New Bachata/Salsa choreography: Check!
Oh My God! Never knew my body could hurt this much. My left thigh is aching so much I'm actually limping. Very sexy. Not! I've taken painkillers in case its an inflammation, but I don't think so. Just really sore muscles...
I'm really happy about how the choreography turned out. It's a really hot Bachata and a fast, steaming Salsa. But I can't relax yet. Still have a lot of solo training to do. There are some really fast footwork and ladystyling I have to make perfect. This is the most challenging routin I've ever done and I want to look my best. Tomorrow I have a full schedule. I have to practice, sew my show dress, go by the venue for the festival for a meeting, get my hair cut, get my phone back that been on reparation, pack my bag and much more at the same time as I want to be with my daughter. Guess I won't winn the best mom award this week, but I'll make it up to her next one. Now I better get back to preparing for Egypt. Write you later. Kisses!
I'm really happy about how the choreography turned out. It's a really hot Bachata and a fast, steaming Salsa. But I can't relax yet. Still have a lot of solo training to do. There are some really fast footwork and ladystyling I have to make perfect. This is the most challenging routin I've ever done and I want to look my best. Tomorrow I have a full schedule. I have to practice, sew my show dress, go by the venue for the festival for a meeting, get my hair cut, get my phone back that been on reparation, pack my bag and much more at the same time as I want to be with my daughter. Guess I won't winn the best mom award this week, but I'll make it up to her next one. Now I better get back to preparing for Egypt. Write you later. Kisses!
New routine is killing me
Zzz... Tired! My body is aching. I need to rest. Probably sleep for a day or two. But I won't have any rest until we're done with this new routine. Jesus came up to Stockholm yesterday and we already have 2/3 of the choreography ready. Not bad. Not bad at all. Next show will be in Egypt the weekend 21-22th of January. Next weekend. Hehe. But that's a preview for the Egyptians only. The rest of the world will have to hold on for another month or two. But I can reveal that there is both Bachata and Salsa in that piece. The most challenging thing we've done so far and there's a lot of new moves I have to learn, tricks to master and styling to improve. But first! Some hours of sleep! Good night cyber space!
Feeling for some change... Tattoo? Piercing? Haircut?
New year. Feel like a new look. New tattoo, piercing, haircut... Something. But what? I've been searching the internet, but I can't find it. That thing that makes me go YES! I'm very impulsive, so I could do anything. The day I did my tattoo I was walking by a tattoo shop and went in and made an appointment. My piercing is the result of waking up with my mind set on it and I got it a couple of hours later. And my haircuts. I've tried everything. Short, long, colors and even blond. It never got really blond, but almost. So there's not much left for me to try... What do you guys think? I like my hair this long, but should I cut it in the front? Or should I tattoo BACHATA on my torso? Hihi. I should probably not decide it tonight anyway. Time to hit the sack. Good night people! Write you later...
First practice of the year. Check!
Feels great. I've divided the weeks with different types of training and this week it's footwork and balance. I can do crazy spins lately and today I've been pushing the limits. Daring myself to make them faster or just crazier. My favorite is one ballet spin with my knee out, something I would never have dreamed about a year ago, but now comes easily. To train that I listen to Tango, Rock or R&B. Today I had the Factoria de Baile Tango cd on. It always makes me more creative when I don't have that 1234 5678 beat to follow. Tango beats are unpredictable. Teasing you. Makes the mind run wild and the only limit at that point is gravity. Otherwise I would fly away. It's just me expressing the music. Nothing else exists. Movement comes natural and feels like the hug of a friend. I wasn't supposed to, but I started to make up some new patterns for the solo part in our new routine. Just couldn't help myself...
I can't wait for Jesus to get up here on thuesday. We haven't met since Egypt and I really miss him. This is the second time we're appart like this, normaly it never goes longer than two weeks. I won't lie, it's great to have a private life to sometimes, but even when I would prefer to strangle him I still want him around. We've become a team. Me and Jesus. I'm thinking of printing some t-shirts about that. "I'm with Jesus", "... and then I found Jesus", "Jesus is my homeboy" and "You mess with me, you mess with Jesus". What do you think? Would you buy one? Haha. This is me being tired. I should sleep. I have an important meeting tomorrow. Have to look my best. Good night everyone. Sweet dreams!
I can't wait for Jesus to get up here on thuesday. We haven't met since Egypt and I really miss him. This is the second time we're appart like this, normaly it never goes longer than two weeks. I won't lie, it's great to have a private life to sometimes, but even when I would prefer to strangle him I still want him around. We've become a team. Me and Jesus. I'm thinking of printing some t-shirts about that. "I'm with Jesus", "... and then I found Jesus", "Jesus is my homeboy" and "You mess with me, you mess with Jesus". What do you think? Would you buy one? Haha. This is me being tired. I should sleep. I have an important meeting tomorrow. Have to look my best. Good night everyone. Sweet dreams!
