyes.

This was how it all began ...

I've just received some updates on Paola's workshops in Penang. They have changed the venue to YMCA Penang. More details has also been added.

Please check out my earlier posting (updated version) on the workshops HERE.

Learning zills has always been a challenge to me. It is already difficult for me to play the zills rhythmically without having to miss a beat, adding movements to it, make them worse! I'm always very careful when practicing at home, because, of the "noise" that I will make. hahaha.. I do not want to have angry neighbours come knocking on my door! . But, if I don't practice, I will never improve, so, what should I do.. hmm.. Suddenly, it occurs to me that I can crochet a pair of zills muffles to silence the zills! And it was what I did! And now, I can practice without any sound. Yeay!
(Check out my zills muffles in the photo above!)

Paola Blanton is coming back to Malaysia for workshops at YMCA, Penang on the weekends of June 27 and 28.

Workshops

Saturday, 27 June 2009
(11am - 1pm) Egyptian Pop Techniques (Beginner/Intermediate) - RM120
(2pm - 4pm) Egyptian Pop Choreography (Beginner/Intermediate) - RM120

Easy to learn steps taught by a Master Instructor bring you the joy and fun of Modern Egyptian Belly Dance in a short, upbeat number! Special touches in the choreography bring a polished confidence to the dancer. Learn to arrange the basic Belly Dance vocabulary with stunning turns and poses for a breathtaking dance routine.

Sunday, 28 June 2009
(11am - 1pm) Gypsy Style Techniques (Intermediate/Advance) - RM120

I learned a choreography to this song from Badia when she was here last year for the World Belly Dance Day event. Another nice song from Hakim and a nice choreography from Badia.

When I first heard of this song back in 2007, I knew that this is the song that I will one day perform with, and last year, I managed to realize it before I went away for my IUI treatment.

To be frank, I actually started this choreography since end of 2007, but I didn't get it complete until September 2008! Hahaha.. I took a very long time to finish a choreography eh? Actually, the real work only started after May 2008. Hehehe.