journal 10.17

October 17th, Saturday, Sunny
"Come on! You can do this!" My peers along with me were encouraging me. I was on the ship at that time,wearing a life jacket,while my peers were riding on a long boat made of rubber without any security fence on it. It  was called the "banana boat" which is very popular in Kenting.

I hesitated a lot at that moment. On one side I am scared of water. Every time I traveled to the city at the seaside, I would never enter the sea. When my family or friends were playing in the seawater, I would just walk on the beach and play with the sands.

Actually there was a story. When I was 5 years old, I almost drowned in a pool. Ever since then, I began avoiding any activities concerning the water. I hate the feeling when my body was submerged by the water. I have nothing to hold and I have to try my best to make my head out of water. How could not other people feel dangerous and what is the pleasure?

Back to the scene happening in Kenting, everyone on the boat was looking at me. I was embarrassed. "Behave like a man!""There is nothing to worry about! You are wearing a life vest!"...It seemed that everyone on the boat was judging me. I decided to ignore them until I heard a little boy talking to me,"don't be afraid, I will go with you."  Finally, I decided to have a try.

As I expected, the banana boat was overturned by the waves and all the people were throwed to the sea. I was choked by the salty water and floating on the water until the boat came to pull us on board. I don't like this feeling, but it wasn't as hard as I had imagined. It's just so-so.

Today's experience inspired me. I should never imagine something to be so hard  that I dare not to have a try. Sometimes it is myself who is exaggerating the difficulties and I was not conscious of it. I tried the banana boat and I still didn't like it, but there might be something I do like and I missed. Have a try, and don't make regrets in my life.