Monday, October 19, 2009

Some new things...

Dad...you can't be mad at me. It's done, it's pretty, and forrrrrehhhverrrrrr. I've wanted this a couple years before, so I was very well prepared. It didn't hurt, I enjoyed it. My tattooist is bad ass, his name is Tamding. If you ever come to McLeod Ganj and curious about getting a tattoo, go to Tamding's Studio. There are 3 studios here and I think he's the best.

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My right arm: Follow Your Heart, my left arm: Beautiful World. In Tibetan script. Yes, it's red.

I started to do a 2.5 hour Power Yoga class. It isn't like the power yoga back in Cali, which was extremely intense and physical. The one I went to was slow yet challenging. My instructor was great, however he reminded me of someone...remember Dhalsim from Street Fighter? Yeah, my instructor was like that, instead doing crazy knotted yoga poses, he's bendy.

The past few weeks I have been working on Volunteer Tibet's (non-profit organization) website; designing the layout, filling in new information and content, which takes me all day and all week. It also seems that I'm doing other office work as well, such as finding placements for new volunteers arriving everyday. I'm still tutoring in the morning and every now and then I'll attend the conversation classes. I gave my teaching class to another volunteer because I had to spend more time on the website. Which is good, it's beneficial for me and the new volunteer. I don't know when we'll finish the website, hopefully by November.

All in all, I'm fine and loving life. Miss you all.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 29, 2009 at 11:39 PM

    Hi Steph,

    Recently a friend of mine and I were talking about our children and rebellion - she has a son the same age as Cass (11) and a couple of older ones in high school. My 2 cents was it happens to all children, even the "good" ones, and it's simply a question of what form it'll take when it comes. I went on to say as horrifying as it may seem, I hope the form it takes (for my children) is pop country music or some god-awful metal rock, or something equally benign.

    I think I would have to place tattoos on the forearms in the benign category. I hope your parents (dad mostly) can feel fortunate in knowing that it's actually one of the better expressions that they could hope for.

    What I really want to say is I'm so impressed with what you're doing. Your adventure will fuel you for the rest of your life. I'm very proud of you and look forward to updates on your blog. Oh and happy birthday.

    x XiaoGuGu

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  2. maeniakNovember 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    Thanks xiaogugu.

    All I know is that I don't care what people think. This is my body and I did think for a couple of years before I got it. So it wasn't a spontaneous idea. I did it for myself and it's special and I love it.

    Even when I'm 80 years old, I'm still going to be proud of it, this is what reminds me of this trip, and I want everyone to see it.

    I think Mom gets it, but slowly Dad is trying to accept that I'm crazy!

    Thanks for reading my blogs!

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