lately i've been ridiculously nostalgic ---- of my dancing days. i went to my school earlier this week, to witness yet even more changes to the edifice and to meet my old dance coach for a hot cup of tea and a much needed catch-up session. walking into the same dance room where i spent a good proportion of my teenage life and watching fresh, young and confused pre-teens (including my sister!) stumbling in to develop their own passion for dance made me tear up. during their practice i helped them with their moves and perfected their technique which re-instigated my desire to dance that i had shut myself to since i left school. oh how much i miss dance, choreographing, finding the rhythm of the music within me, the stage, performing, costumes, stage make-up, waiting with anxiety back-stage, the whole shabang! it's been a little over two years since i last stepped onto a stage. at this point it's not even about performing anymore as it is about geting to dance; learning choreography and moving every muscle in me till i collapse from exhaustion (and my lack of exercise along with a deteriorating stamina!).
i've decided that this year when i go back to Uni, i'm for sure looking into some dance schools and dance classes in Birmingham that i can go to a couple days a week. what used to be my entire life, my escape is not even an afterthought anymore and i'd really really like to change that. especially when an escape is what i need the most back in BirmingHELL.
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fresh seafood dinner on the first night on a cliff by the sea in Tanah Lot
infamous Bali stone carvings at Le Meridien in Tanah Lot (where we stayed for the first two nights)
my room from the outside at Le Meridien
the golf course at Le Meridien, on macro mode
the Tanah Lot Temple in the distance, from Le Meridien
white stone carvings that you can find in almost every street in Bali
chickens! and little chicks that were too fast for me to capture
i fell in love with this little old man who very enthusiastically posed for me when i asked him for a photo
the Sacred Monkey Forest Sactuary
the temple inside the Sacred Monkey Forest Sactuary
the Ubud Palace
the Ubud Palace
stone carvings at the Ubud Palace
market by the Ubud Palace
Balinese cultural dance on the beach
fresh seafood dinner on the beach at Jimbaran; probably the best seafood i have ever eaten in my entire life!
ah, a relaxing little hut on a cliff overlooking the sea at Le Meridien
the main entrance of Le Meridien
religious offerings: they had these all over the place in Bali; flowers and others in flat, banana leaf boxes
a religious procession taking place at the Tanah Lot Temple
market by the Tanah Lot Temple
the Tanah Lot Temple
the Tanah Lot Temple
colourful! at the market outside the Tanah Lot Temple
the Taman Ayun Temple in Ubud
the Taman Ayun Temple in Ubud
a random street in Bali
the view from outside my room at Bali Handara; a hotel and golf course up on the hills (where we stayed on our last night)
the view from outside my room at Bali Handara
pretty, pretty colours; at the Garuda Wisnu Cultural Park
the ginormous Garuda at the Garuda Wisnu Cultural Park
the ginormous Wisnu at the Garuda Wisnu Cultural Park
right outside the airport in Denpasar
a beautiful, beautiful sunset in the sky on my way back to KL
