Thursday, October 3, 2013

Swimming Instructor from Hell?!?

* expensive swimming board... the little porcupine does not comes with it...  :)

MooMoo recently signed up a swimming lesson package from 'Women and Sports' promotion and the lessons are taught by instructors from 'Happy Fish'.  It started from 5th September and there will be a total of 12 lessons.

MooMoo missed Piggy lots when going for her swimming lessons.  She used to go to swimming class with Piggy before Piggy shifted to Koala Land.  MooMoo can swim but techniques are not very correct.  She thought that if she wants to swim, she better swim correctly.  Therefore, she decided to sign up the class to correct her techniques to swim better and also to learn how to tread water.  One thing that MooMoo still could not do after many times -> TREAD WATER! :p

On the 1st lesson, MooMoo thought that her instructor was from hell.  MooMoo smiled and greeted her instructor and it was returned with a serious, unfriendly look.  Then, MooMoo thought the instructor is having PMS.  Oh boy... the instructor can get really sacarstic and almost killed MooMoo the very 1st lesson.  MooMoo thought she have left office and away from stress but there's another episode in the swimming pool.  Hahaha!

There were a 15 minutes drilling session on theory, which MooMoo finds it very unnecessary.  MooMoo were also very naughty as she answered her instructor the way the instructor asked questions.

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Conversation #01
Instructor:  You must not go swim alone. Understand?

MooMoo: OK.

Instructor: If you swim in the pool, do you care about people and your surroundings?

MooMoo: Yes.

Instructor: Do you?!?

MooMoo: Yes....

Instructor: NO!!! Nobody cares...

MooMoo: Noo... I care.. I will look around where I swim and make sure I do not bump into people.

Instructor: No! Nobody cares.  So, imagine you go swim alone and you drown.... then no one will come to your rescue.

MooMoo:  There's life guards.  If I am the life guard I will watch the people in the pool and rescue them.

Instructor:  You think they care?!?

MooMoo:  OK, I will go swim with someone who cares about me. :p

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Conversation #02
* Earlier before, MooMoo's friend said that instructor mention she will not do demo when teaching...

Instructor: When you kick, you pull in your leg and lock your ankle then kick outward, relax your ankle and close your leg. 

MooMoo: Can you demo?

Instructor: No...  I don't need to demo.  You can try and you can see the 2 girls over there. (her students that apparently can't really swim also)  

MooMoo tried for awhile but can't really do it well.

MooMoo: You mean you are not going to demo throughout the lessons?!?

Instructor: ..... No... I will demo when necessary, when doing corrections.

MooMoo: OKKKKKKK.......  =.=!!!

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MooMoo's friends actually asked her to switch instructor but she wanted that time slot and the swimming pool so she gave the instructor 2nd chance.  The instructor is kind of mean but she is actually pretty knowledgable.

MooMoo thought that she is the only one feeling that the teacher is mean and sacarstic but apparently, she is not alone.  MooMoo spoken to 2 of her students and one of them said that she almost didn't want to come after the 1st lesson.  Hahaha!

In the end, MooMoo didn't change the instructor after all.  MooMoo feels that she still learn something through the instructor though she is not so likeable.  MooMoo managed to correct her strokes for breast strokes and working on her free styles right now.  The instructor ain't that bad after all, since MooMoo improves after a few lessons.

Well, I guess there's a difference between a strict teacher and a mean teacher.  If you learnt something, the teacher may be strict and it you didn't learn something, the teacher may be mean.  It's pretty subjective and it all depends on individuals.  

It reminded MooMoo of her funny Step instructor, good at heart, but sometimes just doing some things in a mean way, which may not be the intentions.


* MooMoo hopes that she can soon swim like a Dolphin and can tread water... working towards her goals.... GANBATTE!!! No swimming lesson for MooMoo today coz AV :(

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