The (Mis)Adventures of Superboink

It's almost a year now since I posted about how my son W almost drowned during CAL (Coach Aris Lim) Swim School's Swim Meet . It was one of the most unforgettable moments that happened in my life.Unlike others who believe in "Forgive and forget."  I think there's just some things you can forgive but never forget.  photo from elephantjournal.com My son's able to swim again (they have swimming for school PE) and hopefully recovered completely from the trauma thank God - but I haven't. When we asked him what he'd like to do this summer, he told us he'd like to join swimming classes again but said, " pero wag na dun sa dati mommy ha ." To which I quickly responded, " Syempre naman. " A few weeks after the incident ( before the talks between our lawyer and CAL/QCSC ), I received a call from Aris Lim, apologizing and offering my son free summer swimming classes supposedly valid for this year 2011 . All I was able to say was, ...

My personal account of what happened last Saturday, May 29, 2010 during the CAL Swimming School Swim Event where my son Andrei almost drowned. We have been informed of the CAL Swimming School Graduation and Swim Meet via SMS by Coach Tin of CAL Casa Milan since his 10-day swimming lessons ended few weeks prior to the said event. My son, Andrei, 5 y.o. is a beginner swimmer and since this will be a first time, we wanted him to experience the fun of being in a swimming competition – which by now I hope would still be the case. Upon confirmation of our attendance for the Swim Meet, we were informed by Coach Tin that Andrei will be accompanied by a swimming coach during the event. This is one of the reasons why we have decided to make him attend the event. We are fully aware of our son’s limited swimming know-how given his age and his recently acquired knowledge in swimming. Come May 29, 2010, Saturday we were all excited this momentous event in our son’s life. But it is sad that it turned...