I never thought I could do it, but I jogged 5km yesterday, and the cherry on the cake is that I am not aching today. The last time I jogged 5km was 8 years ago, when Joe and I first started dating. He liked to run, I thought I could run, we tried running and I almost died. It was a tearful experience.
Over the last year, I've been jogging, just short 20min jogs, mostly because it is free and doesn't take up too much time or planning. When Joe came over to visit, he wasn't as fit as before and for the first time, I was ahead of him. I'm sad to say that it was a turning point for me, for the first time I could run faster than him. There is hope for making 5km after all! My usual 20min jog turned out to be 3km, the next job I ran some more and 4km was possible, then 5km wasn't that impossible to conceive. So the deed is done. It was painful at the end and I did get a blister but the satisfaction of being able to do it was worth it.
why wy?
Saturday, February 09, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 10:07 AM
I would never wear paired shirts with my significant other, but I could make an exception for this.
the closer you get to the other person wearing the T-shirt the more hearts light up on the T-Shirt
Maximum life points! Just like a video game. It would be even better if it worked like magic but the secret lies in 3 batteries. Bleech.
the closer you get to the other person wearing the T-shirt the more hearts light up on the T-Shirt
Maximum life points! Just like a video game. It would be even better if it worked like magic but the secret lies in 3 batteries. Bleech.
Friday, February 01, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I spotted this
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/31/filial-piety-letting.html
and it brought back memories. My parents used to take me there as a kid. haw par villa was this theme park on the cheap, so no rides, just a bunch of statutes enacting ancient chinese stories and various religious beliefs. The scariest was the 18? chambers of hell. I kept my eyes closed for most of it so can't be sure of the number. Guess I didn't learn very much. Anyhow, it was scenes of the wicked being punished, so put in boiling oil, limbs being torn apart, you get the picture. Definitely not for kids, but i guess it was a different generation. I remember they had creepy half crab half human statutes, must be to represent the sea kingdom. I don't remember this filial piety one, and I was probably too young to have a laugh at it.
They closed it down (low admissions) and tried revamping it, removing the scarier statutes and putting in a dragon ride but the buzz died down after a few years and I'm not sure if it is still open now, but they chucked the scarier statutes after the revamp.
Anyone else out there with memories of haw par villa? Please share.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/31/filial-piety-letting.html
and it brought back memories. My parents used to take me there as a kid. haw par villa was this theme park on the cheap, so no rides, just a bunch of statutes enacting ancient chinese stories and various religious beliefs. The scariest was the 18? chambers of hell. I kept my eyes closed for most of it so can't be sure of the number. Guess I didn't learn very much. Anyhow, it was scenes of the wicked being punished, so put in boiling oil, limbs being torn apart, you get the picture. Definitely not for kids, but i guess it was a different generation. I remember they had creepy half crab half human statutes, must be to represent the sea kingdom. I don't remember this filial piety one, and I was probably too young to have a laugh at it.
They closed it down (low admissions) and tried revamping it, removing the scarier statutes and putting in a dragon ride but the buzz died down after a few years and I'm not sure if it is still open now, but they chucked the scarier statutes after the revamp.
Anyone else out there with memories of haw par villa? Please share.
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