Dirty Dancing

There was an article in the Sunday Papers about the actvity of dancing getting more popular in Singapore. In it they mention various forms of dance that are getting more popular, including :

1. Hip-Hop Crew
2. Ballroom Dancing
3. Salsa
4. Lindy Hoppers
5. Line Dancers

I think they may have forgotten 3 other categories.

(A) WWW

The Wii Weekend Warriors, you'll see these people over weekends or when they are entertaining friends, moving to the latest gaming moves. I've seen these opposite my flat where it can get quite comical to watch them attending to bowl, strike, punch or move with the Wii Control Stick and everyone in the room getting a good laugh. A decent workout I'm sure.

(B) GHG

The Guitar Hero Groovers. Armed with the latest Guitar gaming console, these 'Slash' wannabes would be trying to emulate the rock guitarist with their moves. I've yet to catch one of these people in action but I would imagine that it's worth a workout if you do it properly.

(C) DDRD

The Dance Dance Revolution Dancers. These Dancers can be found in the arcades doing their fancy moves on those dance machines. But now there is a home gaming version which you can actually play with or practise in the comfort and privacy of your own house.

Well I just got myself one of those Dance Dance Revolution games for the XBOX 360. I figured it would be great fun for the family to excercise to. Of course the missus keeps teasing me that I have two left feet and she'll easily whip me in any dance competition. Now this is coming from the missus who I would say can dance but has never won anything ... yet. While yours truly has actually won a dance competition and it was on ice !! Yep 1st palce and one of those moments in my life that I actually won something, it's probably also due to the fact that me and my partner did not fall down on the ice ha ha ...

Anyways we tried out the game and I would have to say it really gives you a good workout. It needed some getting used to but after the first song we got the hang of it, before that it was just hilarious watching us :) But after the third song I was exhausted and that was only at beginner level ! The missus was exhausted as well. Guess I now know why it's only for teenagers and these 2 rather 'old' aunty and uncle are way way out of shape. But overall it was really enjoyable and fun to play.

After the2nd attempt at the same song I finally beat the computer woo hooo ...... ha ha ha .....