My name is Bernadette, and I'm a hoopaholic.

Whatever possessed me to look up "hula-hooping" online? It might be that day I saw a child's hoop just lying around in church.  I put it around my waist and attempted to give it a whirl.  I kept it spinning for barely a second before it fell violently to the floor. I've never learned to hoop as a kid, and as an adult I wasn't any better.

What is the physics behind hula-hooping? and why is it so hard to keep it spinning around my waist? Curious, I googled "hula-hooping" on the internet.  This was when a whole world of "hooping or "hoop dancing" opened up to me.  Apparently this fitness craze is growing in popularity in Western countries, yet completely unheard of in this island we call Cebu.  Seeing these people in youtube do all sorts of things with the hoop sparked my interest.  Not only were they able to spin the hoop on their waist, they could do it on their chest, knees, neck.  Hooping is not just hula-hooping.  It is dancing.  ...