Archive for October, 2006

It’s been a while since i’ve last written about my private tai chi lesson. I’ve finished the Sun style form some weeks ago, and now i suppose it’s fine tuning. The usual suspects are still there - relax, relax, relax! Such a simple word and yet the permutations of body parts that can be relaxed [...]

“How are you?”
A very simple question, with a variety of answers you can choose from, but somehow, we stick to the familiar, like “i’m ok” or “good good” or “fine”. There’s no denying the convenience of picking from stock answers. It’s simple, it’s effective and it doesn’t draw you into a long drawn discussion about [...]

An unusual lunch time for me, instead of heading out to feed myself first, I went out to feed others instead - with a little deposit into the blood bank.
Blood donation, you either do it or you don’t. Those who do it do it for a variety of reasons - feel good factor, another time [...]

Recent late nights (or early mornings) at work have forced me to consider trying a different career path which offers me more flexibility to pursue things I like to do (e.g. tai ji). So I flipped the newspapers and tried applying for something totally unrelated to what I’m doing now.
It was fun looking for something [...]

I’ve done Tai Chi. I’ve done running. And when I knew I could combine them both, I just couldn’t resist to buy that book. And today was the first day I tried out Chi Running, and I have to say… I’m really impressed with the results!
Posture is important in Tai Chi. The alignment from head [...]