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The Good And Bad List Gone Awry

To me, it's very simple. Everyone's born with some kind of skill or talent. No one is born without one, not even when this person is a down syndrome child. But this means that everyone's got faults too.

So, on this Sunday whereby I am sitting here, trying to will Monday away and pulling out the batteries out of my clock so that Sunday won't end, I would like to just name the things that I am good at and then the things I suck at.

  1. I am so good at bullshitting and talking my way through shit situations that I earned a law degree completely because of this talent. Seriously. Not kidding. I think the lecturers who marked my papers were sorta clapping and woot-ing because I managed to make SOME sense out of all those laws even though it is not even remotely relevant. And they let me pass because I had to the cheek to write it all down.
  2. I am good at daydreaming.
  3. I am good at singing
  4. I am good at dancing (this talent deteriorated with age, unfortunately, due to knee-creaking disorder)
  5. I am good at writing (which is something like No.1 up there but this is filled with even MORE bullshit)
  6. I am good at learning new things (that makes money. Otherwise...er....)
  7. I am good at compiling rubbish simply because I have an amazing ability to pretend that they don't exist
  8. I am good at pretending that the laundry will clear itself.
  9. I am good at not mopping and vacuuming the floor until I see hairballs everywhere
  10. I am good at reading till 3 in the morning and then waking up late the next day
Hey, I don't need a 'I am bad at' list already! 

I am good at missing the whole point when writing a blog too. Hah! Beat THAT. 
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shanaz@RS said…
Hahaha, I see how your good list turned bad-ass, here. Hehe. Nonetheless, I still find it amusing, and I'm thinking of doing one up on my blog too. Hee
February 8, 2010 at 1:17 AM
Anonymous said…
hahaha... i like this. so many positive affirmations here. i have that last talent too. aimless babbling that winds up going nowhere!! :-)
February 9, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Marsha Maung said…
shanaz, i was looking for it in your blog. hahaha...

winnie, the babbling....sigh...is there medication out there for this? hahaha
February 10, 2010 at 8:27 AM
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