sis ._. Picture

today marked the last day of our first jc sabbat.

while many have spent their sabbats comfortably doing some art thingy or flower arrangement thingy, i spent like 12 hours out at sea.

today was definitely the longest time i spent swimming in the open sea. buoys were placed at a distance today to help us have a clear target and direction as to where we are headed/ supposed to be headed to.

compared to yesterday there was a definite improvement. and so on my 2nd or 3rd attempt to try to reach the buoy (my first more serious attempt) i found myself nearer to it than ever; like maybe 10 m? the thing with oceans is that although the object can seem to be very very near it's actually further than it actually seems; either that or that the object is constantly floating away from u; or im floating away from the object.

anyway back to the buoy attempt when i was rather near it; suddenly i found myself in a no-go zone (at a pt where u cant catch any wind and although im in correct position and everything the board doesnt move). and so suddenly found myself drifting to the opposite end; at the next breakwater -.-" then i attempted to swim towards the buoy which was agst the wave btw and that was counter productive so i gave up and had to swim back to starting point; the other end.

from there i finally tried again but this time i was like less than a meter away when the same thing happened -.-" this time armed with perseverance and determination; i frigging swam AGAINST the wave for what seemed like eternity and when i finally reached the buoy...

the object of my desire at the moment; i frigging hugged it for like 5 minutes and words cant describe my happiness at that moment. then i sailed back to shore and went off to slack

oh yah and i think i spent too much time at sea; it's like i can be sitting on my chair now and i can still feel like im trying to balance on the board

and i also think i can still taste saltwater in my mouth. yucks.

i think sg should seriously look into the worrying problem of coastal litter. the things in the sea is absolutely disgusting and i dun want to know the composition of the gulps of seawater i drank in during the numerous times i fell into the water.

read a poster there which read.

Don't you give a damn?
More than 10, 000 tonnes (or whatever unit) of litter in the marina catchment
is not in the rubbish bin.

or sth along the lines.

oh yah; im frigging sunburnt; my cheeks make me look like pikachu now.

sth i randomly remembered from some taiwan drama or sth haha.that and frigging hongkong show on 55 now; xihuanyigerendanbuzhidaotaxinlixiangdeshishenmeshizuinanshoude.

世界上最远的距离 不是 生与死的距离
而是 我站在你面前 你不知道我爱你

The longest distance in the world is not that between living and death,
But that which when I stand in front you, you just don't realize that I love you.
-Rabindranath Tagore

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