Opposing Polarities

zZzz... I was at the gym this afternoon, doing my usual resistance routine. Then *creak* the door opened..
A girl stepped in.

Ok. Not like there are no girls in the gym. There are actually more women then men in the SPH gym...

But this girl/women (becoz she doenst look a day over 20), exuded an aura that was frightening. Seriously. If there was any girl that I would be AFRAID of, its a girl like that.

Her face could only be described in one word. Robotic. It actually looked lifeless. No facial expression, no facial lines, no blemishes. She even blinked in sync!

*blink* *blink* *blink* - andrew freaks out.

She had single eyelids that made it seem like she was those scary dolls that open their eyes when they stand up and close when they are down.

ok. enough of that. Get ready for the 999,999,999x more freaky part.

I was doing my bench press, 20 a side, 40 kg in all. (Which I'm quite proud of, considering I'm only 19 years old).
BUT. She came next to me and... WTF.

She took a free barbell with SIXTY, yes boys and girls. SIXTY on each side. And did 8 reps of OLYMPIC presses. (calc: that makes it 120kg on each side, which is actually bench pressing with Nicholas Hui lying in a comfortable position on top of you - not funny.)

$&@*%)^

I was so stunned I didn't even realize I was doing holding my own barbell in the air for 10 seconds...

Even this super hulky guy that was doing motion weights nearby was staring at her.

Got kinda demoralized. And couldnt even complete a superset... =/

(author's note : Andrew is not a chauvinist nor is he a supporter of "demure korean girls are kool" opinion. He's just traumatized that a robot came in and did bench presses next to him. Female robots aren't very common, you must understand.)

But, one advantage is that guys can eat alot more! xD

ok. but there're alot more fatter guys then gals though... =X

I stumbled across the blog of one of my colleagues... (or ex-colleague). We'd always joke around that she was an avid calorie counter, that she couldnt survive on leaves and grapes for her whole life...

I never knew she was an anorexic. And a severe anorexic at that. Two stuns in one day.

She was taking pills, binging, crash dieting... And entry after entry was riddled with the horrendous experiences that she was going through....
Every word hurt... alot, coz I could imagine what she was going through...

It wasn't merely the experiences that she was going through... but the fact that it resulted from the comment of one person.
What one person meant as a joke, was a jagged dagger that cut a deep wound in the heart of another...

She was on the verge of anorexia, skipping meals and the occasional binge. But that comment arrowed at here was the hole in the dam.

After that she swallowed pills after pills and, from what I saw in her blog... severely injured herself...

Why all the unnecessary pain?....



I'm... really sure the chicky cakes would be sad if you won't want to eat them....



No matter how strong girls make themselves out to be, they're still emotionally very fragile... While guys always tend to be the bull-headed ones..



I'm happy being a guy. I like being a guy...
We can be emotional creatures, but one trait in most guys is the ability to shrug away comments and close one eye to situations...

I believe that in this age of feminism, females will soon realize that they can't do everything on their own...
nor can they manipulate guys to do their will.

all they need is love. yah?

I still believe in love,
I still believe in you...