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Archive for September, 2009

I saw this video at Facebook. I was curious about it when I read the comments of the people who viewed it. So I also watched it and I find the video very interesting. At first you wouldn’t thought its a shampoo commercial because the story was so touching. I like this video very much and thought of sharing it with you too. You can leave a comment and share about your opinion.  Enjoy watching!

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I thank God for giving me the opportunity to visit Tagaytay City last week. It was my first time to visit the place and I enjoyed my visit there. I also thank God for the nice accommodation we had. We stayed at Christian Development Center located at Tagayatay Country Home 3. It was a nice place for conferences and retreats. The food was also superb! They serve healthy foods which is really good for the body.

One of the best things I enjoyed about the city was the place itself. Everywhere you see, you will always find the place lovely. Your eyes will be filled with shades of green showing you the real beauty of nature. The photo above is one of the photos I took during the travel. Noticed the green mountains, trees, grass and everything? Truly wonderful!

My nickname is Boogie and I’m sure my parents got my name from this famous dance. What is this dance anyway?

I searched online and according to Wikipedia, the name boogie-woogie is used mostly in Europe; the closest thing in the US is probably East Coast Swing. What today is called boogie-woogie would during the 1950s have been called rock’n'roll. The term boogie woogie is confusing; the dance can be danced to the music style called boogie-woogie but is most often danced to rock music of various kinds. The name was taken since the name rock’n'roll used in competition dance was already taken by a highly acrobatic dance form. Boogie woogie as a competition dance is a led dance, not choreographed, and contains no acrobatic elements.

The usual step variation of this dance is a six beat dance pattern, usually cued as “step, step, tri-ple step, tri-ple step”, with words “step” taking a whole beat and pieces “tri” and “ple” together taking one beat. Triple forms a syncopated step, where “ple” is typically somewhat delayed from being in the half way between the beats, which matches the syncopated music used in boogie-woogie has also counts like “one” “two” “one” “two” “three”.