A Little Fun

I was looking at Facebook's memory feature and I saw this little rhyme I made a year ago that appears to be not on my blog. So here it is.

Vroom vroom goes the ship,
"Hello, my name is Titanic."
The iceberg says, "Take a dip!"
The ship goes down the North Atlantic.

You have to admit, that was funny.

Little Lost Joy In Time

I just had a sudden realisation that there is a little thing of enjoyment that has been lost or forgotten in time. As a kid, I remember going to friends' houses just to play together or simply pass the time together, the enjoyment of each other's company was the key and the host didn't need to fully attend to the guest as they're good friends enough to not need be so formal with each other. That small piece of enjoyment is gone or not practiced anymore, this is just my opinion, I'm sure there are people out there who still do this but to my knowledge, this does not happen anymore among my circle of friends.

The idea of just chilling at someone's house, with not much agenda is a form of bliss to be enjoyed because it symbolises two friends spending time with each other without the distractions of other human elements. Nowadays when you hang out or spend time with friends, it's usually done in a group outdoors or in a mall where the people are at. There are distractions everywhere and intimate time isn't productively spent.

Out of all the time I spend alone at home, I'd sometimes wish that I had a friend over just chilling around or I'd be at a friend's house instead, we'd not need to be constantly talking to each other, just enjoying each other's company doing our own things together. One could be doing assignments while the other reading a book or playing some video games. The hum of the ceiling fan and the warm sun rays coming in from the window, birds chirping outside, then someone says, "I'm hungry.". I used to do that at my friend's house while I was still in primary school, every Saturday afternoon I'd go to his house and we'd maybe play games together or pass the time while he's doing homework. I miss that habit. Now everyone is either busy with their own life or it could be people taking the use of social networks for granted. To me, nothing beats spending time in person together, it doesn't matter what you're doing, time spent together is precious time and precious time makes precious memories.

Run A Way Because The Green Warriors Are Here

Saturday

I woke up at 5am (5:15 after hitting snooze) and groggily made my way to the toilet to brush my teeth and wash my face, I then put on my clothes and headed out to the Shah Alam Botanical gardens. Together with Lydia, Kayla, Nommass and Jimmy, the five of us participated in Run A Way, an obstacle run organised by students from Sunway University. It was a 7km run with five stations with challenges to complete and get a sticker to ultimately complete the run and it requires all five members of a team to finish together. This run wasn't so bad, it was a piece of cake instead however, I'm bad at jogging so my legs were pretty worn out. In our group, the faster runners are Jimmy, Nommass and I. Lydia is a decent runner but Kayla isn't good at running, that doesn't stop her from participating in running events however so during this run, we had to keep at Kayla's pace. Jimmy and I however kept encouraging and pushing her to break her limit during the run. The "obstacles" in this run to me, felt like a blown up high school treasure hunt. It wasn't that much of an obstacle course and there was even an IQ quiz as the last obstacle. It's so mildly humorous I could only let out a small chuckle. At the end of the run we got a plastic medal and a nice bag. It was an okay run but it won't be so memorable to me at least.

Sunday

I woke up at 5am and groggily made my way to the toilet to brush my teeth and wash my face, I then put on my clothes and to my horror, it was raining heavily. I quickly packed a few extra stuff for the rain and headed out to the Shah Alam Botanical gardens. This time together with Lydia, Kayla, Oscar, Ryan, Nommass and Ryan's cousin Hong Ming, it's an intense 10km run called Green Warrior Run (previously named Green Army Run). Here's the story, few months back, Lydia spotted the Green Army Run (now named Green Warrior Run) and we all agreed to join the run because of the runners shirt they were giving out, it was camouflage themed and it looked damn cool. A few weeks after that, Lydia also spotted Run A Way, she asked Kayla, Jimmy, Nommass and I if we want to form a team together for it, and I wholeheartedly gave my support which lead to everyone's agreement. So on this rainy morning I drove my way to the botanical gardens and instead of parking in the normal parking area, I got redirected to park my car far away, into some empty field which proved to be muddy and flooded with rain water. It was heavily raining when I called Kayla and then Ryan to check if they were already on location. I was the first to arrive and I was clueless as to how I was going to get to the canopy area where the run will start. I thought I'd wait for the rain to subside but after half an hour, it didn't look like the rain was going to let up. So I ran out into the rain getting soaked and very cold. I manage to make it to the canopy where the reporting counter was. The organisers announced that if the run will be delayed and that if the rain doesn't let up by 8am, the run will be canceled.

After the whole group got together, the rain started to let up and the organisers decided to proceed with the run while it was still raining. After a wet warm up, we headed to the starting line and the run started. While Lydia, Kayla, Ryan and Oscar ran together, Nommass and I ran ahead of the group together. Hong Ming disappeared long before the run started. Around 4km into the run, I fell behind Nommass, victim to my poor stamina and the cruel slopes of the botanical gardens. This run is definitely the most intense run ever, it's also my first run to run in the rain and also the first run for me to need to get to the toilet halfway. After 5km, and up an insanely steep slope of almost 500m, I had the urge to take a dump but there were no toilets around at all. I had to make the rest of the run screaming in my head to make it to the finishing line so I can go poop. I finished the run in 1 hour and 17 minutes, while Nommass finished it 8 minutes faster than me. I later learned that Hong Ming finished in 57 minutes while Oscar finished in 1 hour 20 something minutes, Lydia finished in 1 hour 43 minutes, and Kayla and Ryan finished later. This run will definitely stay in my memory for a long time because of the series of events that took place in this run.

Complicated You

I don't know what goes on in your head,
you're sad, you're happy, you're full of dread.
You express your problems on Whatsapp,
but when I ask, you simply get upset.

Here I am concerned, full of worry,
you say you're okay, I guess I'm sorry.
I'll ask again, you're clearly not fine,
you make it sound like I'm intruding, like I'm a whine.

Will you please take a moment, think about the people who care,
you make such a big deal out of it and don't let me in, that's not fair.
I want to know why you're depressed, I wanna help you get out of your despair,
but oh no, you're inconsiderate, irrational, what's the point, you make me don't care.

To me we're the greatest team,
I start to think what you say, you don't mean it.
Close friends for almost a year, is it just a dream?
Can't you tell me things honestly, don't tell me what you see fit.

But the biggest fool is obviously me,
you're such a mess but I still love you, how one sided, how so silly.
What is it about me, that you can see?
Don't make me think that the things I do for you is unnecessary.