New Year's Resolution?

Definitely not...since it's March already.

I'm now plopped on my bed typing this entry after a short workout at the gym:

Yes, people...I've joined the gym.

Previously, there has always been something that somehow or rather kept me away. Now, I don't really have a good reason not to anymore.

• I'm working now so I can afford to pay for it myself. Not dad.
• I live, like, just 100 steps away from Fitness First. How far can it be?
• Besides walking to work and around the lab, I haven't been doing anything else (besides retail therapy). Need some exercise before all my joints get rusty early.
• They're open until 10pm, which is more than enough for me to work late, come back, bathe, eat and then pop in.

So...difficult to say no right?

And so to say, I'm not the only one at work who goes to the gym, almost 60% of the people do! (OK, probably that's because most of them are guys and they do some kind of sport or another...but that's besides the point.) The point is, going to the gym here is like, so normal?

Back home, whenever we talk about going to the gym, people usually picture a small room with lots of heavy weights and sweaty guys. Which is almost true coz small town gyms doesn't seem to be that popular among women.

I won't say that it's dominated by female over here, but then there is definitely an approximately equal ratio of men and women who come to the gym according to my observations today. OK, so the free weights section are STILL male dominated, and they're always trying to impress their mates or whoever that's watching by going with the super heavy weights. Other than that, everything else seems fine.

Oh, oh, OH! And there's this steam room and sauna and, that super chic locker! They're sensor operated, so it's locked by a mere scan of your card! And there's the tanning beds as well (though I'm not particularly interested in that...I just got tanned from my trip back home...and I take forever to untan anyway.)

And the classes, they have Pilates...which I've been wanting to try for a while now, and not to say some kick-ass Boxercise!

Erm...I think I'm starting to sound like I'm advertising for them already. Probably time to stop.