i almost drowned while sailing yesterday!

lol. the wind was quite strong, and i kept capsizing all over the place, until i couldn't upright my boat anymore. and when i did upright my boat, i couldn't get on it. wahaha.

anyway, near the end of training, the coach told us to do 10 tacks. i thought, 10 tacks should be quite easy! so i happily did them. i did one tack. then two. then three... and capsized! when i uprighted the boat it flipped over and capsized on the other side. and somehow, i got stuck under the sail. so there i was, swimming up and up and up, and not getting any air to breathe. finally my nose managed to find some air between the sail and the water, and i made my way slowly out from under my sail, forcing myself not to panic.

when i got out, i started cursing everything around me. the sail, the boat, even that stupid rock which was floating so eerily near me. yes, there was a rock larger than a head floating by... it was just unnatural, rocks are not supposed to float!!!

so it was lucky that the boat didn't turn turtle straightaway. for all you non-sailing people (oh man you are so deprived..=P), turning turtle is when the boat flips upside down. the sail would have dragged me under the sea, and i would have drowned! wahaha.

i think drowning is a horrible way to die. i love my air, thank you. hmm. maybe that's why i hate running? because i can't seem to breathe properly? =D but at least it's fast, only a few seconds or at most minutes. compared to something like starvation or dehydration, where you feel horrible for weeks and weeks before dying, drowning is fast and painless! of course, i would still prefer to die of old age.

and speaking of sailing, i have been going on google to find my senior's blogs! i found pam's and rachel's and some other year 1s, but i still can't find hsin ching's. i searched and searched and searched, but in vain. care to make my life easier? =P