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Soundrack of life : the workout

Following the intro and part 1, I present you with:

----The Workout----

In the romantic comedy we always see a scene of her working out. It will usually follow a transformation point when she decided to make herself a better person, loose weight, quite smoking, dump the lame boyfriend, move to a better job, pursue her dream of being an actress/dancer/fashion designer/ Cello Player or something. She's determined, charged and well prepared; damn, she even brought a new training outfit. As soon as she enters the gym hall, all proud of herself, she sees all the beautiful well built people in the room and as she keeps staring at this good looking hunk at the back she walks right into a wall. But, she's still all filled with energy; she stands up, still head up and goes straight to the treadmill. The next scene, we see her on the elliptical-cross-trainer and we see a quick flash back how she always avoided/feared/had a miserable childhood memory with that particular machine, but hallelujah, she knows that today, if she pushes herself to use that machine today for just 10 minutes all her dreams will come true. Next scene, she's in a bubble bath, so proud of her achievement, with a cigarette in her mouth and a glass of wine in her hand, thinking to herself, that with that workout, she doesnt really have to quite smoking after all.
Soundtrack: Turn the beat around by Gloria Estefan


In the
Drama version, workout is her escape from the troubles and routines of daily life. She doesn't need to go to a busy gym to workout, her life is busy enough with the demanding job, the family duties (whether she's a single mom, a rich businessman's daughter, an only child of elderly parents whom she's taking care of..etc). She has a small room in her home where she takes her music player and does her exercises at her own pace.With a yoga mat and a hanging sandbag, her routine involved sit ups, push ups, crunches , kicks and punches. In that small room she punches her pain away. She pushes herself beyond her limits each and everyday because that's the type of person she is, a strong woman who is going to have her way. The scene ends with her endlessly doing her crunches.
Soundtrack: Fuego by Bond

In real life, workout isn't really that much of a big deal. It's a useful distraction and an outlet for the negative energy one accumulates by time. She goes to the gym/ high impact classes /jogging track regularly for at least 3 times a week for perhaps a month or so, then slacks for a month then back to work out for a few months and the cycle never seems to stop. Exercise fills her up with energy . In the track, unless she's with her best friend contemplating about life the universe and everything and discussing all the "kalam fel sa2f" topics one can think of , she'd be enjoying the music on her own iPod and trying not to think about leading man or catches up with her friends on the phone. However, in the high impact classes and other classes, she listens to the music the instructors choose, and imagines what life would be like if it was a movie and thinks of things to write in blogposts like these. Scene only changes on a reality check when she arrives home and realizes how much she needs a room on her own, she's too old to be sharing a room with her sister.
Soundtrack: Get Together by Madonna or the voices of her friends on the phone

Comments

Mohammad said…
I'm totally loving this! the room of ur own thing reminded me of Woolf, and I do believe a room for one's own is the right to have a personality of your own.

is there really a song like "adeek t2ool ma khadtesh?" it cracked me up for like 5 minutes!
Nag said…
I have to admit.. the only comment I was going to make yesterday was ALSO on "addeek t2ool makhadtesh", if there is such a song, please send it :)


I have always been totally obsessed with the life soundtrack idea.. i think i kinda blogged a couple and was thinking of doing a complete one :D


addeek t2ool makhadtesh :D
Zeww said…
@ Marooned84
Thanx for ur cheers.. 2adeek te2ool makhadtesh is an actual song by some random sha3ban abdelreheem like artist. It goes like that
اديك تقول مأخدتش
يا ناكر الجميل
و تشوف و تقول ماشوفتش
متشكرين يا اصيل
Original, no?

@Nag..
Complete it.. it's fun !

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