A lot of our guys are going to want to work out over the summer: it's part of the Y chromosome thing. I've become grotesquely fat and want to do the same. I looked over the links we had been given for the city, tried to find the gym that was closest. Turns out that one has closed down. A shame, because their prices were reasonable.

While walking around town yesterday I noticed a place called "Fitness House." I wasn't in the mood to walk in, but I noted it down. Later tried to find it on the web. Couldn't. Walked by the place again. Entered. Turns out today is their opening day: they just registered the business officially yesterday. I was the second customer to sign up. It was way too expensive: $95 for two months. But here's the scoop: it is two blocks from our school, and the price includes personal training. I went for it. I want to return to ASU and have them all pine for their gorgeous but untouchable professor. I will be like Judy Tenuta: you cannot touch the goddess. (If you know who she is, I will be impressed.)

Still, I want to find something cheaper that will fit a student budget. In the mornings I like to have a latte at Café Misto on the third floor of the Vefa Center. Barista Maxim obviously works out. I ask him where to find the closest gym. Quoth he: "Cross the street. Turn right. There is a red five-story building. You enter from the side." Post-latte I searched for it. There are no red buildings within 5 blocks. There is however a pink one. It is labelled as a martial arts studio, but doesn't have a gym per se, and there is no way to enter from the side. Obviously that isn't right. I start walking back. I notice a ten-story white building. Yeah, that sounds similar. It looks like you can enter from the side. Bingo! Go down the stairs. 3600 som will get you two months if you workout between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., which obviously won't work for our students, and 4000 will get you two months if you workout after 3:00. Hm. Maybe some of them will go for that.

Later I stop off for a gnosh at Barclay's Pub. The waiter Ruslan suggests one near my apartment. That's far-ish from our school, but if the price is right, perhaps the students would use it. I'll have to check it out.