Tai Chi - A Way of Life

For quite some time now, I've been an avid reader of the Dynamic Balancing Tai Chi blog. I discovered the site few years back - just as I surf my way through the lists of blogs in Blogger_Com. Their messages convey the serenely strong and yet simple principles of Tai Chi. I think it's beautiful and will be such a waste not to share with you and explore it with me.

Since I used to be a martial arts enthusiast, that is of course before the bulging tummies, I stopped and read few posts and been a regular visitor since then. I learned that basic principle of the Tai Chi is acceptance and the power to seize an opposing force by means of a peaceful retaliation or better, avoidance. It is pushing the principle that you can not always fight violence with violence but rather use the opposing force against itself. It is I guess the most basic and fundamental of all forms of martial arts.

Like language, Tai Chi becomes a poetry of motion. Not merely a symphony of muscles and bones but is a principle of self-defense. A principle not just against a violent oppressor but against issues implicating one's life. One example is marriage, my old grandparents, they told me when I got married, 'this has been an age old advise for your marriage to work: in cases you and your wife need to argue something, like the river that flows freely towards the ocean, so should both of you accept and listen to each other's heart and work hand in hand towards a resolution.

As Confucius had said, "Like the water that fits itself into the vessel, so should one fits himself into any circumstances".

Allow me to give you a glimpse further into Tai Chi from one of the teacher's 2001 posts:

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Friday, 14 December 2001

Yes

Try being accommodating and receptive for a day. Say "Yes!" to everything: agree, accept, approve, receive. Yield and yield and yield. Let those barriers soften and fade. Be fearless.
(From http://dynamicbalancingtaichi.blogspot.com)

I encourage you to visit the site as well. They might enlighten your thoughts and spirit.

 

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Chowking! Indulge My Appetite

Yeah! Here's another every common topic in town. And, every one eats Chow-king.

One of my favorite topic to talk about when I'm hungry is - food! What else should I be musing about? My mind's probably loose right now. {--,}  I'm hungry and my ordered food from Chow-king Restaurant has not arrived yet.

Calling the restaurant has been the most convenient yet costly way of bringing down your lunch to the office. Well, not that costly but you loss the point of working your ass hard to save a penny to send back home. The people on the other lines are extremely friendly too. Well, you'll know by the tone of their voice they had a bad day but what the heck, it's always a good thing to cheer up people - even if it begins from a customer. Well, I'm a testified believer that when a customer is happy he will hail the people who served him and he will even write a blog entry about them. Hehehe.

The one in the picture is a beef mushroom wanton noodle - my lunch today! Good when it's served warm and a little bit of chili curry dipped with a little bit of soy sauce. Chow-king foods are known to have served lacking a little bit of salt because not every one likes it salty of course. Each person has a distinct taste when it comes to salty tasting food. This thing cost twenty-one Dirhams per order which will of course save you plenty as much as thirty-four dollars a week, one hundred thirty six dollars a month. Hehehe. Whew! the Chili sauce is hot!

Well, I am one of those people here in Dubai where one of the passion is food. And its not a good way to save a penny. It's always very cost saving bringing along with you everyday food for lunch - there will not be much dinner-left overs in your home. I find it very effective when I'm tight budget, no really, I mean when I'm really on tight budget, to be able to save money. It's usually a habit for a Filipino OFW like me to prepare food earlier at home to bring and consume the next day or two. Preparation is usually in the evening, and usually by bulk. One or two cups of plain rice in a topper-ware container for each day of the week.

Depending on your mood to share chit-chat around other office people, it will usually take you a total of thirty minutes to eat this thing which of course can be eaten in just a matter of sixty seconds. You don't have to drink water - it's in it already. Hehehe. You don't have to worry about the noodles entangling around your tonsils inside your mouth. You can have Maju pull that out that strings of noodles for you. Hehehe.

The thing comes good with Siopao too! Cost eight Dirhams ($2.18) in UAE.

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