10 Things I'll Regret If I'll Die Now

                Two weeks ago, I was bedridden. It’s hard to breathe, it’s hard to move. I was palpitating and shaking. I felt like dying. And it occurred to me, “Damn! I am not yet ready to die!”

I hate waking up every after four hours, but I tried hard not to turn off my alarm clock to nebulise.  The tremor after nebulisation is very traumatic, but I do not want to die (it is because my doctor told me that I need to accept the fact that nebuliser was my life at that time). I hate taking antibiotics (like four types of colourful antibiotics) every after meal, but I do not have a choice. Only those antibiotics calm my system and enable me to feel a little better. For the first time in my life, I became very diligent with my medications. I really thought I am prepared to pass away anytime soon, but during those times, I was truly scared. Why? Because I want to live. I cannot die without doing and trying some things everyone ought to experience in their lifetime.

Last week, we had a 5-minute quiz in our Legal Ethics class –for our first meeting with the teacher, and first quiz for the second semester. The question is, “what are the 10 things you will regret not doing if you will die now?” This question reminded me of the things I mentally listed when I was ill, petty things which motivate me to recover the soonest.

For five minutes, here are the 10 Things I Will Regret If I’ll Die Now:
1.       Never tried sex (this is the first thing which popped out in my head)
2.       Never travelled abroad, especially to Austria and France
3.       Never been to Mindanao
4.       Not trying bungee jumping, car racing and/or fire dancing
5.       Never been in a serious, long-term, real-type of relationship
6.       Not swallowing my pride
7.       Not drinking milk 
8.       Not saving enough money
9.       Never been careful with my health
10.   Never been a lawyer

I wonder what grade I will get out of this silly list. But I am serious in this. 

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