In North Quad, about a dozen of Chinese people were watching the movie “Wanted”. Long have I heard about it, and I actually have seen the beginning, yet I do not really like the bloody scene. Still, it is hard to deny the special effect and the imaginary skills are fairly impressive. At the end, the main character is still wondering who he is - it seems like I am dealing with a lot of identity definition recently. I do it in reading, in class, in writing, in personal experience, and now in movies. All self-defining themes, just in different perspectives. If we really look into it, we will discover a lot of things are intrinsically similar: they function in the same way, and for a lot of time, almost serve an identical purpose.
My friends prepared a lot of food. It seemed like a feast: black grapes, watermelon, soda, moon cakes, and peaches. It was something new to me, as I never did this kind of preparation for “party” (if you can call that) before. Back home, we usually went out hiking for hours. But yes, I was impressed how good people here can enjoy themselves.
On the way back, I stopped at the gym. I ended up running on a machine for 30 minutes. When running, time seemed to pass annoyingly slow. Thus it’s a good idea to do some thinking while running, which would guarantee zero complaint about how insufficient our time is. Running on a machine is definitely different from running on the field. Running outside, even just on a concrete road, makes you feel the earth, the environment, and the connection you are bestowed with the great nature. You will feel the breeze soft as silk, the firmness of the ground upon which everything grows, and the sky, always there motionless, but will time after time strike your heart. In the end, we came from the earth, and we are going back to it -- which was same as millions of years ago, when humans were tramping over the wide grassland, dabbling across rivers, and hiking over mountains. Today people dream of that, but seldom move their feet to do it.
Using machine is not a bad idea. Actually I wonder if it’s more efficient than “natural running”. With the numbers showing our heart rate, the time passed and the running speed, we certainly have a good way to pace ourselves. Sometimes these numbers encourage me to push a little harder and over my limit. If I originally decided just to run for 20 min, when I crossed that line, there will be a temptation to go for 30 min, and then more. It’s not a bad thing, but sometimes I worry it can be bad for my body to go too far.
When walking back, I decided to take a little detour across the grass field in front of Alice Lloyd, which is called Palmer Field. There were four people playing Frisbee. No race, no competition, just throwing it from one to another. Why people would call college “the best years of life”, I could see some points now. Not very far away, there lied a person (looking at the stars?). Walking near, I saw there were actually two figures. A guy and a girl, talking, lying with back toward the sky. Lovers? I really hope my passing wouldn’t disturb their peace. Far away up on the hill there were some figures chatting and laughing, creating a blurred vision imagine from here, a perfect scene to watch for developing relationships. Never in a relationship before, I heard and saw a lot about it, and I dare to say it is one of the best things in the world. Benjamin should also have said: “God created us and love is the prove that He loves us.”
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