Islanders And Swimming / myLot

United Kingdom

April 6, 2016 3:22am CST

There's this common stereotype that if you live in an island, you should know how to swim. I'm from the Philippines and since it's an Archipelago it has thousands of islands. To be more specific around 7,107 of them. Luckily for me I can swim. But I'd have to say the above stereotype isn't applicable to all islanders. We can't all swim. Although it's a very useful skill to have specially if you live in an island home or if you travel by sea a lot.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

Indeed. Learning how to swim is a must if we live near the waters

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

Can you swim mate?

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

7 Apr 16

@Lucky15 Ahahaha I do that sometimes too. The ever famous dog style swimming

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

@flapiz i do...just those dogs. Haha. You know

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Hazel Vee

@epiffanie (11325)

• Australia

6 Apr 16

I grew up near the beach but I don't know how to swim before I had a near drowning experience when I was about 7 years old .. since then, I gave up swimming although I love to get in the water ..

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

Have you considered taking a swimming lesson? Or starting out in a pool where the water level is predictable and the water is calm.

hereandthere

@hereandthere (45628)

• Philippines

7 Apr 16

@epiffanie at least you're not afraid to get in the water, so it means you stick to the shallow side?

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Jaymie Suh

@cherriefic (10399)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

I agree. I can swim but there are some friends I know who don't know how to swim but they love swimming.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

My friends who don't know how to swim stays on the sides of the pool or both and tread along the way. Which is totally acceptable and still fun.

Jaymie Suh

@cherriefic (10399)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

@flapiz Yeah. It's still fun that way.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

6 Apr 16

If I could not swim, I would surely die as I love it so much. I would probably be very at home in your place my friend. I live for swimming, all my life, why my body is quite toned now.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

You'll love it there. Specially in my province, Bohol. It's beaches everywhere.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

6 Apr 16

@flapiz And all the lovely Filipino friends too.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

It's a useful skill to have wherever you live.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

Well that is true. Drowning is deadly after all.

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Macarrosel

@Macarrosel (7498)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

I can swim but not good enough. My daughters can swim too and we ate Filipinos.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

I took swimming lessons to improve my swimming skills but even before that I could already swim decently thanks to my dad's teachings. Although I prefer to swim "no style"

. The strokes and styles are too tedious for me.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40020)

• Toccoa, Georgia

20 Feb 18

Thank goodness I can swim. I like to do it. I wish I could do it now but there is not a pool open nearby me at this time of year.

The Horse

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jun 16

I used to think that everyone from Montana loved to hunt and fish. But that's not true either.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

15 Jun 16

Hahaha it's fun how somehow someone end up different than what we expect aye. It makes the world a more exciting place.

Predictability could be boring.

James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

20 Apr 16

Swimming is a great thing. I did not learn how until i was 30, though I did body surf as a kid in California.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

23 Apr 16

Well that just shows that it is never too late to learn. I on the other hand want to learn how to surf.

It's in my bucket list.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

I can swim a little, not for longer distance than I was younger. Now I find backstroke easier because I can float well.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

6 Apr 16

I do back stroke when I'm exhausted. I'm not a long distance swimmer as well but I think I'd survive if I'm faced by an abandon ship situation. Except if a shark will decide to find me delectable.

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