the dread...

i'm a bit lethargic at the moment, a symptom of a non specific affliction that hits me now and then...i simply don't know what it is...it's usually round for between 3 days and a week...best thing for it is usually sleep

i'm off to my Chinese neighbour's place at 7pm for dinner...exciting as it is the eve of the Chinese New Year and Australia Day eve also...trying to figure out what to take along at such an auspicious time, i've come up with some red gerbras - red's prominent in Chinese culture and some wine, which was recommended on some web site for a gift for Chinese New Year...along with practical things like ipods, laptops, electronic organisers...i'm going with a bottle of wine - it's Linh and Chi - Chi's doing his Phd in Economics, which I'm a bit envious of...though looking at the guy, he looks like he's working so hard to get through it, he looks drained most times I see him...or maybe that's just Chi?

i went and practised at NSY by myself at around midday, it was a short practise, but i concentrated on my surya namaskar's and breathing a lot, so it was a nice practise...and i kind of felt some kind of improvement on the funk i've been in with this illness, which i'm calling the dread...

though, i'm trying hard to see these hard times as opportunities for awareness and enquiry - maybe the hard times in our lives are the best times for growth...or maybe i just need to rest