Aisha

'I will only do the things I like' is a statement I like to live by. I wonder if it makes me spoilt, or maybe more spoilt than I already am! I especially like to follow my advice when I excercise, so this summer I found myself drawn away from the strict weight lifting routine that I'd been following for the past two years & without shame going to classes I'd previously desmissed as frivolous & meaningless. I was soon to discover that there are some pretty tough routine & I felt pretty small when I couldn't show off in the body pump class ... me the queen of weights & endurance! Goes to show how little we know especially when we think we know a lot!A little more adventuring led me to an oriental dance class ... & I was hooked! I mean I've always adored dancing but to be able to do it as excercise ... well now that's just perfect! I did a couple of classes in Amman with a seemingly timid, but quite sensual in class instructor & then inevitable looked for a place to take oriental dance classes back home in Egypt. And this led me to Aisha.I walked into the class room feeling like an outsider as all newcomer feel the first time at the gym. I was surrounded by women of all shapes & sizes dressed in a range of clothes from sweats to ful belly dancer's outfit! And then in walks Aisha, a tall chocolate skinned giant all arms & legs dresses in a beautiful belly dancer's number making me feel like the ugly duckling, that is untill she opened her mouth & talked with the silliest of lisps, sounding like a 3 year old! Aisha danced & we mimicked her moves, with a degree of grace & she encouraged & coached us & she smiled all the time, thoroughly enjoying herself, & so did we.The strange thing though is that like the previous dance instructors she's left handed & begins all her steps with her left leg, & being right handed seems like a hndicap to me. I have come to the realization too that maybe, just maybe I will never be an oriental dance instructor like Aisha!