My First Hip Hop Dance Class

It's Saturday and my stint as "ketua guru bertugas" has finally ended. To celebrate a not-so-bad attempt, me and my colleagues registered ourselves for a "dance class" at a local gym here. In my mind, I thought the class would be filled with many types of dances like salsa, rumba, samba, etc, etc...you know, the slow and easy to follow numbers like the pocho-pocho or the cha-cha.

Sekali sa tingu...HIP HOP!!

Our instructor, Ralph was a former student of the school where I was teaching and since he is a "taiko" to some of the students there, I can see a number of students from my school following the same class.

I can imagine what they would tell their friends.

"Uiiiyooo...teacher Jacinta menari macam giuk...jelek nya!!!" LOL. Never mind.

Our song was "Batter, Batter" (I think) from HSM2 soundtrack. When Ralph showed us the basics, it looked easy. Just a lil'move on the hips, touch the floor with your heels and toes...boleh ba ni...hehehe...eat nuts kunun.

Sekali sa buat...betul2 macam giuk kepanasan oh!! Siap ber"safel-safel" (shuffle bah tu...but the kids sini pronounce it like that) lagi! Patutlah tu budak2 suka bershuffle...siok pula kasi bingkuk2 kaki. Then Ralph showed us the "Wave". It's a move where you have to pull your tummy in and move your chest upwards simultaneously (okay, I know I sucked in describing a dance move properly but that is how I see it hahaha). Then, he showed us the "Punch and SLide"...wahhhhh best oh!! I learned a lot of moves in one class! Yeay!

All in all, I think hip hop dancing is a great workout! I was sweating buckets!! Even my towel and t-shirt are wet...ewwww. But it was worth it...

Tomorrow I'm going again!