On you marks...

I had been complaining to my wife about my lack of exercise and my ever growing paunch! Although I was  telling people that, this is one asset that I have built by being in the software industry, I felt it was a lame excuse! I thought of doing something about this. And this was about 6 months back.

Six months later .....

A family friend was telling that he knew a person in a club (the sort of place where the ultra-rich go) who taught swimming. I jumped on the opportunity and said that I was interested in learning to swim. He looked at my paunch and sympathized with me. (Actually with my wife!) He said he will talk to him and passed me his number. I talked to the swimming coach and he said I can come any time I want to. I asked his name and he said Dalapathy, and I heard it as Jalapathy. I thought, "What an appropriate name" and was immediately gung-ho about my swimming. 

He asked me to buy swimming trunks, swimming cap and if I wanted, swimming goggles. I went to the local store to check whether they had swimming trunks and they said yes! I was overjoyed and went to the counter to check. He took a red one and a blue one and showed it to me. I was waiting for him to unfold and show it to me. He said, "No sir! That's all." 

"That's all" was echoing in my mind as i drove back home. I imagined myself wearing a red trunks and entering a blue tiled swimming pool (most swimming pools are blue tiled right!). I shuddered.

And by the way, if you know me and imagined me like that, "SAME PINCH". Same feeling here.

I inquired about this wardrobe predicament to my sister. My brother-in-law had learnt swimming along with my nephew, and he is as tall as me. She told, you can get a trunks which will look like a shorts and can double as swimming trunks. Her words gave me some solace.

But it was too late and I had not got my trunks. So I called Jalapathy and told him that I will be coming a week later, as I was busy with work. Ha ha ha ha!!!! He said fine but corrected me saying that his name is Dalapathy. I started having my doubts!!!!

I then went to the nearby Puma showroom. It was one of the firsts that I was going to experience that week. He showed me a swimming trunks which was even smaller than the one that my local store showed me. I had a sinking feeling. My wife showed me a a big version and I was elated. I bought a swimming cap, paid the bill and left.