I know i was meant to do something...

Okay, do you ever have those moments where you know you were meant to do something but u completely forgot what, so you leave it alone for a while but only realise what you had to do AFTER it was suppose to be done? I have a quota of 6 i-know-i-was-meant-to-do-something-moments a day.

Here's an example. I was told by my mum to do a chore for that day. I could've done it at that very moment she asked me, but Oprah was on and she was covering a very interesting story. Forgot what the show was about, i think it was about a man who saved orphans out of a burning church which was being raided by the yakuza. It turned out that that man was on drugs. And was secretly a SAMURAI!! Ok, maybe i made that part up. I sometimes make things up in my mind to make tv shows alot more interesting. I also do it everywhere else to add interest in the dull existence in which i call my life...

Well anyway, my mum told me to do something:
Mum: Trung, can you go do it now?
Me: I'll do it later..
Mum: Alright, just remember it has to be done before tomorrow.

Of course, by the time Oprah's finished, i go on to watch the next tv show, and then surf the net, then next tv show again. By the time there's nothing to waste time on, I'm thinking to myself "I'm suppose to do something, I'm sure whatever it was, i did it during one of the commercial breaks...what's that smell?" So I'm just sitting there, thinking I've already done whatever it was i forgot i needed to do with a weird stench in the air, and my Mum goes up to me and says:

Mum: "Did you do what i asked you to do?"
Me: "...Yeah, did it a while ago"
Mum: "Oh ok, i didn't hear you open the gate"
Me: "I open gates quitely. Like a ninja...with slippers"
Mum: "So you took the rubbish out then?"
Me: "OHHHH! That, of course..nope."

I don't know if this applies to all mothers, or just that of the asian variety, but mine
likes to remind to do a chore as many times as possible, even though she knows i'll forget
to do it.

8:00am
"Trung, take the rubbish out today."
8:30am
"Trung, remember to take your brother to school, and take the rubbish out"
8:31am
"Take the rubbish out!"
11:00am
"Remember to take the rubbish out, ok?"
11:45am
"I'm making lunch today. It's rice with sweet and sour take-the-rubish-out!"
1:40pm
"Trung! Why is your brother still not at school!?"

Maybe it's coz of my forgetful nature that i got to be reminded to do things, but the
more I'm reminded, the more likely i forget. So its just a endless cycle of me forgetting to do something, then being reminded to do it more the next time, then forgetting again, then being reminded more, then forgetting, and going on and on till my mum gets fed up and stabs me with a shovel. Hmmm...remind me to get rid of all my shovels.

But it doesn't end there, i sometimes forget to do something WHILE i'm doing what it
was i was wanting to do. Here's an example.

I want to do something, and while i'm doing it, I'm lost in thought. So i walk to the kitchen and grab a slice of cheese. By this moment I'm lost in thought thinking about koala bears. And i just mindlessly walk to the dinner table and wonder what it would be like to be attacked by a furry animal. When i get to the table, my mindless autopilot is turned off, and i snap back to reality. By this time, i'm looking at the cheese thinking "What the hell do i want this one slice of cheese for?" So i walk back to the fridge, and put the slice back. Then walk off. As i walk past the dinner table again, i finally remember that i was hungry and wanted a ham cheese sandwich, so then I got to go back again to the fridge and get the slice of cheese that i already got before...

So the moral of this story is...erm...i forgot...