Today is the last day of this trip. Instead of going with my friends to the Hong Kong airport together, since their flight was earlier than mine, I decided to stop by the Shatin Mall and do a bit more of an exploration.
I know it would be a great challenge walking around carrying my luggage containing... my Seroquel, a laptop, a power strip, a battery charger, a mouse, a few sheets of paper, a skirt, a pair of pants, a shirt, undergarments, a few loose packs of cigarettes, my IDs, a music CD, a map of Shanghai and another one I got from Hong Kong, and some light and loose items.
A backpack should be able to hold it all although I decided to split the weight and put them in two bags.
Actions have consequences... so said the Frenchman.
I know my body would get out of the whack with the weight. Yet, I thought I would like to have a cup of coffee in Shatin, do some people watching, and, perhaps, do a bit of work. And, I did... not at the first cafe I spotted but after I ventured a few floors more.
So my body started to do its own thing and to move in all funny ways... including walking into the wall at several points. Walking into the walk is fine since I can use the wall as some sort of support... as long as I don't walk into people. Moving not so elegantly? Not my issue... as long as still mobile. lol
I then caught the airport bus A41, which dropped me right in front of the departure hall. I successfully moved myself and the luggages to the counter, monkeying around a bit and a bit more and did a little bit of work. I also discovered that there was this type of the airport luggage cart that functions mighty well as a walker... It made it so much easier easier to move with five legs (since the cart has three wheels)... though, Puerto Plata principle... I absolutely avoided slopes.
Then the time came when the lady came to wheel me all the way to the door of the airplane where the flight attendants took over the luggages for me while I walked in funny fashion and in pain to my seat.
After I took the painkiller I got from this nice flight attendant, I leisurely waited there for the med to take effect. The reality is that... never mind the pain and the walking into all directions... What a lovely trip and how wonderful the body is still relatively in one piece with the minimum minor inconveniences in life induced!"
I know it would be a great challenge walking around carrying my luggage containing... my Seroquel, a laptop, a power strip, a battery charger, a mouse, a few sheets of paper, a skirt, a pair of pants, a shirt, undergarments, a few loose packs of cigarettes, my IDs, a music CD, a map of Shanghai and another one I got from Hong Kong, and some light and loose items.
A backpack should be able to hold it all although I decided to split the weight and put them in two bags.
Actions have consequences... so said the Frenchman.
I know my body would get out of the whack with the weight. Yet, I thought I would like to have a cup of coffee in Shatin, do some people watching, and, perhaps, do a bit of work. And, I did... not at the first cafe I spotted but after I ventured a few floors more.
So my body started to do its own thing and to move in all funny ways... including walking into the wall at several points. Walking into the walk is fine since I can use the wall as some sort of support... as long as I don't walk into people. Moving not so elegantly? Not my issue... as long as still mobile. lol
I then caught the airport bus A41, which dropped me right in front of the departure hall. I successfully moved myself and the luggages to the counter, monkeying around a bit and a bit more and did a little bit of work. I also discovered that there was this type of the airport luggage cart that functions mighty well as a walker... It made it so much easier easier to move with five legs (since the cart has three wheels)... though, Puerto Plata principle... I absolutely avoided slopes.
Then the time came when the lady came to wheel me all the way to the door of the airplane where the flight attendants took over the luggages for me while I walked in funny fashion and in pain to my seat.
After I took the painkiller I got from this nice flight attendant, I leisurely waited there for the med to take effect. The reality is that... never mind the pain and the walking into all directions... What a lovely trip and how wonderful the body is still relatively in one piece with the minimum minor inconveniences in life induced!"
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