I…bought the Costco $299 2 year membership to 24 hour fitness.  Yet, I have never even been to the 24 by my house.  I suppose now I actually have to go exercise.  Eeks.  Well, I still have to get it activated first.  Wow.  When should I start?  Maybe after next weekend.  Haha.

I’d have to get on a routine.  Go there after work every day aside from the days where I have activities.  Wow, this is crazy.  I hope the gym is nice.  I hope I can do it.  I better do it.  That’s $300 I just dropped.  Wow.

Hey, maybe this way I’ll get in shape, lose 20lbs, and get toned.  :)

Lately, I’ve been telling myself that I want to join a gym.  I want to get fit, lose weight, and get toned.  Of course, I just keep telling myself this and don’t do anything about it.  All talk.

But at least I was able to step foot into a local gym with a guest past from one of my friends.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the gym seriously.  I remember when I was training for the 5K a few years ago and I tried to go run on the treadmill.  I honestly hate running on the treadmill.  I hate running – just running…period (this is different than running while playing sports).

Now that I think of it, the last time I seriously went to the gym was in Santa Cruz when I red-shirted on the basketball team.  They had these really cool keys that would record all your data.  Everyone had their own workout and for every machine, whether it was for cardio or weights, you could plug the key in and record your reps, weight, distance, etc.  It was pretty cool.  Prior to that, we had 5am weight lifting in high school.  That was a pain.  Well, it was more a pain to wake up so stinking early.  Anyway, I’ve gone off topic, I think.

So I wanted to check out this small local gym because it was small and it was cheaper.  We started out on the elliptical machines for just 20 minutes.  I haven’t done this type of exercise in so long that it was actually difficult!  But hey, watching tv with the subtitles does take your mind off it.  The part I didn’t really like about the gym was the cardio portion.  There are so many machines crammed side-by-side into this little room.  It’s stuffy in there and you don’t really have much personal space.  I think the distance between each machine is maybe only 3 feet.

After cardio, we went to the weights.  I like the weights section better because there was a lot of equipment and a lot more room.  There was even a tiny tiny women’s only section, which is kind of nice I guess.  I still felt kind of intimidated by the people lifting who completely knew what they were doing and were lifting a lot.  I kind of felt like people would be thinking, oh that girl is lifting it wrong or something.  So I was a little self-caushush cautious.

The people there seemed nice and the trainers seemed cool.  It actually seems like a good idea to have a trainer because they just tell you what to do.  It’s so much easier to do stuff and push yourself when someone is telling you what to do.

We did some work on the abs (well I hardly did any), because it turns out I’m super weak in the core.  Gotta get rid of the gut.  But the exercises were good and really hard.

They tried to sales pitch me.  The prices at that gym are actually pretty reasonable compared to the other bigger gyms.  But I really don’t like the cardio room and I’m not sure about the location.  It’s not that far but it feels far with all the traffic and lights.  And I can’t conceive driving over there every day after work.

I want to check out 24 but I’m a little intimated by it too.  I hear Costco has a good deal.  Maybe I should check it out.

Anyway, I’m sore, but not as sore as I expected to be.  I guess I didn’t work out that hard.

It felt good to exercise.

Hmm..what to do next?

OMG, new found discovery, there are two words (probably more) in the english language that I cannot say!  So sad!!!  The words are “cautious” and “delicious”.  For some reason, my mouth, lips, tongue, etc, cannot make the shape used for the endings of those words.

Delicious sounds like delishush and cautious sounds like caushush.  It’s horrible and amusing at the same time.

I sound retarded when I try to say those words and provided some mild entertainment during the night as my friends listened to my struggles.  :)

Sad times, sad times indeed.

I couldn’t quite decide whether this post should be about discovery or about taking “compliments”.  The other day, someone had asked if I had lost weight.  It would definitely be a compliment had I actually actively been trying to do such a thing and people were seeing the results.  This was not the case.  I awkwardly replied, really? I wish I loss some weight.  Awkward.  So I replied, thanks?  See, that’s all you had to say, they replied.  Hmm…my discovery here was that wearing larger shirts makes a person look skinnier.  This has happened more than once too.  Whenever I wear this particular shirt, because it is a little looser, people comment about me losing weight.  Brilliant or not?  The shirt I was wearing that day was new and it was loose.  I think I can take a compliment if I was actively exercising (which I will do one day) to lose weight.  Discovery of the day: wearing larger clothes to look skinnier.

I’m not good at speaking.  I already knew that I had trouble conveying my thoughts in a verbal manner, but I’m beginning to realize that I’m just not good at speaking period.  I’m very much a paper/written person, not a verbal person.  I need to learn to speak more clearly, with confidence, with professionalism, and with my words completely thought out.  It’s too hard.

There is this one place (Phoenix Food Boutique) up in LA that has this unique boba type drink. It tastes really really good and I introduced it to a couple of friends a few weeks ago. While thinking of things to do on Friday, we decided that we would drive up to Irvine to get this drink. It’s a long way to go for a drink, but we didn’t have much to do either.

I know they have 3 or 4 shops up in the San Gabriel valley area but we needed one closer so I looked it up and saw one in Irvine. I even called to make sure they were open.

Off we go…

It was roughly 72 miles and we got to the plaza where it was supposed to be but didn’t see it. We drove around a little bit and decided to call them. The people were very confused on the phone. Then it turns out that their Irvine store closed half a year ago!!! Sad times. :( But what the heck, I even called them!  Who would think to ask if the number I called was the Irvine store when I dialed the number for the Irvine store.  Although, maybe I should have been more cautious about it when it said the number dialed had a new number which went from the 949 area code to 626.

The closest one was in Rowland Heights which was almost half an hour away. But we had to go back since others had dinner plans. We stopped in the center to look around to see what there was anyway. We stumbled upon some type of middle eastern pastry shop. The desserts looked really good! So we bought a few and ate them. Then since I had to use the restroom, my friends saw this other shop called Mochilato. That place was really neat! They sold all kinds of mochi ice cream. We each tried one. They also sold gelato and had this really big shaved ice that consisted of gelato, red bean, and mochi that look delicious! Anyway, so off we went back home.

Every so often, one of us would just be laughing out loud. What an adventure! All we basically did on our Friday off was drive up to Irvine and drive back. Haha. But it’s all good. Good company, good laughs, that’s all we need. :)

Although next time I’m up in LA, I’ll have to be sure to bring some of that drink back down!