Of late, i have been exposed to this dance called salsa (and taking lessons too) and its associated dance like bachata and margarita(okok,magarita is a drink)
Coming from a rebel clubbing background, dancing with pre-defined steps always seem somewhat conformist…. The last time i dance with steps was the quickstep at tea dance in the now defunct Rumours and Fire.
Anyway, one interesting thing i note about salsa is that sometimes it seems a fertile ground for erm…. interesting buayas…
On Xmas eve, was with Mr D and Ms R(who are paktoring with each other), a lame buaya cut in from nowhere in a somewhat intrusive manner and ask Ms R to dance. Ms R politely declined saying she dunno salsa. And Guess what this buaya tried to do? He start showing some basic steps to MS R offering to teach her…. Wahlau… wanna teach salsa can go sign up for instructor course lor, why so troublesome, come here to find students!
Then there was this incident when this smallish puny chap just cut in front of me when i was in the middle of a conversation with a member of the female species…like i was invisible! I mean, here i am thinking whether i should lose weight and some guy cannot see me??? At least acknowledge me and say "eggcue me" or something lah!
Speaking of "eggcue me"(excuse me), i have always felt that singaporeans have a habit of using ""eggcue me" when they mean "SIAM AH".
Now now actually, the local equivalent of "eggcue me" is "OEI"
In angmorland: "excuse me,could you pass the salt?"
In singaland: "oei, can pass the salt"
There you go, singlish 101………"eggcue me" = oei, NOT "Siam"
The rantings have begun……….
