Giddy Tigers

It goes without saying that I love music. Everything and anything to do with music works for me. I love singing, I love operas, musicals, playing the piano, and yes, I have loved dancing for as long as I have known. In school, I participated in dance items for the annual school concerts. I remember playing the part of a flamenco dancer, wearing a chili-red frilly skirt and a white lacy blouse, holding a pretty fan for effect (yes, I still have that picture!). I was also caught up in that whole Debbie Gibson era, and I can see myself now dancing to the rhythm of Electric Youth. I even choreographed the entire dance sequence, together with a good girl friend of mine!

Aahhh…those were fantastic memories that would be etched in my mind forever.

The one genre of dance I did not explore fully was ballet. When I was a little girl, I did take up ballet classes, but somewhere along the line, the interest fazed out, unfortunately. A few years later when I was older, my classmate (who did take up ballet) related stories to me about bleeding toes and torn ballet shoes, all a result of ballet practice. How I wish now that that had not deterred me to pursue ballet to another level. A ballet performance is such a riveting one to witness. There’s something fascinating about watching lithe and graceful ballet dancers moving to the music of Swan Lake, twirling effortlessly in a pirouette in unison in all their pink tutus and beautifully extending their arms in an arabesque, with hair perfectly coiffed up in a bun.

If only I had taken ballet a few levels further, I could be one of those ballerinas. Well, maybe I can still play pretend and buy a tutu and a pair of shoes? Maybe.

My back aches. I felt the pain last night as I was drifting off to sleep, but I tried to dream the pain away. I don’t think it is caused by age… hehe… I am still very young, if I might say so myself.  Maybe it’s because I did too much housework (yeah, right)…but hubby says it is because Ethan is getting heavier.  Well, it could very well be the stress and tension from work too.

Whatever the reason, I could really do with some therapeutic massage. Come to think of it, it has been close to a year that I have stepped into a spa. Oh, what I would give for a long, relaxing aromatherapy massage followed by a relaxing laze around in a jacuzzi or hot tub. In fact, I would also welcome the idea of swimming in one of these Hydropool swim spas.  Imagine the good that would do for me!  In what is known as hydrotherapy, water is touted to relax muscles and help us unwind, and with these swim spas, I can kill two birds with one stone: exercise and relax AT the same time!