Old habits die hard!!

I’m currently reading a book on developing your personal core values. I’ve never given it a serious thought, except that I knew that if I were to have one, it would be to Create. According to the book, living your core values would make you truly happy and excited about life and being able to radiate enthusiasm and zest for it.

Why Create? Because back in my school/university days, I loved writing. I was looking back at my old blog, and recalled writing lots of comedic pieces, and I wrote a comedic piece on Star Trek enterprise (yes, a big geek and Mr. Spock fan) with a twist.. my classmates were the main actors in this short novel of mine.. the book got confiscated of course as my classmates were sneaking to read it during teaching sessions and were bursting out laughing at critical yet inappropriate moments.

After the book was confiscated, I switched to another “business model” where I would write a short comedic piece on an “on-demand” basis (mcm Astro la), where my friends would tell me what they wanted me to write on, or share their imagination with me and I’d translate it into a comedic story for entertainment reading.

That didn’t last long as I found it hard to “elaborate/improvise” on the joke further as the plot kept on changing. So I stopped the satirical writing and focused on UPSR instead.. I think all my UPSR and PMR essays had comedic elements.. hehe… SPM jgn cakap la, masa tu fokus nak pass Fizik dgn Add Maths je la…

Ada jugak la classmates yg kaki tak suka bawak buku pegi skolah tu.. (tulis BM plak sbb mode lepas geram) that one mmg akan siap kena penangan aku… just nice jer cikgu suruh diaorg berdiri kat depan baca karangan, aku dah tukar siap2 ayat2 dlm teks book tu (aku conteng tukar subjek dan predikat dgn pensel), mula2 tu diaorg kontrol macho la konon2nya bole tahan gelak lagi, lepas tu air mata pun dah start keluar, muka dah tersengih2 sepoi bahasa, pastu terus nangis depan kelas sbb tak tahan nak gelak.. since that day takde dah org nak pinjam aku punya text book (kecuali masa relief period and boring2 nak buang masa).. hehe

Mujur for Blogspot, I had a platform to write (you can read my old blog listed on my Blogroll on the right hand panel of this blog) and entertain specific requests from my friends on things they want to read/advice/tips.

I guess growing up was tough and so the comedic sense grew older as well. Nonetheless, my hands are itching and hopefully I’d be able to write my usual satirical stuff (only on part-time basis as I intend to do substantive writing in my “offline” life).

That’s is my first core value. I’ll take my time to discover my second and third core value. Judging by the dog lifestyle (years?) that I’m living, finding that out won’t take long.

R

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