What I am also fond of (after coming to Singapore) is swimming. At first, I found it a little bit weird that I could not find any indoor swimming pools here to keep myself away from the blazing sunshine. However, this turned out to be a fantastic situation.
A friend of mine taught me how to swim with my back lying on the water surface, legs beating the water. It is not the known “backstroke”, but a very relaxing way to float. I enjoy the posture a lot, especially when there are few people in the swimming pool. Facing the azure sky and slowly moving white clouds, I feel great peace in my heart, and I take advantage of the pleasing period of time to think. To think the joyful things I have experienced and the things that I have done wrong… I can hear almost nothing but the sound of the water hitting my eardrum, because both my ears are beneath water. This at times makes me feel that the whole world around me is unreal, but I like this feeling, as well as the comfortable breeze and the tall palms beside the pool. Everything is just so beautiful and so right for me.
Another fantastic way to swim is to hold my breath and try my best to swim under water as far as I can. Lack of oxygen increases my nervousness yet gives me great momentum and pushes me ahead, with a blank mind. And then, at the moment I expose myself to the air again, I breathe in the oxygen I have long desired. This kind of action is somewhat ridiculous and causes my mother and my friends’ worrying a lot. However, every time I look back at how far I have swum, I feel great satisfaction. You know, what people relish can be very eerie sometimes…
Although I always choose to go swimming in afternoons and have not forgotten to slap on the sunblock, ultraviolet rays are still strong enough to quickly tan my skin. In spite of this, I insist on going swimming as usual. Isn’t it a comfort that when I have to make a choice between appearance and spirit, and I firmly embrace the latter one?
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I am happy that you enjoy yourself so much when swimming.I can totally imagina the feeling that you mentioned when you are floating on the water and facing the azure sky.Swimming indeed is a relaxing and enjoyable sport.what's more, the way you mentioned to swim underwater without breathing as far as you can is very fascinating and exciting. Isn't it cool to challenge the threshold of yourself? And about your choice of appearance and spirit, i think it is quite interesting that you seem so firmly to choose the latter one, as most of the girls will go crazy for getting tanned. Anyway, I support you and I think a tan appearance also looks good.
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