sophia’s travel by night

this goes back a couple of weeks... on my return flt from kenting (spring scream) i read the newspaper... which i rarely do. n in ther was a story about a young woman searching for her mom in kashmir, india. her mother had apparently travelled ther n wnt missing... the authorities found her body in the lake. i read this in passing. ther wasn't much details. i glanced at the foto, but nothing registered as familiar. coming home, my mom was talking to her frnd... turns out it was someone they knew. at this point, i hadn't made any connection as to who this family was. then, my frnd, sandra, told me the story again n asked if i knew who they were? n said it was her ex-boyfrnds' aunt... her ex-boyfrnd, was also my family frnd... then my sister told me tht it was our childhood frnds aunt (godmother) then i realized tht she was someone i met often, but not lately. as we grow up, we forget ppl from our past... out of touch, esp their families. their families r all here in taipei f...

PLAY it Back to u. improv kind of theatre that is so beautiful. i was really touched watching this show. i was lucky to b invited to c the joint performances of playback groups from HK, Singapore, and Taipei. these ppl r so amazing, with so little props n things. they just express emotions and tell ur story back to u in a very beautiful n playful or touching way. really enjoyed it. too bad i'm really shy, else i'd join the group n do some playback acting myself. anyhoo..... my hands & arms r just way too tired to type right now, i went rock climbing again tonite at the gym... n tried one tht was tough for me... i hope i'm not too sore tmrw.

well, here i am again, back to taipei. it is great to b here, well, other than the humidity today. april is great time to b here, spring, not too hot n humid yet, just past the rain season... and well, beautiful days. i've been here a couple of weeks now and done quite a bit in such short time. since i'm here for a while, i've decided to take up classes... i have yoga every morning at my friend Rob's studio called the Swami Salami School of Yoga! last week, i, along w/a few other friends, decided to work on our body... cleaning it of some toxins, mainly from our intestines n liver. it's quite an experience. it's called Liver Cleanse, curezone. chk it out! it's pretty amazing experience! altho i only shat out 20 stones, my frnd Rob got rid of 100+! Kirk got rid of 200 or so! imagine all the junk in our bodies! tomorrow i have a japanese cooking class. the same place i was last time i was in taipei. so exciting. good food! and speaking of food, my friend Sand...