Monthly Archives: October 2011

I’ve reached a conclusion

Posted on October 31, 2011 by malinnovazofia

I have been feeling very restless and frustrated lately. I am so happy I am going to Thailand in three months, to volunteer at Isara, and to travel for some time. But that is only a temporary solution to my … Continue reading →

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Halloween Carnival in Pictures

Posted on October 31, 2011 by malinnovazofia

I live right next to Sefton Park in Liverpool and last night a fabulous Halloween Carnival was held there. Here are some of my pics from the night.

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Liverpool – a stopover on my way to something bigger

Posted on October 28, 2011 by malinnovazofia

So how are my meditation classes going? Not so well this week. I don’t know if it is due to that there are no classes this week, that I am a little ill or something else. I do know that … Continue reading →

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The Thailand floods…

Posted on October 26, 2011 by malinnovazofia

The video is a few days old but I wanted to show the flooding situation in Thailand. Even though I have daily been reading about the situation on Bangkok Post I had not fully understood how much of Thailand is under … Continue reading →

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We’re talking trash

Posted on October 26, 2011 by malinnovazofia

If you stumbled on to my blog before you might know that I am going to be  an Isara volunteer in February, for a month, in Nong Khai, Thailand. Apart from running a learning centre, where Thai people can  learn … Continue reading →

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10 things you should be able to say before you die

Posted on October 25, 2011 by malinnovazofia

I had to steal this blog post as I find every point in it very true. Here we go… 1.  I followed my heart and intuition. As our friend Steve Jobs says: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it … Continue reading →

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What is love?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by malinnovazofia

I gathered some Buddhist thoughts about love. We talk a lot about this in meditation class and it is something I really want to practice in my real life to a lot further extent then I do today. The definition … Continue reading →

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Christmas plans

Posted on October 20, 2011 by malinnovazofia

Today I bought a flight to Sweden. I am going there for Christmas. It will be the first Christmas I celebrate with my family since Christmas 2007. That was quite a while ago. In 2008 I celebrated Christmas in Málaga. … Continue reading →

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A human zoo

Posted on October 18, 2011 by malinnovazofia

A few weeks ago, I was reading through my student literature on sustainable tourism, and found a piece about the Karen hill tribes in north western Thailand on the Burma border,  and what negative impact tourism has on their women. … Continue reading →

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Effort in meditation is like effort in learning to ride a bicycle

Posted on October 18, 2011 by malinnovazofia

I have thought about, for many years, learning more on the subject of meditation and Buddhism, but for some reason it took me many years until I actually put any effort in to learning it. I am definitely a newbie … Continue reading →

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