Nonetheless, it is a new experience here having a pretty quiet one in AD, but yet at the same time, reminded of love and kinship thru' all the texts and social media posts.
And certainly, super touched that ZH and Zeal paid a visit to my mummy. She must have been so happy to see the both of them. 远亲不如近邻。How true it is. How true and how grateful I am, to have such lovely friends.
And leading up to CNY here, we ate chinese food of course. Can't miss the steamboat, and also, a nice CNY reunion dinner. For me, this CNY break really felt more like a good long weekend. And last week, I was so pleasantly surprised that the coming Monday is a PH!. :))
Feasting, feasting. More feasts. And it is a black top - cappy season for me right now. Haha. :-D I have 3 nice caps. Two with XCs imprinted and 1 Adidas one. Of course if you add running and sports caps, then I have more.
I had a very intentional CNY Day 1 yesterday. I have been waking up very early these days. Like 6am? I wonder if it is because I am now more used to waking up earlier for zoom meetings, or maybe I sleep earlier in the night. But because I woke up so early, it felt like I have a 鼠-perbly long day ahead, and I brought K out to a newer place for him to explore.
This is the stadium near my place, maybe about a ten-minute very leisurely stroll away, and where it comes alive once in a while, with FIFA and with major events. Apart from such events, it is usually very very very quiet. There are some offices and gyms housed within but because it is Sat, it would be very quiet as no one works on Saturdays.
Kenji was so happy. After I scanned the surroundings super carefully, I let him run a little. At one point, he went under the turnstile and stood like he was on top of the whole world.
I was thinking if I should just get myself pass these turnstiles too - haha, and join him to peer at the world.
I am sure K so enjoyed himself - looking out to the rest of the world from his shiba lens, and me, the photographer keenly snapping multiple pictures of his curiosity and his poses.
Called out to him several times to "let's go!" and he just totally disregarded me. That Shiba smugness, shiba insolence and attitude. :)) Love this trait of his.
And then, I did my usual weekend workouts - a run outdoors and the stepper indoors, and it was just a nice happy time for me. It's still cold and windy here, but at least, as per usual, the gym is warm and nice. :))
I remember that one year, I wrote about how God is so good, and that every year, it seems like the CNY is a restart, a second chance to restart. So while missing the numerous visitations here, I listened to Dr AR Bernard - and the sermon reminded me of the intentionality and clarity of decisions, and not to be ambiguous or careless. I also marie-kondo-ed my work desktop, read and caught up with the news, watched some episodes of a cultish korean drama (Save me - and it's quite good!) and had 2 good meals. Discussed too the whole concept of purpose and responsibilities in my own brain and with zeal... and so time just passed by like this. Sounds like an awful lot done on CNY Day 1.
The close of the day was a little unwelcomed though. Steve fell ill and was down with fever and stomach upset. The temp rose to 38++ and he had to be on sick leave today. With this c-virus thingy, and while there is yet no case in the UAE, it's super unwelcomed. The Sars experience was scary, and if the various reports were true, then these wildlife markets really should be taken down firmly. And it's very cruel too - for the animals and workers working there alike.
And to be safe, I slept in the living room thru' the night - that regenerative sofa.
It was regenerative enough (oura ring gave me a crown and a score of 87) but I think I need massage again. :) I woke up at 6am again, and found K snuggled with me, on my feet, leaving me with some feet numbness.
The 6am feel in Abu Dhabi, with Huawei pro feature on, to bring some luminance. See K curled up. If he takes that space, you can imagine I must have pretty curled up too. :-D
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