Treasure Hill was a world of fun for me as a kid. I'd never once gone to Gongguan (laughter). Apart from playing hide and seek and picking fruits on the mountain, and fishing and catching shrimps in the river, we also swam and dived. I think a transmission tower was on the Xindian Riverbank, well maybe two. We used to climb up the tower and jump from the concrete foundation, and then slowly swim back to the riverbank with the current. On a whim we would swim all the way to Zhongzheng Bridge. This is basically how I learned to swim. I feel my body moved by the water's current--it's rapid so one doesn't sink right away. All I had to do was adjust my posture and breathe. You only choke on water when you tense up. I had this experience where I got a foot cramp just as I got to the middle of the Xindian River. So what I did was just let myself sink all the way down, and when that particular foot got better I swam up to take a breath. After that I just took some time stretching my cramping toes with my hands.