Everyone is using Tumblr.
It's like how everyone used to be using Friendster?
But now all haz moved on to Facebook.
BUT I,
Marilyn Neo Hui Xin,
SHALL STAY TRUE TO MY BLOGSPOT!
and I probably wont want to change my blogskin either. The only thing i would regret bout that is that I hadnt known Lights before drawing this blogskin and passing it to the awesomez xiaofei to help me get it to how it is now. :p
going back to Tumblr. how do u even pronounce "blr".
I mean, i know its "TUMBLURR", but..
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Im not gonna lie, i have no idea why I started this blogpost with that ^^^^^^^^^
wait, I dont even know what im sayin. goshhhh.
#random
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OKAY!
Today! Im gonna talk about bicycles and competition!
YAYYYY!!!!~
I was on the bus just now, then I saw this little kid racing with the bus on the sidewalk.
Obviously, he won.
Kids are so competitive.
(and also the fact that the bus-driver looked like he hadnt slept for 5months and was driving real slow, i dont even see the thrill of racing with such a slow bus -_-)
So this triggered my kiddish memories!
Do you remember the time you learnt how to ride a two-wheels bike?
Mine was back when I was 3 months old.
(im totally kiddin')
Dont really remember the age, but it was when I first moved to CCK. My parents were so amazed by the multi-purpose hall within each HDB thing. So we'll always head down there and just chill, picnic, swim, bungee jump, space travel etc...
So one day, they bought really cool bicycles for my sisters and I. Mine still had that extra 2 safety-wheels (4wheels in total), so i just went around in circles riding that.
Then my 2nd sister was learning how to ride 2-wheeled.
I remember laughing at her and watching her cause she kept falling off and all that :p And she took a few days to finally ride on her own without my dad pushing or supporting her. That was really cool.
But being the competitive and jealous youngest sister, I wanted to show that I could do better!
and I did actually,
although I spent the entire day falling off like my sister did, but when my mum was like "okay, lets call it a day and head back home", I told myself, NO, I WANNA BE BETTER, I WANNA LEARN TO RIDE THE BIKE BY TODAY AND BEAT MY SISTER's RECORD.
So just before they walked away, I went up the bike, held on to the handles, pushed off with my right leg, and went straight ahead, focusing on balancing the bike and not falling off.
1 sec... 2 secs... 3 secs...
TADAAAAA! I DID IT! :D
I could hear my parents clapping behind me.
Huge ass smile on my face, then...
BOOM! hit into the pillar and fell off. (because i didnt know how to turn)
What I'm trying to say is, so what?
So what if I beat my sister's record and learnt how to ride the bike faster than her?
So what?
So what if the little boy I mentioned earlier managed to cycle faster than the bus?
Does he get an award "first-place-for-riding-past-the-bus"?
No.
Even if such an award exists,.. So What?
he's just gonna let the trophy rot at home like how my 4319047302987 trophies are rotting at my house.
I won my sister! yay.
So what?
All i remembered was that we were pushing our bikes back home and I had that big ass smirk on my face.
Then i turned to look at my sister.
I wanted her to look sad, teary and crushed by my victory. But she was all smiley.
All she said was "YAY, next time we can go ride bike together!"
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It took me now to realise, back then I didnt win at all. I lost.
All my life (yes im wise, im old and im 78 minus 61), I've been a very competitive person. NO, I dont like 2nd place. HA! I beat ya! nehnehneepoopoo.
So what.
What does competition mean if I learn nothing from it?
Sure I "won" my sister and learnt to ride the bike faster than she did.
BUT
other than learning to ride straight, I suck at making turns!
(ask Jolyn, Sheena and Xinyu)
My sister took a longer time to ride the bike but shes awesome at turns now..
(i think, we havnt really rode bikes together since a long time)(hmms, we really should eh?)(EH WANWAN AND MIMI, WE GO CYCLE LEH!!)
yaaaa, im so naggy. I hope you understand what im saying thou!
YES YOU. MY POSSIBLY-THE-ONLY BLOG READER
Whats the use of competing if you really learn nothing from it?
might as well get the last place but learn a shit load?
I shall learn from my own blogpost!
I shall not compete like a madass from now on!
I shall do my best in everything I do!
I shall try to learn as much as I can from every new thing!
and I shall learn it faster than you!
nehnehneeepoopoooo :p
loves,
marilyn