Lil' Can Can Dancer ...

During one of my travels down south to Singapore for a wedding dinner, as well as for the Great Singapore Sale, I had the privilege of meeting the three-year-old daughter of my childhood ballet friend, Hsuan.

Back in the 1980s, we used to spend our weekends playing and dancing at the ballet studios, while our mothers taught ballet classes. We trained in classical ballet, modern and tap every weekend for what must have been 10 years ... did our homework, gallavanted around the SS2 Square throughout our Saturdays and Sundays. The ballet studios was our weekend home.

More than 15 years later ...

Hsuan is now happily married to a Frenchman and residing in France. She's been there many years but I have yet to visit her. I must save up to go visit her and experience the major tourist activity of lining up for hours to purchase Louis Vuitton bags at THE LV Champs Elysees, where international peoples (majority women, I am certain!) line up to purchase the object(s) of their deepest desire! I was told some tourist even pay others to stand in line and buy LV bags on their behalf, as each customer is allowed to purchase a maximum of two bags at a time?

Actually, I am not altogether certain I like carrying LV bags, especially when everyone seems to have or carry one ... I guess I don't like to be like everyone else! I am inclined to carry bags that not many people have - not that they are overly expensive or ugly bags, rather the limited editions or beautiful (sometimes quirky) bags that perhaps, didn't quite make the A-list of socialites' must have!

I digress from the little girl I meant to write about. Helene, is absolutely the most beautiful little girl, exuberating with life and mischief, whom I met at the wedding dinner several weekends ago. She wore a "pretty in pink" type of frilly dress and had matching shoes to fit the occasion.

Coming from a family of dancers, Helene was unabashed about her natural ability to move ... yes, she was quite happy to climb up the stairs and onto the stage to share the limelight with the wedding cake, bride and groom at anytime!

At times when everyone was busy eating the Four Season's Hotel's famous Chinese dishes, Helene would be on stage flapping her dress skirt, cleverly fanning her skirt up and down to reveal her matching pink panties and proportionately long legs. She reminded me of the lil' can can dancer ...

When I "grow up," I would like to have a baby girl just like Helene, and perhaps the girls will grow up to dance together, just like their mothers did once upon a time.