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One of my modules in school is for teaching fitness and sports to preschool kids. On one hand, I wonder if dis is necessary becos I never did any sports as part of my kindergarten curriculum. Then I rmb dat I was quite the chubby kid back in the day, so yea it’s probably impt.

And I’mma be real, dis module has been quite enjoyable so far. Technically it started last semester, but now it’s part 2. More in-depth stuff, wif role-playing, creating games, and all dat gd shit.

I feel like my liking for it has got to do wif my man-child tendencies. Not the immature kind, more of the itchy hands and asking too many questions sorta way.

On the flip side, my dude friends absolutely loathe dis module. Dats understandable. Considering dis is sort of a new program, I dun think they pictured teaching kindergarten kids as a core module when they signed up for dis manly, high testosterone, sports course.

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Ofc, dis means I can’t show dat I’m having too much fun during classes. Can’t be caught lacking, u noe? Gotta uphold dat 2cool4school persona, to blend in wif my male classmates:

As a 23 year old, I feel like I’ve been doing a good job so far at pretending to be an adult. I feel I have embarked on enough quests (and side-quests) for ppl to see me and think “Hmmm, yea…ok. This guy is doing something with his life 👍”

But recently, particularly dis year, I feel the cracks in my facade starting to appear. Ofc, dis module plays a significant role in causing so. But I feel there are other factors which has been provoking my inner-child to come out.

It started a few months ago, around the middle of the year. I was on a plane, browsing thru the in-flight entertainment. I couldn’t find anything appealing to watch or listen to. But the screen of the person in front of me had something dat caught my eye 👀

It was a movie dat I thought looked fun. It had bright colours and a fun-looking cast of characters. So I was tryna figure out wat movie dat was.

Then Jack Black appeared, wearing a green-ish t-shirt. And I’m like, holy shit dats the Minecraft Movie.

Hmmmm, dats a kids movie, isn’t it? A lil too old for dat now, ain’t I?

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…ahh who cares? I’mma watch some Minecraft! Coming in hot!

I tot the movie was dumb and silly. But it’s the endearing kind of silly dat makes u smile and chuckle a lil bit here and there. I’m sure kids would’ve found it to be pretty enjoyable.

I oso tot I’d forget abt it once I’m off the plane.

But until today, I’m still saying “AIGHHHH….. am Steve”, “flint and steel”, “chicken jockey”, “l-l-l-lava, ch-ch-ch-chicken” every now and then. Ofc, the only ones who get those references r my young cousin, and my friends who only say dat ironically, after getting sick of seeing those memes on TikTok.

Ok, but dats manageable. After all, there isn’t much context to be saying those things out of the blue. Nothing to trigger my brain to start wandering into Minecraft Movie territory, u noe?

But then, like a month later, a new meme started trending:

Oooh, dis one. Dis one’s a lot more functional. There r many occasions in every day conversations where the numbers “6” and “7” wld be brought up.

And when those numbers come up (in sequential order), my mind immediately goes to brain rot territory, and I’m like:

It’s kinda hard to not think abt it, especially when ur lecturer says something like “a person your age should probably be getting around 6 to 7 hours of sleep”, and ur classmates start looking at each other like:

Not just my classmates btw. Grown-ass adults slightly older than me too…. ok, to be fair, I’m the one dat sorta gets tickled when I hear it, and it sorta contagiously spreads to them…

I foresee dis stupid joke lasting slightly longer than ur average meme of recent times. I feel its practicality and simplicity of execution plays a vital role in such.

Or it might just die out tmr, lol. Who knows…

Anyways, 2025 is ending and I feel I have regressed as a performative adult since the start of it. But it’s ok. I promise I’ll do better next year…maybe. Can’t foresee wat movies or memes I might fall victim to next year, can I 😐

27.11.2025