Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Getting Fit With These Great exercise Routines

For years I have putting off exercise to keep my body fit and healthy. Recently I noticed my waist line is getting bigger, so I decide I can't put exercising anymore. Fortunately, there are many options available for getting fit. For examples, jogging or walking near my house; going to the gym (there is a 24hr fitness center located very close to my house); or working out inside the house. I have thought of buying a treadmill, but I was discourages by friends who already owned one. They said the treadmill will mostly likely getter dust after a few month's use. As for going to the gym, it's kind of expensive for my and I don't quite like the setting and I don't like jogging outside either, may be after the new park is finished :-).
The days keep passing by and my waist keeps gaining inches while I was still not sure which is the best way to go about getting fit. In one Sunday afternoon, I turned on the TV (I normally don't watch much TV) and the infomercial selling exercise video was on. After watching for a few minutes I decided to give it a try so I order the trial video. After I received the video and pop it in the DVD player, I have to say, I really like the exercise routines. By following the video on TV, it keeps me motivated. Normally, I would use the TV's Picture-in-Picture function to watch the news and exercise at the same time. Now I exercise at least 4 times a week, I would do more if I had the time. If you are in a similar situation wanting to keep fit and healthy, I highly recommend this video. Anyway, to relieve you from further suspense, the exercise video I am talking about is the Power 90 video from Beachbody™. And the good news, it's very affordable. You don't need to spend several hundreds on gym membership and you can do it in the privacy of your own home! It's definitely worth to check it out!

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

According to a recent survey, Americans are getting less courteous and more rude. I learned about this from the evening news I watched a few days ago and already I experienced this trend today. And to my suprise, this behavior is not limited to the younger generation, but to the some old folks too.
As I was waiting inline to fill up my car with some gas at the Costco gas station, I noticed the car in front of the SUV (which is still in the process of filling up the gas tan) has just finished and pulled away from the pump. So, it's my turn to get the gas, since I believe the SUV in front of me should be done filling up soon, so I decided to wait. For one is that I don't like to pull up my car and back up again to line up with the pump. The other reason is that I feel it's easier for the SUV to leave and for the car behind me to pull up too. Well I guess the car behind me just can't wait and just pull over in front of me and took the pump in front of the SUV. Just as I suspected, as soon as the car stopped, the SUV finished filling up with the gas. So I just slowly and smoothly pull up my car to the pump. At first I thought the driver of the car might be a young cocky guy, but to my surprise, he is about in his 60s or late 50s.
Anyway, when I finished filling up the gas, he and his wife(?)were still trying to get the pump working. I guess they have problems with their credit card or something. The gas attendant is right next to them and I don't know why they don't ask for help. As I was leaving the parking lot, they were still there trying. I noticed the car license plate is from Idaho. I thought the people from other states have better common courtesy than the Californians these days, I guess I was wrong.