First NSTP Area Work Experience

So, here's the thing. The title up there doesn't really match with what I am about to type here. But, here goes nothing. Last Saturday (Aug. 25, 2012) instead of attending our NSTP classes, I and my other friends had to attend swim practice because MILO and PRISAA competitions were drawing near.

It was cold. I tasted the early morning wind as it brushed through my skin. I and the others were to meet at Mc Arthur park. I waited and waited till my legs ached from the long duration I was standing. And as soon as we were complete, we rushed to Marco. Yes, we actually RUSHED. (We were in a hurry) The trip to Marco was long. It took us about 30 minutes. And finally, we arrived. We ran towards the pool for we knew we were late. We were told that our practice would be @ 7AM. But sadly, we arrived one hour late.

We prepared and dressed ourselves and dipped in the pool. It was cold! The pool was crystal clear and clean. Yet we had no time to stop and be amazed by the pool and so the harsh workout began. For more than an hour, we were tasked to swim different strokes. We were given different drills and maybe swam about a total of 2500 Meters. One unique thing about the training that day was that the water was really unstable. It was like we were swimming in open waters. It was wavy (Is that the right term?) and that was what made it more difficult for us to perform the strokes. Our coach was very considerate with the 4 of us so we finished quite ahead than that of the others. We finished @ around 9:30 AM (Don't quite remember the time). We quickly changed, walked to the highway, waited for a jeep and left Marco at 10:15 maybe. The trip was, once again, long. As we stepped into the school premises, we walked quietly up the stairs and opened the red door which we all knew was the 4-Gentleness room.


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We were surprised to see the room with the lights turned off. I wondered why they turned off the lights. And suddenly they began singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY. (or was that Ave Maria?) We were asked to stand in front and do a consequence for not having our very first area work. Seems like we missed something great. Kyla was pretty pissed for everyone was telling us to do something wherein others did not know what we've been through. In exchange of all the sweat and hardwork my classmates had while cleaning, we were asked to clean the 4Gentleness room.

One thing I learned from the series of events is to be on time, manage your time well, do your best and work hard.  And I guess, the rest of the day was history :)