It was National Sports Day (Hari Sukan Negara) which happened to be on 13 November 2018 (Saturday). To be honest, unless I go window shopping at the mall like JPO with my sister (an annual event for us to find new shoes and whatsnot before Eid), I would never walk more than 3k steps per day. That shows how “physically active” I am (tongue in cheek remark!)
But when I was at school while undergoing my LI, I could not help myself from not involve in any of the school event. So, one of the events that I have to participate in was this National Sports Day in which we had to walk more than 3km (which equivalent to 3k steps). We were assigned to walk with a group of students based on their form so, Ita and I were assigned to walk with the Form 2 SK (girls). What I notice was the 14 years old girls walk slowly than I am. I was impatient when I have to walk slower than my normal pace, so I overtook many of them. I was supposed to be on the back row and Ita has to walk on the front but here I was overtaking everybody and Ita caught me in action. I was guilty as charge because Ita took this picture as an evidence. But, there was nothing to worry because there was form 3 at the back of this group and there were teachers walking with them as well. The students were in a good hand.
When I overtook some of the students, some of them could not help from saying “Teacher, why are you walking so fast?” (Teacher, kenapa jalan laju sangat?” I replied, “This is my NORMAL pace” They tried to copy my pace but after a while, I heard some of them started to grumble “I am tired. I give up. Teacher walks so fast” (Penat lah. Tak boleh ikut teacher jalan laju sangat“. I just laughed. They are younger than me, for obvious reason. But, unlike them, I would bare the consequences later on (which of course, they wouldn’t know about it ;P)
But still, Alhamdulillah at 40+ I can still walk more than 3k steps per day. In Sha Allah I will try to stay physically active as regular as I could.