Thu, 19 Jun 2008
Self Improvement
I'm taking another class in Tibetan at the Ja Ling Center. It's being taught by Jigme Lodro, one of the Tibetan residents I haven't met before. The first class was well attended. However, after the first exposure to the Tibetan alphabet, attendance dropped for the second class. So I don't know if the class is going to go forward. The Ja Ling Center is in a bad part of town, the "projects" near Hopkins Hospital. I haven't had problems, but Christian almost had his bike stolen last week. The Tibetan language is one of those things I always promise myself I'm going to learn, but I always lose my resolve and give it up. So we'll see if I stick with it this time.
I'm also on a physical self improvement kick. I was putting on too much weight, so I went on a diet. I've lost about ten pounds in as many weeks and I would like to lose about five more. Today I stumbled on the Hundred Pushups training program and I thought I'd give that a try staring next week. Back when I was taking martial arts one of my instructors wanted me to do a hundred push ups a day. I worked up to fifty or sixty, but that was as far as I got. He also wanted me to learn how to do a kip up, but that was another skill I didn't master. Today I tested myself and was able to do thirteen push ups. If I start the six week program I should finish it and my diet about the same time, in August. I figure if I mention all this here, it will shame me into not backing down.
