I've volunteered to be home today to do some "babysitting" so I thought I might as well write some posts. Shall talk a bit about yesterday and why I've not gotten out of my bed yet.
So yesterday was the 21st of July again. Remember this date? Yup, that's the day when me and JL first became friends, or met up as friends actually. So we were definitely meeting up again yesterday. Before that though, let me talk about my morning jog yesterday.
As I'm currently on a break from work and have not started school yet, I have decided to go jogging every morning and yesterday was no exception. I was only meeting JL later in the morning so I was free in the early morning. Having found out on google that static warm up exercises was not recommended and that doing some jogging on the spot while lifting my knees high towards the chests would be a better warm up, I decided to try it yesterday. By the end of 5 reps of 10, I sure felt warmed up. Even as I started jogging, I could feel my leg muscles were less tight and I could run more comfortably. Made up my mind then to always warm up before jogging.
After my jog and a quick shower, I went to meet up with JL at Clementi MRT before bringing him to my house. I was going to bring him there for the first time and show him around some parts of the west which I frequent. JL was looking out for condominiums along the way and kept asking which one was my house haha! He was also quite surprised to find that the Bukit Panjang area had HDB flats too. It was really funny.
It was really scorching hot when we finally got to my condominium. To me, it was just the perfect weather to be out walking, better than a downpour at least which is really frequent around the area. However, I was sure JL would object to walking outside in the sweltering heat which indeed he did. Even before we got to my house, while walking under the sun or waiting at the bus stop, JL had been asking for aircon already lol. Knowing how windy it was at my place, I assured him he didn't need the air conditioning. Indeed, he was soon feeling really comfortable with the incessant strong breeze blowing through my house. After getting to my room, he wanted to stay around in my room to watch Adventure Time (AT) as he found my room really cosy and kept lying on my bed. That was when I introduced him to the word "reclined" as in him lying on my bed. After some persuasion though, JL finally decided to get out of the house. I was getting really drowsy and sleepy.
First, I showed him around the condominium. Then, I brought him outside to enjoy some of the greenery and to have a look at the park connectors around the area. By then, we were both drenched in perspiration and even I wanted some air conditioning. Thus, we decided to set off for our dinner destination, someplace in Tanjong Pagar which JL did not disclose as he wanted to give me a surprise. So back to Clementi we went, before taking an MRT to Tanjong Pagar. Although Google Maps stated that it was only a 6 mins walk from the MRT station, it sure felt like hours. The walk brought us through some residential areas, several hotels and some other buildings. We even had a steep uphill climb at one point. All this while I had no idea where I was heading and was just following. It was only when we got to Tanjong Pagar CC that JL announced "We have arrived!"
The Community Centre was not our destination though. It was a buffet restaurant in the CC that JL had made reservations for our dinner. I was really famished by then but there was still a 20 mins wait before the restaurant was open. Not to mention that the morning jog plus the long walk here has left my legs weak and aching. I was sure we both were longing for the same thing at that moment, the air conditioning in the restaurant, the wide spread of food to kill our hunger and a chance to finally sit down to rest our legs.
After a seemingly long wait, and a lot of pacing, we got our table and sat there for a moment to have a rest first. Then, we proceeded to feast our eyes on the spread of food laid out before us, helping ourselves to something simple for starters. Feeling so hungry, I was sure I could at least have second helpings of every dish there. As we walked around filling our plates, we noticed some rather unique dishes which weren't usually seen in buffets. Most were from the dessert section so we decided to have more of the dessert later. I also noticed that there was quite a great variety of japanese sushi.
When I got to my fourth plate, two of which were sushi, I found that I was starting to get quite full. I then decided to try some of the other items which I had not tried. However, besides some pork and beef which I was simply too full to take, I found there was little much else left which I had not tried. So I decided to start on the dessert. Although we had intended to have some ice cream, we were too full after trying out the various other desserts. Thus, we decided we had enough and made the long walk back to the MRT station again.
After the morning jog and all that walking yesterday, my legs are aching now and that is why I am still in bed haha! Gonna roll out of my bed now... ciaoz.
