Week 4 & Week 5 – Hell-o and Emo!

Why hello, sorry I have not being able to update as I was tired and trying to study for anatomy and cram in 5 postures in my grey matter [or dura mater for all you biology fetish freaks out there].

So here are some brief updates from Week 4 :

Monday : This day heralded the return of Boss himself. This meant no easy classes, though the room was not as hot as Carnage Thursday. Good to have my butt kicked in class! Oh yes,first anatomy test. Was quite tempted to write that I was an ESL student [which is technically true...] and get extra credit for the test. But I didn’t. See, I ist honest persons.

Tuesday : Bikram was in such a ridiculously good mood, so he gave us the evening off from posture clinic and threw us a pizza party! YAY! Can you imagine 500 odd LARGE Papa John’s pizzas in a big lecture tent? We were all made to have AT LEAST 5 slices each, or suffer the wrath of a Saturday make-up class [Dom was just kidding, I think!]. Since there was so much leftovers, Mel and I took a pizza back to our room. I am so sick of pizza now. Seriously. So. Sick. Of. Pizza. Ugh.

Wed : Posture clinic and more lectures! At this point of time I had pizza coming out of my ears. Ugh.

Thurs, Fri : More posture clinics and lectures. More drama, haha!

Saturday : Went out with 24 other trainees to watch “O” by Cirque du Soleil. It. Was. Freaking. Fabulous!! Inspired me to work harder on my practice, just a little, hah. Thanks and huge props to Ryan and sophie for organising it. Can you imagine 25 yogis fitting into a hummer limo, with cheesy club music blasting through? Plus the limo had a dance pole in it… all for the price of US$6 per person. Sure beats riding the monorail to Bellagio!

Sunday : Woke up with a frozen shoulder. Motherfucker it hurt so much that I could not wear my bra. Headed out and spent money on Epsom Salts and emergen-c. If there’s one thing [or 20] I wish I brought, it’d be Epsom Salts and a heating pad.

Week 5 (also known as Emo / Stress week)

Monday : Shoulder still hurt like a bitch. By Pranayama Breathing first set my shoulder emitted a loud crack and hell, felt much much better as my clavicle and shoulderblade snapped back into place. Ahhhh.

Tuesday : This started the pattern of shitty morning classes. Grr! And YAY! Jakob came here, so happy that a reminder from home is here This day marked the beginning of a sore throat and runny nose. Ugh. And a few people avoid me like I’m a leper. Oh hello, viruses spread like… a virus. So you’re going to get sick eventually, in the future!

Wednesday : Still shitty morning classes.

Thursday : Shitty morning class. Grrrr.

Friday : Emo and crying day. For some obscene and obscure reason I was crying the whole day. Must be all the emotional stuff I was getting rid of. Plus Jakob was leaving! After I delivered Toe and Tree Pose, cried my little heart out in front of Lynn and Jenna [they must've thought that I am such a weepy whiny freak].  Lynn was gracious enough to call for a break right after my crying drama. Oh well.

And that’s all the updates for now! I’m glad to say I haven’t had any major run-ins with Chicago Bull so I’m happy.

Some lovely quotes from the past 2 weeks :

“You can have empathy for your students, but you can’t have sympathy for them” – Mike from Dallas

“Oi, chicken chest. Yes, you. raisin boobs!” – Bikram

“YOU! Bushy-bushy hair! I HATE LAZY PEOPLE!” – Bikram

“Sweeeetheart. You weren’t going back far enough during backbend! *shakes head*” – Bikram [to me! Damn, I really am visible in a room of 300+]

“What the fuck you waiting for?” – Bikram

“YOU FUCK WITH ME I FUCK WITH YOU MOTHERFUCKER” – Bikram

“If you’re looking into someone’s eyes during savasana, you are very likely creeping them out” – Misha

“Mei, would you like to go for toe stand?” – Misha “No speak England!” – Mei

“Don’t scare your passengers” – Diane during poorna-salabhasana

M*