Water,water everywhere.........in SUMMER!!!

"You????Swimming???!!! lol !!"

"Hey don't be nuts! How can u learn to swim now?Its dangerous..."

"You are way too fat to learn swimming at this age!"

"U learning swimming now?why??"

"U cant do it..Its very difficult..."
These were a FEW of the negative reactions I had to listen to,when i mentioned to the people around me that i would be learning to swim this summer.Of course there were positive feedback's i got too...:)

Swimming was one art Ive dreamt of mastering from childhood...And now I had a chance(and company too..My brother!)...I knew I would become dark,thanks to the chlorine in the pool(This is a cause of worry for every girl :P)...But I considered that as a trivial issue...If I sat in the house for a week or so(and drank all kinds of weird juices my mom gives me),I would be back to my normal self...After lots of dilly-dallying,I finally decided I would learn to swim whatever be the case...I was more determined as i had competition in the form of my brother.It was an issue of prestige if my brother had learnt to swim before me!!

One day before I joined my swimming classes, I went shopping for my swimming costumes and accessories...I felt really shy to try out those outfits initally :P (surprisingly!hehe)..After wearing them, I realised I was looking slimmer than usual...(wow!)..I got a matching cap for the costume and goggles too...These things excited me all the more!! I was totally ready....

The day had arrived...I could hardly sleep that night...I was getting all nice dreams of me playing in the water,splashing water on everyone......With lots of excitement i wokeup,got ready and left...I went into the water excitedly...I had loads of fun(as in my dreams) until the coach had arrived...Then began our classes...we were asked to kick the water,move our arms around,learn to breathe underwater...Swimming was definitely not as easy as it seemed!!It needed lots of stamina and an atheletic body...!!

First day went on smoothly...It was the basics, one at a time.On the second day,we had to synchronise breathing,leg kicking and hand movement(herculean task!)..And I was surprised It didnt take me long to do it!!(learnt it on the same day I was taught)...I was way too happy and proud(The main reason being, my brother couldnt make it and I did!!!hehehe)...I was totally excited about getting into the pool the next day and to my disappointment,the pool was closed for maintainance...

The following day was such a disaster.I jumped into the pool as i did everyday..I started to swim and suddenly I start drowning..I failed to synchronise my movements...My brother was closeby and I tried to grab him for support...And this brother of mine!!!OMG!!He was busy with something..which,if i would mention here, would lead to my name being mentioned on a tombstone!!I had already gulped around 3 sips of the DIRTY water by then...I couldnt breathe...It was so tough to get out of the water...Finally I sensed a hand holding me...And thank god,I was safe!That helping hand was my brothers',he had finally realised what trouble I was in!After that incident,i totally lost my confidence..I started to develop hydrophobia...

This continued for two days..Meanwhile my brother had mastered the synchronisation and started to swim...I felt dejected...I thought when he can.why cant I?The coach took me to the 8-feet pool and pushed me into the water...I couldnt breathe again...He caught me and pushed me again...This time I could breathe...I did it!I overcame my fear of getting drowned...And i learnt swimming finally!! I was tooo happy :)

I started enjoying swimming...It was such a beautiful thing...Such a pleasure(after learning that is!)..When you get into the water and start floating,You forget all the materialistic things in the world...The best form of excercise...We had races in the pool...Total excitement!!I lost around 3kgs in just 15days!Ofcourse I had to sweat it out in the pool :) How not to lose hope,How to become more determined when people around you are not on your side,How exercise is an important part of your daily routine,How to overcome fears and How to make best use of your time everyday in summer holidays....I found answers to all these questions and most important of all...Ive learnt to SWIM !!!

And because of this "***@$$###" hurt of mine,Im sitting at home,doing nothing but recollecting all those memories...I miss swimming !!! :(

Pain is such a pain !!! :(

It was 7 in the night and i was busy (as usual) with the phone ... I suddenly realise it had become dark and my parents haven't returned from the office yet...For a while, I thought they could have gone shopping for groceries(I was hoping to see some nice chocolates and chocochip cookies when they return!).. but then i realised,it was just too too late...I called my dad on his mobile only to know that he had left Hyderabad on some office work to Vijayawada...It was raining heavily and my mom had to come back driving from office at those peak hours when the traffic was most indisciplined...I was worried..She would have reached home by 6 at the max,why is she so late?I tried calling her and she dint take any calls...I was brooding over what could have gone wrong...around 7:20pm or so i hear my mom honking the horn continuously...In a hurry i rushed up to the door thinking she needed my help...I stepped out with bare feet into the rain water and thhuuuuudddddd!!! I SLIPPED!!My cellphone fell off my hands, out of sight(thankfully not to the ground floor!!) I went blank for a second...I opened my eyes to see myself on the floor and blood dripping from my left foot...and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...A loud scream!(me,of course!)I hurt myself very badly and when i looked at the wound i screamed even louder!...My left legs' toe nail had broken off totally and got pierced into the skin underneath my nail...For a second, when i looked at the wound,I couldn't believe it happened to me and I was still alive!!I never got hurt this badly...NEVER...I cried louder...My mom,servant and my aunt(who stays in the neighbourhood)...came running to see me...They were totally worried...I was rushed to the hospital...On the way to the hospital my mind was totally filled with so many thoughts..I decided that if I went back home safe,I would write a blog describing this pain and I would name it as I named this blog...PAIN IS SUCH A PAIN!!! hehehe...

We reached the hospital and I was rushed to the emergency department...The doctor there had such a cooooool phone..I was totally in awe of it...I tried peeping to find out what model it was ,but in vain...(at least that phone made me forget the pain for a while)...The doctor looked at my hurt and made an expression(which according to my decoder gave out this result:"WHY DID SHE EVEN COME TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THIS???") stupid female she was...She dint even give me an anaesthesia and she directly pulled out the nail from the skin(ouchhhh....I almost reached the gates of hell and booommm...hell thought i should be going to heaven and so it pushed me back down :P)I was screaming screaming and screaming...all the patients in the emergency ward forgot their pain and started to stare at me...(they should be thanking me :P hehe)Ive never experienced such a pain in my life... :(

They then gave me a pain killer(injection),a TT(injection again) and 5 doses of anaesthesia(injections AGAIN!!!!!)...heights of torture...They washed the wound with some liquid that looked like blood...I looked at it and thought it was my blood that was still oozing out and i felt dizzy(And my brain started to malfunction..I thought,"That's it,Its over...As they show in movies,the doctor had had his share and used medicines whose expiry date was over on me...No wonder I'm feeling dizzy...whats gonna happen now..OMG!!...Y me???I was sitting in a wheelchair but i almost fainted)...Finally after a while I woke up and to my surprise i was feeling a lot more better...They dressed the wound and i could leave the hospital!! The pain is still lingering...And i really hope nothing worse happens!!!