Things to be done for my Yoga Certification: I have one book report for Yoga Nidra, 1 last final exam question #31, 1 observation, a final presentation preparation to be done until the last weekend which starts on Friday night. It's exciting but very taxing. I hope the rest of the week will be quiet at work.
Meanwhile, everything in the house is still in order, and everyone is surviving.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Detachment
As much as I like to think that I believe in passion and compassion, one of the important qualities I need to practice is detachment. Without which, passion and compassion could become overwhelming.
In Yoga, we say that we practice daily, yet we are not attached to the result of our practices. In fact, detachment is probably the hardest thing to learn. One finds it hard to be detached with his job, his possessions, his love ones, his body and knowledge.
For me, I first need to be detached from my blog. If I found out how, I will let you know.
In Yoga, we say that we practice daily, yet we are not attached to the result of our practices. In fact, detachment is probably the hardest thing to learn. One finds it hard to be detached with his job, his possessions, his love ones, his body and knowledge.
For me, I first need to be detached from my blog. If I found out how, I will let you know.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Mood
I just realized that when I'm extremely tired, nothing can lift my spirit, not even blogging.
I should just go to bed.
I should just go to bed.
Friday, June 14, 2013
If you build it, he will come
Have you ever watched the movie Field of Dreams? I think amongst all movie genres, baseball movies tend to have strong moral and inspiring stories. Probably I get this impression from Field of Dreams.
If you have not watched it, please don't read on, as I strongly recommend it and I don't want to spoil it for you with what I'm going to say.
I don't remember much about the details, so the story I tell maybe skewed. Anyway, here's the gist of it.
This farmer had a farm and he was growing corn. For a few days he kept hearing a soft whispering voice: "If you build it, he will come." This part was pretty eery for me, but rest assured, this is not a ghost story. It is an uplifting, positive story about the great All-American sport, and a father/son's dream.
For a few days, the farmer got clues, and found that his true loved was baseball. So he spent a lot money, and perhaps borrowed money, to make part of the farm into a baseball field. Everyone around thought he was nuts, cause there was no baseball players around the town, and everybody around were too busy working. This guy not only destroyed his family farm, but also spent all his savings doing a deed that had no return. The farmer ignored all the criticism and laughter and kept on with his mission.
When the baseball field was built, sure enough, for a long long time, nobody showed any interest of using it, and the farmer waited and waited.
Finally one night, some baseball legends came out of the corn field and started playing games on the baseball field. The farmer's late father also walked out of the corn field and played catch with him.
These days I kept thinking about this movie, because "Salt Scrub" is like my "Field of Dreams".
I am correcting a few important details of the movie here today, 6/15.
If you have not watched it, please don't read on, as I strongly recommend it and I don't want to spoil it for you with what I'm going to say.
I don't remember much about the details, so the story I tell maybe skewed. Anyway, here's the gist of it.
This farmer had a farm and he was growing corn. For a few days he kept hearing a soft whispering voice: "If you build it, he will come." This part was pretty eery for me, but rest assured, this is not a ghost story. It is an uplifting, positive story about the great All-American sport, and a father/son's dream.
For a few days, the farmer got clues, and found that his true loved was baseball. So he spent a lot money, and perhaps borrowed money, to make part of the farm into a baseball field. Everyone around thought he was nuts, cause there was no baseball players around the town, and everybody around were too busy working. This guy not only destroyed his family farm, but also spent all his savings doing a deed that had no return. The farmer ignored all the criticism and laughter and kept on with his mission.
When the baseball field was built, sure enough, for a long long time, nobody showed any interest of using it, and the farmer waited and waited.
Finally one night, some baseball legends came out of the corn field and started playing games on the baseball field. The farmer's late father also walked out of the corn field and played catch with him.
These days I kept thinking about this movie, because "Salt Scrub" is like my "Field of Dreams".
