Day 17, adult swimming lessons: The prodigal returns
This is my first swim lesson in 2014 and my first after a very long absence. I haven’t been attending since I started my job, so naturally, I have forgotten quite a bit. Coach Joan and I had lots to review and correct, like my...
Resolutions for 2014
What’s a new year without resolutions? It may be a posting cliché but I am serious (kind of) with my goals this year. Putting things in writing, putting my goals out there gives me more accountability and makes me work harder to achieve each one....
First week high
My 3-month career break finally ended this week, when I started my new job as an economic specialist. I came to the office really nervous about everything: about being late, about fitting in, about meeting the hiring manager again. Soon, all my fears dissipated one...
Alabang Feast project: airdropping food for Typhoon Yolanda victims
Here is an email I got this morning and would like to share to inspire people to keep on helping the victims of super typhoon Yolanda. ===================== We’ll Airdrop Food To Far-flung Towns NEWS: From a chartered plane, hundreds of sacks of food and water...
Bedshit
Who wants bedshit? Very, very cheap — P150 only! Photo courtesy of tunaynalalake.blogspot.com
Let’s get physical!
I don’t consider myself a gym rat but last year, I joined the bandwagon and got myself a gym membership. I figured I needed to start working out to be healthier. I got a membership at Gold’s Gym Glorietta. It was a great place: lots...
All Saints’ Day 2013
Yesterday marked the first time in 5 years that I have visited my grandfather’s grave. Because my job required me to work on Philippine holidays, I was never able to pay my respects at the cemetery. But this year I was able to because I...
Ghosts in government offices
Have you ever seen a ghost? I have. There is a ghost in the office I used to work in. In the very same floor. But this ghost is not the kind that can walk through walls and make the air chilly. This is a...
Day 3, adult swimming lessons: Nail that freestyle!
In the last session, it was difficult to keep the leading arm from sinking, so Coach Yahcub decided to make us use the pull buoys longer while we work on the right arm stroke with breathing. Then shortly after, full free style with breathing on...
Day 2, adult swim lessons: basic freestyle
For today’s swimming lesson, we started off with practicing the survival swim. After pushing off the wall on the back (with arms to the side), gently propel forward with a consistent flutter kick then roll over to the stomach. The trick is to do this...
Taking the plunge: adult swimming lessons at Bert Lozada Swim School
I love the sea and I am now in a serious relationship with surfing. But my feelings for the water weren’t always positive. As a young child, I was deathly scared of the water. I never dared to venture away from the safety of pool...
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