@DhanishthaGhosh Hey! Sorry I have been super inactive here ... Good to see you contributing ...

@EddieKal Hey! How are things?

@AIQ Same ol'. It's getting cold, so I am very reluctant to go out

Been staying in

How are you?

@EddieKal Yes - getting cold ... Actually I am the kind of person who enjoys it ...

I don't know I like wearing jackets and all that ...

helps me hide my love handles ...

I am exhausted ... how long is this covid thing gonna go on. ...

@AIQ Oops, sorry

@EddieKal What? Workout regularly? Hah! No, I do workout, but it's not enough to undo the damage I have done to myself in the past 20+ years!!

We had a big "food culture" in my country ... everyday we used to eat outside at least once ...

Fastfood and restaurant food is that cheap in my country ...

We didn't know what healthy eating was !!!

@EddieKal Where is M.A.R.? Is he okay?

@AIQ haha I love food too

@AIQ I think he is lurking, waiting to catch us off guard. So we shouldn't let our guard own

Eddie I still can't believe your response ...

to my "love handle" comment ... just when I was relaxing, you had to tell me I shouldn't be having them since I am going to the gym ...

I am going to lose some sleep over this damn

@AIQ hahaha I am really sorry. Like if this makes you feel any better, I have put on 10% of my weight since the beginning of the year

@AIQ Don't sweat it. If anything I was saying how much I admired you for working out, or talking about trying to. That showed staying power, the kind of staying power that I envy.

haha ... so yesterday I actually did something I haven't done in a long time ...

I actually sprinted on the sidewalk

like not run but sprint ...

and it was so good ...

What for? Did anything happen?

I was scared I wouldn't be able to do it ... like I hadn't gone for a run or jog for months

nothing happened just figured I need to do it ... I don't enjoy running

but I like sprinting ..

so I did it and I was so excited ... then I told that to my gf ... and she said oh you ran like Pheobe?

lol

@AIQ Pheobe?

Like I use to sprint indoors all the time ... but yesterday it was so refreshing ... fresh air on my face ...

from Friends ...

Oh, I haven't seen Friends. Don't think I will.

remember how she ran? that embarrassed Racheal

you don't like it?

Not my kind of show. I know it is popular.

I really should start worrying about my fitness and overall wellbeing too.

ah yes, it took my best friend and my gf a full 1.5 years to convince me to watch it ...

I normally don't watch anything that is comedy

I tried to bike a few months ago. First time out on a bike in a long time.

or kind of like a happy show

@EddieKal on a trail?

@AIQ We probably have that in common

@AIQ Just a grocery haul.

When I got back, my lower back almost killed me

I have been having low back pain ever since. It is strange. Because I had never had back pain before...

Ah ... well things aren't going to get any better in terms of gyms in the states

so you gotta get creative

Yeah

Everytime I push +5 lbs in the gym is a good, successful day for me ...

Especially because nothing else is going how I want them to be ...

need to find happiness somewhere ..

Com'on, you told us you did combat sports

@AIQ What else is going on? Is your job not treating you right?

I did ... I will get back to my martial arts training once the covid thing comes under control and once I get a good job ... My boxing gym reopened and had a slow start for 2 months and not closed again last week ... BC government closing all martial arts gyms

@EddieKal I have a part time job ... it is fine ... but it's a contract until the end of December ...

I am considering buy some fish

like having an aquarium

so I can have some friends right in front of me haha

Eddie does your apartment not have a gym?

Some high-class apartments here in BC have gyms ...

but I have only looked at them from the outside ... haha

@AIQ No, it is really rare to see gyms in apartment complexes in California. When I was on the East Coast, newer/upscale apartments/condos usually had gyms but I would only go like once a month. It is different in Cali

Housing is really expensive in Cali

Oh you are there in the dreamland

So I guess most places don't want to splurge on a gym

@AIQ I think you said you lived in a house?

I would prefer to live in a house, especially during these times

@EddieKal I have two roommates on my floor, and three in the basement suite

I'd get my own grill and grill my own burgers every day (maybe more like every week)

@EddieKal Haha sounds nice ... add a pool and a bucket of beer

@AIQ I now how stressful job hunting can be. Best of luck!

This time of year is hard. This year is tougher.

What's on your watch list?

You mean shows or just anything?

I have been watching a lot of anime... a crazy amount

I don't know if you are into anime, but I've always been a huge anime fan.

What anime you watching?

I am a big fan of Naruto ... watched it like I was living in it ...

I have been watching some random ones. Like My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

And When They cry

And Nichijou

I haven't seen Naruto though. Some of my friends tried to get me to watch it, but it just seems too long for me to get started on

It is a bit long yeah ...

but it's on netflix so you can binge watch

it's great

I would storywise it is the best thing I have ever watched

ok but I am biased

also watched deathnote

full metal alchemist

Those are all classics. I have seen Death Note and FMA

Yeah ...

Hey one thing I have been wondering ... you know how people go out and get drinks? Socialize?

What really does the alcohol do? Makes it easier to "let loose"? Why can't that be done without alcohol?

I mean it would be a bit strange if you are in a group and hanging out and everyone is drinking and enjoying and you are well not drinking ...

I mean can you "enjoy" at the same level as them?

Lol you are asking the wrong person. I don't drink often. Only very very occasionally. I myself don't enjoy drinking. I only go out to drink with friends if they want to

Ah ... I don't know ... In my country we build friendships over tea on roadside tea-stalls

All meaningful conversations happen over tea ... Here people go out to clubs and bars ... I have joined them many times ... but since I don't drink ... I don't seem to be able to "let loose" ...

or sth ...

@AIQ If you don't drink you don't have to force yourself to be part of something you don't even enjoy. I have friends who don't drink for religious reasons. I don't drink much because I don't like it. People hang out and do all kinds of things for fun. I really don't think drinking is necessary.

The last time I went to a bar I had a coke

I have a small stash of various kinds of alcohol, wines, whiskey, sake, but only for cooking.

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@AIQ Hey there! No problem. I think you just came in that same day and left instantly, even before my message was posted.

@EddieKal They are used for cooking, seriously? I had no idea!!

@DhanishthaGhosh Yeah, alcohol is commonly used in European cuisine. For example, I have been cooking a lot of risotto and it calls for white wine.