{"id":391,"date":"2006-01-04T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2006-01-04T10:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flying-girl.www.smileyumi.com\/2006\/01\/04\/memories_of_sam\/"},"modified":"2006-01-04T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2006-01-04T10:18:03","slug":"memories_of_sam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smileyumi.com\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Samui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 4, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Came home yesterday. A week in Samui refreshed me. Mt. Fuji through the office window welcomed me into the office this morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/samui.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Samui\" height=\"266\" alt=\"Samui\" src=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/flying_girl\/images\/samui.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <strong>Memories of Samui&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashtanga Yoga<\/strong>: It was painful, indeed! My muscle was screaming a lot especially on the first and the second day. Teachers encouraged me to try more than I thought I could do. Thanks to their help, my arms reached further and I could stretch my legs more straight than I expected. The most challenging part was to remember the order of poses. (this was my first time to try Ashtanga! and in Ashtanga mysore practice, teachers don&#8217;t give us instructions but adjust our poses while we are practicing.) All in all, it was so challenging but fun and funny mates in the beginner&#8217;s class made it a bit easier : )<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vegetarian Meal<\/strong> : It wasn&#8217;t my favorite as I anticipated. I didn&#8217;t feel full even I ate more than usual. But at the same time it&#8217;s also true that I didn&#8217;t have any problem in my stomach when I was eating vegetarian meal though my stomach often has problems. Now spending a little more than a full day in Tokyo, I have something lying on my stomach for the meal I had today. My stomach is really weak, I know, but I still like meat!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ocean<\/strong>: I was looking forward to swimming in the blue water. Though it looked beautiful when I looked at the ocean from the beach, the water wasn&#8217;t that clear when I went into it. But it was cool enough to cool down after morning yoga practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Humid but Not that Hot<\/strong>: Weather was quite OK except it rained a lot though it wasn&#8217;t a rainy season. It was humid but wasn&#8217;t uncomfortably hot. I comfortably spent the time with tank-top and shorts. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Westernized Town<\/strong>: On the new year&#8217;s day, I went to a little town (could be the busiest town in Samui?) Chaweng. It was very westernized and I wondered where I was! Starbucks, Boots, Irish pubs with football matches on TV, MacDonald&#8217;s and lots of western people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple Life<\/strong>: Got up at 7:00, had yoga practice from 8:30 to 10:00. Breakfast, shower and relax. 12:00 Yoga workshop, 13:00 Lunch. Relax (sometimes went to small towns or had massage) and afternoon practice at 16:30. Supper at 18:30. Evening video show and meditation (sometimes I skipped it). At 21:00, I was always in bed either chatting with the room mate or reading. I couldn&#8217;t stay up after after 22:00! And no TV in the room!&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Friends<\/strong>:I met a lot of people. Quite international people! Many of them live in the other country than their own. Made quite a few friends. They made my retreat much more fun!I&#8217;m sure that I&#8217;ll keep in touch with them.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I did, saw, felt more than these but impossible to write everything!<\/p>\n<p>(Japanese)<\/p>\n<p>\u6628\u65e5\u30bf\u30a4\u304b\u3089\u5e30\u56fd\u3002\u30b5\u30e0\u30a4\u5cf6\u3067\u3059\u3063\u304b\u308a\u30ea\u30d5\u30ec\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u3055\u308c\u3066\u4eca\u65e5\u3092\u51fa\u793e\u3002\u7a93\u304b\u3089\u898b\u3048\u308b\u5bcc\u58eb\u5c71\u304c\u4eca\u65e5\u3082\u304d\u308c\u3044\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u30b5\u30e0\u30a4\u5cf6\u306e\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u3092\u3044\u304f\u3064\u304b\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb<\/p>\n<p>\u3068\u601d\u3063\u305f\u3051\u3069\u3000\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u7248\u306f\u660e\u65e5\u66f8\u304d\u307e\u3059\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u5e30\u3063\u305f\u3070\u304b\u308a\u3067\u5fd9\u3057\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 4, 2006 Came home yesterday. A week in Samui refreshed me. Mt. 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