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Many keep asking of the Yallah's photos and video, l have not got all yet, l have a copy from one of the photographers only, still waiting for the other three, as for the video, we might have to wait for another two weeks.

 I am really tight up, no time to blog as well.....l am now looking forward to my trip in another 10 hours time, l will teach classes and perform in Ho Chih Minh, l know l will surely enjoy this trip, will share with you guys here after coming back.Oh God! Thousand of things to share later, give me 1001 nights please.....

Finally, l managed to finish all---YALLAH!

The hafla Yallah was soooo excellent, everybody enjoyed the night soooo much, l am soooo excited of this!

There are soooo many excitement and photos to share, but l am still busy, have to go KL tomorrow, coma back on Monday, and travel to Vietnam on Thursday, l could not resume to my daily routine yet.....in fact, l am sooo tired physically, l definately need to take a good rest, but seems like it is quite impossible this month, alright then, l will mentally maintain my energy.....

Just a few photos to share first.....

Yes we are! And l am now looking forward to the wonderful evening with all belly dance enthusiasts!

I have to thank all my dancers, there are 41 of them in total, everyone is working hard for their dances and costumes, you know most of them are working, they have to squeeze time for all these stuffs, but they did it, they are all ready now!

I could foresee the event is great great great!

In fact l was stressful last two weeks, our VIP performer Nath has faced some problems in Canada, l have to stand by if he could not make it last minute, this is really big deal to me and all participants for both hafla and workshops, l checked his email everyday and worry so much! Luckily......finally......he managed to solve the problem and confirmed his flight to Penang, oh Thank God! He told me he is very excited of the event now, hey we all the same! 

We managed to sell 300 tickets up to now, l really relief a sigh.....you know we have so many great performers in this event, l hope to get more applause for them, they worth it, you will see it yourself if you have dated us this Saturday, if not, hurry up, don't miss this great event!

A workout student of mine joked to me that day : Conny we all said you have lagged behind, you know last time you were very strong in aerobics, you are no more agressive now, hee hee.......

But that day she was there purposely for my aerobics class, l replaced Min Yik 's class last Friday.

Ha ha all these ladies are my regular students la, they could say anything in front of me as we know each other well. Honestly, l also feel that l am not very strong in workout now, many of my workout instructors are better than me. I spend more time in dance......l wish l could have time for workout and gym too, but.....it is difficult especially when l am tight up with performances.

I prefer my students to voice out in front of me. Some of my instructors told me, they heard people telling my bad words behind, things like : You can work with Conny meh? She is very unreasonable person isn't it? I also heard that she is very fussy, selfish and stingy......

Luckily they also told me this kind of rumours is lesser nowadays, hey time proves everything, it is not necessary for me to do any clarification.

A lady gym member of Zero requested us to give her free workout classes under her gym package, she said she would only make it once a week for workout class. I told her this is impossible, it is not fair to other gym members isn't it? We recommended another package to her which allow her to utilize both workout and gym, but she was angry with this, she told me she is Zero's regular member and this is just a small request how come l could not fulfill her.....

The other workout lady approached me last week, she wanted me to extend her season card's duration { she signed up for RM120 three months package }, l told her we could only do that for pregnancy or surgery, and we need medical report on that, she then angry with my answer.........

Sigh........

I can foresee how terrible is Conny in these two lady members' mouths, just because, l could not fulfill their needs!

Luckily majority of Zero's members are understanding, if all members like these two ladies, l think l will die very soon, l will be drown by rumours!

In fact all rules and regulations are on the registration form and member cards, but this is useless to certain people, they told me aren't you the boss? You can change the rules anytime la......

What 's the point to set the rules if l could easily change it to different people's personal request?

Oh thanks God that these people are minority in Zero, l am still alive.......

Kindly visit us on our latest performance in SP 's hafla which organized by Susan.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJnN0-bpoe4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7fkQ5QEpv4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euwVcTuW8WY

Mee Mee was doing Shaabi which choreographed by Nigma from Spain, she attended her workshop in Alor Star few months ago, Mee Mee is good in this type of graceful dance, unfortunately the stage is too dark, but you can still see Mee Mee's shadow hee hee.......

If you like my 'One Night in Shanghai', don't miss my latest version 'Carmen', which is the full version of Carmen's song but without the drum solo. I believe this piece is better than my previous version :-) If you like Conny's drum solo, then visit the other piece which l do the cane dance back to back with a drum solo.

I enjoyed my own performance in this hafla, as l just have to perform, don't have to worry on this and that, there are always too much worries as an organizer. But for our coming hafla Yallah, l have already told all my staffs that l want to enjoy the performance, l will leave all back stage stuffs to them this time.

Karen Madrid is the hightlight of hafla in SP, we chat quite a lot that day, she told me when she was in Mexico, she spent a lot of time for her students choreography then end up no time to choreograph for own performance, ha ha....me too, all teachers are facing the same problem l guess....she is now very good in improvisation, hmm....l have to train myself for this too.......

I was busy for some bank stuffs and meeting people this afternoon, was thinking to do my dance reherasal in the evening as l have a performance tomorrow, l did not prepare to replace any workout class so l wear a skirt, and it happened....our shaperobics instructor Janet was not able to couduct the class on time, her car key has lost so she has to go back to her house to get the spare key, she told us she will be late for 20 minutes.......

