okay. so i'm cheating. didn't have time to write yesterday but shall do so now :) it's been a while since i've last posted. i've got a new haircut - loving it, my back is in the process of getting fixed, and i've been keeping up with my yoga lessons! yay for that. the only bad thing is that i have an assignment due this friday and i've yet to start :(

went out and played tennis with the media girls over the weekend. i shall let the pictures do the talking since i really REALLY should start with my assignment. haha. it's kinda scary though how it's week 6 now. i'll be finishing uni soon! mixed feelings about that, mainly because i don't know what's lined up after, but at least i have a queensland trip with the girls to look forward to :) i know i always said i'll be spontaneous and take it as it comes, but it's weird not knowing. it's weird not knowing what i'll be doing this time next year. hmmm.....okays, i shan't think too much. i'll let life surprise me for once :P

enough blabbering.







actually, i think i'll miss uni.


xx
sarah

it's been 2 weeks since i've blogged. it's now august, i've started uni, i'm a year older, and i have an assignment due next monday! AHHH!! sheesh, time really passes too quickly. but talking about uni, i've calculated the number of days i have left.

to start with, i only attend uni twice a week. i have 13 weeks in total.


the first week, i only had 1 day.


so all in all, i have 25 days of uni this semester! yes! only 25 days of uni. that's less than a month.

i've attended 3 days.


so now i'm left with 22 days! hmmm...

to keep me occupied on my days off, i've recently started practising bikram yoga or hot yoga. i thought i gave it a try to help me cope with my lower back pain from the injury i sustained about a year and a half ago, and maybe try to improve my overall health too. so far i've been for 4 lessons over the past 2 weeks, and i'm loving it! i'm hoping to try to attend classes on a regular basis. besides, the heated room is nice and toasty, rather nice for the chilly weather now. seriously, i've never sweated so much before! i could just be standing there doing one of the poses, and dripping sweat. ok, doesn't really sound glamourous, but the feeling is good :) for those who are interested in finding out more about bikram yoga, click here.

and i thought i'll just comment on something the yoga teacher shared with us during one of the lessons. he mentioned how we as people are sometimes reluctant and hesitant towards change. how we stick to a certain routine, even though a change might be beneficial, but just refuse because we're comfortable with it, or it has become a habit. so i thought about my own life and see how i've become so stubborn towards change too. i thought about my golf swing - how i refuse to correct my posture and ensuring that my left shoulder comes down first. i thought about badminton - how i refuse to correct my forehand movements and footwork. i thought about my own life - how undisciplined i've become in cultivating a good sleeping habit.

change IS hard. if it's not hard initially, then it may possibly be that there wasn't any change at all. sometimes how we manage change is to bitch, whinge and get frustrated about it. but i think if we learn to embrace change, we could be making the process easier and more enjoyable for ourselves. i'm not condoning all changes here. there are times when people change for the worse. but what i'm trying to convey is that we shouldn't fear change, rather, we should EMBRACE it.

anyways, talking about badminton just now reminded me of something that happened yesterday. shelley and i took part in the A Ladies' Doubles UNSW badminton tournament yesterday, and i got HIT in the eye during the 2nd game we played! OMG. first time i got hit in the eye while playing baddy. it was seriously painful. but shelley insisted i continued playing; she really wanted to win, so did i actually. blah. so it was still alright. it hurt a little, but the vision was still okay. but then when we had to play the 3rd game. the vision went very very blurry in the left eye (the eye that was hit). i couldn't really see my backhand side, especially when we were on the side of the court that was facing the glare from the sun. so we lost that game. blah. and to the pair we MOST wanted to win. sigh. i was disappointed, cause i was actually playing well before i got hit :'( so we came in runners-up instead. after that, i continued to play B mix doubles. needless to say, i didn't do very well too :( in total, i played 6 games yesterday. more than i do in an average baddy session. but i had a good sleep last night. the eye is feeling better and i think the slight swelling and redness has gone down. so yay for that. i wouldn't exactly be thrilled with the idea of going to uni with a bruised eye.

okay. i think i've wrote a pretty long post today, but there's just so much i wanted to share. to end it off, here's a picture from the little celebration i had. if only the important people in my life could be with me :( but it's alright. birthdays have become just like any other day to me. haha.



there are definitely a few things i like to change in my life. and i know for that to happen, i not only need to learn to embrace change, but let go of being in a comfortable state (and the bad habits) and allow change to take place. how about you? are you willing to allow change to happen?


xx
sarah