Hello all (all???-where do these bass-ackward assumptions of mine come from? As of yet I know of only one person who has seen this blog...!)
Oh well, as a personally interesting (in an introspective kind of way) and somewhat therapeutic endeavor I shall continue with my entries tonight. My last one was on Sept. 21st. and to keep in form, it is 2:00am and I am suffering from another bout of insideous insomnia (no alliteration intended). The good news is I don't have to be up at 6:00am-4 hours later-tomorrow.
Before I talk briefly about the photos that were taken during a recent trip down to Nantou to attend an editors conference, I'll recount in diary form a very 'stunted' timeline of a few of my daily routines.
My life is BUSY but productive-"productive" being the operative word here in that I define it in terms of the progress I am or am not making to improve myself to be more (among other things) eclectic through exposure to different people and new experiences.
Weekly, (not Thursdays!) I am up at 6:00am after which time I slowly lumber (more like lerch!) down to Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (some say the father of "Chinese democracy"-NOT the Guns 'N' Roses version) to engage in a group Tai-chi session with between 30-100 other early risers, all hopeing to reap the mental, physical and spiritual (existential too!) benefits of the time honored tradition. Without being egotistical, I am proud of myself for having stuck to this routine since February of this year. It has certainly done wonders for me, especially in a meditative sense. So much easier now to contend with lifes pressures in a soothing, balanced way, which indeed makes coming to terms with lifes compromises that much easier.
After my hour and a half session of Tai-chi, I then grab some breakfast (more about eating in another entry) and head back home to get ready and head out to my office, which is quite close to where I live via the MRT (Taipei's subway/sky-train/tube etc...)
Three days a week after work ("work"-more about that later too) I attend a bjj-Brazilian Jiu-jitsu group class and open mat sparring session at Evolution Combat in Taipei, which takes me through to early evening, at which time I usually go out with whatever 'gym buddies' are present and grab some dinner before heading home. Depending on how I feel physically, I usually go for a late night swim in the pool at the complex where I live before I turn in.
That's all for now from the 'diary perspectives'.
As you can see I have 4 photos of Taiwan's Sun Moon lake. It is a beautiful shimmery torquise colored lake that is a vacation spot growing in popularity. To bolster the tourist industry on Taiwan the gov. and private industry created a truly majestic 5-star resort along the lakeshore, which, so I've been told is nothing short of spectacular. The Taiwanese gov. has rather recently (too recently!) began a green campaign for the island, most notably in a commercial sense is the contstruction of 'green' hotels, bed and breakfasts, and resorts in various areas of the island, including the islands Penghu, Kinmen and Green island.
The beautifully reflective shot, with the varying gradients of color and texture was taken at dawn.
Always live in the moment...
Until later...
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