Spectator Sport : Swimming Pool

  SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! The tangible smell of chlorine filled my nostrils, my ears detected the sound of divers diving and water splashing. Oh, how it satiated my desire to be close to water, bringing back memories from what seems like a million years ago. My eyes started to adjust to the amazingly bright water of the pool, my feet trodded on the gravelly, pebbled tiles leading to the musty-smelling locker room, where I changed to my new, flamboyant swimming trunks in which I glided meters after meters in the water. I showered under the lukewarm water in the renovated stall. Then I tread carefully to the pool itself, unabashed by onlookers staring at my flashy trunks, and watching out for wet spots and cracked tiles.

    Energetic kids were splashing around, healthy teenagers were doing laps, pushing themselves, striving to beat the others, red-cheeked and puffing with every stroke they took. Languid adults were chillaxing on sunbeds, fanning themselves and slathering sunscreen all over themselves, indulging in overpriced juices, and reading articles on their iPads in waterproof cases. I swivel my head slightly to the left and was met by the sight of divers gracefully diving and somersaulting from the diving board, a dizzying height from the ground. Tuning out the other eye-catching marvels of the swimming pool, I proceeded to breathing exercises, synchronising my thoughts with my heartbeat, and started stretching, conditioning myself for the continuous and strenuous exertion required when swimming. The effects of my warming up was instantaneous. Totally in control of my body, I stretch one last time, breathe in the tangible, chlorine-scented air, I went to the poolside. What I didn't feel was another person's presence, bumping into me, causing me to fall headlong into the pool. 

   So much for the "being in total control of my body". And that was when chose gravity showed its hand, precaciously swaying on the side, and the inevitable happened. I fell headfirst into the pool.

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