Sunday, October 21, 2007

Over 1000, under 75

Last Thursday I visited a gym for the first time since I am back . The story behind the story:I lost 7 kg in India, but I checked it out and I was 71, means I got back 4 already. Not bad in two months, or... too bad. Anyway I let myself persuaded by my brother to join him for a so called spinning class. I had to simply ride a bike (without wheels of course). There was a rather attractive lady walking around and checking on us as we had to wear a gadget that showed almost every details on a watch from our pulse to the calories we burnt... bla-bla. I found it funny except for the fact that my butt (what is a polite word for this?) is still aching as the seat of of my "cycle" wasn't particularly comfortable. According to my personal device I burnt 600 calories, from which 55% was fat... They have by the way mirrors all over so I suspect that this is a club for exhibicionist people. And they also have disco-lights but for that I can hardly imagine any explanations, who wants to ride a bike in a disco?!
On Saturday I visited the Hundertwasser exhibition with Csabi (also known as Tangókirály). I have heard a lot about the guy, and I have been lucky enough to see some of his buildings in Wien. And I remember vividly when I visited Shereen and arrived to Uelzen and had a glance at the railway - station. The first thought came to my mind was: "It must be a Hundertwasser" and so it was. I spent 20 minutes only in the toilet... think whatever You want ;-) I really admire those who can keep thier idealism despite of the regularly discouraging majority, those who follow thier own paths even if it leads to the unknown. In his case I even like his art and sympathtize with his environmentalist ideas. Maybe that's why I found the exhibition a little bit poor. It focuses on Hundertwasser the painter, but even in this particular area has little to offer, I can recall around 5-6 really good works. Anyway I had plenty of memories woken up seeing his works, so all in all it has worth it.


p.s. Mr Kaczynski's Law and Justice (PiS) party lost the elections in Poland to the liberal Civic Platform (PO). Good news :-)

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