My new gym ball!

Firstly, I'm still grouchy!

But, I finally sat down to open up a package I've received FOC...

Let's see...

I have ordered a Blender...a hair dryer (yes, i'm a homely person who likes to order home appliances!)...and a NEW GYM BALL!!

This BLH has one in her office. Makes me feel so jumpy and happy to be sitting on hers while I'm at work and won't feel so much of the "working blues".

Hers, is a REEBOK. I was promised a REEBOK too, but when it came, it was a "CRANE" because they had no more stock :(

but never mind, maybe the brand does not matter. It's the quality that matters!
So I opened it...

A small package for a 75cm-diameter gym ball...
Came with a straw like plastic piece, 2 stoppers and some kinda of a screw which is also a tube.
Hmm...so where's the pump for blowing the gym ball up?
Dug into the small box again... Mei you leh!!!!!

Oh NO...hmm...nvm.
It's time like this that the instruction manual comes in handy...
So I carefully place the folded gym ball one side, but wait.
It's sticky. Oily also. And it kinda smells!

Nvm, read the instruction manual first to find the solution.
Flip Flip Flip.
Wah piang!! All in Italian/German/Dutch!!!
Win already.

Problem 1 : No pump to blow up the ball => cannot use
Problem 2 : Ball is sticky and oily => also cannot use!
Problem 3 : 3 unknown plastic pieces provided => lagi cannot use!

Win liao loh.
My anticipation for the past 2 weeks had juz been distinguished.
So dampening! On a Christmas day!!

I decided to take things my own way and make it right!!!
Hence...I blew it up.
Yes, with the 3 unknown pieces of plastic provided and my "long-windedness".

Took me 15 mins to blow the bloody ball into shape, with some visible wrinkles still.
And the bloody ball still stinks.
With the oil and rubbery smell that wouldn't go away.

So I brought it to wash...
And the oil seemed to go off a bit...
But it's till sticky!!!
Yucks!!

how in the world did these people tricked me into ordering this bloody ball which I wasted so much of my breath in?
Do you know the amount of carbon dioxide I put into the bloody ball can raise a plant into a big and tall tree??!!!!

Anyway, I spent the next 30 minutes of my supposed-to-be-joyous-christmas cleaning the stoopid ball.
But it still smelt at the end of the day.

Darn.

Can anyone tell me if this happened to them when they bought their gym ball???
If you have a gym ball, does it also have a funny smell when you first got it??
So what did you do to remove the rubbery smell??!!!!

So infuriating!!!!!!!!!!!

:-S

Afternote : I am sitting on my breath now. No hissing sound so far. But still sticky. And I feel a bit yucky to be on it. Eeeeeeeeee!!!!