If you have witnessed a near death experience, then you would know that it is not something that you want to experience for yourself. Till this very day, that absolutely petrifying incident is still stuck in my mind. Every now and then, the image would flash in my mind like it happened just yesterday…… It was a hot but windy day as I made my way to the sandy beaches of East Coast. I chose a quiet spot, spread out my mat under a shady tree and prepared for a lazy, breezy day ahead. It was no surprise that on a Monday afternoon, there was hardly anyone around so I could enjoy some quality ‘me time’ without noisy kids screaming and running around, ruining the peace and tranquility of mother nature. As I laid on my back, watching the branches
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Instead, I sank all the way down to the bottom of the pool, allowing water to enter my lungs. Ever since I was young, I always had a fear of water, a fear of drowning to be exact. Therefore, I always stayed at the edge of the swimming pool and never dared to venture beyond the safety of the ledge.
However,after witnessing someone drowning and having a nightmare of it as well, I knew that I had to go for swimming lessons so that it would never happen to me. A year after the ordeal, I finally sorted out my mental and emotional state, enough to sign-up for swimming classes. On the way to the swimming complex for my first lesson, the feeling of fear and self-doubt was so overwhelming that I wanted to turn back. My mother had wanted to accompany me to the swimming complex but I had nothing to do with it. I was determined to overcome my fear, on my own. But now, I wished that I had accepted my mother’s offer. Her kind, re-assuring ways could calm a charged-up Mexican bull, at any …show more content…
I just thought of it as a different mode of existence and of swimming as a practice of essentially adapting my body to alien conditions. Coincidentally, the frequency of my bad dreams gradually reduced in tandem. Finally, after close to six months of hard work and determination, I could swim fairly well and overcame my biggest fear. On the day of the swimming test, my instructor took a video of me swimming and compared it against when I attended lessons for the first time. I was really impressed at how much I had improved and never felt more proud of myself. This was indeed a significant milestone in my life, something that I would never forget - finally, I had managed to overcome my innate fear of the water and hopefully, my bad dreams too!
To commemorate the occasion,my parents threw a pool party for me.I invited all my close family and friends to share the joyous occasion wihr me.The party was filled with fun and games,and not to mention sumptuous food! My mother specially prepared my favourite mango pudding just for me
Instead, I sank all the way down to the bottom of the pool, allowing water to enter my lungs. Ever since I was young, I always had a fear of water, a fear of drowning to be exact. Therefore, I always stayed at the edge of the swimming pool and never dared to venture beyond the safety of the ledge.
However,after witnessing someone drowning and having a nightmare of it as well, I knew that I had to go for swimming lessons so that it would never happen to me. A year after the ordeal, I finally sorted out my mental and emotional state, enough to sign-up for swimming classes. On the way to the swimming complex for my first lesson, the feeling of fear and self-doubt was so overwhelming that I wanted to turn back. My mother had wanted to accompany me to the swimming complex but I had nothing to do with it. I was determined to overcome my fear, on my own. But now, I wished that I had accepted my mother’s offer. Her kind, re-assuring ways could calm a charged-up Mexican bull, at any …show more content…
I just thought of it as a different mode of existence and of swimming as a practice of essentially adapting my body to alien conditions. Coincidentally, the frequency of my bad dreams gradually reduced in tandem. Finally, after close to six months of hard work and determination, I could swim fairly well and overcame my biggest fear. On the day of the swimming test, my instructor took a video of me swimming and compared it against when I attended lessons for the first time. I was really impressed at how much I had improved and never felt more proud of myself. This was indeed a significant milestone in my life, something that I would never forget - finally, I had managed to overcome my innate fear of the water and hopefully, my bad dreams too!
To commemorate the occasion,my parents threw a pool party for me.I invited all my close family and friends to share the joyous occasion wihr me.The party was filled with fun and games,and not to mention sumptuous food! My mother specially prepared my favourite mango pudding just for me