Lord of my Dance

Can Antonio Banderas dance? I have seen "Shall We Dance" and Richard Gere can definitely sway. But I have yet to see Antonio Banderas, the actor who is famous for his macho, he-man roles, dance. Hmm...maybe he did in Evita, I forget. So this I gotta see. Listening to all my dance 'kaki' rave about the movie and how it made them want to get up and dance along in the cinema, sure whetted my appetite. But then, even if they didn't say anything, I would have not missed it. Based on a true story of how a dance teacher wanted to teach a bunch of street kids that nobody thought they had any future, how to dance. Oh, these kids can dance but ballroom dancing? And in the end, he didn't just teach them about ballroom dancing, but about life. To teach them to believe in themselves. That if they want to achieve something, they had to work at it and not blame your circumstances for pulling you down. To teach the guys how to treat a lady with respect cos beating ...

Boy, it feels good to be a woman! The world will never be complete without women...Can I hear all my girlfriends out there say "AMEN!" Haha...no I didn't join some feminist movement, in case you wondered what had happened to me. I just finished the BLOOM 2006 Women's Conference at Acts Church on the 23 and 24th June. Hey if you missed it (I'm speaking to the girls only)...catch the next one next year. Believe me, you won't regret it. Well I actually missed the Fashion Show sponsored by Blook cos I was abit late but at least I got the goodie bag! For this year we had the GREATEST goodie bag ever. There were like loads and loads and loads and loads of stuff.... like Her World Magazine, Cadbury Center-Filled Cookies, Cadbury Gold gigantic bar of chocolate, Dutch Lady Iced Latte, Lipton Green Tea with Lemon, Cosway lipbalm, Nestum cereal, Estime Skin Care pack, Ginvera Shampoo, Ginvera Marvel Gel, Bio-Essence sample, AND AND.... a BLOOK VIP Card!! Which you can o...

Recently I seem to be having a few upheavals in my personal relationships and also those around me. Don’t you get the feeling that sometimes months go by without something big happening and all of a sudden it all just comes pouring upon you? Is it me or it is absolutely no fault of mine. *blinks innocently* In the past few weeks, I seem to have upset one of the most patient and sweetest guy I know…though not intentionally. I’ve apologized and tried to make things better but he hasn’t been replying my messages nor picking up my calls. Zip. Nada. Nothing. I don’t know but lately I feel like whatever I say or do, people seems to be reacting negatively or things just blows up in my face. Then my brother did a very good job in making me feel like a failure by letting me know I am not making enough to help with the family finances. It’s bad enough that I am already frustrated with the fact that I do not have the resources to get a degree or get a place of my own… or even my own wheels. Now h...

What with all the hype about this classic musical, I thought surely this is a must-see. I have watched their shows, sang their songs and even danced to the music. So for RM135, I must have set my expectations quite high. As I entered the Plenery Hall at KLCC in anticipation, hoping to that my seat had a good view. As the picture taken from my handphone shows, it's a pretty good view just a tad bit far. The show started with the radio dj coming out and inviting some of the audience to come up on stage to dance. Quite a number came up to dance but only 3 got a prize each...some Grease merchandise. Then they started introducing the T-birds and the Pink Ladies during their lunch break. Singing those familiar songs, I can hear some of the audience singing along with them. The musical progressed on quite slowly and I was looking forward to two of my favourite songs which was "Born to Hand Jive" and "We Go Together". Both was a disappointment. The two lead char...

I’m not one who is comfortable receiving compliments…especially when a guy tells me that I look sexy, even though he is a confirmed gay all the way! But then again, when a gay tells a girl that she looks sexy, does it count cos he sure doesn’t look at girls the same way that a straight guy does….hmmm. Well it all happened when Fitness First launched the new release of the Les Mills classes and there were T-shirts up for sale. So this particularly T-shirt really caught my eye cos it had a really unique design and looked really cool. (See picture below). Being a softy for pretty things, I decided to get one as well…and yet wondering at the same time whether I dare to wear it or not. Coming from a very strict family background, my father would scold me if I so much wear a sleeveless top or too short a skirt…what more this slinky top! Actually he also scolds my mum for wearing sleeveless too…I guess only a father knows how a guy thinks. But then I thought, what the heck, since I boug...

If you ask me which hip hop dancer I admire, it’s definitely Sofia Boutella. She is amazing. Just looking at her twisting and turning her body like rubberband, and doing those break dance moves just makes me want to aspire to that level of professionalism. You’d probably go like, “Sofia who???” She may not be that well known over this part of Malaysia but she is pretty well known over in Europe. I was first introduced to her when Nike introduced this new workout called the Nike Rockstar Hip Hop Workout. In partnership with the famous choreographer/director Jamie King, who has achieved stardom working with stars like Britney Spears, Madonna, JLo, Janet Jackson, etc, this workout promises some really cool moves. Working together with Rihanna in her release of her second album, “A Girl Like Me”, introducing the single called “Rescue Me (SOS)” features a sample of the classic 1981 tune “Tainted Love" by Soft Cell, a cover of the song by Gloria Jones. When I first watched the N...

I finally had the time to catch the much talked about movie, “Memoirs of a Geisha” after postponing it time and again due to my busy schedule. I’ve heard how the book was talked about, read about in most of my teenage years and up to my adult life, making it a ‘must read’ classic literature. Now everyone can see it on the big screen. Of course most of what I heard about the books are from female magazines since they are the so called ‘gurus’ on the art of seducing and catching that elusive commitment-phobic man…talk about stereotyping!! So of course the book came in highly recommended since being a Geisha is about a “woman who has mastered the art of seduction” as how Mameha (Michelle Yeoh’s character) teaches her virginal protégé Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi’s character) on "stopping a man in his tracks with a single look". Some people think that a Geisha is just a glamourous name for being a hooker…but I think the Japanese will highly contest that. Not that I want to watch the mo...