August 25, 2007
MS 102
Na-kornihan ako kasi sa Batangas lang ang field trip…I can just go there any time -- this was before the trip. Pero naisip ko…hindi rin. Kaya happy na rin ako – this was after the snorkeling experience! Yahoo!
The vastness of the ocean seen from the surface was spectacularly overwhelming. As I plunged into the open ocean with my life vest on, there was much more vastness – incomparable. At first, I had to get used to the snorkel, which was really difficult for me. I had to learn it on my own because that’s what the others did. When I asked my classmate, who has already experienced snorkeling, why am I having a difficulty in breathing, she merely said that I was just panicking. I wanted to ask how exactly can I do it right, but it really seemed that I had to find it out on my own. And so I explored on my own, convincing myself to calm down and relax. Don’t panic. Until I finally did it and I was just so amazed by the fact that I did it.
The next thing I knew, I was swimming without my life vest. Whew. But I couldn’t risk going too far from the shore.
The marvel of that fact that I was actually seeing different kinds of fishes (you know the ones you see in aquariums) and I was there swimming with them was enough to take my breath away, sometimes even literally. But as I swam and moved farther from the shore (this I assumed when I could see a more vast area), it actually scared me to go on so I always ended up going back and not being able to explore more. I don’t have the guts. I wasn’t able to do manta towing as well, a water activity where you get to be dragged by a boat while viewing the deep with your snorkel on.
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