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not that there’s anything wrong with that

i go to a gym in shanghai. it’s a nice gym: big and clean and very modern. it’s got three levels — all connected by escalators — with walls of mirrors and lines of neon lights and tall windows that look down upon huai hai zhong lu. it’s got tv sets and techno music and more exercise equipment than i’ve seen in one place … anywhere. hell, it’s even got spinning classes. what i’m trying to say is that my gym in china — a country still relatively new to the whole gym thing — is amazingly … um … normal.

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01.30.2004, 9:21 PM · Observations · Comments (7)