This weekend has ended up being really great. I drove home after dinner last night and just had a feeling of happiness inside me. I love having days like that. I had breakfast in the morning with one of my brothers at Coogee beach. We chatted about all sorts of things, and enjoyed a nice catch up. This brother of mine has been working long hours recently so it was nice to have some relaxed time together. In the afternoon there was a big storm that went through Sydney, and it was just after I had sat down to do my Yin Yoga class.
About a month ago I had picked up a brochure about this form of yoga at Balmoral beach and it sparked my interest. I had never heard of this form of yoga, and rang the teacher to find out more information. Here is a website with more details http://www.yinyoga.com/. It's slightly different to the normal forms of yoga as you actually work the connective tissue, not muscles and its a quiet, relaxed practice in which poses are held for up to five minutes at a time. The class went for 2.5 hours as well, which I have to admit I was slightly daunted about prior to the class, but the time flew and I felt great when we finished. I thoroughly enjoyed the class and decided to book in also for the next one in November. I think it will be good to combine this stretching with the running and cross training sessions that I'm doing every week. It's all part of my current efforts to get a bit fitter. I'm trying!
So after my yoga class I picked up my Aunt and drove across to Surry Hills. We met with a cousin of mine, her husband and kids who are currently living in China and were over in Sydney for a holiday. We had dinner at a Thai restaurant called Sugarcane which is on Reservoir st in Surry Hills. The food was really delicious, full of flavour and service excellent. It's obviously pretty popular because it was completely full. I'll definitely go again. I hadn't seen my cousin and her family for more than five years so of course the kids were that little bit more mature and characters grown even more. They have been living in China for over two years and will be there for another year or more. I really enjoyed seeing them and hope to see them again around Christmas time when they are back in Australia for a few weeks.
That was my day, and all of that made me happy. As they say, its definitely the simple things in life. Good times and experiences with beautiful people.
And today my lovely weekend continued as I went to the annual Lane Cove fair with family as well. It was fun and my one niece enjoyed a few different rides as well. I even got to speak some Italian when I was buying my lunch as there was some Italian guys running a piadina stand. The later afternoon was more nerve wracking than anything when Australia played South Africa in the quarter final of the Rugby World Cup. It was a very tough and close match and thank goodness the Australian Wallabies won, but only just. Next weekend the two semi-finals will be France v Wales and Australia v New Zealand. Fingers crossed for the Wallabies, but they need to play really well. It's going to be very difficult to beat New Zealand. Maybe fingers and toes crossed will do it?!?!?
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