A scream in the stillness of the night

Today's routine would have been no different from any other day if not for that minor incident at the gym. I arrived at the gym at approximately 1230h, after walking Sumo and the morning ritual. Upon arrival, I noticed a significant amount of activity unlike that of a usual weekday morning. The gym instructor looked extremely flustered and she hurried past me without the usual morning smile or greetings towards the large crowd gathered at the back of the gym, near where the weights were placed. Lifeguards from the pool were too seen bustling around with life support equipments slung across their waist as people were asked to leave the area. Apparently a young gentleman had suffered an epilepsy attack while on the bench press machine. The attack was a pretty violent one and one can get a gauge of the seriousness of the attack by just observing the freaked out looks imprinted on all the muscled gym users around him at that point in time. An area around the guy was cleared and a paramedic that was gymming too attended to him, along with the other instructors and the lifeguards from the pool. An ambulance was called and he was whisked away. It was a pretty interesting experience for me but a pretty scary one too for the one who is witnessing an epilepsy attack for the first time.  

After an hour an a half at the gym, I headed to the food-court near the supermarket to purchase lunch for my mom before heading home. That's the least I could do considering she did cook pasta for me. I spent the rest of the afternoon reading before heading to Tampines SAFRA for a short evening swim. I am trying to get back into my pre-operation exercise routine so as to better prepare myself for the upcoming races. No more late nights and lazing around anymore  till the 70.3 in September is over. After the swim and a quick dinner, I drove to my alma mater to pick my sister up from a hard day's mugging. The later part of the evening was spent chatting online, sipping a nice strong cappuccino and watching the very first episode of Damages. (Great series by the way, wondering how I could have missed it...) 

That more or less sums up the 2nd day of June for me. Till the next entry then...