I joined a Korean gym today. I've been eyeing Techno Gym for some time now. It's on the 4th floor as are most gyms, hair places, bars etc. so it took a great effort just to find my way up there considering everything is in Korean minus the huge advertisement TECHNO GYM.It was probably the first thing I've had to do on my own and it was incredibly tricky. Koreans love being healthy as do I. But at the gym... they insist upon it! There are rules. Everyone has to walk for 10 minutes and then stretch for another 10 or so to make sure the limbs are loose and ready for action. Of course I had no clue what the woman was telling me so I thought I could only walk for 10 minutes and then DONE. NO MORE, which is miserable for me considering I love to run. Finally a buff Korean bro(many Korean bros at the gym!) trainer man comes over and explains to me how to use the treadmill and how to stretch. He was very friendly, but I already know how to do this. I just nodded and smiled. I'm assuming there is a huge misconseption that Americans are all lazy and weigh a ton and have never worked out in their lives because they're all in line at McDonald's, but I know how to use the machines. Give me a break. I really did look like a fool though. Walking in, I was very disoriented and exasperated because I had to find my way to the gym through this underpass tunnel system (there is a huge intersection so people walk under the streets in that area instead of using crosswalks). It is my curse. I always come out on the wrong end and have to maze my way back to the other side. On top of it I was drenched (because I can not escape freaking monsoon season), with a little Korean dictionary in hand, thrusting different pages of work-out type words at the woman. Long story short, I got my work out. It should not have been such a challenge. I survived.