Feeling lonely...
Loneliness. Powerfull feeling. It can make you feel like the only person in a crowded room. Like right now. I have 120 friends online on the facebook chat, but I feel like I have no one to talk to. I know that's not the case, but I just can't help my feelings. I've been feeling lonely a lot lately. That's why I'm not bloging. I'm missing someone. Not anyone, but this special one. Life throwed me some obsticles. But I'll get around them. It will take some time to get there, but you know me, I'll get there. In the meen time I'll listen to some of my favorite "feeling lonely" songs...
Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Get your Bachatero/a shirt!
Now it's up and running again, your own BACHATA clothing shop. These are some of the shirts in the first collection. Click to view more!
Happy New Year!
New years eve. In a few minutes we'll leave the year 2010 behind us and enter year 2011. Am i the only one to get nostalgic? Remembering the past year I can say it's been my poorest year, but also my happiest. It was a ruff start, but after winning a trip to Bali for me and my daughter, things turned around. That's when I met Jesus. If I would describe my year with three words it would be LOVE, TRAVEL and DANCE. Separate and all together.
Here are some of my favorite moments of 2010 and the people I shared them with:
- Battling Frank Santos at Men vs Women in Wroclaw, Poland. The students let me get as nasty as it could get. Thank you girls!
- Breakfast in bed with my daughter in Bali, Indonesia. We had American pancakes with maple syrup and we were bough laughing hard when thinking of my daughter not crying about her monkey attack the day before, but getting sand in her shoe.
- Lapdancing in Vilnius, Lithuania. That showed that after drinking 666/999 anything can happen.
- Almost getting sold to an Egyptian waiter in Cairo, Egypt for 20 Million Euro, 5 kilo mango and 5 kilo banana. Thank you Kwenda Lima for not accepting that deal.
- Telling Mohamed Adel all the Arabic words Youssef taught me on the Farruka boat in Cairo, Egypt.
- Goofing around with Melissa Fernandez at the Wroclaw Salsa Festival, Poland. You won’t believe what I have on camera! No Osama, I won’t share!
- Getting a midnight dip in the lake with Jonni Ferretto and Oliver at his moving in party. It was me and all the guys. I love being me!
- Most of my practices with Jesus that always makes me laugh until loosing my breath with his crossed-eyes stare.
- Swimming in the river at Lagunas Redondas, Dominican Republic with our driver Antonio. Amazing virgin beach, only reached by boat.
- Waking up my daughter on her birthday, reliving old feelings and getting even better new ones when seeing the smile on her face.
- The sightseeing I got from my best friend Millaray Santana in Wroclaw, Poland.
- Take-off is always hilarious with Jenni Kasajima by my side. Our ritual is to fake laugh until we start laughing for real, leaving us breathless.
- Learning bad words in Arabic instead of entering churches in Cairo, Egypt. Thank you Youssef my fearless leader, Karim and Mo for teaching me what I may never use. And thank you Mohamed Mugzy for that innocent smile every time I repeated my new vocabulary. I love you guys.
- Entering la cueva de las maravillas in San Pedro, Dominican Republic. Breathtaking.
- Dancing Merengue in Kungsträdgården with Enzo Molina, making a spontaneous party in a local park.
And with this I want to say that life is not the days that passes, it's the ones you remember. Make the most of every year, living like if every day would be the last. Happy new year every one! Let's make 2011 the best year ever. Kisses!
We're in Vikingline's new comercial
Finally it's out. The comercial shoot we did in November was for the Swedish cruise company Vikingline and today while I was watching tv I saw it for the first time. It's only the shadows of me and Jesus, but I can see it's me. Can you?
http://www.vikingline.se/Pages/startpage/startpage.asp?erbjudande=dance_revolucion
http://www.vikingline.se/Pages/startpage/startpage.asp?erbjudande=dance_revolucion
Some sexy Kizomba on a Wednesday afternoon
I woke up with Kizomba playing in the back of my head this morning and I haven't been able to shake it off. That's why I decided to make a small Kizomba playlist for all you non Kizomberos. Maybe now you can appriciate this adorable rythm. Listen to the beat. Feel it. And then take in the lyrics. Sexy. Anyhow. Here are some of my favorite Kizomba songs. Enjoy
Nelson Freitas - Deeper
Nelson Freitas - Rebound Chick
Marcia ft II Wayz & Nichols - Je T'aime Encore
Marysa- Avec Toi
II Wayz ft Nichols - You Are Everything
Salsation Xmas edition
Saturday night was party night in Stockholm. I met Sofia for a drink before the party to talk the normal girl talk. Thing is I'm going thrue something I'm not blogging about and that makes me want to blog less. I'm sorry, but I'm not ready to tell the world yet. I'll let you know when I am. Not blogging, I have to tell some one. Luckily I have Sofia. Sweet girl and a good friend of mine. I had a beer while pooring my heart out and then she told me all about her stuff while drinking cider. Interrupting eachother offcourse. That's how girls talk. It was the perfect start to the evening.
