(This film was part of the civicilifetiongbahru.com project.) Spaces in Singapore are always changing, shifting, urbanizing... buildings go up and come down, we travel by faster and faster vehicles, communicate with devices that seem to do everything but make a soft boiled egg...the faces of the places that we love change, but the magical feeling they evoke is awakened in our hearts, in the moments when we chance upon ordinary places being transformed by people doing extraordinary things. On Waterloo Street there is an ordinary square, at the intersection of a busy pedestrian crossing, where tens of thousands of people cross each day, going to the various buildings surrounding the square...every Sunday the square comes alive with a group of elderly people breaking out in dance to outrageous, loud, polka, laughing...and doing the tango to slow sensuous oldies...like Carmen...my husband and I meant to cross the road, but were mesmerized by their exuberant celebration of life. They truly danced like nobody was watching. I was silently marveling at this when one of the elders beckoned to me, inviting me to join in. She had noticed that I too longed to celebrate with my body, but was afraid to. As she repeated her invitation, again and again, I finally accepted and had a ball awkwardly following her expert rhythm. It was such a beautiful moment, to laugh and dance with these elders who truly had not a care other than to dance. Whenever I walk by that square, my heart warms to remember that moment of spontaneity, and remind myself to dance more...