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I wished I could blog more often, but I really can’t.
Work is absolutely devouring me; I can barely find time for myself. I think I’m getting a hang of this ‘work’ thing, but I still have to say that if I were given the chance to stop working, I would take it in a nano-second. But that’s beyond my control so I will do it nonetheless.
However, I have promised myself that I will not talk about work itself in this blog entry, so don’t worry all. I will try not to bore you with my consistent complaining about how crappy it is to work and how much beating my eyes are taking from staring at the computer screen day-in day-out. So let’s talk about something else!
I went swimming this morning at 6:30am and I have to say, that when I jumped into the pool this morning, I was freezing. Though it may not be as nerve numbing as places like the US, the UK, the Antarctica, etc. it was still cold enough to shock my exposed … … top. Fortunately, it wasn’t long till I warmed up in the water. I quickly swam around, and not long after, I swam to the other end of the pool.
I was pretty surprised actually. In the morning, there are usually so many ‘old’ women swimming; at least 10 of them, if not more. ‘Old’ guys, maybe 3+. I am usually the only ‘young’ person in the pool. Pity. No girls to impress.
Nowadays, I have to do 20 laps in less than 40 minutes because of work. Today, I clocked 20 laps in 35 minutes, so it wasn’t too bad.
Usually, I’ll do 1 freestyle lap for every 5-breaststroke lap. Freestyle really takes up quite a bit of energy so if I do it too much, I’ll be worn out by the 5th lap. Also today, I managed to finish off my swim with the ‘butterfly’ stroke. I haven’t attempted doing the ‘butterfly’ in years, and when I did it today, I felt like I was creating a mini-typhoon from my ‘butterflying’ action. I really felt so much strength from my arms and shoulders.
From memory, my doing the butterfly when I was younger was pretty pathetic. Five metres into the stroke and I would be flopping like a fish trying to reach the end of the pool. This time, I felt powerful. I have to try it again. The only thing I’m worried about doing the butterfly is that there’s so much noise and disturbance when I do it, I don’t want to disturb the other swimmers. See, I’m nice. =)
Unlike me, there are some people in the pool who really irritate me a lot, especially those ‘swimmers’ who get in the way. I’m not talking about the swimmers who happen to cross path with me and as a result, one of us has to stop swimming. That’s coincidental and none of us are in the wrong for that happening. I’m talking about the type of people who are inconsiderate in the pool and wouldn’t do anything about their inconsiderateness. Those arrogant pimple-heads.
For example, last Saturday, when I went for an early swim, I was happily swimming in my lane without any problems for about half an hour or so. Then waltzed in these two old slightly plumped women who decided that it would be cool to stand at the end of my lane. This would mean that they were preventing me from kicking off the pool wall as I do multiple laps because ... they are in my way!!! I was shaking my head every time I reached that end, just to show them that they are so inconsiderate.
These kinda people, I really dislike. People who are inconsiderate to others, I really have very low tolerance for them. Arrogant pimple-heads.
Work is absolutely devouring me; I can barely find time for myself. I think I’m getting a hang of this ‘work’ thing, but I still have to say that if I were given the chance to stop working, I would take it in a nano-second. But that’s beyond my control so I will do it nonetheless.
However, I have promised myself that I will not talk about work itself in this blog entry, so don’t worry all. I will try not to bore you with my consistent complaining about how crappy it is to work and how much beating my eyes are taking from staring at the computer screen day-in day-out. So let’s talk about something else!
I went swimming this morning at 6:30am and I have to say, that when I jumped into the pool this morning, I was freezing. Though it may not be as nerve numbing as places like the US, the UK, the Antarctica, etc. it was still cold enough to shock my exposed … … top. Fortunately, it wasn’t long till I warmed up in the water. I quickly swam around, and not long after, I swam to the other end of the pool.
I was pretty surprised actually. In the morning, there are usually so many ‘old’ women swimming; at least 10 of them, if not more. ‘Old’ guys, maybe 3+. I am usually the only ‘young’ person in the pool. Pity. No girls to impress.
Nowadays, I have to do 20 laps in less than 40 minutes because of work. Today, I clocked 20 laps in 35 minutes, so it wasn’t too bad.
Usually, I’ll do 1 freestyle lap for every 5-breaststroke lap. Freestyle really takes up quite a bit of energy so if I do it too much, I’ll be worn out by the 5th lap. Also today, I managed to finish off my swim with the ‘butterfly’ stroke. I haven’t attempted doing the ‘butterfly’ in years, and when I did it today, I felt like I was creating a mini-typhoon from my ‘butterflying’ action. I really felt so much strength from my arms and shoulders.
From memory, my doing the butterfly when I was younger was pretty pathetic. Five metres into the stroke and I would be flopping like a fish trying to reach the end of the pool. This time, I felt powerful. I have to try it again. The only thing I’m worried about doing the butterfly is that there’s so much noise and disturbance when I do it, I don’t want to disturb the other swimmers. See, I’m nice. =)
Unlike me, there are some people in the pool who really irritate me a lot, especially those ‘swimmers’ who get in the way. I’m not talking about the swimmers who happen to cross path with me and as a result, one of us has to stop swimming. That’s coincidental and none of us are in the wrong for that happening. I’m talking about the type of people who are inconsiderate in the pool and wouldn’t do anything about their inconsiderateness. Those arrogant pimple-heads.
For example, last Saturday, when I went for an early swim, I was happily swimming in my lane without any problems for about half an hour or so. Then waltzed in these two old slightly plumped women who decided that it would be cool to stand at the end of my lane. This would mean that they were preventing me from kicking off the pool wall as I do multiple laps because ... they are in my way!!! I was shaking my head every time I reached that end, just to show them that they are so inconsiderate.
These kinda people, I really dislike. People who are inconsiderate to others, I really have very low tolerance for them. Arrogant pimple-heads.
Before I start ranting on about some pointless topic, I'll quickly end with this.
Taking toilet breaks at work is awesome! Every now and then, I'll either take a long stroll to the toilet to kill time, or I'll walk to the pantry which is near the toilets too, just to take a cup of water so I could go to the toilet in a few minutes time. They are the best way to kill time, besides reading random internet sites eg. blogs, during office hours. I've also discovered another 'time killer' which takes place in the toilet, and it's name is called, "How long does it take to dry up a wet sleeve with the hand-drier?" I think the name speaks for itself.
Labels: Exercise, S'pore Adventures, Work
posted by Ang at 12:49
4 Comments
4 Comments:
1) Stop peeing on your sleeve
2) "two old slightly plumbed women" - I think you mean plump
oh whoops! =S
i love my work and like to tell people about it but where i worked before was horrible and i hated going in to work every day!
as fo inconsiderate people, they are everywhere! i am a true believer in 'what goes around, comes around' and it helps me when people seem so into themselves and no one else. don't be mad at those women in your way in the pool. know that you are a better person than they are by not bothering with them and their inconsiderate behaviour.
keep smiling and swimming!!
yeah.. i guess i really can't do much about it anyway..
If i voiced my opinion, i would probably create a scene. I dont' want that to happen..
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