The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me
The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had.
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.
Okay, I'm in a soso mood now lol. I just figured out some good and bad news for myself. But for starters, some recent events.
Yesterday was X-Country. My target was to get top20 top15-ish. But let's leave the results for later =D. The feeling at the start was intense lol. Me and Charles were up at the front, and there was one scary realization. Me and Charles were the only Lau house at the start. To my right, there was one whole bunch of Mitchell, and left was one big chunk of ARcher and Means. Behind me, 1 or 2 Lau. Oookay. With the starting horn, close to everyone chiong lol. I was just jogging at my own pace which was relatively quite fast because I didnt want to lag behind. Then after maybe less than 5oom, those who chionged like, stopped to have a breather, while the rest of us all jogged past them. I tried to make myself angry lol. Some Bio terms here. I was trying to invoke an adrenaline rush. And adrenaline is produced in situations of anger, stress, fear and anxiety. And seeing i was really afraid, stressed, or "anxietied", I kept thinking angry thoughts. Like "Hey! He just passed you! He can't do that!" "You're better than that are you? Oh well. Guess you're not" Followed by a self reply," Yes I CAN." Lol. This was what stopped me from running. Male pride? I guess so. After 2km, my legs stopped hurting, but my lungs felt punctured lol. But I continued nonetheless. My pace wavered. My method was to just walk. Dont let that momentum stop. Tired, jog slowly awhile taking breathers then drastically increasing pace. Close to the end, like 1km / o.5km left? Nicholas overtook me, Then I overtook him back after awhile. Then, He suddenly increased his pace! He said he just stretched his legs more. ARgh. Damn his long legs=p. Haha. So He overtook me and I gave up trying to overtake him. Close to finishing line, I chiong =p. Almost overtook this guy in front of me, but didnt =p. Oh well. And what did I get?
.... No.15! Whoopee! I achieved what I wanted =p. I guess this wasnt about whether I was able to achieve it, or rather whether I wanted to achieve it=p. Maybe I could've pushed harder, maybe I could've gotten top 10, maybe I should've ran till I was close to fainting. Well, a lesson learnt is knowledge gained. I can achieve anything I want as long as I want to, work hard at it. I want to be the very best I can at basketball. I want to get at least 10points for L1R5. The latter is a rather daunting task, but hey, I can do it! I want to continue playing volleyball =D.
And, on to the good news and bad news. Good news first i guess. Well, it may not be much to you, but it sure is enough to put me in a good mood. I have an account in a fantasy basketball league where i control a player instead of a team. www.cyberdunk.net . In there, I'm a 2.37m tall center named Kei Wong, and is one of the star players of the team Baden Winners =p. Haha. And, I just got MVP for today's match =p, with 37points, 22rebounds, 4assists, 2blocks and 1 steal! Sorry for thsoe who dont understand basketball terminology. Haha. That was great, and can count as possibly one of my players best game. His best game was 32points, 17rebounds, 11assists, 5blocks 4assists I think. Haha.
Bad news? I can't enter the TEENGAMES basketball competition. As luck would have it, it is directly in the middle of my Thailand Voleyball trip ==". Man, I made a pact with a close friend of mine to enter this year ='(. Sigh. Hate to break it to him. Oh well. Enter next year I guess. At leat I'll have more advantage being a 17year old entering u18.
Aaaand that's it for today. I'm still tuckered out from X-country. Anyone knows how to make a pain in the hip go away? My left hip bone really hurts if I try to exercise too much ==". Oh well. End it off now.
Things aren't so bad.
You learnt a lesson.
You've gained knowledge.
Knowledge that you achieve that which you crave.
That which is unique, among the ordinary.
Keith Wong. =D
My chinese name is YiHeng. It means yiyi pingheng. Which means balanced life. Is it not irony when that what my name means, what my parents wish for me, when what I crave for is being unique, being special, living a special life? Yeah. Yeah, I guess it is ironic.