Just Checking-In…

Whenever I post a nice photo with a blog entry, I’m always so reluctant to make a new entry cos I think the photo looks so nice where it is… That’s part of why it’s taken me an entire week to blog. The other part…well, I’ve been very busy, tired, and been more inclined to write in my paper diary (where I write those really personal reflections and thoughts) this past week.

Feeling quite sore (physically) and tired again tonight… had a great ping pong game yesterday with Sun Can. We played for just an hour. But I haven’t played so intensely and so fast in a long time. My skills are in serious need of improving! But at least I managed to ‘xiao1’ the ball again, albeit a little too highly. And I had a really great time just enjoying the speed of the play. By the end of the hour both of us were just rooted to the ground cos we were so tired, volleying the ball back and forth really long across the table.

Then, I went swimming at Hart House today. BRRR the water was freezing! John, this would be one time I would concur with your complaints that the water in the Hart House pool is cold. The moment I went in I shot off towards the far end of the pool in a desperate bid to warm up. Warm up I did, after a couple of laps, and I enjoyed the next 25mins of continuous swimming because I had the lane entirely to myself! There’s something so tranquil and relaxing about swimming – the real world can disappear for a few minutes and I need not think or worry about anything. Just me in the water, concentrating on the next stroke, the next breath…enjoying the buoyancy of the water and the sensation of gliding, slipping forward…But again, I’m so out of shape swim-wise as well. I was tiring after 20mins of swimming when I used to be able to swim for 40mins non-stop. Looks like I’ll have to visit the frigid pool more often… now I have one reason to look forward to the weather turning colder cos tt’s when they start heating the pool!

Ah well, it’s back to the grind now… so much to do in so little time. :P