"can take picture some more!"

this isn't happening. it only happens to my older relatives, neighbours or friend's mum. how many times have i heard that "aiyah! so suay, how can i not buy? must be my luck, better go temple to pray tomorrow." yes, it happens, but definitely not to me.

and now that it has, my life has taken a desvestating turn. i have learnt a valuable lesson, that no one is spared from the evil clutches of 4D. i buy occasionally but have yet to even come close to a whiff of winning. so i sort of stopped buying for the past few weeks. and as fate will have it, my aunt, a religious 4D buyer asked me to turn on the wednesday results on teletext.

i regretted it immediately. my eyes did an auto zoom to the third prize and i couldn't freaking believe what i saw. 3300 [my marathon tag number]. yup, an impossible number, but yet.. sigh. thinking about it just brings tears to my eyes. and already sad, i was unprepared for the next attack to come my way - the rage of my aunt! "wah lau, never kai siao, if not i saw buy one!" she said heatedly. "you know how much you can win if you buy 5big 5small?" she carried on, energy flowing into her words. "i don't wanna know," i said depressed. and pretending she didn't hear that, "more than $7000!" she almost shouted into the quiet night. Crushed i was, i tell you.

till today, i am reminded of this everywhere i look. my blog, when i buy the "xiao lao ban" seaweed ($3.30), my marathon t-shirt. sigh, nowadays life's just an endless 3300s. now i know better than to take chances. i picked a coin yesterday and today, i'm gonna buy the year at the back of the coin.

take a chance? bah! not me.