Life is too short not to do "boot camp" and drink beer. :-)

Work it!!!

I'm all for doing physical stuff than can be equated to subjecting myself to "torture" and sweating it out like crazy. That's why I love running and marathons. Though I've been told that it's not good for me. Oh, well.

I'm willing to try anything physically challenging, as long as it doesn't require me to be graceful or involves dancing. But let's not get to the "being graceful" or dancing part right now.

I've tag along with Rita when she went to boot camp, more than a couple of times. At first, I just sat on the side and watched them have a go at it. For awhile there, that was all I did, just watch. Until one day, she talked me into giving it a try. And so I did, I hardly say no, anyway.

Post-workout drink. :-)

That first day , while Simon, the trainer, showed the exercises to be done, I thought to myself, I can do that. Forty-five minutes later, I did it all right but my body felt like its been toss and slam around by the bad guys, just like in the movies and left for dead. During a brief break, I told Rita that I'm going to die and she replied, "No, you won't." I could feel muscles that I don't usually use when I run or when I do other stuff. My shoulders, triceps and glutes were sore afterward. When I woke up the next morning, I ached all over, the slight movement made me grimace in pain, of which I did in private. The "grimace" part, I mean.

Anyway, I'm glad I gave it a try and found out that I can do it. And the best part of that first boot camp workout was I get to enjoy a nice, cold beer with my lunch. Yes, I'm spoiled.

So, after that initial foray into a "fun kind of torture", I'm hooked and like to do it again. Fortunately for me, Rita doesn't mind and is game to have me, tag along with her. And Simon is a cool and nice guy too. I love every minute of it and I always think it's fun. I'd do it all over again, no questions asked. Never mind that I'm sore the next day because it's all worth it.

Never stop ..... :-)

Indigo's Q & A, my take....

I haven't been updating my blog regularly. I can't make time for it or I'm just being lazy lately. Anyway, I thought I'd  come up with my own spin on Indigo Chapters' WRITERS UNBLOCKED ( I don't think it doesn't really matter that I'm not a writer. ) So, here goes....

How I Read?

If it's up to me, I probably would read all the time. But then there are other things that needs to be done. I don't have a favorite place to read. A comfy chair is a must, I suppose. I read wherever it is comfortable for me to do so and the lighting must be good too. One time, I unroll a yoga mat on my bedroom floor, lay on my tummy and read. It wasn't the most comfortable position though. I don't have a special attire for reading. I read in whatever clothes I put on at any given day. As for reading in bed, I'm not too keen on it, unless I'm reading something that is really, really good that I can't put it down and befits staying up way past my bedtime. I do have a book within reach, so I can get into it whenever I feel like flipping through the pages before drifting off to sleep. Falling asleep while reading in bed hasn't happen to me yet. But falling asleep while reading, I've done it more than a few times during the day. I read a few pages then fall asleep without me even realizing it, until I notice that I'm still on the same page that I started minutes ago.

A perfection combination.

What I Read?

I seldom go for days without reading a book or two. I can't say I read every available genre there is. Usually, it all depends on my interest. And I always like a good story wherein I can lose myself and never want to stop reading until I get to the end. At present, I'm reading Jeffrey Archer's Best Kept Secret. I like to read Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity ( book #3 of The Century Trilogy ) and book #3 of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga.


What about you?

My journey to "A Game of Thrones"....I love it!!!!

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you." 

I've heard about this book somewhere. I even watched a few snatches of its TV adaptation on the HBO channel. I wasn't interested then, but  things  change. I look up online for book reviews. Most of them were favorable, except for a few.

I haven't had the slightest idea what makes me decide to read this book. I put up a request from the library, which would take like months perhaps, before I can get hold of the book. I even thought of buying the wholes set ( which consists the first four books in the series ). As luck would have it, a neighbor was reading it and gladly lend me her copy. She warned that it was kind of slow at first, with all the different characters. But she also added that it is really good. I took her word for it.

I enjoyed reading this one. 

The fine print did not deter me from plowing on, page after page. At one time, I stayed up way past my bedtime to read a few more pages, after I told myself to put it away and sleep. I can be stubborn at times.

I'm not a fan of historical or fantasy books. I usually shy away from them. But often, I'm proven wrong and realized what a loss in my part to not read these kind of books.

"A Game of Thrones" allows me to be in Winterfell vicariously. And I happen to like Tyrion Lannister. I'm curious to know what happen to him in the next one.

"A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will."