Observations from India

This is my last post from India so I thought I would sum up my experience with some observations I’ve made on Indian life, culture and people. The moustache is the upper lip adornment of choice for the discerning Indian man. Should you wish to transport a calf or small cow from point A to [...]

I came, Mysore, I conquered

It’s all over.  Done and dusted.  On Friday I completed my one month intensive yoga course.  It wasn’t all sunshine and roses, in fact, hardly any of it was.  This was made worse in my final week by me getting really sick.  Wednesday morning I went to class as usual, but once the practice started [...]

Just like a circus

I finally made it to the circus! It was my first one ever.  I liked it mostly.  There wasn’t too much animal cruelty as most of the show relied on the talents of the performers. After being in India for a wee while now, it was weird to see so many people of different ethnicities [...]

Diwali

Late last week, what I thought was a new shanty town began construction on the corner of the street where my yoga shala is.  “Oh wonderful” I thought, another shanty town to compete with the already established shanty town infested with beggars on the opposite side of the street.  I have learnt to avoid that [...]

Mega Hardcore

I hate to tell you all, but going to the circus didn’t happen.  It was an arse-sweltering day and none of us felt the desire to sit in a big tent and die of heat exhaustion. So, instead there was lots of food eaten and I discovered my new favourite restaurant in Mysore.  Going against [...]

The Unfriendly Foreigner

There’s this chick who I see around Mysore who really bugs me.  The first time I saw her at the grocery store, I gave her a little smile, which was met with a cold, blank stare.  The second time I saw her, at a cafe, same thing.  She wears Indian style clothes but is so [...]

Thumbs Up

Well, I am the exhaustion.  Yoga has taken away my will to do more than eat, sleep and bend myself into insane positions. I can’t actually believe that it was just two weeks ago that I left Sydney.  My entire sense of reality has changed so much.  My daily life now revolves around being a [...]

Palm Reading and Rickshaw Touring

At 11am this past Saturday, I had a meeting with Mr. Pao, palm reader to the stars.  He was the cutest looking old little Indian man, wearing glasses that were too big for his face, magnifying masses of lovely wrinkles. What I learned during this fateful experience was that (much like I assumed), I will [...]

All killer, no filler

I started yoga classes on Wednesday.  I have to say, the airy-fairy classes I took in Sydney leading up to this trip have in no way prepared me for what I’ve got myself into.  It is tough, but I am determined to see it through and pick up some muscles along the way. I do [...]

12 Monkeys (or maybe less)

Yesterday, as I was walking home from ‘Big Bazaar’ with a purchase of some bitchin’ speakers, (because if you’re gonna play Beyonce, you have to play her loud) , I happened upon a strange occurrence.  As I turned into my street there were monkeys everywhere!  A whole whanau of them ran across the road in [...]