BACKLOGS, BACK BLOGS

The not-so recent things that happened between the last post and this post :)

EUREKA!

The search is over for me, thanks to Jerry the cyberdude. I have found Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. I heard this piece a couple of years ago while watching a televised public appearance of England’s Royal Family (I think it was Princess Di’s funeral).

Since then, I have been searching for it, hunting record bars to buy a CD of it. I even thought it was part of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. So when I chanced upon a sale in one of the record bars I frequented, I headed straight to the Classical Section to look for the piece. Alas, they don’t have a sampler so I had to buy all 4 CDs (Strauss, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky) to listen to them at home.

To my dismay, the sound I was looking for wasn’t there. Buti na lang sale.

Fast forward to year 2006. I was passing by the virtual library in the office when I heard the music I have been searching for. I went inside, and the rest, as they say, is history.

LUNCH OUT BUDDIES

Yet another boring menu from the canteen. Xerox ang pagkain, as what one colleague says. Same food almost everyday. So one day I decided to break away and tried hanging with 2 of my officemates whom I haven’t spent much lunchtime with. Turns out the duo usually takes lunch out, going around the vicinity to eat in different karinderias and turo-turo for variety. I decided to give it a try.

But that day, the duo and me tagged along with Jerry to go to the mall for lunch. Okay, maybe I’ll have a taste of those karinderia food next time.

HEALTHY BUDDIES

Since my promotion last year, I haven’t had much time and energy for exercise. I had been confined to being an 8-hour (sometimes 10-hour) desk-bum. Eventually, I had been experiencing a lot of pains and been calling in sick almost every other month. Manny, my officemate, commute and beer buddy has also the same situation. So when our birth month came (both born on August) we took advantage of the employees’ free annual medical checkup and had ourselves checked.

After finding out that our uric acid is high, we agreed to undergo a fitness regimen for good. Though I have been eating healthy foods and checking on my diet, Doc said it should be complemented with physical activity. In addition to exercise, the doctor also advised us to adopt the low purine diet and avoid (if possible or if will is strong enough) alcohol, as we are going to re-check after 2 months to evaluate if we should go on medication.

So I made a comeback to my morning aerobics-taebo-dance sessions every Tuesday and Thursday at the DOH Gymnasium. The first day of my comeback left me sore. I have to say I got rusty and had difficulty with the moves. Well, there’s always the first time.

The following week, another officemate suggested we try out the mini-gym in the compound. Manny and I welcomed the suggestion. Manny will lift some weights while I’ll try the treadmill.

Because we need to be healthy :)