I decided back in March to do a course this summer. This would be my 3rd 10-day course in 8 years. Vipassana is a meditation technique which, according to the literature, is an ancient Indian technique whch was rediscovered by Sidharta Gotama (The Buddha) 2,500 years ago. They go on to say:
Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the [...]

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My buddy O-len invited us to his parents’ house in Dahu 2 weekends ago.4weeks ago. He’s invited us a few times in the past. We’ve been putting off going because, well, how much fun could that be, right? In fact we had a brilliant time. The good times did not start for a while, though. [...]

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This is me at the top of He Huan Shan last Tuesday. I was wet and cold. The plan was to meet up with some Taipei friends and camp at one of the parking lots up at the top. I arrived much earlier than the others’ ETA and took a fraction of a second to [...]

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In a Murphian twist of fate, it turns out the student was not *exactly* the culprit. The photograph which he had linked to belonged to a (financial) site, which was hacked into. I contacted them to clarify the matter and indeed, they had no idea some smutty pics were on their server. It remains unclear [...]

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