Mom's the Word

"Taufik, go clean up the bottom side of your bed now!"

My mom couldn't stop nagging me to take care of that germy area, because honestly it looked like a place where only rats and roaches live. It was full with things that i didn't know what, it could be dead bodies inside there. Well, it wasn't that I was lazy, I was just very depressed about my Masters applications, it didn't go anywhere. Even if I wanted to submit the apps packet, I couldn't because I was still waiting for my lecturer's recommendation letter. I had one copy but I lost it. I almost believed that my dream to go abroad crushed like Hulk grasping a thin glass in his bare hand.

Then, spoken the order for second time, "Taufik, what did I say? Go do it now..."

"Hold on, I'll be right on it." After enjoying a blissful delay of several minutes, finally I lifted my butt up and started doing my chores. I folded the clothes, rearranged some stuffs, and swipe the floor. Then, I got to the scary place. The place where curses might be dwelling, and quiet monster might be waiting for the next conjuring up. It's the bottom side of my bed!

No, I exaggerated, it's not as unlivable as above, but the so many stuffs there can cause terrible headache by just being looked at. I started taking out one of them, which was a basket with old books. Then, I pulled an old bag with nothing inside. Then, I took out a plastic bag that hid my sunglass! My sunglass! I was getting excited and more excited. Then, I found a milk bottle that my nephew cried his heart out for losing. Then, suddenly, I was taken aback, that in one corner of the messiness and disorderliness, laid a very important document that I had been looking for... It was my lecturer's recommendation letter!! I was basically screaming and jumping around like I was on springs.

Then, it hit me. Oh my God, let's say I refused to obey my mom. Let's say I decided to extend that so-called wonderful postponement and lying on the bed. Would I ever have ever found the document and submit the apps packet the very same day? Would I ever have cam-whored myself with my rediscovered sunglass? That's why they say, mother's words are full of blessings...

So, friends, listen to your mother. They know best. They might not know many of the things you do, like directing the cursor to a certain button, or replacing the plug of your bike, or searching for TV channels, but they do know what's best for you, more than you do yourself. Believe me, I know...