Yoga makes me happy =)

So its been 3 weeks now, there has not been a single heavy dinner of pasta/rice/bread-based food and boy does it feel good!

Fitness classes have begun as well, and I hauled myself out of bed for yoga this morning. It was totally worth waking up for, the instructress is good in that she goes at an easy pace and guides us on the proper alignments, breathing, etc as we go. She tells us exactly what we need to be stretching at what point, so if we're not feeling it we know we're not doing something right!! My challenge is always with the poses that require a lot of balance, but hopefully that'll sort itself out soon enough.

I've also been very easily irritated the past few weeks. Going for pilates/aerobics/yoga or just doing 30 mins on the eliptical trianer helps a lot to just breathe, calm down and be aware of one's body, especially the muscles you haven't used in a while. The "prana" or "life flow" one feels after yoga is probably just better circulation of oxygenated blood to every part of one's body. It makes me happy! :P Not overly excited, but serenly happy...

Pilates is less about the stretching and more about the building of core muscles. Aerobics gets you jumping all over the place to techno remixes of your fav early 2000s songs (Lady by Modjo anyone?) and remembering the steps can be a bit confusing at first :P But it leaves you sweaty and red in the face and when that happens you know its a good thing! However, the "cool down" for the aerobics class is.....CRUNCHES!!!!! LIKE 80 OF THEM! NOOOOOO! Haha, I hate crunches...

I already feel way more healthy, balanced and generally lighter on my feet. Yay for unlimited fitness classes at only $10 per week!!

Yesterday I hopped over to watch Puccini's opera "Turandot" at the Esplanade - Cooky was in it and so cute as a Chinese peasant girl :) The opera was good, costumes amazing, subtitles could have been better, orchestra was awesome! Had dinner at the Esplanade mall, tried out the Minestrone soup at this place called The Stock Pot. I find it better than Soup Spoon because there is much more variety of veggies in all the soups. In soup spoon the tomato is just tomato soup - nothing else in it. Same with the mushroom. Boooring! Here the minestrone has chickpeas, black beans, chunks of yummy tomato and green peppers. The serving size is just right, doesn't fill you up too much. They also have sandwiches and salads the size of Texas which looked very yummy.

Later I passed the Cookie Museum, Chocz and Haagen Daz...managed to avoid them and gulp down my hot green tea instead. Met up with some of my school friends too...quite a lot of them at this show! Ok, time for me to get to class - Quality and Sustainability in Business Operations. There never was a longer title for a course...