Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Day 18. Capoeira. Makulele. Samba. Wine. Nice.

The lull before the drizzle


yes. that is the love of my life. although you 
wouldn't have guessed it by the ever-increasing amount of
incriminating photos.


told ya.


the irony - local chinese boys playing capoeira
to remind south american expats what they miss from home.


all in all... a good day.


Wow it's been seven days of neglect to my lonesome blog
its only inhabitant - an empty shoutbox app still unapplied
i thought i figured it out while using the twitter app
and likewise with the shoutbox
it's true now that i'm in the new decade, i'm not being tsunami'd aside by progress
but i guess i feel its currents stronger on my less youthful brain-legs.

Better to wallow in things more familiar
like gaming, and capoeira, and of course it comes will circle with passion persistently always the pulse of a writer

so here goes:

a mirthful weekend indeed
full of catching-up with friends
and i was treated to a real blast from the not-so-distant-past
a restaurant full of latin americans celebrating south america day
well not that it's an official celebration
but Malaysians should soak in more of their capricious spirit
music, revelry, camaraderie
we certainly couldn't disappoint them 
and so we went

a nice pleasant roda
no pressures
a nice team of smiling capoeiristas who know that it was to be a day of fun
malandro level down
i had a rather simple couple of games in the roda
decided to give the south americans what they were looking for... Rafael
so i took over the bataria

Terry's very eager to lead the singing now
i'm still getting used to it, because not many people do it in the troupe
it's good that he's taking charge

It was pretty bread and butter
i think everyone was still lethargic from their respective long weekends 
plus it was pretty relaxed in front of a home crowd
all in all
personal roda rating - 6.5
Roda axe rating - 7

Samba was rock steady though.
Quek fell asleep at one break. But i'd rather look at it as a good thing cause we rolled with it and continued like right proper professionals.

Samba rating - 8

Juli was feeling the samba vibe
who could ask for more
fiesty brasilian free spirit, with a penchant for even more spirits free or otherwise, all in a compact chinese child-bearing woei hern-loving package
can be quite a handful
and so i was left to my own devices

in the form of Poleitia and Wei Nee
the evil twins and their rm5 wines
please see exhibit B.

All in all. A pretty great day, to savour what capoeira has always been about. Life.

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