Yoga camp and Meditating

As a last minute plan, Eva, Fred, Gretchen and I went to the Sivananda Yoga camp for a Yoga class and dinner. It was simply delightful.
http://www.sivananda.org/camp/english/intro_en.html

I've been meaning to go for a long time and this was my first time. I feel sore from the 2 hour class. Both the class and the dinner were basic and wonderful.

There was a ceremony to write down the things we want to release and things we want to have manifested and burnt the papers. It was at the home of the lady who leads our meditation group.

I felt a bit depressed and stressed in the last days. But I feel so much better after the yoga class.

My friend her daughter and her grand-son came for lunch and had a hectic but delightful time.

Addicted to tedtalks

After doing all that shopping and planning, Christmas dinner turned out to be real simple. My friend who was supposed to concoct the dinner together got sick so I dropped off some pepto-bismol and odd things. My mom did not feel good so she ended up having rice porridge and soya sauce for dinner. A new friend accompanied me to the Christmas mass at the Notre-Dame basillica. He was fidgeting and I could understand why. The priest had a thick accent and spoke fast and mumbled French. Plus the accoustic in the church was such that there was an echo effect. In other words, it was really hard to understand what he was saying. No wonder of the family of 12 behind us, there were 3 - mother and her 2 kids on either side of her laps - were snoring all the way. The grandma's giant hips were hitting my new friends head every time she moved. It was rather entertaining. We had a real simple dinner and a great conversation.

I have a new addiction - Tedtalks. I watched the one on 100$ computer, Nicholas Negroponte, and I'm grateful to all other presenters, Al Gore, Malcolm Gladwell and especially Gregory Colbert of Ashes and Snow.

I cannot wait to watch all of them. Each one is inspiring and compelling in so many different ways. I feel enormously blessed to be living in this time period.

http://www.ted.com/tedtalks

Fundraiser and the official announcement

The fundraiser was a success. We had room full of people. The presentations and piano performances were outstanding and food was warm, original and joyful. It took a lot of work but this time, it did not feel like work.

About the announcement - I am going to Korea to work for a good while - the expected date is June 2007. It was Janet - a lady who came all the way from Daegu, Korea to let me know about this opportunity. Since I already have attempted to go back in 1992 and failed, I thought that it was not for me.

Since I have decided, I feel hopeful, excited and joyous. Mom, Grandma and Aunt are all very excited about it too. I'll need to get rid of lots of things and ship some things. All seems right and unreal at the same time.

Fundraiser

Results fundraiser is coming along. As before I wonder if I could have done more, been some other way to make a resounding success. Maybe this is what it looks like when your prayers are heard. It is a resounding success in Calgary and Ottawa. Even in Micro Credit, now it is the playground for Gates, Buffett and Omydiar. I made a slide show of 20 years history of Results Canada/Montreal. It really went by fast.