Q

2. The world is ending, and you can save one group of five people: who would be the five people that you save?

Oh my god. Why can’t I just be Noah and take two of each kind of people!?

UHHHH I guess it depends on whether this group of 5 would be the ONLY ones (including me) saved in the world, because that determines if I’d be saving them for myself or for the continuity of mankind.

Ok what bullshit, if the world were ending like hell I’d be thinking about continuing mankind lol.

Much as I want to I probably wouldn’t save my grandma or most of my family, because they’re old and I’d rather spare them a few years of agony in a post-apocalyptic world.

I also wouldn’t save most of my Catholic/Christian friends because I think they would want to ascend to heaven when the time comes.

The first person I can think of is Rei-En, because practically she is EXTREMELY useful in such a scenario, given her lack of nehneh-ness and somewhat present survival skills. The main reason, though, is that she would thoroughly enjoy living out an end-of-the-world adventure.

The next two people I would save would be Becky and Gloria, again because I think they are the most resourceful and hardy in an apocalyptic situation. Gloria is there because of her leadership skills, indomitable spirit, and her ability to herd the most difficult of us.

However, I cannot trust Gloria to not eat us if it is inevitable, so Becky – with her enormous moral conscience and also her Taekwondo black-belt skills – will defend us if need be. Becky is also incredibly smart so she definitely value-adds to the team.

Just for balance I’m adding in two of the male species who are a) unlikely to devour us within 48 hours of starvation and b) are possible candidates for procreation. So for practical purposes, Jyuen – Gloria’s boyfriend, and Justin. This is to ensure that if the task of reproducing DOES fall on us, at least we don’t have to do it with complete strangers (EUGH!).

Since Jyuen was an athlete and went through NS, I trust that he would be adequately fit and have some combat skills + he would keep G’s fits in check (this is actually the biggest factor). Justin is armed with – I guess – plethora of geeky apocalyptic/disaster-control/survival knowledge garnered from hours of video games. Also he can go through long hours of starvation, again a skill gained from voracious bouts of gaming.

Ok turns out I am pretty practical after all. Although tbh a lot of this is still based on how reassuring the company would be for me alone without compromising on my survival. If I wanted just companionship and entertainment, THIS LIST WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. I’d want Gerbil, Cel, Xin, Debbie, Amanda – but I know this could only spell disaster. I’m imagining Celine stopping to marvel at the sunset and Beni getting all pissed off with her, Xin or Debbie being upset that they had to leave all her nice clothes behind, and Amanda being heroic but tripping over something and falling off an abandoned building, etc…

So, I’m sorry guys. The final list consists of Rei, Becky, Gloria and her boyfriend, and Justin. The rest of you dies.