Happy Birthday ... Lin & Roslim

I love birthdays .... I love to salsa.

What more ... if it's a dance-themed birthday party !! Yeap, I attended one recently ... and I absolutely want to thank Lin and Roslim for inviting us to her party (I hope she likes our presents ...). By the way, Lin Hamid is the "super-lady" who brought Salsa Festivals to our home ground and made it affordable. Without her, I would still be looking through brochures of Hong Kong or Australia Salsa Festival .... At least now, I have MALAYSIAN SALSA FESTIVAL 2007 ... to look forward to ...



The party was held on a Wednesday night, 21st March 2007 at The Lodge, KL. The Lodge was previously a small hotel, now converted into a restaurant ... an Italian restaurant. It's located right opposite Wisma Genting, and behind Aero Bar. The Lodge consist of an indoor restaurant cum bar and another section serving patrons in a open-air concept, next to a swimming pool.


The party starts at 8pm and that's what the invitation SMS says. But as usual, we got there late...! Of course, we have good reasons to be late ... dance classes ended late, around 9:30pm. We got to The Lodge quite late, slightly past 10pm. And good thing the party was still very much alive. One thing that delighted me the most was to hear salsa music being played, the moment I stepped out of my car. My first thoughts were....

"Cool ... there's dancing !".

I mean, it's mid-week and I totally feel the need to wind down. The bosses were always at our necks looking for some certain numbers. If you're in sales, you'd know what I meant. Anyway, getting back to Lin's story ... yeah ... after all, this IS her birthday story (sorry Lin, got a little carried away as usual). As I entered the restaurant ... the first person I noticed was James Salsakaki Quah. And why not .. he is with his usual red shirt and red face, you can never miss him! Despite his "redness" .. he was still very much sober ...very much his usual self. Another glance around the dance floor, the frequent bunch... they were all there. But of course, why not? After all, it is Lin Hamid's birthday, right...

I spotted Lin right at the back so I carefully swerved and swayed my way through the dancing crowd with Lin's present in my hand. I finally handed over her the present, followed by the usual "muak-muaks" and then proceeded to start the chow-downs. And guess what, most of us agree that the food was really good! You should see Fasilito ...and Jeamie ... stuffing themselves ...

After satisfying the tummy, we moved on nearer to the dance floor. Bachata music were being played and of course ... some folks were already glued together doing their Bachata thingy. And deejay Xavier was spinning for the night. Bravo ... Xavier, for spinning some really good music that night! We rested a little more and slowly but eventually, we started moving onto the dance floor ... first for warm ups and then to "burn the floor".


I would say, it's pretty cool to be able to do some dancing during the mid-week period where work tension is at it's peak. I can't say that for all, but to me ... dancing really helps ... you may have burdens in your mind, on your back ... but once you're on the dance floor executing your next death-drop or tornado spin ... the mind is somewhat taken over. Nothing else matters ... just your dance partner and occasionally the "high heels" of the person dancing next to you ....


We left around midnight since we needed to start early the next day, unlike some folks who has the luxury of sleeping in (... yes Fasilito, I am talking about you...!). Overall, the party was fun, the food was good ... the guests are nice ...

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Lin & Roslim, you guys organized a helluva great party ! Then again, you guys always do, Don't Cha?