i bow to the divine in you

Namaste
~ traditional Indian greeting of respect and thank you, with spiritual and symbol meaning

Am lucky to be able to take a day off work today, spent it worthwhile like a yogi with instructor Adam, who just won the champion title at Singapore Yoga Asana Championship held at harbourfront just yesterday. Congrats and wishing him all the best at the International Championship which will be held in LA this summer! As if enduring the forty degrees temperature for 90 minutes isnt enough, it was also tough (and starting to get a tad bit boring doing the same routine over and over again) completing the standard 26 poses. Today's session made me think a lot this time, thinking and re-thinking about the things that are not within my (our) control. BUT what we can do is, taking full 100% control of ourselves. We always have a choice over our actions as well as our reactions. You know, it's always easier to master one pose when you fixate your eyes on a single spot in front of you. Not specifically saying that i've lost my life direction once again, it's more like my PMS period (as we all know it) right now.

Thought the below image would be funny, exactly how i felt in the first 5 minutes of class. Nevertheless, enjoy!


the awesomeness 26 poses of bikram yoga
www.theironyou.com


P.S.On a side note, yea they did try to apologise, wanting to do it personally instead of over a lifeless text but im just choosing not to meet up now. It's THE weekday. beauty sleep ^^

Namaste~

(X-M), X>M=surplus

it amuses me some of the wonderous things that my next-favourite country after singapore (i would like to think that it is true) is exporting or rather, can export.

first up, we have gmarket that is rapidly expanding into singapore. but items have become slightly dodgy ever since it was acquired by ebay in 2009 at a value of $1.2 billion.

then, there came a kpop craze whereby even till now, korea is still exporting its lucrative entertainment business and you see teenagers in singapore parting with a few hundred bucks to see bigbang and SNSD in concert. and i dont refer to just singaporeans who boast the highest GDP in the region but a recent bigbang concert in taipei raked in a record amount of KRW5 billion. mind you, that's about USD$5 million in topline. and no prize for guessing the all-time #1 video on youtube. PSY's gangnam style is/has been internationalized. my favourite cover of this song is also performed by a pair of korean twins. OK, you have to see this and i mean it.

already in the pipeline or out of the pipeline, i am seeing increasing number of korean cosmetics shops and beauty counters popping up around the island. to name you a few - faceshop, etude house, sulwahsoo and laneige.

this afternoon while i was on hsbc women's champions, i noticed that choi na yeon, is leading in round3 with a score of 14 under par, ahead of stacy lewis and paula creamer (who was involved in a recent car accident in thailand) at golf (a game primarily american-dominant). at a mere of 25 years old, choi already has a few titles under her belt after turning pro in 2004 including winning the US Women's Open just last july. a few players hot on her heels also including a few other koreans. i really wonder who will bring home that S$1.7 million tomorrow at sentosa's serapong golf course coz i have already thought out what im gonna buy when i win toto next friday.

as a country with borders confusion (notice: north and south korea) and with a greeting (an nyeong ha sim ni kka = meaning "安宁吗?" traditionally used to greet neighbours and checking if they are still alive with invasion from China on their west and Japan on their east), the Koreans have sure progressed a long way.

disclaimer: by no means is this a post on nationalism, instead i applaud the country's determination and efforts to succeed. you go girl, new korean female president Park Geun Hye *^^*

HELLOOOOO

hello!! after a long hiatus of a few months or so, im back again!

in a blink of an eye, ny and cny have already past by and nope, i have no other updates other than the fact that i have disowned all my degenerate buddies. now left without a string of weekend-past-midnight activities to engage in, i have been good and am staying at home on nights where i should really be out there. this is only the exordium of a brand new me.


GONE! NO MORE!


oh well, lemme have some me-time again before i start some drinking sessions (tonight!!!) and go on my exercise-crazy phase. speaking of which, i can combined those two activities, cant i? had dinner w leong on tuesday at mbfc before heading to a few mini tennis games at the sail then for his drinks + ladies night (maybe). and later today, i'll be heading to another few rounds of real tennis games at jalan duad before house bbq dinner. man, how i miss my hall mates...