1145 Heat

Today was one of the hotter days of this year, so far. I could really feel the heat around lunch time. The funny thing was I went out for an errand around 1:30pm or so as a spur of the moment decision.

This is going to be an interesting summer. I'm still happy that the nights and early mornings are still very cool, but the heat during the day is starting to ramp up, and that means I'll need to be more careful I don't overheat myself, metaphorically speaking.

Stay hydrated, folks. And stay safe.

Out. 

1144 Errands

I am an introvert. I would rather stay at home and coordinate everything via SMS or email so I can have a paper trail and not have to speak with a person. That isn't always the possible.

There will be times I will need to go out and physically interact with people, like today. I had to bring the car to the dealer for its 5000 km / 6 month PMS (periodic maintenance service) and honestly it wasn't too bad.

It helped that I booked the earliest possible time to bring it in. It also helped that this was booked in advance already so I knew what to expect for today.

It felt so good I went with my mom to the weekend market to buy lunch. I guess knowing I'll have the rest of this Saturday to myself also played a factor in me deciding to go.

So what's the point of this blog? If it's errands and I need to do it then I shall, and hopefully it will be a positive experience.

It's all in perspective and mindset.

Out.

1143 Summer

I can feel the heat building up now that April has arrived. Sure, we still enjoy cool nights and early mornings. The heat is more felt earlier in the morning and later into the day. Peak heat happens around lunch until maybe 3pm or so, but it definitely is summer.

Out. 

1142 Changing It Up

Jogging is starting to get "boring" for me. I'm struggling more to get out and jog every day, so instead of feeling down or getting upset at myself I decided to change things up today.

I did some kettlebell exercises instead of doing my 3 km jog. I was only able to do three sets of my kettlebell routine but my hamstrings were activated. I could feel the pain, and up to now they still sting a bit. I guess it comes with the workout I did.

Each set I did five reps each of kettlebell swings, goblet squats, Romanian deadlifts, kettlebell upright rows, two-handed kettlebell presses, two-handed hammer curls, and two-handed triceps extensions. At the end of the second set I could feel my hamstrings already. After each set I rested for a minute or so before doing the next set. All-in-all it took me ten minutes.

Now you may be thinking I should have done more, and I agree. However I don't want to risk hurting my hamstrings since I still have the rest of the day ahead and I need to work. So I'll probably stick to three sets and gradually increase the number.

Yes I'm changing my routine yet again. I'll most likely be doing MWF 5 km interval jogs and TTh kettlebell exercises, so similar to the routine I used to try to do. Hopefully now that I've been really active for the past three months I can be consistent with this.

So why did I lessen the jogs? Again, boredom. It was starting to become a chore to jog and I don't want to think negatively of exercise so I will change it up and hopefully the kettlebell exercises will also help strengthen my muscles.

Out.

1141 Twenty-Year-Old Blog

I just remembered that I started this blog twenty years ago today. March 22, 2005 was the date of my very first blog post and I started blogging because of a good friend, mentor, and former colleague. Rest in peace to Nelson, it was a pleasure to have met you, worked with you, and became your friend.

This blog has grown up as well, from a place to bitch and rant it evolved into something more censored and private, but still public.

Out.