Back in Secondary 1, I took part in an inter-class high jump competition. I rmb being forced there becos every class had to send in a representative for each event, and nobody rlly wanted to do high jump.
So I was there, against my will, up against some actual good jumpers, while I didn’t even noe how to jump over the bar. There were 6 other dudes there, so it seemed like a long session was awaiting…
Thankfully I wasn’t the only noob. There was another dude put there against his will. I cld sense his lack of willingness from a mile away, and we managed to click sorta instantly.
During our turns, we both improvised our own jumping technique to clear the bar. I did a weird hybrid front/back flip, while he just sorta lunged rlly high.
Somehow it worked. It worked rlly good in fact. Wif our nonsense jumping styles, we won both 2nd and 3rd place each (though we did get absolutely mogged by the guy who won 1st). Our unorthodox techniques oso got us nicknamed “power guy” and “backflip guy” respectively.
Anyway, we both ended up joining track and field (not doing jumps though, lol), and our friendship sorta took off from there. Fond memories of training together, going home together, and chillin abt during and after school, wif the rest of the team.
We both oso underperformed during our time in the sport, despite being somewat gifted…. but I choose to focus on the happy memories…
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Many years later (like yesterday, lol), I met up wif Power guy again. We sorta have a tradition, where we’d have to meet up wif each other at least once a year. As 2025 is ending, dis was kind of a “buzzer beater” meet up, having failed to do so earlier. But it was nice cos it meant we got to spend Christmas / New Year together.
Due to the festive-themed meet up, he got me a gift. Unfortunately, I wasn’t prepared wif one, and cldn’t reciprocate. As such, I wanted to buy him something from Plaza sing.
For him, he only rlly cared for either cigarettes, or big-titty anime figurines.
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Only becos I didn’t wanna encourage him to smoke, we started searching for the big-titty anime figurine.
Several otaku and anime shops later, we came out empty handed. The prices were absolutely not worth it at all lol. He was oso oddly particular, and thus not very fond of the characters dat were available… 😑
Afterwards, we decided to go to Don Don Donki. I already bought him something else at dis point, so the interest for the figurine had died out. But we still wanted to see wat they had in dat particular store.
But while I was thinking more about things like snacks, he was thinking more about the likes of the 18+ sex toys section. The conversation then went towards the bigger variety of explicit materials they had in Japan’s Don Don Donki.
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Tbf, we (mostly me, lol) had some pretty raging hormones back in secondary school. So we did occasionally discuss abt dat stuff (mostly JAV for some reason), as horny 13/14 year olds. And so, most of those things we said were jokes, and sorta like some weird-ass nostalgic throwbacks. In fact, Power guy here rlly remembers a lot of things abt me, and others in general. Which is my favourite trait of his ☺️…
… though it’d be nice if it wasn’t abt my previous JAV fixation 🫣…
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At the same time, dat low-key made me wonder wat interests the 2 of have in common, especially now…. which isn’t actly a whole lot…
Which was a bit surprising, becos we’ve always been pretty close, and usually talk alot when we’re together. There were days we’d deliberately skip a few trains while waiting at the MRT station so we cld chat longer b4 going home. How cld we have done dis for 10 years w/o liking much of the same things?
Dat sorta made me realise dat some ppl just absolutely nail the vibe check, u noe? Their interpersonal compatibility with you is just naturally high. Even without sharing much interest, u just noe dat y’all r on the same wavelength. So u can essentially just talk abt anything dat pops up to ur minds, and y’all gonna probably end up having similar thoughts worth discussing abt.
I think dats absolutely great. It’s like, the lowest of low maintenance. U dun have to perform or act like u noe much abt specific things. U can instead just ramble to them abt whatever, just as long as u listen to them too.
Dats nice, and I’m glad to have friends like Power guy as like a ‘vibes dude’ in my life. Authentic connection is the best kind…
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Oso, he sent me dis:
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Low-key think he mite be closeted, but I just can’t prove it yet 🤔…
31.12.2025
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