As the title suggests, this looks set to be a very busy week. And If I'm honest, it is already scaring me before it has even begun... I have two books to read and an essay worth 50% of my module to complete. I also have to look up "two ideal jobs" for a course I'm taking on work experience and options after my PGCE. But if that wasn't enough I also have a ridiculous amount of additional commitments.
For those that know me they'll also know that I love dancing.
I love disco dancing. I love Salsa dancing. I love Dirty Dancing [the movie guys, get your heads out of the gutter), but I have not yet taken my it upon myself to learn Bollywood. This week is one hell of a hands-on dancing class. As of Monday 5pm I will be meeting EVERY evening next week to learn 3 bollywood dances before I have to perform them onstage at my university on Wednesday 21st March. Nerves would be an understatement! The girl that's teaching us is ridiculously good. She studies Contemporary Indian Dance at a fancy college somewhere apparently, and I'm now very suddenly scared of what I have got myself in for!
To make this even more of a fully-fledged Indian appreciation week, I have also signed myself up for taking part in an Introduction to Hindi lesson at a local department store, in the attempt to learn some Hindi and then write about my experience in the uni newspaper. No-one reads the Arts sections anyway, but I thought it sounded like fun! And I love the thrill of getting into cultural events free with some sort of authority!! Moreover, before the busy next week has even begun, this Sunday UEA IndianSoc and HinduSoc are celebrating Holi! I have celebrated it every year since I have been at university, and despite the horrid essay deadline, I cannot miss out on another great opportunity to cover myself in paint in the name of the Indian festival of colour!! As my brother quite aptly laughed over the phone the other day: "Katherine you were born in the wrong skin. You should definitely be Indian!!"
Fitness-wise cycling into uni, walking back with the Indian society, Pilates on Monday evening and dance every evening next week too is hopefully gonna keep me really fit! My muscles in my arms and legs are already aching from the 1.5hours of intense indian contemporary dance we were briefly taught last Wednesday!
In accordance with my Lenten promise, here's what I am grateful for today:
I am grateful for the opportunities we are given to get involved. I am grateful for how welcoming other cultures can be, and I am grateful for how dance can bring people from all walks of life together. I am grateful that as I write this, the sun has peeped out and there are patched if blue amidst the clouds!
Love,
A Grateful Blogger
xxxxx
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