24 November 2008

VIP Gym and Atmostfear

Last Sunday I was feeling a bit rajin than usual. Actually, I wanted to be away from home as long as possible because my housemate's family are here on holiday.

So, I thought, why not check out the new VIP Celebrity Fitness gym at FX Lifestyle X'nter (how to pronounce this ??? And what on earth is X'nter?). FX is the latest addition to the many malls in Jakarta. Offering much of the same things.

Except for Atmostfear. More on that later.

Firstly the VIP gym. The things the VIP outlet has that others don't - a salon in the men's locker (I guess they have one in the ladies section as well). Digital keylock system for the lockers. Exclusive showers with marble tiled walls. Fancy seating areas.

Errr... that's it. For them, it's enough to be given the VIP tag.

When I was there, the instructors (about 7 of them) were all sitting comfortably in the lounge area - chatting and having a jolly good time as though they're at Starbucks. None seemed to be interested to walk around and be of any assistance to the members.

I saw one lady who was struggling with the touch-screen panel on the treadmill. She looked around for assistance but no staff was near enough for her to wave to.

They're all at their own "Starbucks", remember? Makan gaji buta sungguh deme ni.

Well, the gym was nothing to shout about. I was expecting state-of-the-art equipment. Only the treadmills are better than other outlets. Other equipment are basically the same.

A total disappointmet. For something being labelled as VIP has to offer.

Anyway, the main attraction at FX is a tube slide called Atmostfear. For Rp50,000 (Rp75,000 on weekends), you can slide from the 7th floor all the way down to the 1st floor in roughly 12 seconds.

It's just like the giant waterslides at water theme parks only that this one is err... dry and indoors.

PB, the whole gang should try this in January. Make sure all are paired in the same coloured attire as you'd be given a free ticket each pair.

The area before one takes that "plunge"





5 comments:

thelaughinggas said...

menarik gelongsor giant ni!!! aku nak naik!!!

gadhogadho said...

hehehe... kalo kat super kinta ada mende ni aku leh bayangkan brosure promosi :

"Ate kome berani nyobe? Yang terpanjang di Ipoh Tenggara. Moh yob! Lekaih!! Gelongsooorr Raksaksaaaaa!!"

Anonymous said...

gadhogadho....I am coming in January toooooooo....

Peanutbutter, susah la me nak bukak mulut ku and ask...

kuchai said...

salam 'pak host'. came accross your blog masa baca blog redmummy. just need to get some advise or opinion:

a) we are planning to enroute to bandung via jakarta. thru your experience which is the most suitable mode of transport kitorang patut amik?

i) bas (kat mana & ble bli tkt there & then?)
ii) train (understand kena bli a day before at least sbb takut takde seat ekk?)
iii) mini van? (betui ke ada nih)
iv) flying (my sister cuak gila dengor nak naik aero the plane chap indon niihh ehhheeh)
v) sewa supir ngan mobil skali
(lagi murah ke u think?)
vi) direct teksi from airport (ehh bluebird bleh sampai bandung ker? baper hengget la plak meternya kang)

no rush sbb trip nih will only materialise early nov. cheapskate kaann tak cukup tanah beli tkt air asius free seats. lewat sehari jek bandung seats all taken nyampah sampah betui.

we plan to go 7-10 nov. advisable to spend the last nite in jakarta ker or sempat jek travel from bandung the morning itself? our flight is at 4.50 pm. hiks sounded so kiasu abaden need to convince my sis insyallah takde pape 2 girls trip nih

thanks much in gedeban dah mcm travel desk haa hiks

transjakarta still operating?

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