Life of a Blogger is a weekly feature hosted by Jessi @ Novel Heartbeat.
Let’s talk about non-bookish topics, so we get to know each other on a more personal level.
This week’s topic: SPORTS YOU’VE PLAYED
As much as I love reading and staying at home, you’d be surprised to know that I wasn’t always like that . . .
I started swimming when I was very young and did it for many years. Water has always been something essential like air for me, I was a natural swimmer and a pretty great one, so much that my coach wanted to train me for The Olympics (no kidding!). However, my shyness always prevented me from saying yes, with much disappointment from more than one instructor who saw a real potential winner in me. *Now that I’m older, I see my mistake!* Unfortunately, when I was in secondary school, our gym instructor used to bring us in a swimming pool once a week, where there was way too much chlorine that created some issues. Every time my eyes burned like hell and I often had to come right back at home. It was annoying—not really because I could skip school, LOL—and after a while I had to quit going altogether. Thank God for the sea!
Through my swimming years, I also played soccer in a mixed team. To be honest with you, we were just three girls, but as good as the boys and we had great fun together and in our tournaments!
I’ve also started playing volleyball in secondary school and also in high school. I loved it!
You see, I may just exercise at home now, but I ‘played’ my part in more than one sport and I don’t regret anything. On the contrary, I cherish each experience with all my heart 🙂
About Silvia
Silvia is a dreamer at heart, drifting through ink and imagination, reading and playing stories alike, forever drawn to East Asian wonders ♡ Anything that sparks her creativity fills her with joy and makes her want to explore, play, and create even more!
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Very cool. My best friend was a competitive swimmer for years and still loves to talk about how much she enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing!
We had a pool and I swam before I walked, in school I played field hockey. I loved roller skating too, although now I would probably kill myself or end up in traction! Now I walk and listen to audio books. *i like to live dangerously*
WOW, that's awesome, Silvia! I played handball for quite a while when I was younger, mostly because some of my close friends played 😀 I was always a bookworm, and a bandgeek, too.
Ah, that's really cool! I'm a terrible swimmer ): haha. That's too bad about the chlorine, but yeah for the ocean! I love volleyball, too!!
Awesome. I have never been a very good swimmer but I loved Hockey and Squash, plus I love wakeboarding 🙂 If only we knew then what we know now!!
Chanzie @ Mean Who You Are.
I can very well see why your friend still loves to talk about it, swimming is amazing!! Thanks for stopping by, Andrea 🙂
Kudos to the once Sporty Kimberly! 😀 I can see your living dangerously quite matches mine now, LOL
I can't see anything wrong with 'geeky activities'. Besides those sports, I've always been living in a wonderful world in my head and had a pencil in my hand all the time. So, a bookworm and a band geek sounds like a perfect friend to me! 🙂
Yeah, the chlorine issue has been bad and kind of depressing 🙁 Indeed, YAY for the Ocean, or better the Sea in my case! 🙂
I've never played those sports, but I've always been curious about hockey! I really wouldn't mind seeing a game…
Yep, and I said no…*sigh* I'm glad I played them all, I had a great time 🙂
Btw, you run and hike? Way to go, girl!
Oh wow! You were like a fish then. That is amazing! To bad you didn't give it a go anyway. But I understand. I wasn't much for soccer, but I enjoyed backyard volleyball as I didn't make the school team with knee troubles. I did softball when I was younger, should have kept with it but didn't.
All is cool!
I know, but I really have great memories!! Sorry to hear about your knee troubles… x
Oh, I don't think there's anything wrong with geeky activities, either, Silvia 🙂 And I had a lot of fun in the band.
I'm glad you had lots of fun, Lexxie 🙂
Wow! The Olympics?? Yes, hindsight is always 20/20, isn't it? I think it's great you played at so many sports, Silvia. I played soccer and softball. But it's been years since I played any sports. I mostly run and hike now. 🙂