The last Viennese Waltz lesson is this Monday, but i'm still having problems with dancing the freckle(??) whereby after dancing 2 rounds, we have to dance towards the centre of the hall and spin around. I heard that some couples take up to 2 years to perfect this! Well, i'm having problems with it because i'm can be a really slow learner when it comes to complicated steps. It's not just turning round and round, it's turning round and round with the right steps in perfect unison with your partner and music. AND not feeling dizzy and fainty at the end of turning so many rounds.
A video is the best way to illustrate this. :) Anyway, i love the Viennese waltz, and just any form of ballroom.
The interesting thing about the Viennese Waltz is that there's a total of 7 variations only, unlike other ballroom dances with hundreds of possible variations. There's just one way to dance the Viennese waltz whether you're a beginner or a professional. What differentiates is the quality of your dance :D
Some tips i have to write down before i forget.
- Hold lightly, as light as possible on your partner's hands so you won't weigh each other down
- Move your body together, not your legs.
- Don't look at the floor ceiling or partner, look around the room but don't dart your eyes around and move with your eyes moving along, or else you'll certainly feel dizzy. Look at fixed points.
- Always wind your body and you'll have a great turn
Anna's Birthday
Anna's birthday party was a success! A small group gathering with a mix of guests. =) Had lots of fun there with the games that we played.. Dog and Bone and Ice Man in the kids swimming pool. Even my boyfriend was really enthusiastic as he is normally shy with strangers, that's really his true self. He's shy with people initially but once he opens up, he's really really fun and goes all out to participate. Especially in games. He loves them.
Grace baked a yummy-O oreo cheesecake for Anna and we girls (Grace, Grace, Nopp, Grace's bf) crowded around to decorate it with whipcream to make it nice before Anna and others see it.
We're supposed to wear swimsuit or wet-worthy clothing there so i wore my new Juicy Couture inspired eyelet bikini, it's really beaachy when paired with a floral babydoll spaghetti strapped top and mini skirt. Anna and Grace both wore their bikinis in their tops. I think i won't wear my Juicy bikini anymore though cos the cut isn't very good, i tried on Miss Triumph's one at Tangs the other day (can i just gush about their lingerie/swimsuit fitting room??? TANGS HAVE IT ALL, the dream of all dreams fitting room that's fit for a princess! Smart them, makes me want to spend money because the lighting and decor just slowly seduce your money away.) and that was really really good. Well fitting, safe and you know it won't drop off cos Triumph is a major lingerie company, they have to make good supports and well structured stuff!
So i'm really dreaming of buying the nautical 2 piece white and navy bikini with 2 really nice tie-bows at the bottom... costs $99 though so i didn't, in the end. I probably won't dare to wear it out to swim like that but it's nice for beach BBQs or parties when paired with a nice top. The support is sooo good that it's fantastic as a travel bra cum swimsuit. When we travel, we just want things to dry fast..and swimsuit material stuff dries really fast!
Travel Plans so far
I am planning the itinerary for our 3 days 2 nights in LA so here are the places i'm going to visit before moving on to Barstow (in b/w LA and LV) and Las Vegas. It'll be quite rush as we only have 5 days to travel before starting work at Grand Canyon.. but there'll be another 8-9days of travel after work to San Francisco :)
Where I'm planning to visit in LA:
- Getty Museum (Free entrance, most fabulous museum in LA with great architecture, beautiful gardens, avant garde furniture and fantastic art pieces with some popular paintings)
- Melrose Avenue (Counter culture place in LA where all the freaks and interesting people are, eccentric quirky shops)
- Santa Monica Boulevard (Shopping and street sight seeing)
- Hollywood Boulevard and Farmers' Market
- Rodeo Drive (celebrities celebrities)
- Driving through Beverly Hills (who can miss this? Maybe i can spot some celebrity coming out of their homes)
- Not sure about the Avenue of the Stars, i find seeing stars' handprints boring
- Venice Beach Broadwalk (Great nightlife and interesting buskers)
- Universal Studios (Spending one full day there. Behind the scene movie sets, and all sorts of stuff)
We'll probably be staying in Banana Bungalow Hostel in Hollywood http://www.bananabungalow.com/ cos it's the cheapest, about 20USD/night and it's geared at backpackers and students. Free breakfast, BBQ, coffee and tea all day...and can you believe it? Free themed parties!!! Ahahahha. Amazing. It's so American to party anywhere, i'm not sure if the people are decent though. :S Better not go to late night parties or drink anything there, too dangerous!!
By the way, since my boyfriend can't go, i'll definitely miss him badly. So we've decided that i should bring Chocolate along.. I even bought him a new Hoodie sweater from the bear shop in Esplanade so he won't be cold in the North Rim.
Currently, he's wearing a Grey teeshirt i made out of my bf's old NS exercise shirt. :)
Okay, i got to do my masks and start my work. Sooo busy.
xoxo, principessa
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