India 2010: Day Four

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Day four in twilight zone.

It's already our fourth day in this culture rich land, and time flew by in a very meaningful way.

We had the privilege experience a vast variation of yogic topics, and to learn them from various masters. My first attempt at sutre neti has failed, but at least I've tried and I know I will try again. And again. And again, until I could master the art of cleaning my nostrils with a string. Hubby had much better luck with his, and can now show off his photos with one end of the string hanging out of a nostril and the other out of his mouth.

Another memorable moment came when we practiced with Master Nandu, who had once taught in Hong Kong, and is now stationed back in India. His classes were fun and tough, but we had a great time moving along to his instructions. It was also an amazing experience practicing alongside the same group of friends, sweating, swearing, laughing and groaning with each other.

All in all, it was an amazing day. An amazing time indeed.

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India 2010: Day Three

Monday, October 25, 2010

Day three of our first pilgrimage to India, the motherland of Yoga.

It has been an eye-opening and humbling journey so far. Our first day was spent on the road, from Hong Kong via Singapore, then all the way to Kolkata, the home of our yoga master, Debdatta Biswas, or, affectionately known as Deva in the Hong Kong yoga community.

After a full 16 hours on the road, we finally arrived at the luxurious Swisshotel Kolkata at 3:30 am Indian time, which would be 5:30 in the morning in Hong Kong. Tired and hungry, we only had about six hours of sleep before heading out in the morning to our final destination: the Punyalakshmi Hotel, where we will be spending the next five days drenching ourselves with yoga, learning the ancient art from local masters.

It was a good three hours ride on a busy and bumpy road through villages, and we even had the opportunity to taste freshly made Indian tea on the way. The hotel is located in an alcove by the Bay of Bengal, where the River Ganges met the sea.

We were transported back in time the moment we set foot onto hotel grounds - it spelled "fifties" in every sense: from decor, to amenities, to technology - imagine having no Internet! This must have been what our parents had when they were in their teens!

We were spell bound. And the rest of the day went by very slowly, as if we were suspended in time.

有隻蚊、有隻大肥蚊

有隻大肥吸血蚊，吸不到血就發爛乍，真可笑。

唉，除咗當睇笑片之外，都吾知可以點講。

天呀，乜呢個世界真係有咁豬嘅大苯賊嘅？


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