Swimming as your hobby. (not to be Michael Phelps)

hello sweetie and cuppies,

Talking about swimming, I was not a real swimmer in childhood days. To be exact, I don't know how to swim. I only got the chance to learn a proper swimming lesson when I was 19/20/21 (If I'm not mistaken). Yeah, some of you might said...

1. "I'm too old to learn swimming"
2. "I'm so shy to wear those tight fitting swimming suit and I feel like everybody staring at me" .. oh my god.
3. "I don't know how to float my body. I'm fat/thin/my skeleton is heavy/my butt push me down to the pool floor/water is not deep enough because I'm tall/ I'm a diver so I cannot float"
4. the most excuse is.. ... "I'm phobia of water. I feel like drowning whenever I put my face in the water"

There are so much excuses I want to list it down, but I don't want to waste your time reading all those excuses. So, the list above come from my dear customers, friends and family members.

Please don't be negative. Everyone can swim if you are committed, willing to overcome your phobia, brave to try something new, understand the instructions given and apply it. You need to be patient to learn swimming. Everyone has their own 'pick-up level' (i don't know the english term for this word).. You cannot expect you can swim within a day lesson. ada yang cepat, ada yang lambat dapat.

Swimming is healthy hobby for busy person like you (and me :p). Berenang juga adalah aktiviti sunnah yang disarankan sendiri oleh nabi junjungan kita, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

Sabda Nabi SAW : "Ajarlah anak-anakmu BERENANG dan memanah; dan perintahlah mereka supaya melompat di atas punggung kuda." Hadis Riwayat Ahmad

you can google it to discover the benefit of swimming. Fyi, swimming is a mild sport. even pregnant women can swim everyday. I'm not joking ok. I'm not an athletic person. I can't run, jump, etc. I always got lasssttt place when it comes to sport in school days. hahahaha.. but I can swim. So do you. I learn it slowly (seriously, I'm not a fast learner), improve my skills, and now.. I am a swimming instructor qualified with bronze medallion license. I teach kids and adults.

My experience so far has taught me a good lesson. Be patient with my students, you accept their money from your swimming fee, you have to teach them how to swim and by hook or by crook, they must able to swim at least 30 metre. I try to diversify my teaching approach in many ways.. sometimes, it happen spontaneously. In my experience, ada la dua tiga kes, da setahun belajar swimming, but still takut air and tak boleh-boleh swimming. bukan kanak-kanak je. dewasa pun ada!

Ok, my swimming website will be out soon! yea!! I will tell you once its ready for public view. its still under construction. my bro still working on it. I want to make it bilingual but my mum said "no need la. Every Malaysian knows how to read Malay language". hurm!!.. I was known as stubborn and rebel child. I will ensure this website is bilingual format. hahahaha. I think its some kind of marketing strategy to Chinese, Indians and also foreigners. Right??

The above picture is Michael Phelps swimming with butterfly strokes

Ok. bye peeps!