Darah Manis

earlier last month i had an unbroken one week streak of near-accident occurrences. i almost fell from a staircase, i nearly spilled a canister of hot cooking oil all over my feet, i was so close to sticking a fork right onto my right eye. i crap you not, it just got worst.

mom said my hand would destroy anything that's on its reach. it doesnt stop there. you see, you might label me as being superstitious, i thought i was a jinx. i am highly accident-prone. i have undergone thousands of near-accident experiences that i've lost count. when i was much much younger mom used to be so frustrated about it. dad said according to an old javanese beliefs, i have something called darah manis. something correlated to the tendency of having bad luck, but not exactly. when i asked "what's the not exactly part" no one was able to elaborate appropriately.

when i was on the 10th grade, a teacher read my palm (cross another line, she's definitely superstitious) and said something that leads me to a very perplexing contemplation.

"thepet kamu ini rejekinya banyak, insyaAllah"

no. how in the. wait. what?

all you need to do is tilt the angle a little bit. dare i say, these occurrences are only 'near-accident' or 'near-death' experiences. i never really got hit by a car, i never did lost a phone due to regrettable reasons, i never did experienced an irrational and unreasonable accident. so to me, i am one lucky girl. i was lucky enough to have never experience such misfortune.

i've unraveled a tiny side of myself. it took me at least 10 years. try it yourself, and make peace within. princess aurora did touch the needle right? what happened afterwards? amin