creatures of the pool
for the past couple of weeks, i've been going to the neighbourhood 'infinity pool'. the daily routine of either an hour in the pool doing laps or in the gym running like a retiring lab rat is a self imposed exercise regime after a (fairly) recent trip back from beijing.
as i was buckling on the safety belt on board the plane, i found myself left with a very very short tab on the belt's end. it looked like if i were any bigger, i wouldn't have 'enough belt' to go round my waist. it was an appalling revelation and i was determined to do something about it.
however this post is not about how i should really stop eating for 2 years, nor the mundanity of my workout. this post is a...shall we say...social commentary about the creatures of the pool. and can i just say that there are very strange people that hang out at the very chic infinity pool at bukit panjang.
let me start introducing the 'pool-spideys'; these are people who cling on to the wall side of the pool, rest their toes on the latch and then tip top across the breath of the pool. yes...it is OK to do that if you're trying to get from one end of the pool to the other and feels too lazy to swim. However, these pool-spideys need to know that tip-toeing up and down several laps doesn't count towards a full body workout and will not help tone neither calves nor fingers.
then there are the pool-runners. this group of water creatures are usually MEN who decide that running shorts are synonymous with swimming trunks. somebody needs to tell this peculiar group of people that the FBT running shorts do not have the same functions as swimming trunks. running shorts flap and we don't want any flapping action in the pool. some things are better kept tucked in, not dangling loose. the visual image of running shorts flapping in the waters and me having to swim towards it is disturbing to say the least.
the 'pool ninjas' are my least favourite group of people. and their name suggests, this group of swimmers (usually aunties) will dress in full black long sleeve swim suits, covering their arms and legs completely. the more serious ones will complete the look with black swim caps. pool ninjas often appear in herds. they spread themselves across several lanes of the pool, rehearse their free style kicks once every few minutes and compare notes about one another's wretched daughter-in-laws or the prices of vegetables in the market.
i know...i know...not everybody is trying to lose weight swimming. however, the pool has been divided into 3 areas. 2 for people who swim laps and one general area for people to just soak in the chlorine. the pool ninjas are a regular feature in the pool and it is nice to catch up with other people in the martial arts world. All I'm asking is that these water ninjas could spare a thought for other pool users. If they could a) keep to the lanes meant for chillax-ing and b)move their spanex-wrapped bodies when people are swimming towards them, the various types of pool creatures can co-exist.
an infinity pool that holds an infinite array of people. i am a lone swimmer, going against the currents of pool creatures.
as i was buckling on the safety belt on board the plane, i found myself left with a very very short tab on the belt's end. it looked like if i were any bigger, i wouldn't have 'enough belt' to go round my waist. it was an appalling revelation and i was determined to do something about it.
however this post is not about how i should really stop eating for 2 years, nor the mundanity of my workout. this post is a...shall we say...social commentary about the creatures of the pool. and can i just say that there are very strange people that hang out at the very chic infinity pool at bukit panjang.
let me start introducing the 'pool-spideys'; these are people who cling on to the wall side of the pool, rest their toes on the latch and then tip top across the breath of the pool. yes...it is OK to do that if you're trying to get from one end of the pool to the other and feels too lazy to swim. However, these pool-spideys need to know that tip-toeing up and down several laps doesn't count towards a full body workout and will not help tone neither calves nor fingers.
then there are the pool-runners. this group of water creatures are usually MEN who decide that running shorts are synonymous with swimming trunks. somebody needs to tell this peculiar group of people that the FBT running shorts do not have the same functions as swimming trunks. running shorts flap and we don't want any flapping action in the pool. some things are better kept tucked in, not dangling loose. the visual image of running shorts flapping in the waters and me having to swim towards it is disturbing to say the least.
the 'pool ninjas' are my least favourite group of people. and their name suggests, this group of swimmers (usually aunties) will dress in full black long sleeve swim suits, covering their arms and legs completely. the more serious ones will complete the look with black swim caps. pool ninjas often appear in herds. they spread themselves across several lanes of the pool, rehearse their free style kicks once every few minutes and compare notes about one another's wretched daughter-in-laws or the prices of vegetables in the market.
i know...i know...not everybody is trying to lose weight swimming. however, the pool has been divided into 3 areas. 2 for people who swim laps and one general area for people to just soak in the chlorine. the pool ninjas are a regular feature in the pool and it is nice to catch up with other people in the martial arts world. All I'm asking is that these water ninjas could spare a thought for other pool users. If they could a) keep to the lanes meant for chillax-ing and b)move their spanex-wrapped bodies when people are swimming towards them, the various types of pool creatures can co-exist.
an infinity pool that holds an infinite array of people. i am a lone swimmer, going against the currents of pool creatures.