Murakami and yoga
May 28, 2005
I finished Murakami’s Kafka on the shore yesterday. I like it a lot, maybe more than “Sputnik” one. It has mental journey or struggle like Norwegian wood, and also adventurous or puzzle-like story plot like Wind up bird or Sputnick. It was not unpredectable, yet fun to read. It is not dark or sad…umm…hard to describe it. It is sad at some points, but it seems to make sense. It made me want to go to Shikoku (one of the islands in Japan). I’ve never gone there. I really enjoyed the perspective of 15 years old boy. I want to talk about it more, but I don’t want to ruin it for those who haven’t read it.
After this book, I re-started “A Confederacy of Dunces” which my friend, Chris bought for me. I don’t know why I stopped reading it..Oh…the main character is very bitter about many things, which are sometimes funny, but sometimes hard to take. When I read the book in public like in the train or coffee shops, I’ve got some people came up to me to talk about this book. A lot of people like this book. The author commited suicide and his mother brought it to an English professor who ended up publishing this book. It is autobiographical.
I went to Yoga this morning. I didn’t go to yoga last week, and yesterday I felt bloated and weak. I am glad that I went. I feel light and clear. I am sure I will sleep well tonight. After the yoga class, I went to Red hen bakery and got a cinnamon raisin bagel with a cup of a half decaf coffee and walked for a while. It was a nice breakfast/ teat after yoga. I should do this more often since I don’t work in the morning much except a couple of days a week.
I bought a ticket to go to NYC when my friend, Yurie is coming. We will stay at John’s fancy apartment. His b-day is on the 4th of July, so he will throw a big party and his twin brother whom I haven’t seen for a long time will be there too. It should be a lot of fun. We will be back to Chicago together and she will stay at my place for several days. I am excited. I want to see Jimmy and Gretchen too.
two more days work until my nexrt dayoff….
