Gym Weirdness

Weird stuff at the gym (as though it wasn't weird enough):

--Nobody drinks water. In the U.S., people bring enormous bottles of water to the gym with them and constantly drink. Here, I'm the only person with a water bottle (which is why I stand out). There is a water cooler in one of the corners, and they supply tiny paper...I don't know what you'd call them. They're not really cups you can drink from. They're more like very small paper pockets that hold about an ounce of water. You use those to drink. Maybe you're supposed to mix it with Korean beer, which has about the same consistency, alcohol content and taste.

--Almost nobody listens to music. I'm one of the very few people with headphones. This is surprising, all the more so because on the street, everyone is plugged into these tiny little MP3 players that look like 1 inch-square cubes that you wear around your neck.

--Just noticed it a few days ago: they have a putting green for you to practice golf. I guess this is the low-impact part of the workout.