Swing!

My Zen: Vision M has finally arrived on Wednesday and its arrival has heralded the start of my unhealthy sleeping hours. On the 1st day, didn't sleep until 3am and had to go to work the next day and of course I was late. The 2nd day was the same story. I really wanted to download all my music and videos in player!! And well.. To my utter disappointment.. I couldnt' convert DVDs to Mpeg format for storage in the player :( couldn't watch my new DVDs on the go.
Still trying to figure out.
My faithful shuffle has been taken by my dad whom I doubt knows how to use it at all. It was a fantastic jogging companion when I jogged alone, pity my new Zen player is too bulky to take on jogging trips. Jogging is gonna be a silent activity from now on. Like when was the last time I went jogging anyway?? Dance has taken over my form of exercise.
I'm addicted to swing.
The turns, the quicksteps, the fluid motion of the dancers (can't say so for myself, hardly fluid!)
Partner dancing is fun, fun, fun! It's challenging and whenever I can do the dance step or dance without mishap to my partner's feet, I get this sense of achievement. ButI have this really bad habit, I'm too busy looking at my feet to notice my frame or my partner. OOps... But, so far all my classmates have been quite encouraging even when I mess up. The guys definitely have it worse, coz all girls have to worry about during dancing is looking good. Thing is, I feel free when I'm dancing. Free to move, free from my thoughts, everything's gone. All's that left is the music and whoever I'm dancing with. I used to have the notion that partner dancing is something really personal or weird to do with a total stranger. But, I guess it doesn't really matter. It's kinda like a handshake, you don't have to know a person to shake somebody's hand. It' s not something that's only meant for couples.
Hope I get to stay for swing fest this week. Swing fest is an after class dance thing where people from all levels come to dance the night away. Minus the alcohol and disco lights, they play pleasant music and people dance really stylishly. Danced with an experienced dancer once, I was so lost.... .... Kinda embarassing too, coz I really didn't know what step he was trying to guide me into. I don't follow leads very well. Talk about communication problems.
My braces are getting to be less of bother as each day passes, that's a really good thing. If it's still as uncomfortable, I really don't know what I'll do. There's still this sharp bracket that keeps cutting my lip. Darn annoying. Can't believe that 6 weeks has went by, it's time to visit the dentist again on Wed and I'll definitely tell her to do something about that troublesome bracket.
Oh yea, and I've stopped working at BT. Last Fri was my last day at work. Took some photos with my colleagues and my boss still wants me to come back if I decide that slacking is too boring. I'm surprised. Haha. Hardly have I ever got employers who invite me back. It rarely happens. Met some nice people there, although the culture at BT is..... errrrggh. It's not a place whereby you can smell the aroma of freshly baked bread or get endless supply of bread. I've been deceived by the name Breadtalk. The turnover rate of staff there is so high that, I've worked longer than some of the permanent staff.
And tis the lighter side of life.