Senyum seindah suria yang membawa cahya *smiles* *smiles* *smiles*

It was yet another lazy, lazy day. Bright, cloudy morning, soft light drizzles and cool atmosphere. Perfect setting for a peaceful sleepy morning. And the bed was such a temptation. But luckily, my will didn't fail me. So here we go again.

Today I clocked 00:18:26.73 for one complete lap. I am trying to push myself to run a little bit further. But I guess, I have to give myself some time before that could happen. Even running the whole lap is not an easy breezy thing. I am still out of breath at the end of it. My leg muscles still need to adapt to this new distance.

One thing I realized is that I can go on running no matter how tired my legs get as long as my core is supported. But once it weakens, as in I feel as though my intestines are going to just drop to the floor and unfold, I can't run anymore. And thanks to raqs sharqi aka bellydancing, my core abdominal muscles can now endure greater strain:D

Well, step by step, I'll get there, I suppose. The greatest lesson here, is patience.

Pavlovian Effect

I made better time today for the complete lap. 19 mins 5 secs :D After 3 days lapse, I didn't expect too much of myself this morning. But dangling an imaginary target in front of me really did help. Human being are reward-oriented organisms after all..Lol!!

It has been fabulous raqs sharqi weekend for me. Attended a workshop conducted by Sandra, a professional middle eastern dancer from San Francisco. Learned so many new techniques. And she introduced a lot of other elements like flamenco, jazz and classical persian that could work in a performance. Sandra's appreciation and understanding of the art is very inspiring. And I am so in love with classical persian hand movements... beautiful!!