Talhah's Blog

Got a few things to cover. I'll go chronologically..

_Saturday_______________

I guess it started out quite smoothly. I had planned to go jogging and I did. After Subuh, donned my running kit, put on my old running shoes and stepped out into the early day. As I was doing my stretches on the staircase landing, I sensed movements to my left. I wasn't wearing my spectacles and I was listening to my Zen neeon so it had been able to creep up on me.

It was a kitten.

After realising it was no threat I continued with the stretching. Oddly the kitten decided to accompany me. How sweet! Haha.. In fact at one point it laid on its back and started shifting ever slowly nearer to me. Haha.. I had to move to another spot because it was denying me space to do my stretching adequately... and it continued shifting towards me! Adorable!

Stretching over. Ran one round around my neighbourhood. Eerily quiet. Oooo... WIth my Zen Neeon spurring me on, the jog seemed... short. Okay, I guess no one wants to read about a boring jog so after the jog, bathed and went back to sleep.

Team W.A.S.T.E. had a mission that day so I prepared my fullpack and left for the rendezvous with Waste 3. Unfortunately Waste 3 had "technical glitches" so after Zuhur, made my way to the second rendezvous point. Since I was early I decided to find some hardware to enhance my equipment's capabilities. Finally Waste 1, 2 and 5 showed up and we headed for the Mass; Waste 2 and I were hungry.

Waste 3 finally showed up so we proceeded with the mission. Mission: Rollerblading commenced! Hahaha... More like Mission: Shad and Ama rollerblade while Talhah a.k.a. Noob tries to learn. Hahah..Ya, we went rollerblading. I've had no prior experience on skates besides that one time I went ice-skating with Sha, Michelle and Marianna so of course quite a few tumbles. Harimau Tidur came in handy quite a few times. I was reminded of one lesson Cik Suryo shared with everyone in... one of our camps. About breaking falls, how it can be applied in all sorts of situations. Though Ama and Shad were quite worried about how I keep falling on my sides, I was perfectly fined... better than landing on one's bum! (or head >.<)

So where were Waste 1 and 5? They were on guard duties, watching over our supplies at my makeshift camp by the beach. Waste 1 even fell asleep!

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Our main objective that day was actually for Waste 3 to snipe some vital aerial targets. I don't want to delve into the details but Waste 1 was separated from us as we went for Asar. Let's just say that at that point quite a few people were unhappy. As Waste 3 led us into the forest, Waste 1 contacted us and informed us he was approaching us so Waste 4 and 5 volunteered to pick him up.

I think it was due to over-exertion and perhaps stress. Whatever the cause, it was scary. I tried to recall what I knew and what I thought was the right thing to do but I know that if you do even a slight wrong move, it can be devastating. So I had no choice but see my friend beat himself up to try and defeat his demon. I realised.. this wasn't the way to go but in that kind of situation... I was helpless.

Now, more than ever, I want to go in for NS. I want to learn CPR. I want to learn how to deal with such incidents. I do not want to be as helpless as that day.

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The clouds, as always, finally cleared. As my friend slowly recovered, the rest of us, erm, waited for him uby playing Uno. Hahaha, it was kinda silly. Here we are in the middle of Marina City Park, playing Uno with a flashlight hanging from a tripod for illumination. Waste 1 even wanted to order KFC!! Hahaha. A situation befitting the cliche, "All's well that ends well" or something akin.

_Sunday_________________

After that snafu-ic day, I just wanted to chill out. Then, after some re-consideration, I decided, let's make this day a family day. I've been hanging out with friends day in and day out, why not spend this one lazy day with the family. (Even though one sibling has moved out and another had work that day)

So that's what I did. I stayed home, slouched around, watched TV, watched Anime, did some chores (this I can't really recall but I hope I did!), helped my dad with his Lego Ferrari kit (YES HIS!!)...

We later went to my sister's home as her in-laws had arrived from Indonesia the day before. I was kinda tired so I sat in front of the Notebook and transfered the last few Anime episodes that I had with me and burned Hafiz's CD while everyone else watched E.T.

_Monday_________________

It started out lazily. Watched Fate Stay Night. Finished Fate Stay Night. Get disappointed with its lame-ass ending. Went out with Shad for Lan-gaming. Met up with Ama and Ezza for Linner. Went for training at Marsiling. Went home, hit the sack.

Today we're supposed to be going out to watch fireworks again. I'm not too sure if I can make. Well, I've already explained the situation to my dad so here's hoping it'll be a-okay.