cooler weather

right. NOT! I laughed at the official Chinese online newspaper
saying the Summer is over yesterday. People should start avoid eating
certain food that may cause harm to the overall body system, a
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practice Chinese follow. It might
be true in the "old days". Old I meant before all these concrete
buildings 40-50 stories high blocking all the natural wind. All the
cars idling with air con on. And all the exhaust output from
expansive looking building to the street level. One place was the
Crystal Pavilion just down street. When I walked by two days ago in
the morning already in the high 30's, I walked thru a shroud of
exhaust. Instantly, 5C warmer!

Granted the news article reminded people that Summer heat wave is
still possible and can linger, the reminder of what food to avoid now?
I think the more damaging to the body is not the food man! It's the
artificial environment that is heating the whole place up that we need
to worry about! And all those spitting! Do they know how much air
borne germs being released when those spits dried up? Or the smog
generated from the vehicle exhausts? Or the sub-standard paints used
for painting? Or get the people wash their hands after going the
bathroom both in proper bathroom or just behind a tree in public. If
the TCM wants to remind people what to eat to avoid "hurting" the
body, maybe those TCM experts should start preaching the artificial
pathogens. I laughed when I saw a TCM doctor in Beijing couple months
back. He was right about me not having enough sleep. But he was dead
wrong when he said my Arthritic condition can be healed just by
avoiding certain food , eating certain food and sleep more. Hey
buddy, in Chinese medicine, there is not much known about pSA.

I hate using air con. It's not good for my bones. But I had no
choice. The heat outside is so bad, it flows back into the house
instantly "cooking" everything. And the humidity, bad for my
electronic equipments. This morning when I was up at 4am, I tried
opening my windows. Fat chance. It was so bloody hot and dense
already like I have just turned the oven on at 375F for 20 minutes.
With that, I am heading out to the gym to workout. Avoid the late day
heat and severe thunderstorms in the afternoon.