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Anything For You

What would you choose between these two options, if you have to choose ONE out of two? Job vs Passion? Money vs Experience? Your own benefit or Your loved ones' benefit? The scary part is not that you live your life by yourself. What's scary is that you cannot choose your life! Today evening, I was having a conversation with my friend and it ended up not so well - at least that's what I felt, because basically we never ended a call with her saying "I don't have energy to talk with you.". She is the only friend whom I can talk to for hours and basically every time is her calling me, because she has an unlimited call plan. You know, how the economy goes nowadays and people, like me basically whats-app all the time only. Okay, back to the conversation we had. The reason she said with that soulless tone was because we had a little bit of 'argument' - I would refer it as a 'discussion' though, since there's no voice raised up or ...

My Funeral

This evening, I was reading If I Stay by Gayle Forman. I came to one chapter where Mia, the female protagonist found out that her little brother died later, following their parents' path. Mia wanted to go with her family so that no one left behind. "What would you do if you had to choose?" The chapter continued where this incident made Mia think all the good old family memories. She re-winded a past story that her parents talked about having their own fantasy funeral whereas Mia has to play in their funeral instead of the songs where they played on CD player for ALL funerals. If someone who died like reggae songs, the funeral should play some  Bob Marley's songs. If someone who died love pop songs like me, no doubt the Top 10 Billboard songs should be on the funeral. If someone who died cannot at least got their own wished funeral that represented their life, it's like killing that person all over again with all those insincere eulogies or generic c...