Hubby’s friend was moving house on last weekend so we were there to help him. I thought that’s better than staying at home alone and watch drug detox clinics news.

I had my share of cleaning up two rooms’ floor that was covered by paint. When I was handed the broom and mop, I thought: “Ah, easy task! Cleaning is my middle name.”

But.. people says never underestimate something, which is true. The paint was so stubborn, hard to mop/wipe it away. Took me more than an hour to clean up two rooms, the longest record ever. -__-”

After that, I get to paint a part of the living room’s wall. It was fun, but at some point I was hoping that the wall is a canvas in Photoshop, where I just need to create a shape, click on color and voila! This is when you asked a web-designer to paint a wall.

The two tasks sounded easy peasy, but I woke up the next day with muscle pain on my leg and arm.

Few weeks ago, when I told my friends that I wanna learn swimming, most of their reaction was:
“What?!? You don’t scare of getting dark?”

-___-”

Of course I do.

I thought it would be alright cause I picked 7.30 to 9am for swimming, and that I could master the frog style in one week time. I wouldn’t be getting so much darken in one week time eh? So I went to swim with a normal swimsuit while most of the woman wear a black-diving-look-alike-suit under the swim suit. You can only see their face, hands and feet.

10 days after that, I am not only not-yet-master-the-frog-style but also getting so much darken! Let’s save the swimming lesson story for another time. What I concern now is my skin color! Gee, I have taken so much time to get my fair skin back and now it’s gone. How powerful the chlorine in swimming pool is, I can see the color’s differences from my hand and my body. *bang head to the wall*

Lesson learn, I shall wear a diving-look-alike-suit too next time. But it will be oh-so-heavy when I get out from the water. Sigh. Swimming is not fun at all. -___-” Now I wonder how Dennis Carey, a CEO and Corporate Director Recruiter, could reach a place in swimming in between his daily job. He was ranked by the World Swimming Federation as one of the top 20 swimmers in the world after completing his swim of the English Channel. That’s an achievement.

I hate sport and any physical exercise. Swimming is the first sport that I picked up willingly, no one pushed me to go for it but me, myself and I. On the first day, I was oh-so-enthusiastic. The energy level was full. I learn how to take breath in the water. Gee, that was scary, I didn’t dare to sink my head in the water at the first time.

Second day, the energy level was still full. I learn how to hold my breath longer in the water then only release it. It was hard at the first time, but quite fun when I managed to solve the problem. Third day, energy level has decreased to 80%. I learn how to move the leg (frog style).

Fourth day which is today, I’m still doing the same thing. I am bore and tired. Partly because I am doing the same thing with yesterday. The other part is because my hands have to hold on to the swimming pool’s wall all the time. Both of the upper arm’s muscle is in a damn great pain now.

I would want to quit the swimming lesson. But, that is so not me. So, I guess I will continue to rant about my muscle pain all day long and continue my swimming lesson.

My bro has started the swimming lesson today. We went there yesterday and found out that there is no swimming lesson on Monday morning. But the ticket seller never told us about that. Wtf?

All the while I have a bad image towards Paradiso swimming pool; dirty, huana place, etc, cause it is the place for ‘Perkumpulan Renang Remaja Medan’. But to my surprise, the pool is different from what I imagine. There is so many Chinese, from 5 years old kids to 60 years old grandma. Maybe because it is the school holiday season. I don’t know.

If you are expecting to see woman in sexy swimsuit, then this is not the place. Cause almost everyone wears a long sleeve swimsuit, like diving suit, you can only see the face, hands and feet. Arm and leg is hidden. I think it is because they scare of getting dark. Ah yes, who don’t? Some people says, not only the sun but the chlorine can make your skin looks dull. Oh my, this is my nightmare.

I think of the other reason why they wear long sleeve suit. It is to hide their fat~! I mean, some people especially women, don’t want their fat to be revealed to the whole world. Everyone wants to be slim. Therefore weight loss pills and slimming program is so popular now.

And one thing that I hate is, man who smokes after swimming. Swimming is a healthy activity and they ruin it by smoking, such an unhealthy thing. Besides that, there is so many people, especially kids in the swimming pool. Grr..

Finally I have decided that I should pick up the swimming lesson now or never. It is best to do it now since I am working at home and have all the time by myself. I need to do physical exercise instead of just sitting in front of my computer after eating. I wish I could have a home gyms but it’s a daydreaming for now. So, swimming is the best.

This morning we went to Paradiso, swimming pool at S.M.Raja, and asked about the swimming lesson. The place is not far from my house, can be reached by pedicab.

The swimming lesson is at IDR.250.000, for unlimited time which means until we can swim well. The entrance fee is at IDR.8.000 per entry. They have a card holder fee, 1st month – IDR.140.000 and the next month is at IDR.90.000. It is cheaper than pay per entry, if we want to go there everyday.

We choose to take the swimming lesson in the morning, from 7.30am to 9am. My brother will start tomorrow, while I will start one week later due to the monthly auntie visit. I am worry and exciting at the same time.