It's Official: I can swim

Years back I had this urge of learning swimming during my brief stays at Singapore. That urge saw some light in one of the visits. It couldn't blossom and I ended up being a ‘semi-swimmer’. In sense I could swim but never above the water and never for long distances. I could swim at a stretch without any gaseous exchange, using the last atom of oxygen available within me to burn the calories. I wouldn't dare to come up and inhale. Simple, if I do, I drown. Things didn't improve even after repeated trails and I, for once wished I could inhale the dissolved oxygen.

Much has changed since then but the desire to emulate a fish still remained intact. My second learning session (once a week) to become a ‘complete-swimmer’ started a month and a half ago. My coach was wonderful, teaching me with a heightened patience. He has always been positive that I would swim one day in front of him though I had some nagging doubts about my breathing technique and whether or not I could swim on any day.

The day finally reckoned. I swam 10 laps in less than 30 minutes and I, with a flashing smile splashed the water with my hands and screamed to myself “I can swim”; courtesy my coach. It’s official. He declared that I can swim now. How glad am I!!

Five prized possessions..

My prized possessions count reached five recently and I thought like yeah dude time to have a look at my web space..Couldn't really find time to blog about any stuff..

Okay lets start from the least significant things.

5. Thumb Drive: Yeah this is kinda silly but I dunno why I like this thing. The thing is it gives me some reminiscence of the times when this was bought. Significant enough past. I am extremely wary of plugging it in some random PC. Its cute, its sweet and I love it.

4. Tennis Racket: My first tennis racket. Its my love for tennis rather than my love for the racket that this earned the fourth place. Still goddamn racket and I love it when I hit a double handed backhand winner. I wave of satisfaction pops out from no where.

3. ITouch: My first gadget after I started earning. Whenever I hold it I say to it again and again;what a piece of marvel are you. My ITouch is absolutely stunning. It never says touch me not. And my Omnia comes no where near. Omnia still responds to my touch but my finger glides it to some program which wasn't meant to open.

2. Shades: I have been totally in love with my shades ever since it was gifted to me by my friends. I generally tend to be choosy when it comes to putting on shades. When I was given those by my buddies I was little wary but then when I tried them, I fell in love with it over and over. There are no shades which resemble my one. Kinda uniqueeeee..

1. Watch: Probably will remain as my dear one for ever. Its the cutest thing I ever bought. I have seen so many watches after buying this but none appealed me. A scratch on my watch will makes me low and dry. It has been with me for over 6 years and hopefully for decades to come. While my fingers are typing this, my eyes are focused on my little adorable watch admiring its beauty and design. None can displace its place..