Awesome #38 the leg rub

She is a good ten years older than me. Despite her overall mature disposition, I caught a glimpse of playfulness. The violin piece set the mood and hid us away from the rest of the world. There was tension in  the air. I looked into her eyes and held them; we were having our own silent conversation. I came on strong and she stood her ground; leaving me unsure of how to proceed. We are so close to each other that I can feel her breathe. Right when I was wondering if I should relax my frame and put some distance between us, I felt her leg against mine. She stroked my legs withdrawing and rubbing as the bow pushed and pulled against the violin strings.

tango class is so intense. today the girls learned how to do the leg rub. The leg rub adds so much seduction to the dance that I no longer think that tango is stiff and boring. 

AWESOME!

Awesome #37 when you comfortably squeeze back into a pants that was too tight

The first measurable result of dancing on a regular basis is your waist size. After dancing for 2 months, I manage to fit comfortably into a pants that was 2 sizes smaller than my original pair. A trimmer waistline is only the first step. Next, I want to tight perky ass.

"not a problem for me no more"-cj

To be able to fit comfortably into a smaller pair of pants is..

AWESOME!

craving

suddenly i feeling like eating McWings..

Awesome #36 when you dance jazz and hip hop to zouk music

I have always thought that I have no affinity with music; but I thought wrongly. I just did not have the exposure. Playing an instrument, reading musical scores and picking out the notes are technical skills that come with practice. Through dance, I picked up the feeling aspect of music; recognizing the rhythm, the beat and the expression.  Now, I can dance hip hop to zouk music, zouk lambada to salsa music and salsa to pop music. It's all about the feeeling. Wonder how would it be like to dance waltz to bollywood music.. hmm..

"zouk lambada"-cj

To be able to combine different dances to music is...

AWESOME!

haha

I was this on Thought Catalog and thought this was pretty funny - Things My Five Year Old Said
 
   ‎"Laneia! I found a starfish in the bathtub! No, wait. It’s just my hand."
   "Laneia, I’m going to EAT YOU! I mean, if you were tiny and in my apple sauce."

take life easy. have a laugh.

Awesome #35 when you are part of something big

I was there at the bell ceremony of Singapore's biggest IPO - Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust! Most people probably would not see it as awesome, but it is my awesome list. It is awesome for another reason, I am with the exchange's Listing Department. What's better than watching a blockbuster? It is to be a small actor in the blockbuster.

"i am some awe out there"-cj

To have the chance to grace this landmark ceremony is simply..

AWESOME!

Awesome #34 when you hit a blood sucking mosquito

It was hard to see it in the dark. The mosquito was bugging me for the whole night. All i have to nail the hit was just a sense of itch. To make things worse, I started to hear this in my head.

Flee. Flee Fly.

Flee Fly Mosquito.
Calamine, Calamine, Calamine Lotion
Oh, no more calamine lotion
Itchy, Itchy, Scratchy, Scratchy
Got one down my backy backy
EEK! Goes the bugs when you get 'em with the bug spray!
SHHHHH!!!

(That reminded me of the long bus rides to
the police academy from Kallang Bahru).

I didn't have a bug spray. But I was fast and precise. PIAK!

The feeling of hitting the bug that keeps you awake all night is...

AWESOME!

Awesome #33 when you wake up feeling awesome just like that

I am not sure if it is last night's dance or something else (like it's Friday). But I woke up this morning feeling awesome. It is a good feeling to start the day with. It feels like everything is going to turn out just right.

I'm just feeling...

AWESOME!

what are words

I believe in miracles.

God Bless Japan

crunch weekend

I could not believe I pulled through the last weekend. I slept on average 4 hours a day. Rushed out a revised version of my journal paper according to the suggestions of the reviewers. I added an addition 'state of the art' algorithm for comparison, ran all the existing algorithms on another sets of test problems, added significance testing and edited the paper all over the weekend.

now i'm sick.. but i still went to dance anyway.

fun fact of the day

thursday late night song

quote

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."

-Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

social evolution

Awesome #32 when you get free breakfast in the office

I usually do not take breakfast before I go to work. For a few reasons. Firstly, I tend to sleep in till the last minute. Secondly, I have time for breakfast at work. Thirdly, I have an auntie from the next cubicle who keeps feeding me. The nature of our work sees many C- level executives come in for breakfast meetings. There's usually more than enough food to go around. Knowing that I eat a considerable amount, she will bring the leftover sandwiches to me. These are quality sandwiches from The Sandwich Shop. The frequency of these meetings conditioned me to skip breakfast at home. But I do not mind.

"yea. they look something like this."-cj

These free sandwiches are..

AWESOME!

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(An unmatched parenthesis creates an unresolved tension that will stay with you all day.

- from xkcd

nods.

Big no no

Never smoke before you dance. This is a lesson I learned from listening to people's complaints. Whether you are a guy or a girl, most people do not like to dance with people who just have a smoke. The smell of smoke lingers on your shirt, fingers and breathe. Personally, I do not mind. A song is only 4 minutes long. That's just now long I will hold my breathe. heh.

"no kidding.."-cj

Please people. Smoking is not good.

Awesome #31 when you see kids dance

Today a 7 year old kid joined my jazz dance class. She is pretty small, her arms and legs are still a little chubby. She stands out as the only kid in the class full of adults as much as I stand out as the only guy in the class full of girls. Even at basic level, jazz required a certain amount of coordination and muscular control. It was pretty amusing as she stands in font of the class trying to mimic the moves of the instructor. What she lacks in techniques, she made up for it in enthusiasm. It looks something like this, maybe slightly better.



Seeing kids dance and their uninhibited display of enthusiasm is really..

AWESOME!

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There are so many interesting pictures from this sites! You guys can see the rest of the pictures here : this isn't happiness, so I do not have to re-post them.

quit smoking

"how i wish the other Michelle Tan can see this."-cj

works both ways

muscle ache

It is not the disabling painful kind of muscle ache that you get after a whole afternoon of soccer. The functionality of your muscles are generally unaffected. It felt like as if there are some less developed muscles, hidden among these bigger muscles, that are hurting. In particular, it's the trapezius- deltoid- infraspinatus fascia region that hurts the most.

"Guys, do not let your arm drop! Ladies, rest your weight on their arms!" she snapped.

Awesome #30 when the rain stops at 1759hr

You are about to knock off soon and it is raining cats and dogs outside. Should you hang around in the office for a little longer and wait for the rain to stop or should you brave the rain and head back home? Unless I have somewhere that I have to rush off to, I would usually choose the former. I hate to be outside when it is raining. Today there was no need to even decide, the rain stopped and the sky cleared at 1759hr. Once this happens, there is only logical one course of action to take -  It takes approximately 1 minute for my computer to shut down. I did a little body wave to celebrate how the weather sometimes help to simplify you decision making process.

when the rain stops at 1759hr, it's really knock off...

AWESOME!

free time

My timetable has been so packed lately, I was actually looking forward to relaxing at home on this Friday night. I thought I can spend an idle evening surfing the web aimlessly or maybe do something to help me chill, I was wrong. In less than an hour, I was already bored out of my skull. I am so accustomed to rushing from places to places that i am now not used to doing nothing. Maybe I should try to organize a late night supper or catch a late night movie... but I cannot be doing nothing! I have forgotten how I used to kill my free time.

maybe I should just sleep earlier..

too close for comfort

We were told to adopt the close embrace position for bachata. I thought as a guy I have no problem getting physically close to a girl since I have nothing to lose. The girl should be the one who feels uncomfortable with the large surface area of contact. I was so wrong. The reverse, however, was true. My dance partner made the most outrageous comment to me today. She said to me, "What is the space between out chest for?" :-O

err.. to safeguard your modesty? 

Before I can even blurt that out, she squeezed me into a tighter embrace position and said, "Ahh like this is better."

Girls who dance are of a different breed. I am half thinking of labeling this as an AWESOME post.