Wannabes

Over the past few days, we three stooges teased a schoolmate about his relationship with one of the new girls in school. Recently, they became an item. In our MSN Conversations, we gossiped and laughed at all the antics of that boy, since we come from a school that was, two months ago, and all-boys school. We laughed at how he used SMS to proclaim his attraction (I'm trying to be careful with using the word "love") and how we thought it was insincere. And I was made aware of an incident in which Icyfate and his friends were watching this boy talking to his soon-to-be girlfriend. After 15 minutes of conversation and the girls went away, the boy went over to Icyfate's table to talk. All of a sudden, people came from North, South, East and West. Soon, a standing ovation followed.

All this makes me wonder about wannabes. There will always be people who are out there making all the moves. At the same time, there will always be people who do the clapping but don't take action. Now, I have no doubt that the ACS boys above who gave a standing ovation are people of action. What I doubt actually is myself. This reminds me of a scene in Serendipity, where John Cusack, the hero of the story, was talking to his best friend. His best friend, let's call him, Tom, told him that he admired John simply because he was a jackass. Tom had recently broken up with his girlfriend and was afraid of being rejected again. On the other hand, John was about to get married, but secretly yearned for a girl whom he met years ago but did not know much about. In the end, John went around the whole of London looking for her. He did not sit on his sofa and mourn his situation. He went out. He did something. He was out there being the jackass. And even if he failed, he can carry on his life with his head held high, knowing that he had done all he could to change his destiny. Of course, the movie had a happy ending and John found his soulmate who was the girl he met years ago.

It seems to me that many times, I'm too afraid to actually do anything. Every time I'm given an opportunity to shine, I reject it. I'm often afraid of failure and end up standing still because of that. On the other hand, there are people out there being the jackasses and getting things done. Now, I'm not talking about finding a girlfriend, since I'm a self-proclaimed bachelor for life. Rather, I'm talking about life in general. We should take advantage of opportunities as they come, since time and tide wait for no man. We don't know what else will come our way, so do all you can to change your life.

In my Friendster account, I described myself as a multi-millionaire wannabe. When will the word Wannabe be removed? When will it become multi-millionaire? I am here complaining about people being multi-millionaires while I am not one, but can I blame anyone else for my situation? It's not that I'm unlucky or anything. It's just that I don't take my chances. Others do. So my fellow bloggers, what are you? Are you out there doing things? Or are you mulling about your lousy situations?

I guess there is only one best way to do things. Once again, I'll paraphrase from Serendipity.

In this scene, John's best friend is carrying flowers and is about to visit his girlfriend, whom he had broken up with not too long ago.

John's best friend: How do I look?
John: Like a jackass!

And that is how we should live life. LIKE A JACKASS!!