I Hate Reading

I hate reading. I've hated reading for as far back as I can remember. I'm fine with my friends reading to me when I was in boarding school. It was fun because I could stay up, but sometimes they're the ones who fell asleep. That proves that reading  makes people feel sleepy.

Reading can ruin friendships. The thing I've noticed about reading is that it can become a habit. A bad habit (for me), like smoking, or biting nails, or saying "you know" all the time. For instance, my friend Uya, who used to take pride in not reading, just like me. Then, she got this book about Hello Kitty and fell in love with it. She started reading books about cute stuffs or animals all the time ever since. Then, she started reading about all kinds of science fiction stories and murder mysteries. Now, Uya carries books around with her everywhere, no matter where she goes. Sometimes, she even brought a book during shit-ing (defaecation). I'm not going to lie, but these really put a gap on our friendship.

But then, my parents say that if I don't start reading, I won't be able to score on all the reading and writing tests that help me get into a good college. If I don't get into a good college, I'll probably end up in failure. They always say, "How are you going to get into a good college if you don't read? And if you don't get into a good college, you'll end up __________ (anything from "homeless" to "criminal"). It is a good advise and it gave me some impacts to at least read books when it is in a critical time. For example, I need to love reading books during exam week to score the exam papers. So, at least this advise improves my interest in reading for a short period of time.