I wanna Watch Step-Up 3D!
Ain't no hip hop dancer and won't claim that I'm a bloody good dancer too but one thing for sure is I love Dance related movies, yup, any movies related to dance, I've watched them at least 3 - 4 times over. Step Up and Step Up 2, I've lost count the number of times I've watched those. Now with →
mikeyip.com aka Noob Dancer dance with Ms. Jacy Part 2
More dancing video captured of mikeyip.com dancing. This one was shot at Pat's Birthday Celebration at The Palace by non other than our SIFU. The Pro Dancer here is Jacy dancing with me, the noob.
Maestro Caliente Pat Calzadilla Birthday Celebration @ The Palace
Pat of Ritmo Latino celebrated her Birthday in Style at The Palace on Tuesday (3rd Aug) with her students and friends in the way we knows it. The Caliente Salsa way! After she got herself settled down, camwhore a bit and all, the celebration got under way the salsa way. Pat was escorted to the middle of the dance floor where →
Cowboys Hitting The Dance floor
While majority of the KLites are either at MTV World Stage 2010 at Sunway Lagoon or at the Heineken Green Room, there are also some of us who prefer to just hang out with a bunch of friends at Modesto's in CapSquare for our regular Salsa Night. As there are some of you who asked me why I don't post →
mikeyip.com aka Noob Dancer dance with Mz. Jacy
Recorded by Richard da Chef at Paradiso quite a few weeks back and found on facebook, decide to download it, embed it in here to share with everyone. Go ahead, laugh at the goofy way I dance salsa.
mikeyip.com dancing the Salsa captured on video
If you were wondering how sucky I dances Salsa, well wonder no more as I stumbled upon this video captured by my friend using his Canon compact camera recently at our usual Salsa Social at Paradiso@The Lodge. Hope you enjoy the video and had a good laugh at the way I dances.
Salsa Social @ Penang
Since I started getting active dancing Salsa about 3 months back, I've been getting a constant flow of messages from random people asking me about where to go for salsa when they are in this particular area or in that particular area. Well, for those of you heading up to Penang, hope this helps. I was in Penang during the 2nd →
Of Friends & Gatherings & Dancing
Sometimes, the simplest things in life makes our days just nice and bright. It's been a long week for me with plans and other things to sort out and complete that I thought would just continue til the weekend. Then a message on Facebook and a call came that brings a smile to my face. A friend decide to just →
Of Badminton and of Pasar Malam
It's been quite a long while since I last played Badminton, so long so that i have yet to get used to the new point system that is employed at the court. It has been a fun outing of sort being dragged out of the house by a bunch of friends I made in the Salsa Social Scene. Good friends →
Salsa Social @ ShivZ Grill
Another place has open up it's floors to Salsa dancing on Sunday, for those of you wondering where to go on a Sunday to dance. Check out Shiv's Grill located in Bangsar. It faces the main road, just a few doors away from Maybank. Crowd starts trickling in at 10pm and the dance floor will start to fill up by →
Salsa Social @ Paradize Bar & Lounge
Friday night, decide to check out Paradize Bar & Lounge @ The Lodge after I drop her off for work. With a bit of time to waste until she's done with work. What better place to go than to go dance salsa for a few hours, giving myself a good sweat along the way right? This is the first time I →
Jaycee’s Birthday Celebration @ The Palace
Birthday celebrations occurs on a regular basis, everyone has a birthday and everyone will have their own ways of celebrating. Among the salsa dancers in Malaysia though, especially among the group I hangs out with. We have a tradition, a practice of sort that we do every time someone has a birthday. The standard birthday cake and birthday song will be →
Salsa Night at Modesto’s @ CapSquare
It was a Saturday night and it was an night for some dance. After the closure of Salsa Havana, it's Modesto's @ CapSquare the place to be at. Hitched a ride with Shahril as he stays near my place and reached the venue at 11pm and the dance was just getting started. Many faces that I've not met with for a long →
Wednesday Night Salsa @ Aliyaa
It has been awhile, almost 2 years since I last step into a dance hall to dance. The last time I stepped into a dance club would be about a year and half back and that was also for a meeting and not really for dancing. And so, last night, I decided to head over to Aliyaa to dance a →
Salsa Night
It's been awhile since I last step into a Salsa Club and it sure felt good going to Salsa Havana last Saturday. Many familiar faces and familiar songs that rocked the night away. One of the reason I went was to catch up on things on the Salsa Congress side. All is looking good. The event planning side is coming →
The Passing of Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar
Was informed by a fellow Salsa dancing friend about the passing of Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s, He was 81. The mambo legend passed away Tuesday at the Sinai Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Miami, said Barbara Craddock, his longtime dance partner. Craddock described his cause of death as heart failure but →
Dejavu
A great stress reliever aside from alcohol is dance, well, to me it is. These days, aside from dancing and futsal, I don't do much other type of exercise or sports related activity. With work piling up and deadline getting near, I start to feel the pressure of it all, not that it's bad, I like it actually as it →
Salsa for Life!
Wednesday was quite memorable as we've a huge group of Salsa dancers from all over the Klang Valley coming together at Hush Bangsar to dance as well as donate to a good cause. Ticket sales, cupcakes as well as food from Hush went on sale to the patrons of the place as well as to the dancers in the hope →
Dancing the night away
It's been 2 months since I last got into Salsa Havana due to the things I've been doing outside of dancing. I've to admit that Saturday was the day I wanted to just laze at home and watch some EPL games but thanks to some friends who's persuasion is very good, I got off my lazy ass, changed and drove →
Don’t Panic! & Salsa @ Aliyaa
It was a weird combo but yah, I was invited to Aliyaa for Don't Panic's party and at the same time, the first of the social Salsa dancing nights was held at Aliyaa as well. Kind of weird to have a drinking/indie band performance party going on downstairs and salsa dancing on the upstairs. Somehow, it all worked out just fine, →
Meeting Antonio Vargas
Sunday night, I had the privilage of meeting the Dance Maestro behind Mission Impossible 2, Strictly Ballroom as well as Tiempos Mejores. That’s none other than Mr. Antonio Vargas himself. Born in Casablanca, Antonio Vargas was attracted to Flamenco at a very early age. His inborn musicality could equally have drawn him to become a concert cellist or a percussionist. →
ANTONIO VARGAS @ WhiteRoom Bilique this SUNDAY!!
Taken from Mambochinita... We have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST in town this weekend and he will be coming to The WhikeRoom Bilique tomorrow night! Antonio Vargas, one of the grandmasters of SPANISH FLAMENCO will be dropping by to chill at our Sunday social while on holiday in KL. Senor Vargas has an impressive resume that spans a couple of decades. He is →
Gerardo Rosales & Our Latin Groove
The World Latin Salsa Congress is just around the corner and the excitement is building up in Penang especially Tanjung Bungah Hotel where the event will be held. One of the most looked forward to aspect of the event other than the workshop is the LIVE BAND that’ll be entertaining all Salsa dancers at the Beach Party on Saturday night. This year, →
Bachata Workshop with Zain
On Saturday, Whikeroom Bilique had a guest all the way from San Francisco. He's none other than Zain Khandwala of RicaSalsa. A professional Salsa and Bachata instructor and Performer, Zain came by Malaysia in his travels to check out the scene here and decided to have a short Bachata workshop to cater to some of the curious minds here. The whole →