Thus, very first time in my life, l taught a workout class with long skirt and high heels! Ha ha this is really funny.......Of course l could not workout with this attire, this is extremely weird, so, l taught with my voice - meaning, l conduct the class with instruction by mouth instead of body....Eh, the class is smart enough to follow my instruction woh, l shouted : right side, left, single, double count, move front, move back.....they were able to follow all my instructions and the whole class was synchronize, ha ha..... they were excited of this 'fresh' instruction. I asked Elaine to stand on the stage for ' shadow', but she dare not, though she did help to show proper movements to class, after the class l told her : See, you must quickily train up to be an instructor, we need you! (She is actually under training now)

Janet was blocked by police when on the way to studio because she speed, she managed to reach the studio after half an hour only, so eventually l finished the whole class with my long skirt and high heels ha ha.....Poor Janet, she told me she was really bad luck today!

In fact, the students worked harder under this situation, as l did not stay on the stage, l walked around to check and shouted beside them, so they were forced to work harder ha ha.......hmm.....think l could start a new style's workout class........of course joking only, if l do so, l scare the students will be more and more fit in the future, and Conny is the fattest in class! Wahaha........

Our kids are on Youtube now, you could watch from the website or visit : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ispq-CUn8ag, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VdR-eN39zA, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FupwAlfca0U.

 Please write some comments for the kids, appreciate that......

I am the one who video taped them, still new for my video camera, not good enough yet, l need time to make good friends with my video cam :-)

We will slowly upload more videos of workout and dance classes, please keep an eye on our website.

我不能说'动地吟'很好看, 毕竟吟诗作对不是热门的事, 但是, 我相信那一个晚上, 所有表演者感动了台下的每一个人 , 都说诗人是爱国的, 我从这场演出中得到了印证!

演出中, 我数次控制眼泪, 我们都是马来西亚的华人, 这一条路, 实在走得艰辛啊! 所以我常说马来西亚的华人很棒, 我们从祖宗那儿学得最多的, 是'忍耐'两个字, 这两个字, 让我们活了下来, 可是, 同时, 它也让我们活得没有希望! 我们是否应该继续传承这项美德?

估计当晚有一千个观众吧? 这样的反应让我很感动, 原来在槟城, 还有很多人和我一样喜爱文学, 深爱自己的语言和文化. 虽然, 我身边的许多人已几乎忘了本, 但是感谢这个活动, 它让我重新看到希望!

诗人并不很会吟诗, 可做的诗都是好的. 友弟的词曲唱是水准之作, 让人惊喜. 共享空间的舞蹈演出带出了整晚的气氛........这场演出有点冗长沉闷, 可是诚意十足, 观众都很投入, 难得, 难得啊!

Many told me l slim down a lot recently, hmm.....l guess so, actually l eat a lot , and have to eat a lot, l need energy for my tough training......

November is my busy month, after hafla, l will go KL for a performance, the organizer wants me to do a Chinese dance, l wish l can, l really miss my Chinese dance a lot, but time concern, l might not have time to choreograph, thus, l have not decided which dance to do yet. Middle of the month l will go Vietnam and be back end of the month. Luckily yet unfortunately, l will postpone my Switzerland's trip to next year [ l will travel to Germany, French and Spain from there, aiyo money money money! ], l feel sorry to my kids, have to cancel the whole month's classes, they will sure miss me and the dance.........sorry to my workout and dance students too, sorry sorry sorry......

I started to show hafla's finale to class, l need all to participate in this finale show, some students are still shy to move, they shake for a while then standing there, sigh.......l don't understand why it is so difficult to improvise in dance, you just move the way you feel like to, nobody is looking at you as everybody is dancing, l joked to my beginner 3's class just now : please don't be ' Ah Mah', we are ladies of new generation isn't it ? Be yourself and show yourself. This group is sporting, l am sure they will enjoy the finale with me. Hey all belly dancers who go hafla, please dance with us in the finale, we just want to let go, don't think too much ok? Just dance, that simple!

I believe, eveything is 'clean' and simple in kids eyes, they don't think too much, they just follow their own feeling to see, to feel and express - that simple.

I knew this from many years ago, l am a beautiful teacher in my kids students' eyes, ha ha.....this really make me happy you know. Yesterday, while teching kids' dance class, l asked the kids to write the word beautiful with their body language, then l asked them : Who is beautiful? They all soon pointed to me and said it out together : You are beautiful! Ha ha ha ha , l then laugh laugh laugh......

Do you know why l am beautiful in their eyes? Not because l am really beautiful, but simply because -  they like me, they like this teacher who can dance and teach them dancing, who always play and joke with them like a big kid, you know the class is always full of laughters....and l know my kids are always looking forward to the dance class. From many years ago, my kids mother already told me : My daughter is looking forward to next dance lesson every time right after finish the previous lesson.......

If you are very good looking, but they don't like you, they won't agree with your beauty, instead they will comment to you that you are ugly, they have different judgement from we adults. I think kids like me, because they know l like them very much, this cannot be hide. I like kids because they are such simple, that simple, it is so nice to get along with them.

One of our workout mambers Elain 's 4 years old twins even told me this : You are so cute! Wahaha, they really cheer me up up up, 5 stars!

I always think, we adults should learn from them, make things simple, think simple and live simple.....well, but when they grow up, they will not be simple anymore, like us, sigh......