EDB031 Prac 1: Completed

Yay!!! Two more subjects to go this semester.

Resolution: Things I have to do over the holidays

To be posted each week as a reminder

My body is still recovering from yesterday's Shorinji Kempo (JEDI) training. It is ageing. I do not want to feel such pain again. After the exam, I must train harder to attempt to speed up my recovery. In order to do that, I will devise a program that will consist of the following activities in winter.

For recovery:

drink adequate amounts of fluids, sleep right, eat right, streching before and after activities and taichi before and after activities for regulated breathing.

Possible activities for winter: Rockclimbing for lower body strengths, Crutches for middle section, push-ups for upper body stengths. running laps or soccer at KG oval for stamina. Shorinji Kempo for all-round workout except for aerobic build-up.

in Summer for recovery: drink adequate amounts of fluids, sleep right, eat right, streching before and after activities and taichi before and after activities for regulated breathing.

Possible activities for summer: Rockclimbing for lower body strengths, Crutches for middle section, push-ups for upper body stengths. Table Tennis for reflex, stamina and lower to middle body workout. Shorinji Kempo for all-round workout except for aerobic build-up.

To be successful must have: constant saki or battle aura to maintain level of fitness and to dominate subjects at uni.

Possible reasons for success: I can sleep now and I have freedom. I have considered that my life has ended already at age 36/37 but my body still remains and I don't want it to deterioate slowly. Not being able to get out of bed is worst than dying. This will be my short term goal.

Possible reasons for failure: At 37, I made a 10-20 year goal of starting a Zen high school in Australia and that has kept me moving along but it is only a false dream as I do not really care if I will succeed or fail. I can feel the ageing body

Day 16 Prac EDB031 ED90 sem1 2005

must sleep, blog later

Day 15 Prac EDB031 ED90 sem1 2005

too tired, too busy - blog later

Out of the comfort zone

Today, I went to the cliffs earlier than usual at about 9:00 a.m. My warm-up climbs were taken by the time I've arrived. I had no choice but to do a harder climb without a warm-up. I planned to do a harder climb today anyway, as I have brought my prusik cord. The climb was a bit overhung in the middle and I struggled up it after many rests. My arms became pumped with lactic acid. This was I climbed that I was able to do in the past. When I reached the ledge about 2/3 of the way up, I took a rest. Finally, I decided to abseil down. I did half a climb. My day of climbing is over for today. I am tired, yet I felt happy as I walked home from the cliffs. Along the side of the cliffs, some overgrown weeds were flowering. It was the only thing flowering in the cold. They were like small sun-flowers. I admired them.

For a long time, I want to see things in an objective way, without judgement or discrimination, but I never had thought that I would see beauty in the weeds.

Day 14 Prac EDB031 ED90 sem1 2005

I blog this one day