The poor sleep on Fri Aug 3 night caught up with me and cold
exposure from wearing a (new) tanktop Sun night didn't help.
I felt slightly hot in the head and body aches on Mon and
lack of energy on Tue. It was Wed afternoon that I had a
bout of sneezes (for about five min). Thu, I felt strong
but sleepy after a restless night. Fri felt great and the
flu seemed gone. Sat morning, I did 15-min of breathing,
15-min of yoga, 15-min of weight-lifting, and a 25-min run.
It was fantastic.
I saw a water-stand at the side of the trail and thought
there was a running event. Indeed, I met many runners in
different sizes and shapes (very few in shape, though)
during the second half of my 3.5-mile trot and they had one
thing in common--they were all Indians. So this was a
community event. I smiled and said Hi to a few as I ran
toward them. Few responded to my greetings. Most were
expressionless, typical of first-gen immigrants from Eastern
tribes of the Globe, or maybe they were just struggling too
much and had no energy.
There are a lot to learn from the Indian culture. Yoga,
Buddha, and the idea of non-violence are only a few from
which I have benefited. Even many martial arts have their
roots in India.
Tribes, however, are fragile within a society evolved to
de-tribe humans and treat everyone as an individual. The
feeling of emasculation and anxiety must be shared by
first-gen Chinese and Indian immgrants alike. Going physical
is a great way to counter the mental stress. It seems many
know this instinctively.
Overall, this round of flu was very mild and tolerable. I
wouldn't be sure if I didn't sneeze. The last one was six
months ago. I wish all flus from now on are like this.
