Public Pool

Lately, long journey or far away trip wasn’t become on my day-off list, things that used to love. Experience the outdoors, away from home and enjoying opportunity to break on routine, couldn’t easily to get these days. Works and school stuffs become better explanation for me to delay all plans related with fun. And here I am, right in front of this box reading wonderful journey from friends and try not show any envy in my eyes :)..just kidding. I still enjoy every single days which God grant me with happiness and health, like today, yesterday and I hope will last till next day. There is no reason for me to whine, while I have a job, opportunity to accomplish higher education than before, and all blessings from above. Perhaps it’s just a stage for me to give more attention on main things which is necessary to be done.
But, there’s still a way out from boredom which sometimes stroke in the middle of the day, it called swimming. Sport which I’d rather to neglect if begin compared with sightseeing, shopping or hang out with friends before. Though I really like water, but I prefer stay inside my rooms for hours than get wet into the cold water. But within these few weeks, swimming become my favorite sport.
At least twice a week, Public Pool become my favorite place to go early in the morning. Even the sun haven’t shines brightly or the mist still as thick as my blanket, I was the most passionate one to go there. This Public Pool almost 8 km away from home, and since it’s the only place in town which serve Ladies Day twice a week, then it become the best option for me.
As suited to its name, public pool provide service at the level of any public place. Don’t expect higher than you saw, but at least the pool is clean and the water is fresh. Not to mention the changing rooms, they were quite okay but little bit damp and narrow. They're only need to fix some substructure in that place, then it will become excellent. With its condition right now, that place still hard to fight with other gorgeous places which also provide the same service, like the 3-4 stars hotels, recreation center, which also offer low rate for swimming. Here in this public pool, with less than half a dollar you will get the fresh water, but at those hotels you have to pay three times of it. Actually, those hotels don’t ask too much from us, and they have a better place, better services but they don’t have Ladies Day ;).
And after few weeks hanging around with people who seek for freshness exactly the same as I do, I become aware that lots of insight that I could pick from people I’ve met. Just like when I saw Mak. She is 84 years old, but still have the passion to do this sport. She went to an accident years ago, which make her unable to move her legs, but when the therapy accomplish and she could walk again, she already 84. Before the accident, she really likes to swim and do mostly water sport. She got the accident in Bali, which happen right after she did a water sport. Passion upon her eyes, just like a flame which don’t get easily burn out. After longing for almost entire her life, she still believe that someday she will able to swim again. And there she is, swimming just like me fresh, happy, and wet. She reminds me of someone who used to say this: “It’s better to light a candle than curse upom the darkness”.
This public pool is like a center for us to gather, meet and greet with all people from different part of this town. I come from the other side of this town, Mak come from the China Town which we usually called Balong, and many others. That’s what I like about this city, there’s still a chance to assemble in harmony. While some people point their finger at this city as a nest of terrorism, riot-high risk, or other bad labels. But for me, sometimes I feel the clock stop ticking in here, while we enjoy the tranquility of this place. :)