i spent 4 hours learning how to meditate yesterday. hmm actually i don't think the point of flying a psychologist all the way from sydney was to teach us how to get into a trance state, but after doing the same thing for 4 hours, it's hard not to think that way. anyway a trance state happens when you 'over-concentrate'. scary. at least i wasn't the only one haha.

well, actually i think yesterday's culture class was to emphasise the fact that we should be mindful about our concentration and awareness about our sensitivity to the various cultural mannerisms. we did a total of 4 'meditations'; i tried my best to listen to the instructions for the first 2, but after the break, i completely didn't listen to what she was talking about. i think i've somehow mastered the skill of selective listening over the years, and i've actually become quite good at it lol. for the last exercise, we were supposed to learn how to fight our 'wants'. so we were given a piece of chocolate each and told to put it on our tongues. naturally saliva was triggered, but we were told not to swallow our saliva. wow how clever. hmm but i didn't really care, or rather, i didn't even realise there was such an instruction, so i swallowed my saliva. the canadian guy next to me kept so much saliva that he accidentally spat on his shirt! lol!

anyway i realised that it's not that easy to find people who have time, budget and freedom. where are u pam??
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