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Last week I was totally shocked

Fri nite I was trying on the dress I was gonna wear to go BOS buddy’s wedding party. I bought that dress at Theory outlet when I was in Boston but never really got a chance to wear it since. I was very skinny back then coz I was depressed and not eating at all so I remember that dress was kinda loose on me.

But when I tried that dress on last week, it was fucking so tight I can hardly get it zipped. (though the tightest was at chest…) It really frightened me badly. So I figured I got to do something… I don’t want the single fat miserable image to be my life… So I started yoga lesson last Sunday. It was Hatha yoga, the one I did with Chih at Brandeis. It was very interesting and relaxing so I decided to join the club right away.

Last nite I finally got time to go second class. It was recommended by the sales rep. and I only knew it’s very popular and in English. As soon as the class started, I heard teacher said “downward facing dog” then the memory struck me.

Most of the times you thought you have forgotten everything, but somehow a person, a sentence, or even a word could bring the buried memory back so easily and quickly.

Yoga once a week at Brandeis was fun and relaxing. The first time I could hardly understand what teacher was mumbling. Downward facing Dog, cobra, triangle, warrior… all were meaningless. The teacher sometimes led very difficult poses and Chih and I could only sit there and watch. But I always looked forward to the dinner with Chih at my place after class. It was always great to have a company while waiting.

The thing I didn’t know was that after 3 years I would utilize what I have learned back then and catch up yoga lessons as if I never stopped practicing. (well of course my muscle would remind me how long I haven’t actually USE them…)

PS I never know why that pose is called downward facing dog… but now as I think of Kirara’s poses, I totally got the point and do the pose a lot better~

上週五拿出在BOS OUTLET買的Theory小禮服試穿
其實自己胖到什麼程度心裡早就有譜了  只是遲遲不肯面對現實
果然  當初穿還鬆鬆垮垮的洋裝  現在要很努力才能拉上拉鍊
(雖然最緊的部位是胸部…)  真的很驚嚇
當下浮現在腦海的是單身未婚肥胖tv potato的影像
我可不想我下半生變成那種刻板印象

所以星期天就乖乖的去上瑜珈 Hatha Yoga哈達瑜珈
結果跟在Brandeis上的一樣  老師帶的也不錯
就決定加入會員  暗自決定每週至少去上三堂課
直到拎祖媽瘦回來為止！！
(雖然這種宣言通常都是雷聲大雨點小  請大家要努力監督我！)

昨晚終於有空去上第二堂課
小姐在幫我預約的時候一直blah blah介紹我都沒在聽
大概只知道是個很受歡迎的老師+他用英文上課
一進教室看到個光頭肌肉佬已經很讓人訝異
很快的他開始叫我們做downward facing dog(臉朝下狗式)
一下子在Boston的回憶全都湧上腦海

很多時候你以為你已經全都忘了  可往往一個人一句話甚至一個字
就可以輕易的讓你想起那些已經埋葬的記憶

還記得一開始上課時完全不知道什麼是狗式 眼鏡蛇式 戰士式 拜日式
老師為了比較厲害的同學會教一些很難的動作  我跟CHIH只能坐在旁邊看
可是我最期待得是上完課一起回我家吃飯
等待的過程中  有人陪伴是令人感激的  ありがたい

那時我沒想到的是  三年後我會在這邊活用我之前學到的東西
無須思考就可以做出這些動作(雖然我的肌肉有在提醒我我有多久沒使用他們)

PS 而我以前一直想不通狗式WHY是叫做『狗式』
一直到我養了KIRARA  我昨天終於明白是狗的那個姿勢
這動作也做的更好！