to distract my gym activity
Posted in Work and tagged with arabic, gym, Work on 04/06/2008 06:19 am by GraceJust when things are going smooth at the gym, meaning, I am not dreading the thought of sweating it out, running on the mill and at the sauna, something came up. Not the excuses, no, because I am determined to continue because I am actually enjoying my time there. If I have known before that sauna sessions had a relaxing effect physically and emotionally, I would have done it years before.
Back to the topic…I got an email from work that the company is offering Arabic classes, for FREE. No catch, the course is a three-week, 2 hour each session and it’s absolutely free of charge to employees. The course runs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm, 35 sessions in all. Wow, the cost of this course when taken outside could easily come up to 5,000 dirhams.
I would love to take Arabic classes and learn the language (although there’s really no need of it in the office because English is used) but learning a new language is always a great challenge I always dig….and it’s free. But what about the gym? and wouldn’t it be too late to go home after classes? Will it be really worth it? Wouldn’t I just forget about it after I learned it because I won’t be able to practice it at home or at work? Will my brain be able to take another foreign language squeezed inside?
I am torn.
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April 7th, 2008 at 8:34 am
take the class!! i love to learn languages, too, i would totally love to learn a new one!
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April 7th, 2008 at 10:51 am
the arabic class sounds potentially beneficial even if you won’t be able to practice it, but you just can’t drop your gym sessions too.
i think what you need is better time management.
The arabic classes finish at 8:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday… with Dubai traffic, I will be home by 9:30 pm. or 10. Gym closes at 9 pm.
I can still go to the gym on Saturday, Sunday, Thursday and Friday and most probably watch what I’m eating on the days I don’t go to the gym, hee hee.
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April 7th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Take the classes - it’s an opportunity you can’t pass up!
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April 7th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Definitely take the arabic classes if you like to learn new languages anyway. It’s free and I bet it’s fun, even if you won’t be fluent after such a short course.You never know when it might come in handy some day.
And you can go to the gym some other day or go back to jogging for a while. Learning arabic is so much cooler than wasting your time at a boring gym, really.
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April 7th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
i would prefer going to the gym if learning Arabic will not benefit me in any way.
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April 7th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I’d rather go to the gym than sit in a classroom for more than an hour.
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April 7th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Oh wow! Sign up for the classes! I know that you’ll miss some of your exercise routine, but can’t you still go on Thursday and Friday? (or whatever your other week days are!) And 3 weeks isn’t too long to get out of the habit. I’m so jealous of you!
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April 8th, 2008 at 1:59 am
wow tough one! I would love to learn arabic too! CAn you ask if you can do the class while running in place or doing jumping jacks!
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April 8th, 2008 at 10:40 am
gym for me.
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April 8th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Will you be learning to write it, too? Spoken Arabic is easy to pick up but written is a bit more complicated. And the Arabic that locals speak is a tad different from what they teach you in class. And, if you don’t converse with someone frequently, it’s easy to forget. Still, learning a new language is always good.
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April 9th, 2008 at 10:05 am
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