So, I've decided to give Yoga a second shot. The last time I tried a class was about ten years ago. Right off the bat we were shifting through poses every 15 seconds for an hour and a half. Upward dog, downward dog, sun salutation. Lotus poses. I was sweating within 3 minutes. Tamara was consoling me after the class saying "it was a more aggressive form of Yoga". Even so it still made me feel more out of shape than I already thought I was. At least I got the "shoulder stand-foot behind head" move. Not very graceful I should add.
The lessons here are fairly reasonable at 150 Rs, about $3.80 Canadian. The local teacher helps people achieve the harder poses by forcing his entire body weight on the area to be squished.
Finally finished Shogun! This 1152 pager is centered around 1600 Feudal Japan v.s. European explorers. Great characters and fun cultural differences make for a good read. Kinda lost me at around p1050 tough...and the end kinda sucks...oh wait there's a sequel.
I'm trying to wrap my mind around extending this adventure into Autum 09 and possibly into 2010. Australia seems like a good place to look for some work for a bit. Living in India is easy. I'm spending 500 Rupees a day here or 12 bucks but you could do it for 8 no sweat. The problem is the more expensive countries like New zealand, Australia and Japan. Time to start looking for some investing ideas that pay!
I met a farmer from Manitoba while traveling in Uganda last year. He told me about this "crazy" Canadian trust company that pays out a "mind boggling" 25% in cash every year on a monthly basis. Problem is the stock decided to jump off a cliff. I checked up on it recently and its looking even more battered every week. "Don't catch a falling knife" and "Yield trap" are ringing in my mind, but with some research I figured it'll be able to weather the credit crisis and also happens too be one of the largest oil trusts in Canada. What about that old saying "The bigger they are the harder they fall"? Maybe solar panels are the way to go? This ones going right through $10 fo sho!
In 3 days Tamara heads to Chennai to catch a fight to Australia. Mikhail heads for Toronto and I head for Delhi-belly
Mikhail and I were thinking of moving around but the three-fifty-each-room we're splitting is too good to abandon! He also got a small case of sunstroke, so were going to take it easy for a while...
View from Yoga torture center.
Alternate view from joint popping center.
What?
Tamara took a few good shots of the Maharajahs palace.
Fight the corporations maaaan...
....through beach fire juggling and stuff.
...and its off!
So, I've decided to give Yoga a second shot. The last time I tried a class was about ten years ago. Right off the bat we were shifting through poses every 15 seconds for an hour and a half. Upward dog, downward dog, sun salutation. Lotus poses. I was sweating within 3 minutes. Tamara was consoling me after the class saying "it was a more aggressive form of Yoga". Even so it still made me feel more out of shape than I already thought I was. At least I got the "shoulder stand-foot behind head" move. Not very graceful I should add. 
The lessons here are fairly reasonable at 150 Rs, about $3.80 Canadian. The local teacher helps people achieve the harder poses by forcing his entire body weight on the area to be squished.
Finally finished Shogun! This 1152 pager is centered around 1600 Feudal Japan v.s. European explorers. Great characters and fun cultural differences make for a good read. Kinda lost me at around p1050 tough...and the end kinda sucks...oh wait there's a sequel.
I'm trying to wrap my mind around extending this adventure into Autum 09 and possibly into 2010. Australia seems like a good place to look for some work for a bit. Living in India is easy. I'm spending 500 Rupees a day here or 12 bucks but you could do it for 8 no sweat. The problem is the more expensive countries like New zealand, Australia and Japan. Time to start looking for some investing ideas that pay!
I met a farmer from Manitoba while traveling in Uganda last year. He told me about this "crazy" Canadian trust company that pays out a "mind boggling" 25% in cash every year on a monthly basis. Problem is the stock decided to jump off a cliff. I checked up on it recently and its looking even more battered every week. "Don't catch a falling knife" and "Yield trap" are ringing in my mind, but with some research I figured it'll be able to weather the credit crisis and also happens too be one of the largest oil trusts in Canada. What about that old saying "The bigger they are the harder they fall"? Maybe solar panels are the way to go? This ones going right through $10 fo sho!
In 3 days Tamara heads to Chennai to catch a fight to Australia. Mikhail heads for Toronto and I head for Delhi-belly
Mikhail and I were thinking of moving around but the three-fifty-each-room we're splitting is too good to abandon! He also got a small case of sunstroke, so were going to take it easy for a while...
View from Yoga torture center.
Alternate view from joint popping center.
What?
Tamara took a few good shots of the Maharajahs palace.
Fight the corporations maaaan...
....through beach fire juggling and stuff.
...and its off!
1 comment:
yoga does the body good....thinkin' of the stock world eh? the picture of you and the guitar reminded me of a gordon lightfoot album cover...http://www.amazon.com/Don-Quixote-Gordon-Lightfoot/dp/B000002MSS/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_c
lookin good my friend.
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