Joebreaker is the blog of a 20-yr old Pinoy student whose major failure is trying to balance his acad life with his social life. He's been learning shear forces and hydraulic equations while spending time with his buddies over bottles of beer or just killing each other off in a friendly game of DotA/Warcraft III - which explains why his allowance is usually gone by the middle of the week.
The chance of a person being struck by lightning is 1/3000000.
Tuesday night. Because I was bored and prolly because I wanted to do something to divert me from the monotonous reviewing and recalling formulas, I chilled. I got my headphones and listened to the few groovy music on my phone. You know how it is when you listen to these catchy tunes - somehow they get to your brain and your brain sends signals to your muscles to perform reflex actions, whatever they’re called. So in a few seconds I was rocking my head to the tune. My shoulders went next. I began tapping my feet. But as I anticipated what movement I might do next, a frustrating realization hit me. That’s the best I could do: rock my head, move my shoulders, tap my feet. I can’t dance.
Sure. I can bust a cool, chillin’ and freezing move. But only on that PS game Bust-a-groove. Nope not even on Dance Dance Revo, sorry. Being more of the nerd-indoor-type, I don’t really have the knack for dancing. Though in high school I succeeded in mastering the moves of Mambo No. 5 and a couple of Broadway and modern pop dances for our field demo, nothing followed. As I grew up I realized that in this art I’m more of the observer than the performer. It fits because I can only imagine myself performing supercool moves- something that can’t really happen in reality. Or maybe it can, who knows?
I’ll treat everyone I know to a burger if I can be as good as Justin Timberlake. What are the chances, right? Do you think you’d be struck by lightning first before this happens? Hehe.
Peace out.
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PS Somehow I think I can manage to dance. If you call flinging your arms around and looking like a total idiot dancing, then yes, maybe I can really dance after all.
PPS I’ve always wanted to do something like this.
Jun 26, 2008 at 14:37:30
Hey! I’ve seen you dance na kaya! LOL. Pero, drunk ka yata nun. Pero, that counts as dancing diba? Heehee.
Jun 29, 2008 at 02:42:41
Of course you can be as good as Justin Timberlake!
Jun 29, 2008 at 05:44:19
Aha! I’ve been through the flailing-arms-dance phase myself — but, around March just this year, I started watching a couple of dance instruction vids on YouTube. While I can’t break it like the ones in the vid you posted, here’s a couple of things to note:
1. Most “South” songs (yung nauuso dito) have a 1-2-3 beat. Listen to the drums — number 3’s always a “big” move. (That’s called a snap dance)
2. Notice how dancers look like they’re always into their dancing? (Notice the hoods / cap most of the time?) DON’T LOOK AT ANYONE when you dance. Look down, para ‘di obvious.
3. How tall / thin are you? If you’re tall, you don’t have to do the big arm sways and what-not; if you’re thin, you could try wearing baggy clothes to cover that. (It adds a sort-of optical illusion to your movements.)
4. Practice! Look for new dance moves in YouTube to add to your arsenal of moves. Freestyle rawks, but if you know a couple of steps, you’ll do just fine.
Hope that helps. It was nice meeting you!
Jul 2, 2008 at 18:13:45
APIR TATAY!
mana pala ako sayo.
ahihihi.