Create YOU, Beautiful YOU, 2

Ah, my last blog post of 2011 and it will follow in the footsteps of my last blog post of 2010! I better make it some sort of emphatic, meaningful tribute to another very, um, “insightful” year! Yesterday, December 30th, I pulled on my toque and my winter parka and headed to the beach with [...]

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I have been an avid cyclist now for about 5 years! I have logged countless days, hours and minutes on my Specialized Allez Sport. I have ridden at all hours of the day, alongside strangers, friends, lovers and solo. I have ridden for full days and quick minutes. I have loved being on my bike [...]

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I hit the pool hard today for the first time since my last Triathlon back in early September. I had wanted to go swimming on several occasions but just couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. I would have my suit and my towels and I would walk by the pool lanes, and I would [...]

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I haven’t written for a while and to tell you the truth, I haven’t missed it that much. Sometimes, when meandering through the universe, it must be good for you to just go. Go, walk. Concentrate only on the rhythm that slips in and out of your nostrils, providing life in the moment. The here. [...]

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I arrived into Hong Kong at 6:30 a.m. It had been a 4 hour flight from Delhi, departing at 11 PM, and somehow, I had managed to sleep pretty much the entire flight. So, with that 4 hours of sleep under my belt, I proceeded through Hong Kong Immigration and found myself in the midst [...]

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What can I say? Had to put up some footage with Eddie in the background. Enjoy. I know I did! Click here: Amazing India Vid 9 DVD Full screen version (HD!!): Amazing India on Blip TV

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Our driver today, Naruka would take us from Jaipur to Delhi. Finally, air conditioning and a comfortable ride. As we passed the chickens, and the dogs, the cows and the camels, Naruka told us of the power in India: men: 100%, women, 50%. “In India it is common in the Hindu religion for the man [...]

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I remember back in Nursing School when I first learned about Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and how the period toward self actualizing was built. First came food and water, then shelter, then love, then somewhere near the top, if you were one of the lucky ones, you could somehow attain self-actualization. Wow, I had marveled, [...]

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It didn’t take many minutes after disembarking in Delhi, to figure out that ‘one of these things wasn’t like the other’. In fact it was a young 20-something man that parked himself five feet from our luggage cart and began his stare, which last no less than 3 minutes. A mesmerizing stare that seemed to [...]

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The drums rattled from the front entrance, “Boom, baboom, boom”. It piqued our interest. We finished getting ready and rushed down the stairs, where we were greeted by one of the hotel staff.“Namaste”, he said as he placed the first dash of soft red powder between each of our eyes. At this point, we had [...]

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