And then, BOOM. I entered the party at Två Grabbar & Kök and the night became even better. Slowly the place was filling up and by showtime it was a really nice vibe in the place. There were shows by SSD Student team, Yunier& Jonathan, Minette's Performance team and the guys we all where there for: Juan Matos and Maykel Fonts! I didn't dance with Maykel, but I did share an awesome Bachata and a slow Salsa with mr Matos.
I have to get a new camera. The quality of the pictures I get with this one is absolutely horrible. If some one would feel generous, you know where to find me.
I had a lot of fun with Dj N-Rike, Juan Matos, Santana and the rest of the cuban gang. We partied until the guards litterly kicked us out. But we just couldn't stop, so we made an afterparty in the hotel loby, and then the guards litterly kicked us out there to. Hehe. So we had kebab and went home. It was almost seven am when I finally got to bed. But I was happy. My night kicked ass. La paloma style.
And then, BOOM. I entered the party at Två Grabbar & Kök and the night became even better. Slowly the place was filling up and by showtime it was a really nice vibe in the place. There were shows by SSD Student team, Yunier& Jonathan, Minette's Performance team and the guys we all where there for: Juan Matos and Maykel Fonts! I didn't dance with Maykel, but I did share an awesome Bachata and a slow Salsa with mr Matos.
I have to get a new camera. The quality of the pictures I get with this one is absolutely horrible. If some one would feel generous, you know where to find me.
I had a lot of fun with Dj N-Rike, Juan Matos, Santana and the rest of the cuban gang. We partied until the guards litterly kicked us out. But we just couldn't stop, so we made an afterparty in the hotel loby, and then the guards litterly kicked us out there to. Hehe. So we had kebab and went home. It was almost seven am when I finally got to bed. But I was happy. My night kicked ass. La paloma style.
So this is Christmas?
Every year I have the same feeling. Like I can't understand that my beloved holliday has arrived. I guess its because I'm so used to feel every step of christmas growing up. Now someone hangs up some christmas decorations one day to declare that its time to shop and without knowing how you got there you find yourself at the end of a christmas table on christmas eve. Supposed to have all this holliday feelings. Well, it doesn't do it for me. I don't feel anything. It could be any day of the year. Christmas? Really? Hmm. 
As a kid you longed so much for it that the days hardly passed. As a grown up they end before you even started. Probably the waiting part is where the magic is. Waiting for your pressents, waiting to open your calendar every day, waiting to light another candle, waiting for the christmas break and waiting for all the sweets. Waiting, waiting, waiting. And while waiting the adults tell you this beautiful stories of why we wait. Even snow is fun and there's no must-get-the-perfect-gifts stress. Christmas food get's on the table by itself it seem. Everyone are happy. I wish I could feel that way again. But wait. I do feel the same feeling of waiting actually. Only its not christmas related. But it will have to do.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Ps. I love you
The truth of all times. Women don't know what they want. And I'm one of them. We're emotional beings. Feelings control us. I told a guy that I was watching a sad movie and he asked me why. Must be hard for a guy to understand, but we women know. We crave feelings. Happy ones, sad ones, angry ones. All of them. That's why some of us sometimes make drama where there is none. I'm more of a lover than a fighter, so instead of fighting with my boyfriend I watch movies. Watching a movie that makes me get intouch with my feelings is releaving for me. Like today. I felt like feeling something so I turned to my DVD collection and picked PS. I love you. Good choice. I had not seen this movie yet and got a positive surprise. It was much better than I could have guessed. Best thing about it was that it had everything a chic-flick is supposed to have but yet it was unpredictable. It was beautiful how he planned the letters to help her get over his death. And how she remembers him. Must be horrible to loose your true love.,.
Time to shape up!
DAY 1
I'm not the kind of girl that thinks about what I eat. Actually I'm more of the kind of girl that stuffs my face with chocolate cookies before bedtime. But I wouldn't say I need to think about my weight. I'm quite skinny with some female curves. And to be honest, I love them. Problem is that I want to be lifted. Not those half lifts that anyone could do. No. I want to do some extreme lifting. Hight and speed. But for that I need to loose some weight. Or get a larger partner. Not an option. That's why I decided to shape up. Hoping my curves will stay. I need to loose almost 5 kg to make things easier on Jesus. That's a lot.
