26 OCT. 2012

Today three things happened in the park when I went for the walk. Firstly the cute grandpa I have mentioned in one of the earlier posts did not come and I sort of missed him ! The second thing was that during the walk, at one point, without provocation, my mind threw up an unpleasant incident from very long ago but it had me choking back tears. It took a great deal of effort and a good five minutes to shake it off. Thirdly, as I was about to begin my second last round, this granny who comes daily, who wears a nine-yard saree and sports shoes and looks really cute, who was sitting on a bench, suddenly called out to me and when I went closer, said to me, "Chant the name of God. He is the one who takes care of the entire world and all of us in it. People are forgetting him. Just chant his name. There is no need to do anything more. Tell all at home too." I was nonplussed initially but then I smiled, listened to her and then continued with my walk.

Report Card:

Walked 5.62 kms. today + 1.41 kms. post lunch (A grand total of 7.03 kms !)

Breakfast 8:30 a.m.: 1 chapati with leftover tomato onion veg spread on it and grated cheese, blitzed in the microwave for a minute, 1 cup tea

Lunch 1:00 p.m.: 2 chapatis, 1/2 bowl dodka veg, 1/2 bowl assorted veg, 1 bowl tomato cucumber raita, 1 bowl veg soup

Tea 3:40 p.m.: 1/2 cup tea

Dinner 9:00 p.m.: 1 chapati with 1/2 bowl dodka veg, 5 small idlis, 3 slices of dark chocolate

Slept at 12:00 midnight

Today, after lunch, a friend in office asked me to accompany her to a bookstore nearby and I suggested we walk there. That was about 1.41 kms and so my tally went up to 7 kms.  :)

Since evening I was feeling an intense craving for idlis. I have no clue why ! I thought if I ignore it, it will go away. But it didn't. So much so that the first thing I did when I came home from office was to make idlis ! And I binged on them and later ate 3 slices of dark chocolate. An evening of sin, eh ? Well, I'll compensate for it...I'll have to ! :)