what, were you expecting pictures of me in my trunks? please~ i'll spare you the torture. haha. anyway, sun paradise was having a storewide sale so i manged to get these at like 20% off. heh heh.
oh yeah, i did get my new specs too. sponsored by my mum (even though she's really annoying a lot of the time, she can still be nice sometimes. haha):
got them from paris miki. yes they were having a sale so i got the frames at 20% off. they are from levi's if you haven't noticed by now. the good thing about paris miki is they provide free maintenance including changing of nosepads (too bad this pair doesn't have any). alright, now i can wear these out when i'm too lazy to put on my contacts or on days i just want to have a different look. haha
right, as promised i'll shall share a little of my personal life, why i like gymming.
the question struck me when i was heading to the gym today despite the ridiculous thunderstorm (oh yes, i do have an uncanny affinity for thunderstorms. it started raining like crazy 15-30 minutes after i reached the swimming pool the other day. this has happened a couple of times.) "why do i spend so much effort going to the gym a few times a week?" don't get the wrong idea, i'm not the super bulky kind of gym rat. i'm not super buff either. anyway, i pondered over it for a while then several things came to me.
gymming is a great way to vent my frustrations. in life, it's inevitable that we get really annoyed or pissed by things that happen or people we meet. but how do we handle that anger? i'd prefer to express it as constructive anger. so on the threadmill when i've really cranked up the speed, i'll just think about all that stuff and use the energy to push on till the end of my run which i think is pretty intense (to me anyway).
needless to say, working out at the gym keeps you in shape. but i think it goes beyond physical. personally, it also refreshes the spirit (somewhat). when you are pushing yourself to complete that last rep, it takes a lot of mental strength to endure all the pain and just finish it. (seriously, it's no pain, no gain. i'm sure there are people who think that we could lift those weights that we do right from the start. no, we had to slowly get there too you know.) but when you do finish it and meet your own target, you'll feel a sense of accomplishment. at the end of the day, even when you body is supposed to be aching all over, you still feel pretty darn good and it usually makes you forget that you are actually hurting in places you can't even describe.
hey, no man is an island right? even though gymming is pretty much of a solo thing maybe other than having a buddy making sure you don't drop the barbell on yourself, it can be quite a social thing too. i don't mean going to the gym and chit chat about everything under the sun. but after you've been going to the same place for a while you do get to know some people. it may be just a "hi", "bye" thing with maybe just a short conversation between sets, it still widens your social circle. and you may never know, they might actually become your good friends right? and there are girls who gym too ok. perhaps you could just find "the one" there.(must be on the lookout whereever you go right? haha) well, i think i can still be more sociable in the gym than i am now. i mean i do know some people but i think i'm still considered kinda shy and don't talk much to people i don't really know. i mean they are nice people but i guess i still need some work.
so, going to the gym is really a very wholesome activity that comprises lots of different benefits and it's a cheap way to pass time at only $2.50 per entry. no wonder i'm hooked on it and i genuinely enjoy doing it. i can see myself doing it for time to come. maybe you can give it a shot sometime too?
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