i miss cj
After a month of inactivity(two weeks of inactivity was due to the flu and the next two weeks of inactivity was due to complete laziness), I finally went jogging again.I was aiming for about 4KM since I've had a whole month of stasis. Plus the wedding two days ago was a haven full of amazingly delicious Malay food which is of course very fatty and very very good, and I gained half a kg just after the two days of celebrations, so I had to work it off somehow. I guess I made a mistake running at Limbang Park. One round was 0.6KM and there was a steep hill that I had to overcome at every round. So while Limbang Park is very pretty and very entertaining(groups of old people were doing taichi, complete with Chinese fans and shiny flimsy-looking swords), I didn't hit my goal. I only managed 3.6km, about 6 rounds, walked one more round and did some exercises at the exercise corner. Even so, it felt good. Amazing how torture feels good.
Today was also the first time(since school ended) that I'm running at dawn. I missed running at dawn. The sky is beautiful and it's cooling. It reminded me of the times I ran at school in early mornings with Joy, and after that bathing before assembly. I missed the encouragement some of the ODAC people gave us. They were running stalwarts since they had to run every morning in groups and Cheryl and her friends never fail to encourage me even if I was super slow. And I really miss Joy passing me and giving me the thumbs up. And strangely, I feel that even Mr Isaac Lim's presence, and his recordings of the number of rounds I ran, had given me some encouragement.
I really miss school now that all the memories are coming back to me! I miss having recess after PE with my friends. We would buy a few packets of fruits and ask the auntie to put in a plate full of ice and while a few bags of fruit seemed little, it was too much for us, so we left the canteen feeling bloated yet very healthy. I miss having PE with the class; soccer was especially fun. I wasn't very good at the other sports, like handball, because of my right wrist(an after-effect of an op to remove ganglion) but I was pretty decent at soccer, so I enjoyed it. I miss hanging out in class, eating instant noodles in secret (because sometimes we crave for salty things) and just chatting with my friends. I haven't seen them for ages; It's been pretty busy at my end because I'm tutoring too much, but I want to see them again, just for old times sake.
As I'm typing this, I'm sending out an sms to Renu, Joy and Van. Breakfast again please!
Today was also the first time(since school ended) that I'm running at dawn. I missed running at dawn. The sky is beautiful and it's cooling. It reminded me of the times I ran at school in early mornings with Joy, and after that bathing before assembly. I missed the encouragement some of the ODAC people gave us. They were running stalwarts since they had to run every morning in groups and Cheryl and her friends never fail to encourage me even if I was super slow. And I really miss Joy passing me and giving me the thumbs up. And strangely, I feel that even Mr Isaac Lim's presence, and his recordings of the number of rounds I ran, had given me some encouragement.
I really miss school now that all the memories are coming back to me! I miss having recess after PE with my friends. We would buy a few packets of fruits and ask the auntie to put in a plate full of ice and while a few bags of fruit seemed little, it was too much for us, so we left the canteen feeling bloated yet very healthy. I miss having PE with the class; soccer was especially fun. I wasn't very good at the other sports, like handball, because of my right wrist(an after-effect of an op to remove ganglion) but I was pretty decent at soccer, so I enjoyed it. I miss hanging out in class, eating instant noodles in secret (because sometimes we crave for salty things) and just chatting with my friends. I haven't seen them for ages; It's been pretty busy at my end because I'm tutoring too much, but I want to see them again, just for old times sake.
As I'm typing this, I'm sending out an sms to Renu, Joy and Van. Breakfast again please!