Ran on a treadmill at 15km/hr for 20 minutes on a 5% incline yesterday before being bored out of my mind and taking myself outdoors. Ended up with 200 stair repeats. The whole thing took me 65 unsatisfying minutes.
This morning was better. A whole lot better - 1240 single stair repeats in 2 hours by the end of which I had salt crystals all over my body. I came home and my mother thought I had powder on my face. It was grainy and looked like sea salt. I think its an electrolyte issue that cropped up just before I left Singapore. Anyway, I will get another 30 minutes of movement in a couple of hours.
On my long flight 3 days ago, I did a few things to keep me occupied. Here is what I came up with. I thought I'd share my guide to life's absolute certainties.
ON FOOD:
Always stick to the first choice you make after reading the menu. He who vacillates will end up with poached offal in porcini jus (true story) - probably just outside Coffs Harbour (he knows who he is).
There will always be another next big ingredient that appears on every chic menu in town, until it goes the way of the last big ingredient - to a cafe somewhere just off the Pacific Highway (or Whoop Whoop - this is the Aussie in me coming out). Remember the Sun-dried tomato?
ON TRAVEL
Holidays will never be long enough, unless you are camping with vegetarians at a holistic watercolor retreat (dont ask, *rolls eyes*).
The cheese selection offered at the end of your in-flight meal will always be served colder than your Champagne.
Packing your clothes between layers of tissue will always be marinally more noisy and troublesome than ringing guest services for an iron, then being woken up from a deep, jet-lagged stupor by loud knocking on your door.
ON CERTAINTY
He who hesitates is lost, or trying to cross the Champs-Elysees.
That is all.
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