In Pursuit of Wisdom

After almost five months we went for a travel out of town during this eid ul adha / thanksgiving vacation last week. Wednesday night Amin called me and we met at Peacock for tea. We instantly decided to start for LA the next morning just a day before the eid day. I think this kind of sudden plans are fun even if a bit expensive. We had to do the hotel booking at that time and buy the tickets of Universal studio and Disneyland. Next morning we left Fremont at around 11 AM and reached Airtel Plaza hotel at Van Nuys (in 5 and half hours of drive), just 15 miles before LA downtown. After taking some rest, we went to Aladin Sweets for dinner. We ordered almost all dishes at once and couldn't finish most of it. The next morning we went to Universal studio around 10 AM. Amin and I enjoyed the rides very much, specially Mymmy ride and Jurasic Park. The studio tour, waterworld and Terminator is always my favorite but I didn't like much Shrek 4D. The front line pass helped us bypass...

I am writing from Golden Grove Hyatt Regency North Tower which is adjacent to Disneyland, Anaheim. I, Shusmita and Ahyan started from Fremont around 6 PM Friday and it took approximately 6 hours to drive the 400 miles to here. Shusmita gave a very good break to me by driving around 2 and half hours of this chunk. Saturday (yesterday) morning I attended the Silva Method Basic Lecture Series (BLS) by Hans DeJong at the 2nd floor of the same hotel. Earlier in January I took the Silva Life Systems seminar in Sacramento under Steven Protopappas and hence this re-take course was free for me with a nominal sitting fee of $35. For those of my readers who are not familiar with the terms meditation, mind control, silva method - please have a quick glance at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva_method . Meanwhile, Shusmita and Ahyan went to Disneyland with the Hyatt shuttle bus to avoid parking hassles. They enjoyed the whole day there although it was tough on her to handle Ahyan and the strolle...