I shared this amusing incident with said friend, and our conversation soon turned to rhythmic cycling and his experiences at Absolute Cycle Singapore, where he regularly attends spin classes. The visible difference in his appearance had some effect on our mutual audiences, some of whom for whatever reason forwarded the story to me accompanied by messages such as “wah wah now he’s damn fit” and “this blogger is now very fit sia”. Known for his blog in which he writes about frequent flyer miles, credit cards and hotel chains, this friend had undergone dramatic weight loss since the start of the pandemic by attending spin classes regularly, sometimes twice a day. Sometime early that year, a friend of mine posted on his Instagram Stories a certain sultry picture of himself by the pool at Sofitel Singapore City Centre. My rhythmic cycling journey in 2021 evolved in a fairly unexpected manner.
