I am not sure I like my elder brother any more. If I run down humid, concrete Singapore paths, he lopes along the moors of Devon where he lives. As he crosses the uneven land, he sees foxes, deer, rabbits, semi-wild Dartmoor ponies, landscapes and no people. On grey, misty days he feels as if he's on the set of The Hound Of The Baskervilles. I told him he's a howling show-off.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Get unlimited access to The Straits Times and more at S$ 0.99/month.Get unlimited access at $0.99/month*Get access to all with our no-contract promotional package at only $0.99/month for the first 3 months*I am not sure I like my elder brother any more. If I run down humid, concrete Singapore paths, he lopes along the moors of Devon, where he lives. As he crosses the uneven land, he sees foxes, deer, rabbits, semi-wild Dartmoor ponies, landscapes and no people.
When I look out of my window I see a stream of huffers and puffers, patrollers and amblers, striders and cyclists. Yesterday, a grey-haired walker with a white umbrella strode down my lane. He appeared to clench his fist and flex his arm and perhaps he was only loosening up. But it almost looked like he was brandishing his fist at an unseen enemy. By walking, you see, he was taking on the virus.
A 59-year-old friend in India, who I speak to on most days, converses while walking down the corridor of her flat. On this short runway, she has taken healthy flight. Every day she walks 10km and then recites her weight loss as if it is an Olympic triumph. It is if you consider that pre-Covid her exercise was restricted to repeated lifts of a beer glass.
Sweat has become a useful weapon and fresh air an inviting medicine. Even habitually indoor people are tiptoeing into the outdoors. One colleague, wedded usually to her screens, has recently acquired a bicycle to explore this island and herself. To buy the bicycle, as opposed to rent it, ensures it is a commitment not a lark.
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