JOGGING

Many years ago at Ayala Alabang Village, whenever time and weather permitted I jogged (actually walked) around the village with a daughter or a son. We did this at night after dinner and by that time there were not many joggers.

For our long walk we traversed the whole length of Maria Cristina. It was a long street that formed a big loop around several districts that included ours. During such moments I had a chance to discuss severals important topics and exchanged jokes with my children. We greeted other walkers that we met along the way. Sometime we played psychology with the dogs.

When we were in the mood we stopped for a while at the park. Occasionally we watched other walkers passed-by. Not very seldom, we also argued about certain controversial topics but most of the time we agreed at the end.

Walking around was habit-forming. It was very good for the health and very relaxing afterwards. Often we had a chance to help "lost outsiders" find the correct address they were looking for. We learned a lot from our hobby... lessons about life that my walking children would surely reminisce when they grow up and have children of their own.

To us, the green Narra Park with scattered lampposts was like a vision in a dream... beautiful!!!