1000 practices. then you will know.

so i had my first convenience meal last night. i had been hearing about how good & cheap food from 7-11 is and did not believe it until i tried it. for less than $4, i had some kind of darn tasty noodle dish. and watched john mayer on the giant tv screen. he was doing a live show in japan. even though i usually don't go for mainstream blues artists, i have to admit to liking him. he even played "sissy strut," by one of my all time new orleans funk bands, the meters. he is also very cute to me. almost like a guilty pleasure, as i watched lots of shakira when i was in india. of course the japanese commercials were very fun as well.

today i taught mysore class & also my first led primary class here. it was the best primary class i have ever taught in my life. the students moved to my count with perfect synchronicity. usually students do not do that & it gets frustrating. so it was a joy to teach. my counting is not always perfect, because i have not taught this type of class for a long time, but it helps teach me how to get better at it just by doing it, so it's good for me. in addition to my mysore tomorrow, i get to teach a private of 4 men at microsoft at night. that should be fun. half primary.

something interesting i found out from talking to yogis here is that it is common for them to count the amount of times they have practiced. i have met several who know exactly how many! someone had said it's a japanese thing, they like to set goals & count, but another said guruji always has said "you do 1000 practices without thinking, then you will know." and this makes sense, cause it would take about 5 years, and i have always heard guruji say, "primary series-5 years, intermediate-10 years, 3rd series-10 years) which is about right, but i have never heard it put into that kind of perspective before.

i tried curry noodle today, and of course, it was delish! ahh, there's no bad food here, i swear. and some more naughty shopping, you can check my flickr site if you want to see some of the goods. do not come here if you have a shopping habit. it is just SICK! again, not as expensive as everyone says. you can find stuff cheap, just like anywhere. or you can spend thousands. the shops are the funkiest i've ever seen-even more than new york. i was hoping to bring some yen home with me but alas....since i'm working in shibuya, the best place to shop, that will be kind of hard to do.

and i went to the berlitz school for learning japanese. cost about $3000 bucks for 40 lessons. oh well. guess i got my cds & books, but it's so hard to motivate without going to school. however, it is very important to learn the language if i plan to come back here again.