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OK, two posts a night. I just have so much to ramble about my day-to-day experiences. I may officially give up writing about the Singapore/Hyderabad trip at this point :-P

YOGA I absolutely love it! I'm only doing weekly classes now but thinking of doing it at least twice a week next year. I had always thought yoga was overrated and a bit pretentious, with all the fancy mats and "yoga-wear" that cost a fortune. But after my third class, I became a fan. When I work out at the gym, I'm going really fast and hard, isolating the muscles I want to work out. But in yoga, you pace your breathing and movements, focus on balancing and staying still, and pay attention to how your muscles connect and work together when you work them out. I'm greatly enjoying this reverse perspective and the positive effects on my physical strength and flexibility, as well as my mood. I feel very stable and positive after every class.

COOKING I'm realizing more and more how much I love the creative, hands-on experience. Because I knew that, I did consider a design career but for the reasons that are worth a whole another post, I took a break from it. But I'm planning to pursue a more creative career path in a few years, and a culinary school has become a serious consideration, just because I, simply, want to learn everything about cooking. Learning the theories behind the reasons you choose a certain type of a pot or slice different veggies in different ways has always fascinated me, and coupled with the desire to be professional at what I love doing, I'm seriously looking into this. Matt suggested me to start trying things out now rather than waiting to make the big jump later, and I plan on spending more time in the kitchen and taking short-term classes. I've already started to cook more, and my two next major projects are the team dinner next week and Thanksgiving Extragavanza, which I'm planning with Theresa to bring Thanksgiving spirit to the lonely expats spending the holiday away from home.

JAMLEGEND.COM This game has become my addiction of the season. It's a fantastic, very well-made online version of Guitar Hero! It keeps your statistics in a range of categories and does a really good job to motivate you to compete. You can also duel your friends -- you play a song first and send the duel challenge message for the other person to try to beat your score. I hope they come out with real-time dueling and take away that Roxanne girl.