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Last Day at the Dance Class
A little sadness has taken over me. Today was my last day at Dance Verve. Remember this(last para)? A week after that I joined Dance Verve at BTM Check Post.
I remember the very first day – I entered the class when Taj Khan (we call him sir) was not yet in. I talked to two guys(now I know them – Pavan and Manas) and sir arrived in about 15 minutes. He asked to join right then as I introduced myself. Somehow I was still very nervous and said I’d join from the next day. I didn’t forget to mention that I had never danced before(of course Salsa apart), I tried may times and failed miserably. I used to get very conscious. He just smiled and said, it will take sometime before I can dance well and I should be regular.
For next couple of minutes I stood there watching all those who were dancing; I so wanted to join them right then, but could not. It was difficult. I left!
Next day, I did join. Sir taught me how to do the “po”(oops, I’m confused po or bho or …) kind of a pranam before starting the dance and again before leaving the class. No prize for guessing – I hardly moved that day! So it went on like that for 1-2 classes and then I slowly started. I’m not saying that I dance good now or I have gotten rid of the conscious problem or anything, but I can assure you I’m 200% better than what I was when I joined the classes! I consider myself as the worst dancer that ever was in that dance class. I don’t care, I just loved it.
Sometimes I used to think on Monday about Saturday 11AM the next week. On weekends after the classes I used t be so tired that I used to fall sleep entire afternoon, sometimes all evening.
If no one is around I’d dance in the house, at my cubicle at work, in the elevators, even while riding bike I’d move. :D It was far more fun than I ever imagined it to be. Nowadays when I watch videos, listen to songs I recollect the choreography, imagine and try to put some steps. Sometimes I even wondered about choreographing any song on my own! Need hell lot of practise and experience before that.
During this I also made some friends(I guess acquaintances would suit better) – Pavan, Manas, Chandan, Rajeev, Nishanth, Kalpana, Amrita, Sangeetha, Anuradha aka Indu, Sanjala, Kaavya, Neha, Sujatha, Sneha, Vaibhav etc. All are lovely people, down to earth and very friendly. (I thought twice about the following line; I think I should mention it at least here) I’m bowled over by Amrita – dance/enthu/smile… hardly got any chance to tell her!
I learnt the following few songs(not completely) -
- Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (man this is difficult; the very first song sir was teaching!)
- Housefull – Oh Girl, You Are Mine(nice)
- Housefull – Papa Jag Jaega(funny)
- Kites – Fire(difficult, very much)
- Jab We Met – Mauja Mauja(fun)
- Veer – Surile Akhiyon Wale(a lil bit; thanks to Sangeetha for teaching)
- Dhanno(very little; funny)
- Khatta Meetha – Aila re Aila(fun)
- some others – tried to copy others as they were taught before I joined – just know the eye catchy and easiest steps of each song :-)
I didn’t mention to others that it was my last class except for Pavan, Rajeev and Sir. She had not turned up this week. :-( I promised Sir that I’d join once I come back if he is still conducting classes. We talked for a few minutes; he has good plans and I wish him all the very best.
I used to think that I can do anything but dance and then I walked in here. It was one of the bravest decision I made and I’m very happy about it. Now, I think I can dance.
I will miss you guys, Taj sir, the dance classes and all the fun that it was. Until we meet again… keep dancing. I will try to. :-)
PS: Sangeetha master, I owe you a treat at the juice centre. You were also absent this week, your fault. =P
A Week That Was
Last week was the crappiest of all, but it ended in a good note. It oscillated between okay to bad, bad to worse, and back to okay and then to good. First two days were uneventful and I had no clue of what lie ahead.
Wednesday was the beginning. Firstly, a brand new system welcomed me to office on Wednesday morning; they had formatted my machine without any kind of confirmation. Secondly, two priority-one production issues on Thursday and some actions taken to resolve the issues came back on Friday as a different issue. To top it all, I had to deal with it using a newly installed OS. No links, no data, no mail archives, and no software. Only notepad and the damned communicator which kept pissing me off. This whole thing happened in the same week in which I failed in a certification, which I’m not worried about, and a written test.
However, I did get some appreciation for handling the situation, but I’d have liked it more if they had understood and appreciated how difficult it was to do it with none of the required software. Another good news is that I cleared the written test last week itself in the second attempt. There was a different invigilator that day. He gave me the same topic and I wrote the exact same essay, however, keeping the review comments in mind. I cleared!
The weekend was quite eventful as well. I wrote a small bash script to download contents after 2AM. It was actually not needed, but it was long time I did something technical in my free time. I painted lord Ganesha on glass; glass painting is fun especially when you steal the materials from your brother and later act as if you are gifting him the painting. :o)
I found out some dance and music academies around my area; none amongst them are starting drums classes immediately, which is kind of sad. I might join freestyle dance classes from next week! My heart was in my mouth when I walked into the dance academies. In fact, even now, thinking about it feels no better, but I want to do it. I want to get over the inhibitions. There is a good chance that I might not join. Let me see how it goes.
PS: Please let me know if you are aware of any good schools that teach drums and freestyle dance nearby Jayadeva Hospital/JP Nagar/BTM.
