Bench Lifting Saga || What I Actually Faced Today

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Hello hive learners, I have something interesting to talk about today. Happy reading 😀.

Today, there was something funny that happened and I wanted to share it before the day runs out. I went to my friend's place today. His name is Olaniyi. I went to his place to do some programming. So, I was actually busy coding since afternoon, by around 7 this night, I wanted to round up what I was doing fixing bugs and problems facing my code. As soon as I finished it, I went outside to relax, so my friend's neighbor came to greet us. He came up with an idea. He said that we should do some weight lifting.

Despite not eaten since morning and my body was kind of weak, my ego was saying that we should do it. So I told the guy that we should do it.

They have weight in their backyard, so we went to their backyard to do some weight lifting. My friend's neighbor has already hyped me that I have a strong body and that I can carry anything. So I was so hyped that it went to my head. As soon as I started to carry it, it felt as if the energy of my whole body was drained instantly. That meant that I couldn't carry anything.

The whole situation took a downturn immediately, from hyping to banter that I couldn't carry even 1 lift. Before the time, I was calling my friend a weak person, but actually he was able to carry 4. So the whole situation turned for the worse. All I could do was to step away from the scene and back to my computer to continue my coding.

As I entered the room, I took a sachet of water for me to regain a little of the lost energy. Surprisingly, after taking it, I was actually energized, but I continued to debug and understand my code. Meanwhile, my friend was just teasing me that he thought he was the one weak, but I was actually the weak one. He talked and bantered me for like 10 minutes. I couldn't say anything (Poor me), I couldn't even say anything.

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You know, "The problem that was originally caused by someone cannot be averted, it has to be solved or stopped anyhow"

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That was the thought going through my mind during the whole time when I was being bantered. Once again, my ego just rose again. Perhaps because I didn't want to admit defeat, or something else. But my energy surged again, and I told myself that I'll carry this thing. So I told my friend, "I'm going to surprise you" and I headed back to the place.

At that moment, I knew that it was all or nothing. So I started carrying it. I mustered my strength, both physically and mentally, and began lifting. I used my body and my soul to carry it. Fortunately for me, I was able to carry 5 (FIVE), I was so happy that I ran back at them that I was able to carry it.

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I was so happy

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They couldn't say anything. That was how I was able to escape an all round banter. I was so happy 😅 I actually won this night at last.

And that comes to the end of my post, I hope you enjoyed it. See you next time and have a nice day.

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