cheated.
I felt SO cheated this morning.
Cheated by who? I was cheated by the damned gym at Tampines Sports Hall.Ok maybe they didn't really cheat me.But i still felt cheated.
Today, after a long 'rest' period, I finally decided to get my ass up and resume my gym workouts. I checked the SSC website for the gym's opening hours. Satisfied that I was prepared for the workout, I happily went to the sports hall. Heck, I even went to 7-11 to get a drink and also some small change because i knew from experience that they usually don't have any change in their cash register early in the morning.
When I reached the office, I saw this notice which went something like this:
The gymnasium will be closed with effect from 22th March to ____. For any enqueries, please call ______ from Monday 9am to 5pm.
WHAT THE HELL?!?!
I checked their website, not once or twice. Being a kiasu Singaporean, I think I checked it at least 3-4 times. And not a single time did I see any mention of the Tampines Gymnasium being closed because they were moving it to the new Tampines Swimming Complex, which would incidentally be opening soon after renovations. Hell, they didn't even say what facilities threre would be in the new complex. So how in the world was a hardworking gym-goer like me expected to know that it was closed?
This is pure cheating. Cheated me of my time, my effort.
And I believe the next time I visit Tampines gym, I'll most probably have to pay more than the current $2.50 (which is already an increase because I happily turned 18...) because it will be integrated with the swimming pool and stuff, and they will surely claim it's to make things convenient for everyone when they integrate this and that.
Everything in Singapore is becoming integrated. Integrated resorts. Integrated sports complex. In mathematical, or perhaps in every sense, it makes things much more complicated. Instead of going to the gym, we now go to the gym-cum-swimming pool. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just that it will complicate matters. What if I was only interested in working out, but not in swimming? Can I pay just to enter the gymnasium, and avoid paying the swimming pool fees?
I seriously doubt it.
Cheated by who? I was cheated by the damned gym at Tampines Sports Hall.Ok maybe they didn't really cheat me.But i still felt cheated.
Today, after a long 'rest' period, I finally decided to get my ass up and resume my gym workouts. I checked the SSC website for the gym's opening hours. Satisfied that I was prepared for the workout, I happily went to the sports hall. Heck, I even went to 7-11 to get a drink and also some small change because i knew from experience that they usually don't have any change in their cash register early in the morning.
When I reached the office, I saw this notice which went something like this:
The gymnasium will be closed with effect from 22th March to ____. For any enqueries, please call ______ from Monday 9am to 5pm.
WHAT THE HELL?!?!
I checked their website, not once or twice. Being a kiasu Singaporean, I think I checked it at least 3-4 times. And not a single time did I see any mention of the Tampines Gymnasium being closed because they were moving it to the new Tampines Swimming Complex, which would incidentally be opening soon after renovations. Hell, they didn't even say what facilities threre would be in the new complex. So how in the world was a hardworking gym-goer like me expected to know that it was closed?
This is pure cheating. Cheated me of my time, my effort.
And I believe the next time I visit Tampines gym, I'll most probably have to pay more than the current $2.50 (which is already an increase because I happily turned 18...) because it will be integrated with the swimming pool and stuff, and they will surely claim it's to make things convenient for everyone when they integrate this and that.
Everything in Singapore is becoming integrated. Integrated resorts. Integrated sports complex. In mathematical, or perhaps in every sense, it makes things much more complicated. Instead of going to the gym, we now go to the gym-cum-swimming pool. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just that it will complicate matters. What if I was only interested in working out, but not in swimming? Can I pay just to enter the gymnasium, and avoid paying the swimming pool fees?
I seriously doubt it.
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