Lifebytes:: Spinning, Jerusalem and more Free Hugs

Just a collection of things. I learned the term LifeBytes from Jonathan Klinger, who updates his Hebrew blog more frequently.

SpinningOne evening I was walking back from work, and I realized that I was getting close to a party. As I got closer, I found out that it wasn’t a party, but rather a spinning class that a some gym took outside. About 30 people were riding a bike to nowhere on a sidewalk on a rather busy junction in the city with loud music that was definitely too much for the speakers. Is that your idea of healthy sports? I couldn’t help pulling out my camera, and then I heard the instructor shouting: “Faster faster, you’re going to see yourselves in the paper tomorrow!”.

I’ve also been to cold Jerusalem to visit some friends. Walking through a street named Emek Refaim in the German colony (one of the busy streets at night I guess), I could hardly hear any Hebrew. So many people were speaking English! I couldn’t tell if they were mostly tourists or immigrants, but they were all American Jews. Even the guard at Caffit cafe spoke only English. I really liked it. It felt like being a tourist, and I can also understand the language. No need for sign language, like in various places around the world.

And finally, last Tuesday I’ve been again to the (original) free hugs in Tel Aviv. I found out that there is another group doing the hugging thing on Fridays on Rotschild boulevard, and that a group of students from Ben Gurion university in Beer Sheva did the hugging thing on the first day of school. It is spreading around, also after the media is gone. The original guys, that I got in touch with, aim to reach 10,000 hugs before quiting. They still have almost 8,000 to go. I didn’t take pictures this time, but I met a fellow Israeli English-blogging guy, Idan Gazit, who did take photos. Superb photos. He has the equipment and the talent. After Some other people and myself asked him a few questions about it, he put up a serious post about it. I’m looking forward for his next photography lessons.

Anyway, the next hugging event is as usual, this Tuesday, October 24th 17:00 – 20:00 at Rabin Square. I’ll be there from around 19:30

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