Grand Mom Social Club

The benefit living on the island is that most of the government service or public facilities are empty. No queue in the post office, the lady behind the counter is so bored that she is happy to speak to anyone. The hospital is constantly empty, walk-in to see a GP is very possible. The tennis court is always empty, so are the squash court, and basketball court. The island has roughly 20K population, you can walk around the island within 1 hour. Many are not interested in sports, I guess after working 9 to 5 daily, the only thing they want to do is to rest and watch TV. It is a shame not to take advantage of the government gym facility given that it is only 10 mins walk away and the cost is unbelievably cheap (20 HKD per 1 hour session). The only catch is that you have to either sit in the 3 hour seminar to understand how to use the machines or pay for a 10 session class to get the certificate. We opt for the class option. At the first class, we found out only 5 out of 20 classmates are new students. Most of them are senior, they came to the class, do the warm up with the instructor, and go about to do their own exercise. They will hang out in the bicycle area, chatting non stop while paddling without too much effort. Or just enjoy the great air conditioning and watch TV on the wall. When time's up, they do the cool down and say good bye to each other. The class is conducted in only Cantonese, it is completely different from the testosterone filled, muscle jumping and sweat spreading, weights hitting/clicking member's only gym. It has only the grand mom and grand dads from our neighborhood (and some younger kids), very child and relaxing. (I will get a picture shortly)