Salsa Lessons : Day Two

Not everyone who came for day one came back for day two. It's not cheap, $100... $120 for those who didn't bring an opposite gender friend. The female percentage still outnumbered the male percentage though. Since the class was smaller, i got a better look at the girls this time round. One was rather kawaii and looks very young. (Um... too young for me. oi, my main purpose is to learn salsa okie) Oh well..

Anyway today, we were supposed to be taught three moves. But we're kind of slow learners and the instructors mangaged to teach two only. Towards 2130, the instructor stopped instructions and went like, "Ok guys, take the lead.". Meaning we dance whatever we wanted, but salsa lah, and the instructors try to spot and correct mistakes, with regular shouts of "Ladies, change partners."

All seems well except that 2130 is kind of a magical time for me. Headache starts to set in, drowsiness and a natural high. I know it sounds exaggerated. But i'm not. Exaggerating that is. All that comes to me at 2130, when i start to become sleepy. I'll call it the Camatose Myopia state. My bwain bwain bwain brain starts to retard and i become slow in everything that i do. Coordination, agility and response.

And when response went down, letting me take the lead isn't really the best learning tool. Other couples began doing one basic step and one manoeuvre, my partner and i were like doing one basic step, and another basic step then one manoeuvre.

There is still a problem with the music. It just rolls of my ears. I cannot identify the begining beat of the music. They sound absolutely the same to me! How does one differentiate the 'one' from anything else? Or was there no single 'one' and the girl trying to identify a 'one' for me too musically inclined?

There is a some sort of salsa gathering tomorrow at the union square (i don't know where it is). But at the moment, i'm not thinking of going since i'm going for the magic the gathering new set's pre-release tourneys, which takes up the whole day draining my bwain for the night. Then there's 10km of big walk the next day. Not to mention the Camatose Myopia state. But i'm tempted to take my camera to sneak a video to show the curious what salsa looks like. Maybe if karate kid wants to go...

Salsa is a motor skill thing. And to improve motor skills, one has to practice. Hmm... practice... yawn... bwain.