Thursday, April 26, 2007

randomology again while essaying

The first thing i'm going to do after my exams this sem is to get some (more) exercise gear, namely: bike/gym shorts and running t-shirts (not tank tops, i've got enough of those).

I've discovered once again how effective the running plans from the polar personal trainer website is. Unfortunately, i think you can only access this feature if you've got a polar (heart rate monitor) watch though. In about one plus month after following the program to improve and maintain my fitness, i can feel the obvious benefits reaped from the way i feel when i go for my daily runs.

The only thing i'm not liking is the pain both my knees are giving me, which is why i make sure i warm up before attempting to run. Think there've been times when i've over exercised, and one of the main reasons why they hurt today is because of the poor treatment of my knees back in my secondary school days... Days of doing high jumps and other assorted sports without the proper procedures to take care of my joints.

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God, please allow Pat's Schoolhouse to say yes to me going in to do my interviews... PLEASE... Either that, i need another preschool to give me the greenlight REALLY badly...

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I'm glad i've got friends. Church friends, JC friends, Secondary School friends, Uni friends. What would i do without these people? While family members are the people who'll stick by you pretty much no matter what, saying the things you may not want to hear though you need to...

Sometimes, there're just some things you share only with friends because they're your peers and also won't be too quick to pass "righteous" or disparaging judgement. Sharing things with friends provides a different kind of platform to analyse or to just hear out your issues, i feel. That said, don't you wish friends wouldn't be so politically correct at times. (Me guilty!)

At times, i fear that my honesty may hurt or cause a crack in a friendship. But really, if we both value each other, both of us should be willing to understand where the other is coming from when the honest opinions surface. If anything, it should bring people closer, especially when the truth is spoken out of love. Or either that, the honesty should simply be a reflection of the beauty of trust between two people in that they know one another enough to be able to laugh at themselves.

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I wonder if the reality of working for the next 40 or so years has hit my sister. She seems so at ease with her working life, as if she is simply coasting along the beaches of Hawaii. She doesn't complain, doesn't show signs of fatigue or disillusionment. Just fine and dandy. I really wonder what going on beneath that calm exterior.

5 comments:

Issy said...

you can be honest with me anytime! i would want that from a friend :D the truth may hurt but i think lies would hurt even more heh ;)

Anonymous said...

i cant imagine working for another 40 yrs or so. like so long leh, wondering i can retire faster or not. wahahah, so young already started to think on retirement,gosh

Anonymous said...

lolli:

I hold the same sentiments... yeay! *hug* I'm just glad to know that you're open to truth and that's what you look for in a friendship.

anon:

Haha, i know... Hopefully in time to come, you'll find something you enjoy so much that time will seem like it's simply flying by... :-P Oh, and get insurance if u can!

Anonymous said...

this job time flies by but the thing is i dun have any job satisfication. like forever just treating patients in my little clinic.noone to talk to noone to gossip over lunch, nth to look forward to

Anonymous said...

anon:

*nods* i get what you mean... :-(