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"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

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Category: Getting Healthy

  • I need a new pair of shoes.

    It has been almost a year, and I need to buy a new pair of shoes – the heel my right shoe is falling to pieces but keeping in mind the number of kilometres I have walked since the beginning of the year. Tomorrow (Tuesday) I’ll be going out with my siter, partner along with…

  • End of another week.

    Well, that is the end of another week and start of a new one. After finishing work my goal was to do at least 17.4km but I was hoping to do walk 23.2km but my legs were too sore and the temperature was too cold that I really needed to get home. I got home…

  • That was a good work out.

    Finished work tonight and went straight into my night walk – I’ve just come back and all I can say is that it was one heck of a work out. My original goal was to do 17.4 but I decided to go all the way and complete 23.2km which took around 3 hours and 45…

  • Raining, not raining then raining again.

    Last night I went for a small walk but tonight it was raining, then it would stop then it would suddenly start raining again – I’ve learnt my lesson from last time and that is to not go out and risk getting stuck in a downpour given that I got absolutely drenched and it took…

  • Another day off.

    Yesterday I was sick so I had the day off and today I’ll have the day off because I’m not fully recovered – you get a good run and then suddenly the wind is knocked out of your sails. Today I spent the time resting and pottering around the home getting things sorted out. I…

  • Windows 11 is actually pretty good.

    I’ve come back after getting my mum’s new computer setup (we bought a USB hub, mouse, keyboard etc from the local computer store) and what shocked me was how good Windows 11 actually is – not just surprised but substantially better than Windows 10 especially given that it is running on modern hardware, AMD Ryzen™…

  • End of the week.

    Finished work at 10pm tonight and went for a 17.4km walk – shorter than last night but that is all I felt like. Legs and feet a bit sore but it feels good having accomplished something with the reward once home being a nice hot shower to relax the muscles. On Monday I’ve decided to…

  • A really cold and uncomfortable night.

    I’ve just come back from a long walk night, slightly over 20km, but it was really cold tonight .The temperature according to the Metservice is 4 degrees celsius but it feels closer to 2 degrees celsius – I should have worn a long sleeve t-shirt under my jumper but I thought it would be sufficient…

  • Some random thoughts.

    I went for a short walk after work today because light rain started and I wanted to avoid getting stuck in a downpour like what happened a few months ago when I thought that some drizzle wouldn’t turn into heavy rain. I came back and had a small snack – a tuna, rice and beans…

  • Things are settling down.

    Today was uneventful at work and then afterwards I went for a 17.4km walk which was done in under 3 hours – I like to keep track of time so that I maintain a decent pace so then I get the most out of the exercise. I was lucky in that when I came back…