swimming with a worm

in preparation for his impending IPPT, i got wormy to join me for a nice sunday swim. but when he met me at my void deck b4 taking the bus to safra jurong, it was already drizzling.

me: wow wonderful weather we have here! the dazzling sun and clear skies. couldn't ask for more la! him: yeah dude! good weather. looking forward to a good swim later!

then we promptly moved under shelter cos the mild rain was getting us abit wet.

went to jurong west sports complex (only indoor swimming pool in the west!) instead cos of the weather. and i must say tt i've gotten v picky abt swimming pools and changing rms. can't stand pools which are too chlorinated/crowded nor changing rms which have grimy floors and slightly cracked tiles - the latter turns me off immensely.

so far safra jurong's the best followed by NTU. NUS being another viable option esp since i go there for tennis often.

tried out the long slide (1st time trying the one there) and whilst waiting at the top both of us were looking at a huge sign with multiple human positions inside red circles with diagonal slashes. i then jokingly commented tt it was the recommended actions tt we were supposed to perpetrate inside the huge tube cum slide.

of cos i did it la. switched to a superman position immediately after gg in normally, then tried the backwards one. and when i tried to go back to the normal sitting position before emerging (25 yrs old le must at least appear to be mature!), the process was ridiculous cos the turns and the rushing water made it nigh impossible - tumbled ard like an idiot before being ejected in the water unceremoniously.

oh on to the lazy pool where currents flow in one direction for easy lounging on a float. tried to swim against the currents with a small extent of success - obviously wormy ended up swimming backwards being a weaker swimmer haha. then attempted gg with the flow, with glowing results. "i think this speed is roughly Olympics level la!" i exclaimed to my dear friend.

later whilst we were walking ard JP, with our typical relaxed demeanour - loud, raucous conversation and animated hand actions, one familiar looking girl walked to me and greeted me. omg. even tho i dun have a class of my own, apparently students do recognise me. and obviously it's gg to exacerbate once i'm a teacher in a sch.

ok i'm not exactly a disgrace in public but i do enjoy doing random childish stuff with the guys which doesn't exactly portray me in a proper light. and i wouldn't want any of my students overhearing my conversations cos some can be very nasty, improper or simply wrong.

ohwells. not like i din know what i was getting myself into when i chose this profession over journalism 4 yrs back. but it's been 1 week into the attachment, and so far i truly feel this is my calling.