Staying Active is IMPORTANT!

Over the weekend, I’ve witnessed some things that reminded me of how old I am. Honestly, my brain hasn’t grown much. My maturity level hasn’t reached a higher level. But my body definitely has aged, despite me not knowing the signs. Maybe I’m lucky because age has not caught up with me yet, but for some others it has. A friend of mine who will go unnamed for example. I haven’t seen the guy for a couple of years now but now he’s gained weight… in a bad way. He told me he works out almost every day and watching his diet. The way he does it makes me want to slap him. He monitors his diet like a hawk and exercises excessively trying to lose weight. Meanwhile, I’ve been stuffing myself and barely see any difference. I’m sitting in front of the computer all day and still burning calories. But looking at him and the way he eats, it’s pretty sad. I’ll eventually become like that—having to eat healthy all the time or risk gaining weight. 

Another example is David who always declined our invitations to volleyball. I never understood why he didn’t want to play with us. I always thought he didn’t because he thought we sucked. Even if that was the case, the main reason why he doesn’t play with us (or anyone) is because playing volleyball made his bones ache. It was not until yesterday that I had the same realization. After jumping around for several hours, my shin and knees started to hurt. I was surprised myself, for only being 24, my joints were already going soft. There were some high school kids there on the court playing against us. Those guys were us, back six years ago. SIX YEARS AGO. That was us. It’s scary how fast time passes and we are quickly going through our prime. Eddie was complaining about how our prime has already passed, but I refuse to believe it. It’s so important to get regular exercise these days because without it, our bodies age even faster. By staying active at least once per week at Krav Maga for the past four months, my body did not go through soreness the day after. Last year, every day after volleyball, my entire body would ache. But now, it’s much more tolerable and my stamina has gotten a lot better. I can jump higher, I can run after the ball without huffing and puffing, and most importantly--I did not get leg cramps. I intend to stay active for as long as possible so I do not regress. It's so important to stay active, especially now. 

I'm training for the 5K run in June. Hopefully I can finish with a respectable time (under 30 minutes). My cardio has always been horrible and this is taking a lot of effort to build up.

How I Met Your Mother - Series Finale

It truly is an end of an era. How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) has finally come to an end after nine long seasons. I wasn’t there when the journey began, I was late to join the bandwagon. I usually don’t watch sitcoms because they usually aren’t appealing. Since so many of my friends watched this series, I gave it a shot and it was one of those few shows that I stuck with through these years. The series was appealing in the sense it had a linear progression while seeding a lot of unanswered mysteries. However, the general consensus was the story was dragging out way too long and everyone wanted to see the ending. I felt there were way too many filler episodes that did not progress the plotline any further these last few seasons. I guess that’s part of what’s to be expected from a sitcom series. I didn’t see the ending the night it came out, unfortunately. By the time it was the next day, I had already been spoiled by the newsfeeds and news articles on the internet.

I watched the hour finale last night and it was bittersweet. It felt like the story fell short because they were setting up Barney and Robin’s webbing for an entire season, only for them to get divorced shortly afterward. The reason why they broke up wasn’t convincing to me. The whole thing about Barney never going to settle down because he’s just a player didn’t resonate too well with me. It was depressing to see him still chasing after twenty year olds in his forties. It was not until he became a father did he grow up. Again, I thought that transition did not go smoothly. I didn’t buy it.

I enjoyed Ted and the fated mother’s meeting. The entire scene was perfect. Only those who have seen the entire 9th season would know what they were talking about when the two of them met. It was such a perfect meeting between Ted and Tracy. However, the happy scenes did not last long enough for the audience to enjoy. As a viewer, the show built up a great deal of character development for the mother. It made us like her. We believed that she was perfect for Ted and that Robin was finally out of the picture. After they gone through the entire sequence of making a statement about how Ted wasn't right for Robin, we were certain that Robin will never be an afterthought. No good things last in life, and eventually the mother died. That was a gruesome blow to us all because we were all so emotionally invested in her and it was hard to see her cruel fate. But it wasn’t enough that she died, the writers decided to put Ted and Robin together at the end. I don’t know, it just felt like a slap in the face. Wasn’t the purpose of the show about the mother? Why did it end on such a low note? For what reason did they deny all of us of a happy ending? For what it’s worth, the show creators had already filmed the ending nine years ago when the show was first created. At least they had a plan going into the show, unlike some that just go on and on with no end. But like many others, I felt the show would've been perfect if it ended after they met. The extra with the passing of the mother and him going to find Robin was extra information nobody wanted to see.