I have a confession to make.
I am addict.
I don’t know why I started.
It started with just one try.
One of my friends pushed me into trying it, saying that it’s just once… nothing wrong with that and just one time won’t get you addicted.I believed him and I decided to try that one time.
I never went back then.
I remember when it first went into my body. I first felt a tingling sensation…. and then a deep sigh of relaxation.
It felt good… it felt so good.
I tried to stay away from it the next day, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
I thought to myself
“Hey… what harm could ONE more do?”
And so I took it again for the second time… which then led to the third… fourth… and before I know it, today I can’t do without it.
Every day without fail, I had to have at least one shot.
Some days, I have 4-5 of them in a row. I know its never good to have so many.
But my day just isn’t right without it.I hide a stockpile of it in my fridge…. but I know that someday someone will open my fridge looking for food.
But instead find… an entire stockpile of YAKULT.
I can’t help it.
Yakult now has me by the balls.
A few of my friends tried to talk me out of my addiction.
Sam: You know you’re not supposed to take so many of those each day. 
Me: But it’s a healthy drink!
Sam: Yes but you’re supposed to have ONE a day. You’re not supposed to use it as a replacement for water.
Me: But… but… I’m going to be away for a week after tomorrow. I’m not going to be able to have it for a whole week so I’m just having more now to make up for the rest of the week.
Teoh: Uhmm.. unfortunately.. that’s not how your body works.
Me: What do you mean that’s not how my body works??? Eventually at the end of 7 days, I am going to have 7 Yakult’s in my blood. What difference does it make if I have it now or later?
Teoh: In that case, then you might as well shower 14 times today so you won’t have to shower for the rest of the week. (Or pee 50 times today so you won’t have to pee for a whole week).
Me: … … …
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space