My Swim at Lago Del Ray
My very first time to swim in a lake was this November 2, 2011. Lago Del Ray is a man-made lake with floaters which are fun to play on. It is located in Pili, Camarines Sur which is a ten minute ride from Naga. My family –Dad, Mom, Orvik and I together with some of my cousins such as John Felix, Kuya Harry, Kuya Janpol, Princess, Fevelyn, and Xandra, my uncles and aunts all went to this beautiful lake. At one glance, the lake looked shallow enough for us to have an awesome time such as playing tag and swim race. But when I dipped your feet in, the water felt warm and deep. Even though the water wasn’t that welcoming, the luring floaters like the icebergs, the trampoline, and the water slide located at the mid-deep parts of the lake looked exciting.
While my parents and aunts watched us, my cousin John Felix and I went into the dark depths of the lake first. At the first jump into the water, I felt my spine shaking because of the cold water my feet felt. I was afraid to go to the humongous floaters so I stayed on the platform until Kuya Harry suddenly jumped and headed for the trampoline. Seeing Kuya Harry’s courage while he was swimming, I also dived after him. While I was swimming, the water wasn’t so bad as if it were saying, “Don’t be afraid, be calm.” When I felt my head being tossed and turned as if I was inside a mixer truck being shaken alongside with the cement, I began to think that the other floaters might be as exciting as this one, or even better. Then my brother Orvik and I began to swim our way toward the small iceberg. At that moment, my niece Ivee called out from the platform,” Kuya Rovik, wait for me!”
The iceberg experience was even better than that on the trampoline. My brother, my cousins, my niece and I climbed up the iceberg and then jumped separately from any level we individually wanted to try. Next, we tried the biggest iceberg which was the tallest floater on the lake. My brother couldn’t climb the iceberg so he decided to join John Felix and the others at the water slide. Climbing up to feel what it was like to jump off the third floor of a business tower was tiring but it was worth it anyway. Level 1 wasn’t that scary since it’s just like the small iceberg. Level 2 was rib-tickling because while I was falling, my heart pumped faster that it left me breathless for a while when I plunged into the water, but level 3 was heart-blowing. It was the same at the level 2 but much longer and it felt like you’re jumping off the fourth floor of a building. It was so high that it was very cold at the top. What a blown opportunity my cousin Kuya John Paul had because he couldn’t climb the iceberg too because he was already fat and couldn’t even lift his body to climb up. However, Ivee, Kuya Harry, John Felix and I were able to climb and jump off the iceberg first. The iceberg was the only floater I wanted to jump off so I slid off each and every level without hesitation. The other floaters were also addicting such as the water slide because I slipped and fell straight into the water through a hole at the end of the floater. As a result of the iceberg experience, I tried each and every floater. It was the moment of my life in the lake.
At around four o’ clock in the afternoon, we were tired of the climbing, the sliding, and the jumping. We also got hungry of using the energy draining icebergs. It was really fun spending the last day in Bicol with my cousins. Heading home, my cousins and I recalled every single moment we spent at the lake. On the whole, we have accomplished our mission – that of jumping off the largest iceberg.
