Got up and did a yoga practice this morning for an hour. Lots of leg stretching after that long plane ride. I totally forgot about my dental appointment that I had teed up in Australia with Dr Khoo. I am going to get all that amalgam they stuck in my teeth as some kind of preventative filling technique way back in the 70s. I haven't seen the dentist since I last saw her when I was last out here 4 years ago! After I get picked up by Kerri Felina Grandma and Paigey to go to Salamat Lorong to eat Cha Kuai teow from the red beret lady. Off to Plaza Gurney because that's the thing you do in Penang (go to the mall) Padang for Laksa Back to Ah Kim's to hang around a bit ... read more

About to leave for the airport in an hour after I eat something. This time I'll be going to Penang, Jakarta and then Bali for a yoga retreat. I't s going to be a very relaxing holiday, sort of the antidote to India which was just ssooooo jam packed full of India India India. Will be visiting family for the Penang and Jakarta bit which already puts me into the blase tourist category. And Bali will be mostly in a yoga retreat with Carole Bailargeon of Darwin Yoga Space. I actually first met her in my last trip to India. The plan? RELAXATION, massage, pedicures, spas, self nourishment, indulgence, hanging with family, and lots of focused yoga practice. This is the 3rd hoiday I've taken my yoga mat to....lucky little thing eh?! Please drop me a ... read more

I'm on the verge of leaving teetering on the edge of something not quite here not quite there ........................................ I have packed ridiculously light and may suffer hypothermia along the way as well as very bad fashion. I've not booked much in advance just the plane tickets and one internal flight form Delhi to Mumbai, which I think I'll try and change when I arrive. I have also booked online a train ticket to Varanasi from Delhi as I just want to get our of Delhi as fast as possible once I arrive. the Indian rail site is really great and even though I haven't booked my train journeys I have looked up the times so I have a good idea of what trains I do want to catch. And I've put all that info into ... read more

We parked in Gladstone St opposite the Craigo Mills home to the Omeo dance studio started by Roslyn Crisp. We were after the best Turkish pizza in Sydney at Saray on Enmore Rd. “I thought she looked like spastic puppet pulling her own strings or like she was doing some kind of epileptic tai chi.” Brett searched for words to express how he hated Ros’ performance in a kind of conversational way. He knew that Paul was on his side as the beer was passed his way. “I don’t class that as dance, it was more like mime. I think of dance as having some sort of grace, but that was just ugly.” Though my response to Danse (1) was different, I could not disagree with the descriptions of Paul and Brett. I first came ... read more

Wonderful Wollongong Australasia » Australia » New South Wales » Wollongong » Wollongong By valeriavine May 27th 2007 Valeria VineI am sometimes struck by just how beautiful it is. Cooled to the bone stillness, body milted and shed of the day's slough weighing our clothes to the floor. Does a tongue start behind the teeth and end somewhere beetween the thighs, the whole parched length of it? feel the inside of you dry up along the outside of... read more