exaggeration and tall tales galore

Sunday, March 30, 2008

12:01

14 minutes until midnight. ready?

go.

13 minutes. but i don't know where to start.

You know how if you watch a movie or read a story and you come to the part where the main character asks the supporting character if she/he had the chance to live life all over again, would they change anything? and the supporting character will, without doubt, say something along the lines of

"no, i wouldn't change a thing. because then i wouldn't have learnt from my mistakes" and bla bla bla, something of that sort.

i don't get it. if i had a chance to live life all over again, would i change anything? YES! a big fat YES!

i'd change that time i won the story-telling competition and told the reporter that that the parent that helped me prepare for it was dad. dad did help. but mom deserved the credit. i should have said it was mom.

i would change that time i read kakak's diary(yes, i was the monster little sister from hell) back when i was 9 or something. i shouldn't have read it. i should have just put it back.

i would have changed that time when i was 17 and overheard dad discussing his expectations for my spm results with kakak. i shouldn't have eavesdropped. i should have turned up the volume of the tv.

i'd change the time i snapped at Amira back in form 1 when she asked me a question. that was so bloody mean of me. i'd change that. i'd answer nicely this time around.

i would change the time i lied to my parents about my results when i was 13. i was so scared, i knew they would freak when they saw how badly i did. and they found out anyway and i got into hot water for that. if i could do it over, i would tell them the truth from the start.

2 minutes.

sometimes, i honestly believe i'm too messed up to be able to set things right.

oh, sometimes it seems this will be as good as it gets.

midnight.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

itu sume tipu. i would change everything in my favour. hahaha.

i am quite intrigued what inspires you this post, i envy you, you get inspired easily. i on the other hand need cattle prodding to write.

Anonymous said...

interesting post.

but d title? amatlah same dgn ghost story di indon. haha.

-juwa-

Chinny said...

9.10pm, 9.11pm, 9.12pm, 9.13pm. 9.14pm, 9.15pm *post comment* !!!! i don't know what to change if i get a rewind o_o okay, maybe not being a hardcore gamer =x cost my eyesight T__T

aman23 said...

there's an Iron Maiden song titled two minutes to midnight. try listen ;p

heh and I don't think I wanna live life all over again. too much hassle ;p

live and let die, I say.

A said...

nani:haha, i would too. and no, this is not inspired writing. this is rambling nonsense. you don't need cattle prodding! not literally, that is,haha.

juwa:hahahahaha, ye ke?? ok, maybe aku patut tukar the title.

chinny:haha,5 minutes flat, damn terrer ;P aiyo, better change your wish la. if you get a rewind, you can still be a hardcore gamer. just eat more carrots or something :D

aman:oooh, i've actually never ever listened to an Iron Maiden song before. but i have listened to a song that mentioned Iron Maiden :p

well, either way, we can't live our lives over pon. so technically, i wasted 15 minutes talking about the thingsi would change.

live and let die. betul,betul.

mostlyepiphanies said...

I honestly don't know If i'd want to go back and do things differently.

Changing things in my favor would be awesome, but then the thought of having to go through every single detail is kind of a turn on. Like an edited version of a deja vu.Hehe.

But still, I wish I didn't sit so close to the telly back when I watched Chinese flicks petang2 in sekolah rendah. I wouldn't have got so rabun! But that's that.

mostlyepiphanies said...

silap! I meant so say turn off. Hehe.

A said...

AHAHAHAHA, i spent a few seconds before reading your second comment thinking "turn on?ah?"

you're right, it WOULD be like some sort of massive, never-ending deja vu. not so much fun,heh.

chinese flicks ptg2 were the cause of your rabun-ness??haha, i'd never have guessed.