saturday.9th(floorball&bowling)

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The weekend of 9th and 10th June was a very physically exhausting one to say the least. Packed with things to do, that somehow left my body aching, muscles cramping on Monday morning.

On Saturday morning, met up with a BMT buddy of mine, Sekar, at Northpoint Starbucks. Over choc chip frapp and caramel frapp, we had fun as we caught up with each other's lives since the last time we met, which was like, hmm, more than a year ago? oh em gee... And had a enjoyably time having good laughs, reminscing each other's crazy antics in BMT. heh. Im a little bit jealous of him, he didnt seem to be putting on much weight. Unlike me, he seemed to haf maintained it for quite a bit.

Unfortunately, that chilling session was very brief, lasted not more than an hour, as i had to go for a floorball friendly back in my dear ol' junior college. supposed to be there at 12. but in the end, only to find out tt the first friendly that my team, the YJC Alumnni team, will be played at 130pm. this becoz there were other teams there, Northbrooks Sec and TP, and the current YJC team itself, namely the teams tt are coached by coach Ngasti.

the first match, against Northbrooks boys, my team drew 4-4 with them. and yeah. we struggled with their pace and their flair. its a wonder tt we manage to draw with them. haha. we haf basically not train with each other since god knows when. too bad, our skills werent as good as before. especially me, to be honest. and yeah, i think its not an exaggeration when i say i was one of the best defenders during my time, together with fadzly. but saturday showed me how my skills haf greatly rusted, and it showed how i need a new stick badly. heh. actually no lah. the most obvious thing tt it showed was tt i haf completely lost my level of fitness and speed, and even sadder to say, im even worse off before i enter the NS. boo hoo hoo~!

after the first match, me, melvin and chin went to the nearby coffeshop to haf our lunch. managed to do a bit of catching up too~ and i had indian bee hoon goreng, no less! urgh. macam mane nak turun berat badan nie mcm??? grr.~ next match, against the current YJC team is told to be at three,thirty. but in the end, turned out to be at 4 plus2. and yeah, this time there was no escape, we lost 2-3 to the current YJC team. oh well, it could haf been worse. still, losing or winning, tho it IS still iportant to me, is NOT the penultimate thing. thing is, i had fun playing floorball, especially with the team-mates of my batch. its like so the reliving of all times, and this time, its better, coz the school bought those wall to wall boundaries, and thus, the game picks up much much faster. no more small breaks when ball go over or sumthing. haha. and yeah, i think i hurt my heel in all the excitement, as left me slightly limping afther the game.

wave after wave of the nostalgia came flooding in. as my eyes slowly soak in the rustic structures of the school, lil bits and pieces of memories came into my mind. aah~
those crazy malay lessons in the library, those times i chilled out with hannah in her class and also the library, those times we played soccer on the "hockey pitch" (in real fact, its juz a normal grass pitch, only smaller), even in the rain, those times where we spent eating meals together during breaks.
ahh, well, memories they will remain, but im sure, if really i get to heaven, i may get to relive them.

everythin finished at abt 5pm. and yeah, didnt get to meet afiq as planned. so i told him to meet the ladies first, and ill be joining them later. so, i limped all the way home, prayin tt the cold shower would dampen away the bruises and aching tt i was undergoin then. and was hoping tt the cold water will freshen up my mind so tt i wont be all dreary when im with them.

chop2 mandi, had my dinner, (coz they were already having theirs), and went to flag a cab. was thinkin i shud haf juz taken the mrt, but i didnt coz i couldnt see myself standin all the way in the mrt in tt bad physical state...

rched bugis at abt 635pm. and had two sticks while waiting for them to arrive. and yeah, there was this hot tudung chick. haha. oh well, juz a thing for me to appreciate from afar, nothing more. :)

suddenly i saw a group of ppl all clad in brown at the traffic junction. one tall guy and three short ones. kehkehek. i was like thinkin, oh my god!~, theyre all wearing brown. including me. its like suddenly theres suddenly a brown parade in town or sumthing haha. actually we did plan haf the ladies wearing black, and then me and afiq wearing brown, but this wasnt like i wat i anticipated to feel. kehkehekhe. kinda cute actually. :P

made our way up to the shop where they got those big big neoprint machine. and then, and then, we took pictures. posed mcm tak pernah pose, even afiq, who had the stone-cold smile in school, got the hang of it. even worked up a sweat in the process, prolly cause theres no fan in the machine. kehkehe. luckily had dja and umi. coz the machine's text is in japanese! had to do two times coz the first time, we didnt choose the pics, and my face was caught in a slumber-like mode. no good no good.

after the haitus in the photo booth, rushed to sultan mosque to perform our solat maghrib. me and afiq reached the bowling center first at 755. the girls reached later. *drumroll* and then, we let the games begin!

there was an electricity in the air, as everyone strived to up their game by a notch. which i think we did. :) me and aisyah wasnt as uptite abt the game like we were before. more chilled and relaxed now. but sumhow, dja pulak yg teropposite. entah mengape. takmo stress2 k. tak manis. one tip in being good in bowling, according to afiq, is not to let oneself be caught up with the disappointment of a bad showing. instead, try to reflect on every possible tt may haf contributed to the bad throw. like postioning, grip on the ball, etc etc. yesh. i think its safe to say tt i did improve tremendously, thanks to afiq. and now, safe to say tt i can hook the ball a great deal. just hafta be more careful on the placing of the ball and the power imposed on it. apparently my arm strength is still a bit weak.

this time, there more hi-fives all around, and more smiles definitely. it was enjoyable to say the least and the company was great. :) but, good things haf to come to an end eventually. tot of playing four games, but by the third game, told tt it was to be our last. a bit disappointed, but heck, its ok. and yeah. for the last game, if im not wrong, i haf two eggs for the both of the first two throws. but, amazingly, i got more than a 100 pts for tt game. im like soO damn happy ah. kehekhekhe.

thought tts gonna be end of it, but then, somehow, me, afiq and aisyah decided to haf another few more rounds of bowling. called the bowling centers which we know off in the area to find out whether they haf any available lanes. after sending off dja and umi home, (it is getting late), we went to haf a lil bit of supper at madeen. had mutton chop and ice teh cino. (byk kau nyer nak diet, khairi!~) pastu, off to victor bowling. at marina south there. and yes, there are lanes, like anticipated, coz its very inaccessible by public transport. this time, its really like a coaching session by afiq. for a while, at the back of my mind, i tot that he is really like a coach, and not a fren, when i saw the look tt he gave me, after a very bad throw of mine. Positioning!!!! and AIM!!!! very very important. aisyah felt it too. kehkehkeh. scary, but i think its necessary. all in the name of being better in the game. and yeah. afiq gave the two of us an assignment, that is to write an assesment of each's bowling game for the day, abt the postioning, aim etc and whatever we haf learnt. aisyah already did hers in her blog. and ill do mine perhaps tmrw, coz now is getting late.

we played two games there, and then home we went, after a abit of "break" in tt dark carpark, with me having to realise i didnt haf my house keys. haha. oh well.~

tts all for now.

thanks for reading.~ :)

may Allah bless u.