The Fallen are the Virtuous Among Us

It's not trivial, or maybe a wee bit but that's besides the point.

Collapse (Post-Amerika) - Rise Against

So as you can see, I've got a new watch. Now I haven't owned a watch since I was ten or twelve, so yeah this is kind of a big deal. I remember losing my Casio G-Shock watch at Kuala Kubu Bahru at a waterfall after taking it off to go swimming. Not very bright yeah, but I remember it being my dad's idea. The fact that it was a Casio indicates just how long ago it was; those watches were all the rage back then.

Anyways, this new watch that I've been blessed with fell into my lap after playing a small acoustic show with the band at the Malaysia Something Online Entrepreneur Something Something at Mid Valley this afternoon as part of a goodie bag courtesy of Philip Tay's incredibly cute sister of an organiser. Philip you jackass.

Along with a shirt and some outdated X-Men Origins stuff, this watch was easily the coolest thing in the bag. Why? Because it's green, yellow, from KFC and has Zinger Time written on one side. The only watch that could be cooler is this:

One that I will own one day.

So there I was with a cool new watch, a simple little device which has eluded my ownership for years and then a funny question strikes me whilst having an awesome post-buka dinner at home.

"Hey everyone, what wrist do you wear your watches on?"

Here I should probably mention that I'm left-handed; nature or nurture either way it's my parents fault. It's a curse and a great pick up line all rolled in to one.

At the table the only two left-handers are my dad and I, and everyone replied that they wear their watches on their left wrist. This got me thinking a tad bit, as I remember wearing my watch of my left wrist as well simply because all the right-handers were doing it. Although it did make for uncomfortable writing at times it seemed like proper watch etiquette, if such a thing were to exist. This was until my dad brought back the most common fault underpinning society and progress:

"You wear the watch on your left hand because the dial thing is on the right of the watch."

That's right. The right-handed world serves another forehand right into the face of everyone who is predominantly of the left (heh), forcing us to conform and remain obsequious to the will of the universe. First scissors, then rulers, cheese graters, guitars and now watches. Now I've got no choice but to wear the watch on my left wrist as the right handed world does or suffer to live in a world where time does not exist. To try and wear it on my right wrist would most certainly make the angle for adjusting time most difficult thus inducing carpal tunnel syndrome or AIDS. What kinda jingoistic choice is that? Do left handed watches even exist? WHY MUST WE CONTINUE TO SUFFER?!

I'll probably end up wearing the watch anyways. Peace.