Review: SLAP Dance Studio

My deepest fear is that I'll die with no showcase-able skill.

Writing is great and all -- I'm glad that this unintentional skill landed me the opportunities I've had and taken. But you can't possibly stop a stranger and demand to pen poetry on her veins and expect to hear her gasp in delight.

And so for such a long time, I kept going for trial classes of everything. I've tried Muay Thai, Zumba, boxing, yoga and each of these times, I quit because either a) no one else wanted to join me long-term or b) I didn't like it.

So the fear of doing it alone kept me confined for the longest time.

Till today.





























I did it.

I went for my first ever baby lap class, alone!

I have been on my toes the entire fucking week. My excitement was unreal. I kept looking at SLAP Dance Studio's Instagram posts and fuck were the girls amazing. Their legs, their spins were hypnotic. My enthusiasm built and built.

And finally, I ARRIVED!

The minute I walked in, I felt out of place. 

Every girl in this trial class already has prior experience. One of the girls came over from Bobbi's Pole Studios. The other is considering switching from her current Groove Studios to SLAP. I was the only inexperienced loser.

But the experience was.. interesting.

To be perfectly honest, most of the moves were very rudimentary and nothing a drunk me at Zouk cannot pull off. But I had problems with remembering choreography and most of the body rolls. Dammit I am so inflexible its unreal.

As I said, I went alone so I tried to make friends. And they reciprocated! One of them told me she started her pole dancing classes alone too and nine months later, she's found fun friends within her class and they practice together.

I hope that becomes my story too!

Hung out with this other girl while she sorted out her classes and we are now gonna meet a week later for baby pole at the studio! My excitement is getting ridiculous I cannot wait to get back there and mount the pole.

One of the more lasting advice that my instructor gave was that we should take up multiple sports. She says pole dancing should be complemented with either running or yoga. I guess in the end, it's all to build strength and stamina.

So I rescheduled my Muay Thai trial for tomorrow!

I think I am at the most ideal point of time in my life right now. 

I feel good about myself, my boyfriend is finally the right one, my family is happy, my friends are intact, and I have a job that pays enough for me to pursue multiple interests. And this contentment gives me strength to push for more.

My pole dancing haven't even started, but I have a feeling it's going to change my life.

And I'm going to lay back and enjoy the ride.