21 Comments » It’s amazing how easy it is to get people all excited about healthy lifestyle activities. And I mean people who do not already have a healthy lifestyle.
I’m using the term “healthy lifestyle” rather loosely here. I mean engaging in activities that involve physical exertion, such as cycling and inline skating.
Last night, a total of 12 people turned up at our quite last-minute outing at East Coast Park. Six cyclists and six skaters.
All of us haven’t skated/cycled in years. Some over ten years. Most also haven’t exercised in years.
And, it’s like:
“Hey, let’s go skating/cyclling at ECP tomorrow night!”
“Okay!”
No questions asked, no hesitation.
I get the feeling that most people want to partake in healthy activities but they won’t do it until someone pulls them off their bums to do it.
Minou is a cyclist but she has suddenly gotten interested in skates.
Before our session, we stopped by at the skate shop for her to try on skates.
Feeling wobbly and nervous, she used Unker Kell as a support pillar. It was quite funny because Unker Kell was protesting all the way.
Typical inane Club Morte conversation.
Minou didn’t get skates in the end because the one she liked didn’t come in her size and the one that fit perfectly she didn’t like.
Wang Wang, who had originally planned to buy a bike to join the bikers’ faction, suddenly decided that she wanted to skate, too.
Joining us later in the night, the first thing she did was drag everyone to the skate shop.
Again, for some reason, Unker Kell became the support pillar.
I think he just has a talent for being at the right place at the right time. Haw haw haw.
Unfortunately, Wang Wang also couldn’t find a comfortable size in a design she liked, so she rented an overnight pair.
We did about 10 km in total, going from Lagoon Food Centre to Tanah Merah, then back again. With many rest stops in between.
I needed “toe stops” (a phrase coined by Unker Kell) cos I’m still seasoning my new skates and my toes would lose blood circulation and get numb every 15 minutes or so.
I’m afraid my toes would die and fall off my feet, so I remove my skates every so often to let them “breathe” before resuming torturing them.
Wang Wang needed “crying stops” cos she had totally lost her skating mojo and kept falling on her bum.
Crying on… guess whose shoulders?
Haha.
At one point, we contemplated journeying to Changi but it was already 11 pm and everyone was hungry, especially Kerrendor, whose last meal was 12 hours ago, crazy bugger. (That’s him sitting on the floor in the photo above.)
So we hightailed it back to Lagoon Food Centre, where everyone feasted on BBQ chicken wings, oyster omelete, BBQ stingray, satay and fishball meepok.
I had to eat fish slice soup because my restricted diet is still on. Sad.
But the fish slice soup turned out to be very tasty because it was flavoured with Chinese wine, milk and salted vegetables and served in a claypot. And the fish was super fresh and tender. It made me feel like I was cheating, lol.
Someone said during our meal, “We’re wasting our workout on all this food!”
And someone retorted, “But the reason to exercise is so we can enjoy this food.”
I couldn’t agree more!
woot..!!! last pic is good. :D
Yup. That last pic makes it all worth while! Makes me tired by reading the post about being active. Amazing how you all can do that considering how hot it was last night!!
Er…how come our pics become comics…
And you never take a picture of the black cat in the shop :p
tvbaddict / abraxis: Eh? The last photo so nice meh? I wasn’t going to post it… but then decided in the end that I needed one last photo cos the ending was getting too wordy. lol.
Well, night time isn’t really hot if you compare it to the crazy sweltering day time!! :P
Minou: Haha… comics easy to read mah. :P The black cat doesn’t fit in the story leh.
hmmm
mebbe add the black cat with the caption “bored”
:p
last night, the wind was actually warm.
I was so sticky lor…
Hmm…. yeah I never realised it was warmer. I guess I’m usually fine as long as the sun is not beating down on me. Haha. But yeah the stickiness is gross. But then that happens after exercise mah… :P
Oh, I totally agree with that statement – will exercise for good food! Heh.
Damn. All the good food are on the east side. Have you tried Ice-Cream Chef? It’s to kill for :)!
His Food Blog: Heheh, a person after my own heart! :)
plankton: lol, yeah, I also say. Yup, have tried Ice Cream Chef. Used to go there often, but now it’s so popular it’s always too crowded, so we stopped going, lol.
Wasted my 10km on fishball noodles, chicken wings and lots of sugarcane juice … arrggghhhhhhh!!
Looking good in your shiny white skates! :D
I agree! Food always taste much much better after exercise! haha
And I received the prizes already! Thanks! :)
We exercise so that we create the capacity to eat more.
That’s why I exercise alot alot alot…. *greedy*
the only reason why kell is always used as support is cos he always purposely stand near the girls. sibeh tiko. =p
the last photo is nice. Look at those muscles on the arms. Whoever got a *bish*, their ancestors will also feel it.
@Sheylara: Yeah, you look great in those pics, but I do hope you have proper safety gear (maybe you took them off for the pics)…
@RN1209: Maybe her level is expert enough not to require any safety gear ;)
Imagine she can take pictures of them on bikes and skates….while she is still cruising on her skates lor!!
Morte: This Saturday do 20km. :P
Shu Fen: Thank you! :)
ahtiong: Cool! Sorry if the prizes look very hurriedly wrapped. I was in a hurry, lol!
JayWalk: Heheh, good good. I shall endeavour to continue my training on my own so I can eat more good food! :P
aftiel: Wahahahahaha. Good point, my dear. :P
tiger4: LOL where got so power one… until ancestors can feel also?
RN1209: I’m not wearing protective gear cos I’m not doing stunts. Just doing leisurely skating in a straight line. I’ll definitely wear guards if I do stunts. :P
Hey, I was summoned from far away ok! Like the helpless target of those raid boss mobs…
Hahahaha. Stupid Kell.