I just noticed that Dave Chesser of Formosa Neijia tagged me… Dave, you’re supposed to tell the people that you tag! Still, now that I know… well, I’ve already written a lot about myself; it took me a while to think of seven things! Anyway, here they are FWIW:
- I attended the same school as Anthony Hopkins, though it was a Comprehensive, not a Grammar School, by the time I got there. I attended classes in the original 17th century building. I later attended another school in a castle that has been continuously occupied since the 12th century. It isn’t Hogwarts, but it does have lots of ghosts. Apparently.
- I was the only person in my year at school to have natural immunity to tuberculosis. That meant I got to laugh as everyone else went off for those painful injections, and I don’t have the usual scars on my upper left arm.
- I know how to do an 360-degree “eskimo roll” in a kayak, with or without a paddle.
- I don’t really believe in having heroes, but if I were to have one, it would probably be Laurens van der Post.
- I used to be a politician. From the outside, I would have appeared to be pretty successful, driven, ideologically committed, and a rising star. From the inside, it was driving me crazy, and I eventually quit to save my sanity.
- Watching The Matrix changed my life. It revived my interest in both martial arts and seeking enlightenment, and made me realize I couldn’t carry on living my life by following other peoples’ idea of what I should be doing.
- I’ve noticed that when I succeed in meditating regularly and can calm my mind, the “cross now” lights at pedestrian crossings always turn green just as I reach them, and I often don’t even have to break my stride.
Well, as I write this, it’s late, and I can’t be bothered to think of seven other people to tag, so the meme stops here.
Sorry I forgot to notify you. Good stuff.
here is another master of bagus in beijing :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgaXOmoU1VE