To achive my goal I need to do a diet. Not a starving kind of diet, but an eating healthier one. No more McDonald's for me right now. Let's see how long I can go without breaking that rule. No more cookies at night, no soda and no alcohol. I'm going to need carbs as I'll be training every day, but not more than I can burn. I have this book "Uppladdningen" (Charge-up) that will help me get the precise amounts I need. Just need time to study it. Normally I would prospond it in to the future, but I have a dead line. That's why I'm starting on the last day of the week and knowing christmas is around the corner.
Diets are strangers to me. Not even when I was 13 kg over weight after being pregnant did I ever consider a diet. Instead I started dancing 20 minutes every morning before going to work and in a few months I was back in my old clothes. When I say dancing I'm not talking about steping around thinking of something else. No. I'm talking about mixing all of the most tiering steps and exercices you can think of and do them with all the power you can use. To get inspired I use my favorite songs. A couple of Bachatas, Salsas, Merengue tipicos, Socas and Dancehalls. Today I had my first training and I played "Hay Algo En Ti", "Quizas Si, Quizas No", "Yo No Se Mañana", "No Te Vayas", "Me Enamore", "Cuando, Cuando Es", "Spanish Fly", "Chica Mala", "My Crew" and some other songs that I can't remember now. Almost an hour. Sweat was dripping. Heavy breathing. And a happy feeling inside. Is there anything better than the feeling you have after working out?
I'm not the kind of girl that thinks about what I eat. Actually I'm more of the kind of girl that stuffs my face with chocolate cookies before bedtime. But I wouldn't say I need to think about my weight. I'm quite skinny with some female curves. And to be honest, I love them. Problem is that I want to be lifted. Not those half lifts that anyone could do. No. I want to do some extreme lifting. Hight and speed. But for that I need to loose some weight. Or get a larger partner. Not an option. That's why I decided to shape up. Hoping my curves will stay. I need to loose almost 5 kg to make things easier on Jesus. That's a lot.
To achive my goal I need to do a diet. Not a starving kind of diet, but an eating healthier one. No more McDonald's for me right now. Let's see how long I can go without breaking that rule. No more cookies at night, no soda and no alcohol. I'm going to need carbs as I'll be training every day, but not more than I can burn. I have this book "Uppladdningen" (Charge-up) that will help me get the precise amounts I need. Just need time to study it. Normally I would prospond it in to the future, but I have a dead line. That's why I'm starting on the last day of the week and knowing christmas is around the corner.
Diets are strangers to me. Not even when I was 13 kg over weight after being pregnant did I ever consider a diet. Instead I started dancing 20 minutes every morning before going to work and in a few months I was back in my old clothes. When I say dancing I'm not talking about steping around thinking of something else. No. I'm talking about mixing all of the most tiering steps and exercices you can think of and do them with all the power you can use. To get inspired I use my favorite songs. A couple of Bachatas, Salsas, Merengue tipicos, Socas and Dancehalls. Today I had my first training and I played "Hay Algo En Ti", "Quizas Si, Quizas No", "Yo No Se Mañana", "No Te Vayas", "Me Enamore", "Cuando, Cuando Es", "Spanish Fly", "Chica Mala", "My Crew" and some other songs that I can't remember now. Almost an hour. Sweat was dripping. Heavy breathing. And a happy feeling inside. Is there anything better than the feeling you have after working out?
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Getting in to the christmas spirit and made this video on http://elfyourself.jibjab.com. I've been laughing so hard watching the Jesus caracter. It's just so not like him to move that way. Hihi. I look quite fun to. Lol.
Marcela Cardenas & Jesus Rivera wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Marcela Cardenas & Jesus Rivera wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Happy birthday baby!
5 years. Can't believe it. 5 years ago I was in labor. Asking myself if the pain ever could be worth it. Well, the moment I saw her I knew that she would be worth all the sacrifices in the world.
And somehow, without really understanding how, time has passed and today my little baby is turning 5 years old. When preparing everything in the kitchen I remembered hearing the same noises from a dark room. Pretending to be asleep. Today my daughter did the same. And looking at her happy face and sparkeling eyes as I came in to the room with the birthday cake and gifts made me remember how magical birthdays used to be. As a kid. I guess that when you're a parent you relive the moments thru your children. I enjoyed surprising her like it would have been for myself. Today its all about her. Happy birthday princess! Mommy loves you!
And somehow, without really understanding how, time has passed and today my little baby is turning 5 years old. When preparing everything in the kitchen I remembered hearing the same noises from a dark room. Pretending to be asleep. Today my daughter did the same. And looking at her happy face and sparkeling eyes as I came in to the room with the birthday cake and gifts made me remember how magical birthdays used to be. As a kid. I guess that when you're a parent you relive the moments thru your children. I enjoyed surprising her like it would have been for myself. Today its all about her. Happy birthday princess! Mommy loves you!
