Wednesday, March 22, 2006
White crane flaps its wings
Tai chi; the art of awareness. Well at 8am this morning, Rhod and I were feeling far from aware. We had heard about these free one hour tai chi lessons run by the the great Master Ng and his assistant Pandora. So there we were, bleary-eyed but ready to dabble in this ancient art. Unfortunately we did not possess a pair of M&S silk pyjamas which appear to be the uniform of choice.
We were part of a group of 12 people, only 4 of whom were tourists. The rest were chinese, who could have done the routines with their eyes closed they were so good. Rhod and I took our places at the back surprisingly though I daren't look at Rhod as I felt that laughing would be inappropriate.
It was all going swimmingly. We were 'grasping the bird's tail', 'flapping the white crane's wings' and 'picking the needle at the sea's bottom' with the best of them. Anyway, "What would people back home do if they could see us now?" I pondered. I obviously thought aloud as who should suddenly turn up? A camera crew, complete with inept presenter clad in un-ironed silk pyjamas who had clearly been told about 5 minutes ago to get himself down to the harbour and join in with the remedial bunch of tourists attempting tai-chi. And where should he position himself? Right in the middle of Rhod and I!
So keep your eyes peeled for a couple of pasty white slightly unco-ordinated tourists (one of whom's hair is wrestling with the humidity) on some dodgy Sky travel programme one day!
# posted by Rhodri @ 3:21 pm 
