Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Biggest Achievement in 20 years

When people think of their biggest achievement, they usually mention about their career, education, investment, promotion and blah-blah-blah..
Last Sunday, I have finally able to overcome my fear and to be able to swim breaststroke from one end to the other end of the pool. To me this is a personal biggest achievement! Since I was 12 years old, I had been trying relentlessly to learn how to swim. Many friends taught me how to swim even my dad taught me but I was never able to swim. All my 3 brothers can't swim too. Maybe after certain age, you will feel shy to learn swimming. Imagine that you are a macho man with 6 six-packs wearing a tight swimming trunk and yet you can't swim when all the sexy girls in pool are looking at you (maybe perasan only :) ).
My advice to those who can't swim: Overcome your shyness and get a real coach to teach you! Not friends and definitely not girlfriend/boyfriend (you will end up smooching more than swimming). I paid RM180 and in 6 lessons, I'm now able to swim. My neighbour's kid (6years old) was able to swim after 3 lessons and he is now swimming faster than me!
Biggest Achievement: Learning A Life Saving Skill = Swimming