One of the things I liked from my Taipei trip was seeing that most of the food i eat is not really good - delicious good, yes, but healthy good? Far from it. I made a mental note today to be conscious of what I eat, and so far it is working - I may manage to lose substantial weight by end of the year. Also, I have to go back to the gym. One week off can take its toll, but as I told my trainer, he has to start being mindful of pushing me too far. He has too or else, I will replace him. Had to check with my doctor before I left for Taipei due to persistent pain in the left calf and leg area. His diagnosis - an over accumulation of lactic acid in my muscles, due to over exertion. I was trying too hard too fast. Well, at least I've rested. And I realized that my extensive, relentless walking in Taipei has made my leg and calf muscle painful at the onset, but bearable after a while. So I guess i have to continue the exercise. But with more caution on over exerting.
Anyway, after work, at around 7, I decided to do some more walking. I don't have my car today since it I can't bring it out on Wednesdays (Manila has a strange way of decongesting traffic - one of them is banning your car one day a week. I wonder if it is really working). So i had no choice but to walk. After a little walking, I realized that the traffic is horrendous (as always), so I decided to see a movie instead to kill time until traffic thins out. I decided to see RED, since I have been seeing huge posters of it in Taipei (and it stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, Mary Louise Parker, the great John Malkovich and her highness Helen Mirren so it should be good). Before going straight to the cinemas, I decided to buy two Jamaican patties. I was lucky because I was the last one in line to get the last two pieces (haha, sorry to the two couples behind me). I realized my last food intake was around 1pm, and it was just vegetables and tofu and a little bit of rice. I was starving! In fact, I was trembling a little. Talk about hunger pangs; I was worried people will hear my stomach grumble. LOL!
Now this is where it gets weird. As i scooped it out of the floor, I checked to see if it was dirty, using the light from my phone. I mentally noted that it is still alright, and since it was dark and no one was around, I decided to eat it, thinking WHAT I CAN'T SEE WON'T HURT ME.... It didn't. I am still ok now, writing this story. And I enjoyed RED, after all. All the cast members did an acceptable performance. It could be better, but hey, it's an action movie. Helen's fantastically efficient timing and phrasing can only do so much. Though she really was convincing as a retired agent/hired killer. Bruce was his usual self, only older (and yes, he was a retiree in this movie, with pension checks and an empty nest, for full dramatic effect. After the movie, I actually totally forgot that I ate a whole Jamaican pattie that I took out from the floor. There is always a first - this is a first, as far as I can remember.
So there, the moral of the story is - those who try are better than those who plan. I actually got that from the notebook cover of a cigarette/street food vendor who hawks his wares in front of my client's office. Who knew I could connect that to my food-from-the-floor experience? By the way, Taipei is niiiiice. More on that in another post.
bigboy promises to get back to you soon with new news! nunus!
