I posted a note on the fridge some months ago: ‘Leaving for skipping robe. I’ll be done at 3 p.m. Save some cake for me.’ This note, which was wickedly intercepted by the girlfriend of one of my roommates, generated quite a stir by the time I got home.
I have to admit; I’m not that into sports. Apart from athletics, dancing and plunging into the sea, there are not that many workout activities I’m gifted at; especially if they involve a round object being thrown at me. I guess this is linked as well with my driver's block, when something approaches me at a certain speed I just close my eyes and sprint. But last year, I had found a perfect exercise, fast, fun, cheap and fitting harmonically with my flow, though for some reason, someone was not willing to leave me alone with it.
“Hahahaha, here she comes! Hey! How was your jumping session? I bet you did much better than when you spell in English! R-O-P-E girl, with P. I could easily imagine you jumping over your bathrobe, though.” Sometimes girls are not that nice amongst each other, and this was sort of the case with this Princess of Irony, Miss Perfect English-by default-speaker black humor Philippine girl. My lungs were full of oxygen, it was time to get back at her.
“Oh, it surprises me for the amount of time you spend reading weight loss magazines that you are not aware of this new workout routine. Actually, I’m glad that you noticed that there was a B and not a P written on my note. Since I started going to the pool on the corner and you spend most of the day here, I think indeed you should join me and maybe you could practice some skipping robe with me.” And with that senseless speech, I vanished into the hall. The next day I wrote another note that read something like this:
Steps for Skipping-roBe routine:
1. Stand on the edge of the swimming pool with an athletic expression.
2. Take off your spongy bathrobe with a gentle shake of the shoulders.
3. Let it fall and encircle it tiptoeing.
4. Jump like crazy over it; forth and back, right to left, diagonally.
5. Try to draw an invisible 12-pointed star.
6. Make sure nobody is watching you.
7. Find out that some neighbors are.
8. Submerge yourself in the pool and count till 10.
