Being Active

That’s it. I have decided to start actively blogging again. A few days ago, I decided to read again my blog entries circa 2005-2009 at my old Geocities site and it was hilarious! I used to be so emo and insecure last time (I’m less insecure and no longer emo now). I truly understand now why people keep journals. There is only so much memories your mind can keep. All the little details would usually be lost. Even when I read my old site, there were some events I wrote about that I don’t recall now.

From now on, I shall try to blog as much as I can. The number of blog entries I published dropped drastically after working at The Edge. The editor mindset in me would nitpick on every little detail of my writing to the point that it discouraged me from publishing any entry. There was always a little voice at the back of my head saying, ‘That’s not clever enough. It’s not witty enough. Not intellectual enough. There is no value add.’ Oh shut up already. I think that voice has piped down so I shall write whatever I want and not caring whether it’s “clever” or not. This is just an outlet for me. I’m not aiming for a Pulitzer Prize.

First things first. I have started exercising again! Yay! I used to go walking at the Taman Tun park a year ago (perhaps?) off and on. I would walk every week and then stop. A few months later, I would start my weekly walk and after a few weeks, stop again. You get the picture.

Since 2 August, I started using the manual treadmill 2 or 3 times a week. It got a little monotonous for me and two weeks later, I started to follow the Neila Rey workouts at darebee.com. Ika told me about the site several months. So far, I have consistently been working out, although I’ve been doing the Darebee workouts more and the treadmill less. In terms of the Darebee workouts, I have tried Plan B, Frost, Swan, Express and the latest one, Slayer. As the name suggests, Slayer was no walk in park. My butt is sore today. I suspect it was the sit-up punches or lunge punches.

I don’t know why I am more motivated to work out this time but I like it. I even bought a yoga mat to do the workout in my room. My sis said that if I can keep it up for 2 months, the routine would stick. I’m halfway there, looking forward to the second month!