Meet Marian. Some people in the pool may have mistaken this girl for a salbabida - aside from her shape, she simply floats on water without having to tread. I tried applying the known laws in physics and biology to explain this phenomenon but never reached a conclusion. Just before the day ended, Marian decided to try the diving board. Despite the curious onlookers, this ???-pounder lady strutted onto the end of the pool and mounted the board. And dive she did! A few minutes after landing on the water, the lifeguard took a hose and refilled the pool with water. (No joke!)
After the tiny tsunami, some water creatures such as this brown sea lion joyfully jumped into the pool. This is Ariel, whose worst fear for the day was getting sunburned, since his skin was already peeling from the summer scorch. But it seems not even the hot afternoon sun can deter him from having a fun and memorable day in Caliraya. He was one happy seal.
Some dolphins then followed suit. This is JR, the better swimmer in the group who gained a lot of cheers and claps as he displayed an array of tumbles and spins on the diving board. Despite his great talent however, Marian stole the limelight from him just by jumping from the diveboard. JR may have performed pirhouettes, but Marian made waves. Literally.
All these happened one afternoon while I was happily swimming in 10-feet-deep water, though I did not know how to tread. The adventurous side of me told me to join my companions on that 10-feet-deep part of the pool, and just stay on the sides for safety reasons. Good thing I was already out of the pool when the phenomenon happened. Seeing the evidences above, I can jump into the conclusion (not the pool) that small tsunamis can happen on a 10-feet-deep pool, caused not by an earthquake below it, but by an earthshaking force above it.
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