"Sorry, it's gym time," the swimming pool staff looking down at me from the starting block.
"Excuse me?" I took off the swimming cap to make sure I correctly caught the Japanese phrase.
"Sorry, it's gym time," the swimming pool staff repeated.
"OK," but I was not sure. He probably said "hygiene" time because he was holding a cleaning tool.
"One, two, three, four..." the speaker broadcast with the familiar piano melody that reminded me the gym time at the elementary school.
OMG. It is really the "gym" time. I did not understand why everyone had to get out of the pool doing the gym time, but there were a few Japanses near the pool getting ready. I did not dare to ask but fled the pool in case that the attendance was mandatory.
