Decisions

As many of you know, I've been watching Smallville religiously for the past 14 days. An average of 8 episodes a day later, I watched Episode 9, Season 5. It was a Christmas episode.

Not only did the episode drag me back into the mood of the Christmas season, but it touched my heart and struck a chord with my soul. It is by far my favourite episode of the entire show, and the message and twist in plots make it one of my favourite episodes of ANY series.

It starts of with Lex Luthor being shot by robbers, and in his coma his dead mother shows him his future. He has married Lana, escaped the clutches of the claws of his father by turning his back on his inheritance, and has a smart wonderful kid to boot. While he now has a budget to buy a Christmas tree, he has never been happier in his life. He is married to the love of his life, even though just 7 years ago she hated him, and was linked to Clark. Jonathan Kent has become Senator, and announces at his Christmas party that Lex has been given the Kansas Humanitarian Award for his work of housing the poor.

Lex is on top of the world. His mother says this is the result of his decision seven years ago when he woke up from his coma, to drop out of the race for Senator and let Jonathan Kent win. Then, as if his life can't get any better, Lana gives birth to their second child on Christmas day.

Everything is fine and jolly, and then the plot twist tightens, when suddenly Lana hemorrhages. The only way to save her is to fly her to Metropolis. Lex rushes to his father's house to beg for the family jet, but Lionel says No. He turned his back on his family to live a free and happy life; get back to it! So Lana dies.

Lex comes back to life, and makes the decision to turn his back on his father - but this time, he also plans to kill Jonathan Kent.

This got me thinking. What would I do if I was put in this position? If I was in the same position as Lex, and chose power and money, I wouldn't ever achieve true happiness, but I would be the ruler of the world. If I chose to abandon more than a billion dollars in my life, I would attain more joy than I have ever experienced, only to have the love of my life die due to my own decisions. What would I decide once I woke up from my coma and had to make that decision?

A billion dollars. Or rather, 10.1 billion dollars. Wow.

I would love to say that I would give it up, marry Lana, and take her on holiday to Metropolis during the Christmas of her second pregnancy so that she can get immediate attention and not die.

But 10.1 billion dollars. If I had that amount in cash, and in a Malaysian bank account, I would be earning RM30.3 million a month in interest.

Edit : That's if it's RM10.1billion. If it was US10.1billion, which is what Lex is worth, I would be earning RM109 million a month

So I think you know my choice. :) I wish I was a more humane person, but if it was less than 10 million, I would definitely choose Lana :)

What would YOU do?