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Over the course of this "blog-dormant" duration, several significant events have happened to me. Events which some has left a deep impact on me while others as a great memory. I shall start with the first one.

On one fine beginning of thursday, 4 of us (Joel Monkey Yat Seng and Moi) were cycling around in the park. The cycling session was a much needed one to clear our heads after struggling through revising for the chemistry test on the day itself. Joel and the great monkey were playing with the BMX bike while yat seng and i were chatting while cycling and enjoying the stunts both of them are pulling off.

The monkey and Joel decided to get a little "speedy", so they decided to cycle downhill at maximum speed, that is without brakes. As they were about to cross a huge bump, i remember vividly that the monkey shouted "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BUUUUUUMP!". The monkey was the driver of the BMX while Joel was the passenger. Right after they crossed the bump, they lost balance and collapsed.

Initially i thought it was nothing serious but Yat Seng and I rushed to help anyway. To my surprise, the monkey was bleeding badly all over especially on his forehead, with his specs damaged as though is was scratched by wolverine. All of the sudden, the active monkey was rendered inactive..??

Anyway, we carried him to the closest student house which is 142, and he washed his wounds. Yat Seng rushed to call Ming Chai from 71 while the others stayed to help cater to the monkey's needs. Initially the monkey was wide awake but in a minute's time he started to feel dizzy and was losing consciousness. Then his eyes started to look around in circles and his mind started to wander aimlessly.

Something urgent needs to be done. And there I was, feeling so helpless, not knowing what to do, only being able to give words of encouragement "sing yong, stay with me, dun fall asleep". It was obvious those words didnt really help. As i held the upper half of his body, he said to me "Gary, i cant see..." I felt even more helpless.

Thankfully, Ming Chai came to the rescue (hes a member of the Red Cresent Society). Immediately, he set the monkey lying down on the floor while lifting his legs, to improve blood circulation to his head. Joel brought his car (thank God he wasnt injured) and we sent the monkey to the hospital.

I remember those days when our school teachers kept on pestering us to join the co-curriculum activities. Yes, i was a member of the Red Cresent Society. But i was inactive. I never attended any of those sessions where they thought us how to CPRs, mend a wound, or what and what not to do while an injured person is on the verge of going into a blackout. These skills, which are so useful at times, which I can learn for free, was never appreciated by me. If only I knew what to do to help the monkey during that time, if only i attended those valuable yet ignored lessons with the PBSM, i wouldnt feel so helpless and guilty at that time. Maybe if i knew you were supposed to let him lie down and i did that immediately, he wouldnt have gone into sub-consciousness for 15 minutes.

That day marked a milestone in my life. From that day on, i realised how important it is to appreciate things aorund me and will try my best not to take things for granted.