Sunday, January 04, 2004

La mer
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie

La mer
Au ciel d'été confond
Ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs
La mer bergère d'azur
Infinie

Voyez
Près des étangs
Ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez
Ces oiseaux blancs
Et ces maisons rouillées

La mer
Les a bercés
Le long des golfes clairs
Et d'une chanson d'amour
La mer
A bercé mon coeur pour la vie

Charles Trenet
Et quand le jour arrive
Je deviendra le ciel
Et je deviendrai la mer

Et la mer viendra pour m'embrasser pour moi
Vais à la maison

Rien peut m'arrêter maintenant

Nine Inch Nails
La Mer

and when the day arrives
I'll become the sky
and I'll become the sea

and the sea will come to kiss me
for I am going home

nothing can stop me now

Saturday, December 13, 2003

"In the end, swimming is not about what you achieve, it is about who you become."
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Woodrow Wilson




Mother's slipstream helps young dolphins to keep pace with the pod. Young dolphins swim alongside their mothers in the open ocean for up to three years. The calves swim about 10 to 30 centimetres away from their mother's body that they get "sucked along". As the larger dolphin swims through the water, she displaces the water in front of her, creating a wake that flows around the calf. This way, the resistance felt by the calf is reduced by 65 percent. This reduction in resistance can also be felt by swimmers who swim close to one another.


Thursday, December 11, 2003

we swim for laughter
we swim for tears
we swim for madness
we swim for fears
we swim for hopes
we swim for screams
for we are the swimmers
we create the dreams

Jaggygirl
Swim like a fish. Swim like you love it. Swim like you'll never stop. Just swim."

Jenifer
"Swimming isn't just a sport-it's a way of life~

Peddie
"Earth is 75% water ADAPT


EMMiliy
If you think you cant...you wont
If you think you can.... you might
If you know you can......you will!!"

Spinter from USA