Desires

I was reading a book entitled 'Mister Pip' on the couch while the telly was on. I read for awhile, loosing myself in deep imagination, then was distracted by the news: a Chinese teenager sold his kidney for an iPad. His desire of wanting to own one of Apple's epicurean products was so, let's say overwhelming, that he was willing to sell his kidney at the price of  £2,077. (Times that by 5 then you will get the price in Ringgit Malaysia.) Well he didn't decide for the price, just agreed to it instead.

After hearing the news, my thought about it was: crazy people these days. I would have said or thought of something else, something vulgar, but decided not to. Even though this might not have been the craziest thing that a human being has done, it was somewhere around that junction of going to be.

Sure, the idea of having the latest "cool" gadgets was tempting, in the least, but I don't think selling the organs of yours was a good idea, at all. Alas, I don't have any suggestions, for I never had a feeling towards gadgets. However, if I did but couldn't afford to buy, I would sit down, think really deep, perhaps squeeze my brain if necessary, and figure out a better solution than taking out my kidney.

Nevertheless, I am still glad that he didn't sell both of his kidney for he will no longer live, and that would be a waste and a regretful decision. But then again, he will not regret for doing so because he can't. He's....not alive any longer.

Oh well....