Oh my god, I just couldn't wait to share this video with everyone even before I finished watching the video! I truly love the way the dance make me feel when I watched her dance. She is so natural and young! Oh my my.. She is just wonderful!

I am not really sure what her name is, but looking at the title of the video, I'm guessing it's Basharina Alina. She is a Russian & was only 10 years old when the video was taken. She won first place in the World Cup Children Bellydance Competition in 2007. And this was the video taken from the event.

Enjoy!

Otto (?? - 14 Nov 2008) was an Ottocincla or Ottocinclus algae eater that we've bought to help with the algae. It was our first ottocincla and we found it to be a very special fish in the tank because it was the fish that befriended a different species of fish in the tank.

We bought these 2 friends together, that was otto & bino (an albino corydoras). Otto was black, while Bino is white (Bino is still alive). Because both of them are quite expensive, so, we bought only 1 of each, rather than a pair. Bino is to help with food dropped to the bottom of the tank.

Nath Keo has just left Penang this morning. I believe all of us here will miss him alot! He is truly a great performer and teacher. When he told us that his performances in the Yallah hafla was fully improvised, I was in awe! "Gosh! How did he do that?!"

He has very sharp, clean, even, subtle, mesmerizing, hypnotic hips; Great body movements and a good sense of humour! His workshops were filled with lots of laughter and sharing. We had so much fun learning from him!

I had a great weekend last week. It was heaps of fun, excitement, lots of cheering, dancing and learning.. There was so much energy and excitement then, but once everything was over, I felt so tired! I've used up all my strength. Lucky for me, I don't have to go to work! So, today, I slept in the afternoon for 4 straight hours!! I need to replenish my energy.. .

Last night, we had a chance to dance for a band of pirates at Gurney Drive. They were some nasty looking pirates with scars on the face, long twisted hair, sword and cigars. Boy, they looked scary.. But lucky for us, they were well-disciplined and treated us like ladies. .