Yesterday’s group meet-up at the Tiny Forest can only be described as: HOT. SWEATY. HEROIC.

The weather was absolutely boiling ☀️🔥 — the kind of heat where you start sweating just thinking about moving. But did that stop us? Absolutely not.

Before we even got to the gardening part, Jalal decided the best way to arrive at the gardens was via a full-speed sprint 🏃‍♂️💨 One minute we were casually walking…The next minute we were in an unexpected cardio session. By the time we arrived, everyone was out of breath, slightly confused, but somehow fully ready for battle 😂

We got straight to work tackling the other half of the Tiny Forest, pulling weeds left, right, and centre. It was proper hard work, especially in the heat, but the forest is looking better already 💪🌿 Special shoutout to Chau, who arrived like a gardening professional with her handheld shovel 🔧🌱 That little shovel turned out to be the MVP of the day, helping dig out all the stubborn weeds that refused to leave peacefully.

At one point, Jalal entered into direct combat with a giant weed. It was man versus nature.

There was pulling. There was twisting. There was determination. There may even have been emotional damage.

In the end, Jalal got most of it out after a very intense struggle 🌿🥊 The weed put up a strong fight, but victory was ours.

After finishing up, we ran back to the station at top speed again 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨 And then… HELICOPTERS 🚁🚁🚁 Loads of them in the sky. No idea what was happening — maybe someone was on the run, maybe it was an action movie filming, maybe Jalal’s weed finally called for backup. Whatever it was, we suddenly found ourselves running EVEN FASTER back home 😂

Tiny Forest: 0 Us: 1 🏆