Sunday, June 05, 2005
coincidences
Have your ever met with the wierdest conincidence? I had, or in fact, is having now.
Apparently, my mum always call home when i'm in the worst possible scenario to take the call. it also happens to be when i'm alone at home, so there's no 'other person' to help pick the call instead.
Like when i'm in the middle of watching an important component of an anime(which, if i miss, will render me incapable of continuing the story meaningfully), or when i had just dozed off to nurse my headache, or just as i was rushing out of the house becouse i'm running late, or like just now, when i was all ready to bathe when the telephone rang.
Now, i understand that if i can't take the call, i CAN don't. But that would mean that the phine will keep ringing. I personally dislike the shrill sound of phone ringing. it 's like it's screaming: Pick me up you idiot! Also, i tend to think that by not picking up a call, it will usually cause unnecessarily anxiety in the caller, like 'where the hell is dor?' So in most cases, i'll just go and take the damn call, inconveniencing myself and hence making me frustrated. and guess wat? being immature and all, i usually will vent it out on whoever tt's calling in, who unfotunately, is almost always my mum.
i regretted it almost immediately. How would she know that i'm bathing? 所谓“祸从口出”一定就是指这个了, coz once she's back, she started yelling at me for that impolite (or rather more accurately, hostile) manner. I explained that i know that i'm wrong, but you juz always catch me at THAT time! and she said wat i knew: Don't pick up the call if you're not willing to! Don't spoil my day!
Haiz i know i know... but that shrill ringing!!! ARGH! can take neither picking nor ignoring the call!!
So now, as i am writing all these down to sort out my thoughts, i came up with 3 solutions:
1.Hang up the phone when i feel i will be inconvenienced.
-- but that will also block all important calls from coming in!
2.Transfer the house line to my hp, so that it's with me all the time and not cause too much inconveniece like today.
-- but the ringing will still disturb me... hrm.
3.Apply for voicemail, so that when i hang up the phone, any urgent msg can be recorded down.
-- but $$$...
mmm.. maybe i should just transfer the hse line to my hp, but put my hp on silent vibration mode, so that i'll know phonecalls coming in, but i can also choose to ignore it by covering it with a pillow. hrm. sounds good.
But frankly speaking, i know these are all only short term solutions, becoz i know one day, the line 'Why didn't you pick up the call when you can? Do you know how worried i was, not knowing what's happened to you?' will come one day. and no matter how i explain my situation, or remind them that 'it's you who said i can don't pick up the call if i don't feel like it', it will be futile. Talk about contradictions. Ha! at least i won't be at home most of the time from tml onwards~ *yeah!*
Speaking of phonecalls, i got reminded about the incident when i was reaching home after the ECPark gathering. it was already 12am+ when i was on the bus home from Woodlands MRT. I called my dad to 报平安, and to say i'll be reaching home shortly. He said he'll meet me downstairs at the lift lobby. OK! so as i walk along the main road to the lift landing, i was like super alert, checking who's walking behind me, keys between my fingers so as to deliver a hard and DEADLY punch if i ever need to wield it. Finally, i was safe at the lift landing, but eh? dad's nowhere in sight. Mmm~ i looked around, but still no traces of him. Maybe he's still not down yet. So i went up in the lift. Just as i was opening the front gate, my dad called me and said he's waiting at the bus stop. i was like, er, i'm home already actually. i'm openi... "WHAT?!?" he roared, made an irritated grunt and cut off the line. I stared at the hp, shrugged my shoulders and went into the house.
The first thing he said to me when he came home was 'your EQ is really low'. i was like huh?? He said, "You should have called me when you don;t see me downstairs! you culd have guessed that we had just missed each other!" i was like "How would i know? i thought that maybe you haven't stepped out of the house yet?" In my heart i was thinking, wat's with wating a few seconds more? i would have called you immediately if i discover you aren't at home after all. Anyway, i'm pretty mad at him making such accusations, so basically we haven;t exchanged a word since then. I know he's wating for me to apologise, but why should i? I seriously don;t deserve that remark! He shuold be the one apologising. So what if he's my dad? a mistake is a mistake.
Anyway, i now suddenly realised that in my current situation, i resembled dad while mum resembled me. I'm angry that i got into unwanted situations becoz of her phonecalls, and she's angry becoz i got angry. Juz like dad, who got angry most prob becoz he walked unecessary distances, while i got angry becoz he's angry. What's interesting though, is that after the incident bet my dad and i, my mum keep wanting me to apologise to dad. 'Think of the concern behind his actions' she said. Now, if whe were to realise that i rushed all the way out to pick that call becoz i'm worried that she will get worried if i don;t pick up the hse phone AND the hp, will she apologise to me?
I don;t think so.
è¯å yawned @ 10:34 PM
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