I am correcting a few important details of the movie here today, 6/15.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Brussels Sprouts
If you don't have a chance to come by to Half Moon Bay, let me give you an idea what you could have seen here these days.
The farmers are growing brussels sprouts now. They sow the seeds in patches, then water one patch at a time.
So you can see in one patch, brussels sprouts seedlings are just peeking out of the soil. In the next patch, the seedlings are growing bigger and stronger. There are many different patches, and the plants they are different in size.
I do enjoy watching the brussels sprouts grow day by day, week by week. Whenever I admire the healthy and green plants in the farm, I can't help but remember the seedlings that we tried to grow at home, which did not survive.
The farmers are growing brussels sprouts now. They sow the seeds in patches, then water one patch at a time.
So you can see in one patch, brussels sprouts seedlings are just peeking out of the soil. In the next patch, the seedlings are growing bigger and stronger. There are many different patches, and the plants they are different in size.
I do enjoy watching the brussels sprouts grow day by day, week by week. Whenever I admire the healthy and green plants in the farm, I can't help but remember the seedlings that we tried to grow at home, which did not survive.
Sunflowers
Do you know that some flowers open when the sun rises and they close up when the sun sets? Yes, wild flowers like poppies, for example, are like that. I found this intriguing.
Last weekend when we drove by the flower farm, I was aimlessly looking at the few sunflowers growing in the field, and then I exclaimed:
"Hey, aren't all sunflowers suppose to be facing the sun? Why are they facing different directions then?"
Jack wasn't sure either and thought it was interesting.
The next few days when I drove by the farm again, I paid particular attention to the direction where the sunflowers were facing. Last time I checked on them, most of them were facing one direction, but a few odd ones were facing the opposite direction.
There maybe a scientific or botanical explanation to this, but I just think it is very cute.
Last weekend when we drove by the flower farm, I was aimlessly looking at the few sunflowers growing in the field, and then I exclaimed:
"Hey, aren't all sunflowers suppose to be facing the sun? Why are they facing different directions then?"
Jack wasn't sure either and thought it was interesting.
The next few days when I drove by the farm again, I paid particular attention to the direction where the sunflowers were facing. Last time I checked on them, most of them were facing one direction, but a few odd ones were facing the opposite direction.
There maybe a scientific or botanical explanation to this, but I just think it is very cute.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
What's in this facial cleanser?
Ying: "May I suggest for you to try the new facial cleanser we got? I really like this. It's cooling."
Jack took a look at the yellow tube, and said: "It looks like the one I found for you at Target." He liked the brand Burt's Bees.
Ying: "Yes, try it once and if you don't like it, don't use it again."
Jack: "OK."
While Jack was putting it on his wet face, he said: "It's a little tingling, not really cooling, just tingling." I checked on the ingredients to see what brings the tingling/cooling sensation. I couldn't understand much of the ingredients, there were phrases with aloe something and bees something. A smart consumer always read the labels and check the ingredients. Finally, I found a chemical name: sodium chloride.
"Hmm, sodium chloride is salt, right"? I asked.
"Yes." Jack said, with his eyes closed and massaging his face.
I asked, "hey, why don't they just say salt then?"
"Because it's not food," he said in a nonchalant way.
Jack took a look at the yellow tube, and said: "It looks like the one I found for you at Target." He liked the brand Burt's Bees.
Ying: "Yes, try it once and if you don't like it, don't use it again."
Jack: "OK."
While Jack was putting it on his wet face, he said: "It's a little tingling, not really cooling, just tingling." I checked on the ingredients to see what brings the tingling/cooling sensation. I couldn't understand much of the ingredients, there were phrases with aloe something and bees something. A smart consumer always read the labels and check the ingredients. Finally, I found a chemical name: sodium chloride.
"Hmm, sodium chloride is salt, right"? I asked.
"Yes." Jack said, with his eyes closed and massaging his face.
I asked, "hey, why don't they just say salt then?"
"Because it's not food," he said in a nonchalant way.
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