Hatha Yoga

I had convinced myself to try to be more active after the whole wedding project, so I signed myself up for weekly Hatha yoga at the neighbourhood community centre. Don't ask me what the difference between Hatha and others is because I won't know. I think Hatha relates to alignment of the body through streteches and breathing exercises. Well, I was somewhat surprised at the level of flexibility I had but at the same time I discovered that something appears to be wrong with my left knee; it crackles and causes slight pain with some of the poses...I don't think that's suppose to happen. I'm also certainly proud of some of the older participants; I hope I can motivate myself to exercise like them when I reach 50 or 60 too.

Anyhow, I find the lessons very positive and useful because although I do some of the same stretches at home already, it was much more beneficial to have someone prompt and correct my poses, posture, breathing, and how to further challenge myself with the same pose. I guess that's the difference between self-taught through watching videos and using cards versus paying someone to teach you. And my oh my, it feels weird but good to be able to stretch particular places that would otherwise not have been reached. Awesome. I'll most likely continue joining similar classes.

Accidental Billionaires

I recently came upon Accidental Billionaires at Book Warehouse and decided to give it a go reading it. It turns out to be a short and easy read; I managed to finish within a couple hours. Now, one might wonder why I'm reading a non-fiction book about billionaires...it's not like I'll likely become a billionaire by accident myself...but the book triggered my interest because it's about the making of Facebook and its original purpose, current success, consequences of its success, etc.

It's intriguing but a bit disgusting how such a successful social network originated from the purpose of giving guys more chances to know girls and eventually getting laid in university. Of course, for many of us, it's strictly to check out lives of people you know any time any where...and possibly even without them knowing. It's fun to be curious about people you know and to learn information about them through what they post without actually having to talk to them...I mean...really who has the time to communicate 1 to 1 when posting a message on the wall can help you reach all 500 something of your "friends." Nonetheless, the success of Facebook bringing together so many friends led to the failure of the friendship that once existed between the founders...ironic isn't it? The power, and perhaps consequence, of money.

Each time I log into Facecrack now (originally known as FaceMash), I can't help but remember the book and the partial (because only 1 out of the 2 original founders contributed information to the making of the book) truth behind the site's success.

New Car Syndrome

So I recently traded in my sporty Celica for the family ready RAV 4; it's actually not a huge difference besides size and height of course. We enjoy our new car well, yet, I find that we are currently experiencing the new car syndrome. Previously, we only washed my silver car maybe...well...once a year. It bothered us only a little and was tolerable even with a bit of bird poop and piles of barely invisible dust mites. Nowadays....even with a piece of grass stuck to the car body, we would dirty our hands to remove it! We even have a cloth prepared especially to wipe off rain stains from the car...we need to try our best to keep its pure whiteness! And parking at work? Well, my colleagues would tell you the lengths I'd go to just so leaves don't fall on my car! I think I'm even managing to get to work slightly earlier so to gurantee myself a good spot!...No wonder I have no time to update my blog...

Hmmm...any idea how long this syndrome lasts for before time cures it?

Modern Family

So a few of my colleagues were discussing about a hilariously funny new TV show over lunch the other day and they made it sound so awesome that I decided to search it online. They couldn't remember the name, so I had to be creative with my search such as "best fall TV shows" keywords, etc...

At first, I ran into "Glee", which is another good show reminding me of High School Musical but that wasn't it. Alas, I discovered "Modern Family." I was able to watch the first 2 episodes online with some more searching and found it really amusing! It talks about 3 modern families consisting of the tradition family, the remarried couple, and the homosexual couple. Watching their personalities, lifestyles, coping strategies, etc. I feel that the show does truly depict many aspects of today's society beyond its humourous aspects. I think it's worth 30 minutes of our Wednesday nights. If you're interested, check it out on ABC @ 9pm.

And then, you can watch "Cougar Town" if you're interested...another top fall show according to my research.