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    Outdoor Activities

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    the professionals. Last but most definitely not least‚ swimming. This activity makes you feel good in many different ways‚ for instance your cooling off your body and exercising. You work many different muscles in your body by swimming‚ especially your core muscles in your shoulders‚ arms‚ legs‚ abdomen and back. They all help you to stay afloat and actually swim. Swimming makes you feel like your unstoppable‚ like a dolphin swimming through the beautiful blue ocean. Outdoor activities

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    Myself

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    the salt. It is a hobby which makes living interesting. It is a pursuit outside one’s regular work. A hobby gives one joy and pleasure; one does not get tired of it. It is a pastime‚ relaxation and leisure. My hobbies are playing tennis‚ badminton‚ swimming and the other sports. Grown up with my brothers give me an advantage in sports. I was a tennis player for Johore since I at 7 years old. I also a representative for my college in tennis tournament for 3 years. After I graduated in 2009‚ I started

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    competitively swimming ten years ago. Oceans‚ lakes‚ pools‚ and even rain make me feel at home. I spent my entire summer around water. Between swim practices‚ swim meets‚ trips to the lake‚ and working at a summer camp‚ I was always in the water. Swimming became the one thing I always looked forward to. I attended school in a different area than where I lived‚ but I made many local friends through swimming. At the end of eighth grade‚ I was eager to see what I could achieve in high school swimming. I had

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    Fables and Parables

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    there and watched as a group of hippos swam and splashed in the water. As he sat there and watched‚ the seagull dreamed of being able to swim. “Oh‚ how I wish I could be a hippo and swim with them”. Suddenly‚ he had been turned into a hippo and was swimming along side the others. However‚ when he was ready to go home‚ he realized he could no longer fly and wouldn’t be able to go home. He had to find a nearby cave to live in. The next day‚ he was stomping around the beach when he noticed a group of

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    that there should always be a lifeguard at a pool‚if there was not one at a pool what would happen?I think that because you could drown very quickly by falling in or losing oxygen. You might ask‚” Well how could you lose oxygen while swimming?” You could be swimming and water could fill your lungs and you would lose oxygen. You could also fall into the pool if someone accidentally bumps into you and you might not be able to save yourself.This is when the lifeguard comes in because people are usually

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    Fate was always on my side and God blessed my body to be adroit and agile in many situations. There were many omens involved in my life. Interests Slaying beasts‚ showing off my toned and muscular body‚ bragging about how wonderful I am‚ and swimming. References Hrothgar5‚ King of Herot. Higlac‚ King of Geats. 1 Page 48 line 300 2 Page 44 lines 168-269 3 Page 55 lines 513-525 4 Page 61 lines 703-705 5 Page 38 in

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    Early on in the poem we learn that Beowulf has already preformed many feats that demonstrate his unusual strength and courage. The poet‚ in fact describes Beowulf as “the mightiest man on earth” (line197). In a swimming contest with an acquaintance named Breca‚ Beowulf demonstrates his endurance by finishing the five day race and killing several sea monsters along the way. Beowulf’s honesty is also put to the test when the swimmers encounter a storm and Beowulf chooses to stay beside Breca‚ the weaker

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    children more than other people. They always try to do their best in upbringing of their children. For instance‚ my brother had a fear of water and did not want to learn the swimming‚ until he was in his high school. My parents took him to a swimming school‚ which teach the children about swimming and gave them the swimming classes. After six months‚ my brother was a good swimmer; and finally he won the championship in his school as the best swimmer. It was not possible‚ if my parents did not cooperate

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    You never know how helpless you are until you have a near death experience. One summer‚ when I was young‚ my family and I went to a water park. I didn’t know how to swim‚ but thankfully the majority of the park required no swimming ability. For one of the rides‚ I wanted to get out of my tube and jump around‚ but once I climbed out‚ I immediately sunk to the bottom. I tried to kick back up and just as my legs gave in‚ a lifeguard climbed in and essentially saved my life. He was my hero and I was

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    The Swimmer

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    not even realizing that. In “The Swimmer” by John Cheever‚ shows that how the main character loses everything he had when he drinks too much. According to author‚ main character Neddy Merrill feels like an explorer and decides to get home by swimming all the pools in his neighborhood. He was famous and knew everyone in the town. This is why he was so confident that he would be welcomed whenever he went. Even though he was in a mid aged‚ he was very energetic. While he explores‚ he encounter

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