My first poiformance.

(Me and GlitterGirl. We had to use led poi balls before dark. Shux!)

I've been taking poi since January and I had to stop when I left for Frisco. But, but, but... apparently there are a lot of poi aficionados out there. And in San Francisco they have the "Temple of Poi." Ooooh.... I checked it out and this group of poi dancers offers classes and is lead by the one and only, GlitterGirl. Oha. GlitterGirl was called as such I think because she likes to put glitters on her face and body when she performs.


(Isa's partner, my fellow poimate, Isa "GlitterGirl", moi)

Anyhoo, I tried out for the classes. She was probably surprised someone from Manila would know how to dance poi. She even insisted that I show her my moves first before she agreed that I can take her intermediate classes. Well things turned out pretty well, thanks to my Planetzip mentors :). Don't ask how much her classes were, because when you're here, you just have to STOP computing. Lol.


(This is me getting really, really nervous.)

A few days ago she invited me along with other students to perform for a charity event in downtown San Francisco called Light the Night Walk. This event supports the work of hundreds of the world’s best and brightest researchers in their search for better therapies and cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. It was actually voluntary and I took the opportunity to join and have my first ever poiformance. I mean it would be an honor to dance with GlitterGirl (she's sooo galeng-galeng!) plus I'd have to perform in front of people I'll never see again - what's the harm in that? Lol.


(Other poimates.)

The fun part of it too was that I was able to share the event with a familar face, a friend from Manila. Small things like those are most treasured when you're far from home. ;) Sniff. Right Sia? Thanks for taking the photos!

P.S. Below is one of my favorite videos of GlitterGirl.