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Due to the fact that I stupidly booked myself to go to Bangkok on the same weekend as the Tangoexposed, I managed to miss just about all the classes there were that weekend. Would have loved to have taken the ladies technique with Milena Plebs, and I heard that Tani Herrara's folk dance workshop was good too, but oh well, no use crying over spilt milk!

If anything that is seriously ANNOYING about dancing in S.E.Asia is this persistant idea of D.I's. WTF. Cannot stand it, this is the only country where I get less dances per night on average, not cool. It remains a serious issue though when girls outnumber guys along the ratio of 5:1. I'm lucky because most of my basics came from Michigan and I know what it's like to dance with a variety of guys, but for those girls starting out here, there just isn't an incentive to be sitting on your butt the whole time for 2 measly dances. Time to start leading! So much more fun.

Anyhow, took a class with Delia Hou and Sebastian Pereyra the weekend after the Festival, was a nice quiet affair with less than 10 of us, working on basics. Got complimented on my following and embellishments ^_^, yay! This was followed by champagne, tango discussions and Pelita at midnight. Reminded me a lot of the fun times at Jose's house where Tango continues beyond the actual dancing into the socializing realm.

On to the Malaysian festival!
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