soaked up the sun, sucked up the sea water, today was an interestingly fun day! the 1st day of our kayaking 1 star course...was already prepared for the worst because my dad told me about things to expect like getting muscle aches and getting tired from all the paddling... everything was ok, except for the fact that i started out paddling in only 1 direction! i could not paddle straight! ger too! haha. both of us always lagged behind and our kayaks kept "sticking to each other". i guess my kayak, which was blue, was extremely attracted to hers, which was also blue. haha. as a result of my "lop-sided" paddling, i became an expert at the 'sweep stroke'- the stroke where you turn your kayak in a particular direction. another thing which i disliked was the 'capsize drill'-actions carried out in a case where your kayak capsizes. initially, i thought it was fun, but when it came my turn, omg! i could barely hit 3 times on the kayak! the sea water just gushed into my nose and i kept choking and sneezing out sea water! super salty! yuck! then, 1 hour later, disgustingly, sea water just flowed out of my nose! at first i thought i was having a flu, but i accidentally tasted it and it tasted salty! sorry for being disgusting. those of you who can't take it can scroll down... haha. to cut things short, i got sunburnt again! "lobstered"... haiz, painful, painful...and i even had 3 bruises on my right arm at my veins, due to excessive "bumping" by the kayaks which i had to carry. haha, blood clot in the vein...interesting. sorry, i forgot to mention that i'm quite a sadist...but it only applies to myself. don't worry. ok, shall end here then, if not the entry will be too long. shall have more sun-soaking and water sucking tomorrow!