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Monday, October 27
gone with the wind 10:21 AMI finally went jogging in the open last Saturday, outside of any enclosed fitness room or gym!
I've been wanting to do this ever since I arrived in Winnipeg (yes "wanting", and I know it's already nearing the end of my 2nd month..), but the cold winds have always deterred me from trying. The weather that day was drastic actually - 3 deg C, very windy, light showers - sufficient to give myself excuses to stay indoors again. Yet I figured if I didn't do it anytime now I'll probably never be able to once it starts snowing, which it may over the next few days..! So I'm just thankful I did drag the lazybones out and can put my mind at ease now, heh.
Anyway, in my singlet + tee + windbreaker + shorts + track pants, I'd explored the school compound on little paths and routes never taken before, finding delightfully strange new buildings on-campus (U of M is really huge by the way). Oh, I also chased a squirrel till it bobbed up the tree and disappeared, haha. And there goes, my lazy Saturday afternoon transformed to something more productive! :)To me at least, running does challenge one's physical and mental limits, and especially so in an entirely new environment altogether. It wasn't easy getting used to running in layers and not perspiring as much yet feeling the heat radiate from within (ok actually it was really disgusting, feeling the jacket stick to my flushed-but-not-sweaty skin, haha). Yet more importantly, as running is to me - it is with every continual step you keep going, that you discover just how vulnerable yet strong you can actually be. It is a form of self-discovery/reflection when you take your mind off issues and concentrate on the fresh air, sights and sounds around you, better appreciating the quiet beauty of your surroundings and yourself -
And that is why I like running in the open. Well, I'm not sure if this first-time experience will possibly end up to be my last, but at least now I'll not return home regretting I'd never tried. After all, you'll never get air this fresh in Singapore, too. :)
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You are an enthusiastic innovator, always seeing new possibilities and new ways of doing things. You have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects, and a lot of impulsive energy for carrying them out. You are stimulated by difficulties and are most ingenious in solving them. You can get so interested in your newest project that you have time for little else. Your energy comes from a succession of new enthusiasms and your world is full of possible projects. Your enthusiasm gets other people interested too.
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A difficulty for you is that you hate uninspired routine and find it remarkably hard to apply yourself to sometimes necessary detail unconnected with any major interest. Worse yet, you may get bored with your own projects as soon as the major problems have been solved or the initial challenge has been met. You may need to learn to follow through and finish what you have begun, but are happiest and most effective in jobs that permit one project after another, with somebody else taking over as soon as the situation is well in hand.
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