Archive for July, 2007

Ooopps!

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Picture_001 Picture_002 I have a penchant for wearing high-heeled shoes.  It comes with my height, I suppose.  Somehow, a few additional inches makes a difference.  But I am a clumsy. This is the problem.

As I was walking on the sidewalk on my way to work today, I suddenly tripped over an uneven portion of the pavement.  “Damn these shoes!  I almost injured my ankle.” I said to myself.  Out of embarassment, I looked around to see if somebody saw me.  Since it was early,  nobody else was on the sidewalk.  Thank God.  But suddenly,  a guy in a car slowed down and had this concerned look on his face asking me if I was alright.  Apparently, somebody saw me.  Though a little embarassed, I told him everything was fine and went on my way.  I’m glad this is America.  Given a similar situation in PI, he  would have laughed at me.

Or maybe that guy was an actor and he was just brushing on his acting skills, pretending to look concerned while dying with laughter inside. Oh well, who knows.  For now, I vowed not to  walk on uneven pavements. ;-)  Picture_003_1 Picture_004

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Fun in the Sun

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

A postcard from LA commonly features beautiful shots of its beaches. As a resident here, I often take advantage of this great beauty of nature by strolling around the piers or doing workouts in the sand. However, strange as it may seem, I’ve never really been in the water. But yesterday was different. I actually went in the water.

I was with two of my Czech friends Katka and Jirka. After doing our Sunday routine with me going to church and them going to the fitclub, we met up for lunch at the Santa Monica farmer’s market and decided to go to Zuma beach. The ride there was a tough one since there was so much traffic and it was too difficult to park. However, we were quite lucky to find a nice parking spot by the side of the street and equally lucky to find a nice spot in the sand as a couple just started to pack up when we arrived. The waves at Zuma were huge. So the swimming activity became more of a riding-the-waves activity. But it was so much fun. At first the waters were a little bit chilly but as soon as you take a full body dip, it isn’t so bad. I had a little cold then but I felt that the salty water melted it all away.

After riding the waves, I really had no intention of sunbathing as my skin is already nicely tanned as it is. But since I was with white people, we never bothered to bring a beach umbrella. I had no choice but to go sunbathing as well. It was a good feeling to lie in the sand except for a simple act of stupidity where I didn’t put any sunblock on my back, so now it’s stinging from sunburn. It was funny since after we got out of the beach each one had a specific mark. Katka became Zorro since she had her sunglasses on while sunbathing. Jirka became a lobster and total redneck since he forgot to put sunblock on his face and neck. I on the otherhand, became a butterfly due to the traces of my swimsuit on my burnt skin. My sunburn still stings a little bit but it was all worth it.

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