Tell me about it.
Today’s guild war (in Ragnarok Online) would be one of the more interesting war I would have ever participated in - if only I did. My school mates from another class of the same course were going to join my guild as an ally guild to experience war in the game, as suggested. And you could only know how exciting it was to me if you were me.
But no, I skipped the war. For a good cause. Well I won’t say it is a good cause, but it is definitely more important than guild wars and in fact, almost more important than anything else that I even care - I made a trip to the hospital with my Mom, and 2 sisters and their boyfriends. Right, you should have probably figured out that Dad wasn’t in the list, and this is only because he was the one we were visiting.
He suffered a (very) deep cut after a glass tank fell from his hand and pierced his palm. Bled so much he rushed to the hospital to see what the doctor could do to help him. Well, sounded nothing that serious isn’t it? That was what I thought too, even after I reached the hospital and saw his bandaged wound. But what I missed during the period when I went to buy drinks was that my Dad requires an seemingly major operation to remove glass splinters that are still inside the palm and the operation has a slight chances of disturbing the nerves resulting in consequences I wasn’t let known. Guess it could be bad, man, I’m not shitting you, but hope everything will be fine.
Well, at that moment I thought of why my friend was worried when his girlfriend was suspected of having dengue fever and I asked him not to worry, and tried to be philosophical by telling him “Worrying is like sitting on a rocking chair, it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere!“. I mean, how in the name of anything can one don’t worry, even if it can’t do any good to the situation? You just can’t. You have to be in this kind of situations for you to understand. And I’m going to ask his girlfriend how she is right away. Genuine concerns go a long way.
But halt, don’t come and console me, saying things like “Everything’s gonna be fine”, “Don’t worry”, “Take care” in such sympathetic tones as though something bad is gonna happen. While I appreciate your efforts, but please save it, thanks. I’m not posting this to ask for consolations, only doing so ’cause I want to and I thought you might want to know (hey, what else are you coming to my blog for?). If I had wanted sympathy or consolations I would have asked for donations.
And while my Dad had an accident, Yours Truly had one too. I fell down on the slope in school after skidding over some oily substances on the road and injured my knee caps, with tons of blood. Blame it on me being childish as I was playing with my friends, but it is nothing compared to what my Dad had on his palm. No way.
Besides, after I was home I received news that some of my school mates, the same school mates that played war with my guild in Ragnarok Online were going to quit the game over some issues that I wasn’t let into knowing, at least not until my friend confirmed what exactly happened. It would be a waste of 2 months’ efforts if they are really going to quit so I hope not. And I’ll be having less gaming friends if they do, ah, what a loss. Well I could definitely do with more online gaming buddies.
At any rate, everything else is going on fine if you’re asking. Just the more important incidents (to me) are mentioned.