
I thought about her words again, "You don't smile enough". I was thinking to myself, "Ehhh, but my face is like that one, what can I do. God given mah. If I go around the gym with a permanent smile on my face even when I am trying to do some workouts, I'll look like the bloody Joker..won't I?

Anyway, perhaps what she says has some truth in it and I do acknowledge it. I don't smile enough. Perhaps its because I am always thinking, especially when I am alone, my mind works overtime. So when I am thinking, I rarely get a chance to smile. Now when someone is alone, and is thinking about something, and this person suddenly breaks into a smile... won't you think he or she is nuts? Even people who smile at their computer monitors are almost always labelled "Crackos" when in reality they are actually chatting on MSN. Nevertheless, I thought perhaps its worth to try to smile a bit today, just to see what happens.
So I got changed to my gym attire and smiled at a few people in the changing room. They smiled back, I just hoped that they didn't think I am some gay freak trying to get somethin'. :p Anyway, I walked towards the stationary bikes and smiled at a few people along the way. Some smiled back, some thought I was some weirdo. Okay, not bad, at least I got some responses. Then I saw her. The hot babe who's been coming in to the gym for quite some time now. I don't know who she is, but she's oneeeee hot chick man. I thought, "Hmmm, what better candidate than to try my smiling technique?" I was trying my smiles as I was working out... so much so I think I looked weird to the next person using the stationary bike. Then, she walked in, all changed in her gym attire, calm, cool and hot as usual, listening to her iPod through her headphones. I smiled. She looked at me, and didn't smile back, but all the while holding her gaze. I smile again and said "Hi". She looked at me again and walked away. I was like... What the heck? Okay, maybe she was listening to loud music like Metalica or Aerosmith and didn't hear the "Hi". I'll try again when the time comes.
I moved on to the other exercise machines, which were in another room away from her. I was going about my business for half an hour or so, when she walked in. I looked at her, she looked at me and looked away. I was like "Kanne". She started to do some weight lifts. As she was putting her weights down, I walked past her as I was leaving the room and looked at her again, smiled... but she freaking looked away again. What the hell woman? At this point, I seriously looked like the Joker with a permanent smile on my face. The only explaination I had left was that on any normal day, perhaps she wore glasses and was half-blinded today, because she was not wearing glasses during her gym sessions.. and I looked like black blob to her in her blurred eyesight. If she doesn't wear glasses, then she's a bitch! You think hotness means you can give attitude to all guys who try to be nice? Beauty doesn't last long babe.
I was wondering what the hell was wrong with my smile anyway. I left the gym and got home. Had dinner, and turned on my computer, and there was my Chinese Zodiac for the day staring at me on my computer monitor.
"You'll have to beware of fabulous proposals which may lead you to nothing; also, certain apparently charming persons will prove to be worthless; all this should remind you that all that glitters is not gold."
At this point, I started to smile from ear to ear at my computer monitor. If I did this at the office, I'll be labelled a freaking ham sap lo for sure.
So there you go, lessons learnt today:
1. The smiling at gym doesn't always work.
2. Hot doesn't mean cool, hot most of the time means bitch.
Till my next smiling experience at the gym!
Peace!








