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Min Wye doing Yoga?

Min Wye — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:23:07 +0000

Tonights post doesnt really have any direction, mainly because I had a really good blog post idea but yoga tonight totally blanked out my mind and unfortunately, the blog post idea went too. Yes, you read right…yoga, it was actually my first class too. Honestly, the only thing I knew about yoga was from my aunts back in Malaysia, doing poses that had funny names….animal names, like crane and turtle pose.

And actually, that was exactly what we did except it wasnt as corny as it first sounded, I actually came out enjoying and benefitting from the “dog”, “baby” and “cat” poses that relate to the different ways your body is positioned. By the end of the whole session, I was so relaxed that I actually fell asleep in a matter of seconds! Even the boring lectures at uni could never put me to sleep that fast!

Now, what could yoga possibly benefit my dancing? Well, not only will it increase my flexibility, it will also break the stress muscles accumulated from dancing and improve my posture while dancing. Not to mention, sometime in the future, I might be able to contend with Mary-Grace’s undeniably impossible spins:

Mary and Neil at the October Salsa Fest

by spinning in a pose like this!

Maybe I could spin in this pose one day

Till then, I will continue dreaming during yoga classes.

On my Ego

Min Wye — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:45:45 +0000

There is no easy way to talk about ones ego, even my own(Ive spent 3 days trying to start the post). Even with the fear of sounding egoistic or big-headed, I feel I have to address this issue before it gets out of hand. How do you classify someone with a big ego? How does one attain such an ego and how does one avoid it? I constantly ask myself these questions day in, day out to keep my ego in check.

Does a big ego mean you rave non-stop about myself and place yourself above all others? Does it mean you put everyone into their own class in terms of skill and only dance with the people at the same level or better? Personally, I think having a ego means I dont even try to enjoy a dance with anyone I ask or who asks me.

After dancing for about a year, I started getting compliments about my dancing, mainly about how fast I have improved over the past couple of months. This feeling of satisfaction is great but unfortunately, it gets to my head. Is this the root of an ego?

Sometimes, I feel like I am on the journey to being “big-headed”, so please feel free to bonk me on my head to knock me back into shape if I get to that stage(also an indication that youve been reading my blog)

ps: not too hard ok?

Yesterday, I got beaten up by a girl

Min Wye — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:05:28 +0000

Last night, I got smashed in the face at dancing. A stray elbow hit me right below my left eye and thankfully, there was no bruises, although I could feel it while brushing my teeth. It reminded me of one of those Looney Tunes where sylvester or the coyote gets hit and they see stars…..well, I was seeing stars after that hit, I could barely see the extremely packed Cassablanca.

Anyway, the point is, this is the kind of stuff that i go through for the love of dance :p and this is the first time i have been hit around that area. Usually, its the nose(I have a big nose) and I was getting fairly used to it. I have to say, dancing should be considered an extreme sport and its not one of those things you tell your friends about, “Yesterday, I got beaten up by a girl”.

ps-post from my trip to Sydney will be out soon, I promise