http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2005/09/09/blog-exclusive-shocking-secrets en-us 40 Anil Madhavapeddy <p> The time has come to reveal a dark secret, hidden for many years, subject to taunting from my esteemed colleagues (<a href="http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~arb33/">you</a> <a href="http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~kjm25/">know</a> <a href="http://www.liquidx.net/">who</a> <a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/ach61/">you</a> <a href="http://www.sigmod.org/dblp//db/indices/a-tree/k/Kalyvianaki:Evangelia.html">are</a>!). Yes, its true... <i>I dont know how to swim!</i>. Never got around to it... sink like a rock ... nose too big ... the excuses really piled up. </p> <p>However, after several viewings of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/">Titanic</a> on various plane journies and cheap movie nights, it was time to end this impasse. And, luckily enough, my buddy Colin in Hong Kong has a pool at his place in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsing_Yi_Island">Tsing Yi</a>. A mere two hours of trying later (and some expert tuition), I can do a backstroke and avoid drowning and crying like a baby! And even better, I'm spending a week in a hotel in Japan, with a pool! Is this heaven? </p> <p>PS: Your turn to learn now <a href="http://recoil.org/~djs/">djs</a>. Oops, did I just reveal two dark personal secrets in this blog exclusive?</p> Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:57:22 +0100 urn:uuid:a2713b54-146c-4ba6-97f5-833ce9488857 avsm http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2005/09/09/blog-exclusive-shocking-secrets travel cambridge sport