So, I got the name of the song from the DJ on a piece of paper and put it in my friends hand bag, subsequently forgot about it. Since then, I have been searching for that song or even any Japanese Bachata music to no avail.

Finally, after 5-6 months of searching, I decided sent the DJ an email and she sent me the song!

Maybe, I will save you 5-6 months of searching =)
Unknown Japenese Bachata Song
Right-click and click “save target as..” to save it.

If you know any Japanese Bachata Songs, send me an email. Im interested in listening to it.

For my non-Dancer readers

If you have no idea what Bachata is, I have a video of it here

According to my housemate, the name of the original song(most latin songs are remixed/redone with latin beats) is Fukuyama Masaharu – Sakurazaka. Heres the vid, enjoy =)

Note: I found out that the song is actually Bolero but at the same time, read that Bachata did come from Bolero and in the early days was danced to bolero music. Due to my lack of awareness of bolero music, I was lead to believe this was a bachata. That said, if I were to hear this song in the clubs, I would still dance bachata to this because I have no idea how to Bolero.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

and my list:

1. I spend alot of time dancing, classes on monday and tuesday nights, social dancing from thursday till sunday. My dance styles include LA style Salsa, Bachata and a little Zouk. My latest interest is West Coast Swing inspired by Jordon and Tatiana.
2. Im not embarrased about people knowing that I have watched all 6 seasons of Sex and the City or even all 7 seasons of Gilmore Girls. In fact, Rory(Alexis Bledel) is my favourite actress cause she is cute although I feel she can only play 1 type of character…Rory Gilmore.
3. I played Ice Hockey for a total of 4 years in a tropical country(Malaysia) which only has 2 seasons, summer and rainy seasons.
4. I am the black sheep of the family, I was sent to government Malay primary school(Kampung Tunku) whereas my younger brother and sister was sent to chinese primary school.
5. On that same note, I am also the only person on my mother’s family(cousins and rellies) side who does IT and have little creative ability. Everyone else in the family are either accountants or musicians.
6. 
7. One of my biggest worries when I started photography was that I would look like an Asian tourist or be labelled as a perv.
8. I have never been “ching chong chao”d or “ni hao”d(the most common words a drunk person would say to you if you were chinese) before while carrying my camera.
9. I am 20% deaf on my right side. I have always been labelled as deaf and now I have an excuse.
10. I am embarrased to admit that I play World of Warcraft and have setup parental controls on myself in fears that I will not be able to control myself again.
11. When World of Warcraft first came out, I would spend 8 hours a day playing the game(I was at uni and had the time) and accrued a total 60 days playing time, that means I played a total 1440hours and decided to quit and that lasted for 2 years before I started again, Im playing way less now and more on a casual basis now(with the help of parental control(I control my own parental control))
12. I currently have a full time job in a software company called CareerHub and run a web design/photography freelance business on the side.
13. I aim to be financial free and full time job free to focus on my business/s.
14. I love singing although Im horrible at it and resort to whistling while Im at work much to my colleagues demise.
15. I would live with my parents if I had the choice. Its cheaper and it enables me to be financially free sooner than later.
16. My biggest expenditure is food.
17. Ive been referred to by many names since young, Chan(my surname) during primary school, Min Wye during high school. During pre-university, my programming teacher gave me the name “Nathan” which i continued to use when I came to Australia, I introduced myself as Nathan because Min Wye was hard to remember and since then, I converted back to Min Wye for a short while and up till now, Min.
18. I will respond to all the names above, Min Wye, Nathan, Min, Chan.
19. My name is pronounced “Ming Wai”, there is an invisible ‘g’ and in most cases, people who know me by name pronounce my name as such “Min Wei”.
21. One day, I would like to have a family with 2 kids, a boy and girl.
22. My father passed away when I was 9 years old. My fondest memory of him was of him sitting in my brother and my room accompanying us to sleep. Although it was to make sure we go to sleep rather than stay up and play, the quiet time of him sitting against the wall while waiting for us to fall sleep is precious to me.
23. You could attribute my liking for dance, gilmore girls, sex and the city amongst other things to the fact that I grew up with my cousins who were all girls and raised by my Mom.
24. Even due to no23, I am very much straight and have never needed to question my sexuality. 
25. If you didnt notice or wondering, I skipped 20 on purpose so I only needed to think of 23 facts about me. Im sneaky like that.

Im also sneaky that if you are read through all 25, you are tagged to write 25 things about yourself. My justification is, if you took the time and effort to read all 25 things about me, I will want to read about you too.

Post the link in my comments or trackback to my site if you have done it. I would like to read it and possibly get to know my readers better =)

and the best thing about the performance, Duncan didnt take off his shirt =)

Now that you are all confused, let me explain =)

While dancing with Julie last weekend, our discussion led me to believe that if dance styles were cakes, those would be what their cake counterparts will be.

Zouk, Cheese Cake, I LOVE cheesecake, especially blueberry cheesecake with a biscuit base. However, you cant eat too much cheesecake! its too rich and should be taken in moderation. In similar fashion, I love zouk! but I dont enjoy dancing it too much and like to dance it in moderation, perhaps 2-3 times a night. In case you have no idea what Zouk is(video below by Kadu and Larissa from Rio Rythmics):-

Salsa, chocolate cake. You can never have enough chocolate cake and its always sweet and consistent tasting. Honestly, I dont like chocolate cake as much as cheesecake but I sure cant stop eating it. Similarly, Salsa is forever consistent and I get a kick out of it everytime and I cant stop no matter how hard I try. Salsa Video(shamelessly plugging myself >.< honestly cant compare to the other 2 videos ):

Bachata, Tiramisu. I only eat this once in a blue moon and it is very hard to find Tiramisu that tastes fantastic. Not only is it rare to find good tasting Tiramisu, it is also very personal and the taste differs from person to person. In the same way, Bachata is in most cases played every 5-10 songs(that is considered infrequent) but when it is played, I will only dance it with someone I have danced with before because to me, Bachata is very personal and passionate, something I could not do with a total stranger. Heres why(video):-

Suffice to say, I love cake, and I also love dancing.Here is my list again

Zouk = Cheese Cake
Salsa = Chocolate Cake
Bachata = Tiramisu

What is the cake to your dance style?

My comparisons of dance styles to cakes are my personal opinion. These are not uniform in the dance scene.