My life has been really tough recently. I don’t think I am at place to blog much about it, other than the publicly known information like how I got 2 confirmed exams to prepare for, 1 to 2 upcoming ones as well and maybe a violin exam at the end of this year or early next year. Oh, and the usual work stress but never ends since the geopolitical situation is not improving currently. When there are wars, there will be more cyber attacks. That’s just a fact of life for my industry. I heard from some of my ex-colleagues who are also facing immense amount of stress recently given the ever increasing cost of living in Singapore. It’s getting really tough not to layoff people even though we need the manpower to address the huge amount of workload. Oh well.

I may blog more about my personal life issues when things are more settled. In the meantime, I wish everyone is doing well now. 🙂

If you didn’t manage to book any of the free fitness class at HermesFit event in Singapore, don’t worry. You just save some of your own time. I managed to book 1 of the class (Hat Balance) after missing my original Carre Yoga due to COVID.

It is one of the worst fitness class I ever been so far. The music was blasting so loudly that I cannot really hear what the instructor is saying, the instructor is not really showing the moves in advance and the mats are placed in a way that it is difficult to see what the instructor is doing. Prior intermediate/advanced knowledge in yoga is required because no one will correct your posture. Do it at your own risk basically. Fortunately it is just a 15 mins class so if you are a beginner, I doubt you will get badly injured in 15 mins. It’s nice to go there and take photos. If you are into showing off in social media, you will like the event. No need to join the class for it.

The yoga mat isn’t very good either. It’s gripping type but they don’t sanitise after each class. I saw a mat that had some juice stains – probably left by users who was drinking the free juice provided. I would have thought the post-pandemic world will make luxury brands focus more on sanitary needs. The focus is too much on what looks nice on social media, rather than the usual Hermes focus on high quality standards. Oh, not to forget it’s the start of yet another COVID wave in Singapore so I wouldn’t be surprised if someone got COVID from HermesFit since nothing is actually been actively sanitised. 🙁

I like it that they try to make the event very youthful although I have to say the bulk of their long term customers aren’t exactly the youthful type. Maybe Hermes is trying to expand to a younger audience although I am not sure how many will end up as the long term customers. Nevertheless, since it is a free event, it is a good idea to go except for the free classes. It’s not worth risking your body for potential injury.

For Hermes high quality standards, I have to say that this event is quite disappointing. I guess they need to lower the standard to attract the general public. Like make it feel less of an ivory tower. However, since I’m already used to Hermes standard, I didn’t like this event as much.

Go for it if you like to post nice photos on social media and you are not used to Hermes high quality of standards. Or you can go and not think that it is a Hermes event. It’s still a nice experience for potential Hermes customers.

I guess Hermes is no longer quiet luxury and their business strategy is to make it as loud as other competitors (Chanel/LV). Maybe other HermesFit in other countries are much better. It’s a huge pity that all the other Hermes events in Singapore are really good and I enjoyed it a lot as a Hermes customer. This is the only event that I actually told my friends don’t bother to go.

P.S. I still enjoy my Hermes products and hope that their drop in quality standards don’t affect their products in future.