Family Earth Hour

Our family just emerged from an hour of darkness (save for the street light and our 4 glasses of gel candles) in support of Earth Hour 2009.

Both our neighbours on either side of us also supported the movement but sad to say not the rest of the street.

My 3 boys were pretty excited about the event, the youngest (just 2 years old) of course didn't understand what was going on and was particularly fascinated by the gel lights. Justin (9) and Brandon (13) played games like shadow figures and riding on 'horsie' with their baby brother.

Ethan...totally captivated by my home-made gel light

My Dad took the time to meditate while Mom relaxed and just enjoyed the cool night. Hubby and I also relaxed and sat back to enjoy the hour (but all the while keeping a watchful eye over the children). We were lucky to be blessed with a cool night as it had rained heavily during the evening.

Earth Hour Malaysia

Malaysians Unite! Make a stand, do your part...as a Malaysian....as a citizen of the World. Submit your vote against global warming by supporting Earth Hour this 28th of March at 8:30pm local time.

How? Check it out at www.earthhour.org.my and register your vote as well.  

Let's, together, make a difference.

Warren Buffet's Advice for 2009

I received an email with the above title, recently, from an online friend and felt I should share it here with you. Wise words indeed from the second richest man on earth (after Bill Gates apparently), who has to date donated USD31 billion (85% of his fortune) to charity.

As the whole world, and we Malaysians, brace for an economic downturn in 2009 and perhaps further beyond this year, it would serve us well to heed and practise the advice given by Warren Buffett.

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."

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Cato Larsen In Town - 15 August 2009!

Hello everyone. If you've dance the following dances like AM I, BELLA BELLA, BURNING....etc, and loved it, then you MUST mark your calendar for August 15, 2009! Why? Because Cato Larsen will be in town to conduct workshops.

The event is organised by the FunStompers and this is the email they sent to me:

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS EVERYONE! We are SO excited to announce that on AUGUST 15, 2009, we will host CATO LARSEN from Norway at our BIG BASH in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

We are sure you won't want to miss this, so plan on being here to join us. We would love to see you on the dancing floor enjoying yourself. Make sure to pass this along to anyone you want to be here for a great day of dancing.

WHERE: Taman Tun Dr Ismail Community Hall, Jalan Athinahapan, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

WHEN: Saturday, August 15, 2009

TIME: Full day with workshops and party all night long. See attached programme for more details.

Contact margaret_lee_my@yahoo.coo for the Showcase Competition.

Dances: Please write to me early for dance requests.

The Big Bash is a new and exciting mega event. Take the opportunity to sign up for the early bird promotion.

We look forward to seeing you.

Best regards,

Margaret

For more information, get in touch with Margaret Lee directly or check it out at their website: www.funstompers.com

My Love Is True - VIDEO

I finally got the video edited and am posting it here to complement the previous post, where the stepsheet for the above new dance of mine was shown.

I will be putting the video on Youtube as well but for this blog I decided to upload directly from my computer rather than link to Youtube, for reasons well understood by line dancers at this point of time.

About the video:
It's divided into 3 sections..
Section 1: Group demo
Section 2: Solo demo
Section 3: Demo on how to end the dance as described on the stepsheet.

Enjoy!