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25 of February 2010

I’m back…

I had a great holiday, thanks for asking ;-)

I started with a nice 10 days in Singapore, where I happily had the chance to catch up with Pern Yiau, Jono, Carlos, and Kim, amongst others, and had some great conversations. I bought a lot of books, of which you may hear more.

Then, off to Thailand for two weeks: a few days in Bangkok, which were wonderful, and then a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat: 10 days of absolute silence, rising at 4am, and 9 hours of meditation every day… This is the third time I’ve done one of these retreats, and it was by far the toughest; very gruelling, physically and emotionally. I’m really glad I did it (though I nearly quit on day 3!), and I’ve been told I look five years younger… Sweet :-)

I landed yesterday in Beijing, which is cold and smoggy, and everything looks grey or brown :-( Sigh… I want to go back to Thailand right now, it was so colourful and invigorating…..

OK, back to reading all the email that’s accumulated over the past month…

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  1. Welcome back! Personally, I think I would have stayed in S’pore or Thailand, this time of year.

    Comment by tom — February 28, 2010 @ 4:06 am

  2. Believe me, I’m thinking of Bangalamphu and red curry every day….

    Comment by Emlyn — March 14, 2010 @ 9:39 am

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