Commercial.

I was watching Avatar on Channel 5 and during commercial, there was this advertisement on asking people to stay away from Ah Longs (i.e. loansharks, the advertisement used Ah Longs). The advertisement commenced with a man, handcuffed, standing face-to-face with his crying wife who is heartbroken upon his apprehension. Then the scene started to rewind, showing how the man resorted to illegal acts for his payback after borrowing from the loansharks. The scene ended with the man in deliberation before decling the loanshark's offer to lend him money. Everything was arranged in a backward list instead of a chronological one. And it's precisely that, that I quite like this advertisement. I thought the idea of rewind really draws me.

Many a time, we regret certain things we have done and much as some people would say, you regret more for the things you never did than those you did, it does not just eradicate any tinge of regret you have. I mean, being optimistic and being realistic are sometimes still two different issues. We have feelings and I think it is alright to regret things. I am sure, too, that if given a chance, we would always like to return to the starting point and remake decisions. Of course, time travel is impossible in this context. But I believe it will be interesting to think about how we would make a decision all over again. At least I have always thought about issues like such.

It is nice, sometimes, to open up a past episode and learn from the bad times or simply, to reminisce the good times.