I got some calls from pinjol yesterday. Like, twice, but it had never happened before so it was something new. Who in my small acquaintance circle could possibly give my number to them? Must have been someone who never tried to call me and never got their call picked up, it seems. That’s, what I thought when I got the first call.
The second time they called, with a different phone number, I was binging lecture videos for my upcoming exam. One thing to know about this lecture, we were never taught any of these in class. It is a sport exam, like, yeah, obviously we would do more physical exercise than theory in class... but we only run and run and run and run until I got scared of coming to the campus because it feels like I am running from some non-existing thing that would eat me up if I even try to stop and it scared me but at the same time I couldn’t care less about dying because that thing is literally unseeable (like disease or grim reaper itself who causes actual death but eeeeeyyy) so I still move forward but sooo slow that probably the thing had catch up with me but no longer excited enough to eat me… AND WE SUDDENLY GET A THEORY EXAM, LIKE????????
I got distracted right there, didn’t I?
What I am trying to say was, I was watching super boring lectures and to stop myself from falling asleep I literally needed to draw an animatic of my OC singing Let It Go and I ended up getting so invested in the animatic that I forgot I was supposed to listen to the lecture. But anyway, that lecture was boring.
And then I got another phone call.
[unknown number]
Daaaanggg they need to stop calling people without an alert. If they want to succeed, they need to know that ain’t no way people picking up a random call these days. Heck, I don’t even pick up a call from someone whose number I saved if they didn’t alert me at least 5 hours beforehand.
However, these pinjols decided to use phone calls.
The ringtone was so loud because I didn't know which of the sound settings was working on my alarm, and it annoyed me so much.
Like, can’t you see that I am trying to study???
But then, an idea popped up in my head. Yooo why not make them join me binging the videos? Some sort of study date BUT WITH PINJOL??? They can ask for my money and that video will be telling them to exercise more! I mean, they would definitely figure out that it’s a video speaking, but why not, riiiighhtttt. I mean, what do you even get from asking people to return back the money they don’t even borrow? If you listen to this lecture, however, you will know how to be healthy! And you would probably get inspired to do more sport! And joined some competition! Won a medal! Got an honor because you won the international olympic??? How fun???
And not only that, I would get a study friend! And probably on national television I will see their speech and they are going to say, “Well, I was a loan shark, but then someone picked up my phone and they started talking about sport… How to keep my body healthy… How much exercise I should do… and they didn't listen to anything I said, but I started to get interested and I started to do sports and here I am now! Stay sporty everyone, you can do it!” how proud I would be to hear that?
Although, I will definitely turn off the phone sound because they would be yelling and distracting my study time, but hey, I made an impact on somebody’s life!!!
It was a fun idea. But they had already stopped the phone call.
Bummer. I failed to do a study date.
I asked several people in my life and they told me that I should just ignore those phones. Forget about the study date.
And, I mean, yeah. I heard phone calls could be used to track my location, so that’s a good suggestion. I don’t know what should I do if they are interested in sports and they decided to meet me and I could only be like,,, “Yeaaahhh actually I only watch it for an exaaaammmm” I think it would be more devastating than knowing that your Tinder date is so different from their profile picture. And I don’t want to break anyone’s heart, right?
But the idea had already got me excited. And like a lovesick girl, I am waiting for another call from them. A call that I would finally pick up. And I would ignore every word they said. Just so that we can have a study date and make studying sports more enjoyable and exciting. Imagine how nice it would be…
Anyway. They never called me again.
Probably they sensed ‘studying’ on the other side of the phone call and decided they were not going to do it. Which is a bummer, because I can’t think of any other time where I would be willingly picking up their phone call. Like, if you want someone to pick up your phone, this is it! Your one and only chance!
But nope. They decided to ditch studying.
I ended up failing to change someone’s life.
I will never hear the speech of how a phone call changed a loan shark’s life.
I have lost a potential study friend, just because they won’t call again.
This country has lost its potential athlete, just because they won’t call again.
This world has lost a potential world breaker, just because they won’t call again.
This is a loss no one in the world can comprehend, just because they won’t call again.
They had let down the entire galaxy, just because they won’t call again.
What a pity…
What a pity!
I dwell in sadness as I realize this. Someone had lost the possibility of changing their life. To make a change in the world. To make their parents proud. To be the golden star of this country. To inspire a billion people.
Heck, they could have stopped the international depression pandemic, but they didn’t. Just because they won’t call again.
Isn’t this a tragedy in and out itself?
They failed… THEY FAILED TO BE A LEGEND. To be in line with Einstein as the most influential figures of all time. To be someone whose name is remembered by everyone. They could have become everything! But they didn’t. They failed to do so. And it’s just because of a mere mistake of deciding to not call me up again when I was studying for a sports exam.
And when they die… when they die the angel in his grave would ask, “Why did you not call her up again, Fulan? If only you know what lies ahead of you… You would not make such a grave mistake…” and then they would need to bear watching the alternate reality where they called me. An alternate reality where everyone chants their name. And even the president would greet him warmly at the National Palace. An alternate reality where someone carved his statue with care, and it stood gallantly for millenia. An alternate reality… he failed to achieve.
How devastating… would it be… to watch all the what-ifs unfold before your eyes… just because they won’t call again?
But it could only be wishful thinking, right? They are now in their grave. Failed to unlock their potential. Failed to be the hero of the story, just because they won’t call again, to the right person, at the right time, and at the right place.
What a great tragedy…
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