Kuala Lampur, Jan. 23 -- The RM121 million all-time highest national lottery jackpot over the weekend caught more than cursory glances from citizens.
At times it caught a few citizens on the chin, as lengthy queues out in the sun around ticket shops forced the over eager to raise their fists in capitalistic risk-taking solidarity at its finest.
For me, it brought back memories of my childhood and my dad's fanciful wish for the right number to lift us up financially overnight. Spoiler alert: He always, always lost.
The disdain of hope, the unflattering truth about probabilities and its cruel design for the desperate was represented by the wads of rolled up failed tickets he placed on top of his closet.
Was it to remind him not to remembe...