Wahliao! I didnt know I had such philosophical friends!
Sheds some light on why some extremely successful people may not be as happy as you think they will be. It probably takes a heck of a lot of effort to get where you want to be, you sometimes lose sight on why they wanted to get there in the first place.
I guess this bellies a lot on how people were brought up. Parents today put so much pressure on making money, getting a good job, running a successful business, driving expensive cars, living in gigantic house in a exclusive area, etc..... That is the measure of happiness in the world we live in today, when in fact it should be the measure of success. Think the distinction between those 2 definitions got lost somewhere along the way.
Admittedly, I am a pretty happy soul. Maybe becoz I am not exactly as successful as I should/could be. But it's a choice I made in life. So what if I dont have an expensive car or a nice house, and that I am still living at home :P It is, after all, MY life. And MY choices. At least I got to enjoy and live life the way I want to. Well, most of the time, at least.
I have met people who are not relative well-off financially, but they seem to perpetually have a smile on their faces. I also know many successful people who frowns on their faces like they are constantly in worry. Of coz there are also cases of UNsuccessful and UNhappy people around, as well as the successful AND happy ones.
But given the choice, which would you choose?
Monday, May 29, 2006
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Today Is My ex-Company CEO's Birthday, So We Decided To SMS Him Together....
This was a fun exercise. Thank you for everyone's support. HAHAHAHAHA.
Took us 15mins to gather about 10 ex-staff to do the SMS broadcast.
And what a good sport of Mr Italian Sausage to reply our SMSes.
Took us 15mins to gather about 10 ex-staff to do the SMS broadcast.
And what a good sport of Mr Italian Sausage to reply our SMSes.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
So Many Works, Too Little Time...
I dont even know where to start to comment on something like this.
WTF is that supposed to mean? C'mon!!!
This would potentially qualify for inclusion into the Bad English signboard picture websites usually associated with those found in China/Japan.
For all I care, your status message should have read: SO MANY WORKINGS, TOO FEW TIMES!!!
Funnily enough, this actually makes a heck of a lot more sense to me (but then again, I dont expect you to get it).
'Nuff said.
WTF is that supposed to mean? C'mon!!!
This would potentially qualify for inclusion into the Bad English signboard picture websites usually associated with those found in China/Japan.
For all I care, your status message should have read: SO MANY WORKINGS, TOO FEW TIMES!!!
Funnily enough, this actually makes a heck of a lot more sense to me (but then again, I dont expect you to get it).
'Nuff said.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Istanbul II In FA Cup Final....
After a cup final such as the one experienced in Istanbul last season, my expectations were low heading to this game. I just had a bad sense about it, and felt we were on a "lose-lose" situation: no praise if we beat a dangerous West Ham side, an embarrassment if we didn’t. And besides, nothing could top May 25th 2005, and nothing could come close.
Or so I thought.
What was achieved on Saturday 13th May 2006 still ranks far lower in the grand scheme of things, given the FA Cup is not the European Cup, and that West Ham are not AC Milan by any stretch of the imagination. Add that Cardiff is most definitely not Istanbul, no matter how much beer you may have drunk, and that 2-0 down after 30 minutes to a good side is not the same as being 3-0 down at half-time to a superb one, and you have a list of reasons why this could not come close to the events of 12 months ago.
But that said, what a game of football! As one West Ham fan remarked later in the evening, ‘Football was the winner’. Which is of course something you never say if your team has just won. For the record, ‘Football’ hasn’t just been engraved onto the FA Cup on the 125th line – ‘Liverpool Football Club’ has.
6 goals, 8 penalties, 3 penalty saves, and many tired legs later.... all hail the FA Cup Champions!
It may be heart-stopping and not particularly good for our health but there surely isn't a Liverpool fan alive who would have preferred a mundane one-nil win.
Or so I thought.
What was achieved on Saturday 13th May 2006 still ranks far lower in the grand scheme of things, given the FA Cup is not the European Cup, and that West Ham are not AC Milan by any stretch of the imagination. Add that Cardiff is most definitely not Istanbul, no matter how much beer you may have drunk, and that 2-0 down after 30 minutes to a good side is not the same as being 3-0 down at half-time to a superb one, and you have a list of reasons why this could not come close to the events of 12 months ago.
But that said, what a game of football! As one West Ham fan remarked later in the evening, ‘Football was the winner’. Which is of course something you never say if your team has just won. For the record, ‘Football’ hasn’t just been engraved onto the FA Cup on the 125th line – ‘Liverpool Football Club’ has.
6 goals, 8 penalties, 3 penalty saves, and many tired legs later.... all hail the FA Cup Champions!
It may be heart-stopping and not particularly good for our health but there surely isn't a Liverpool fan alive who would have preferred a mundane one-nil win.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Withdrawal Symptoms...
This status is entirely mine - brought about by the imminent end of the current 2005/2006 season's football leagues. More specifically the English Premier League. More specifically, Liverpool!!!
What am I to do after that? Saturdays and Sundays (and sometimes Tuesday/Wednesdays - for Champions League) will not be the same. No more shouting and cheering, no more cussing, no more missing dinners with friends, no more Monday morning office chat-chat on the games, no more...... football!!! Be prepared to see an endless number of depressed-looking men (and some women) from now forth.
These last 2 seasons have been a renaissance of sorts for Liverpool. Coming from nowhere to win the Champions League last season (and in some fashion too, I may add). And this season, finishing 3rd behind ManUtd and Chelski. Plus, we have the bonus of the FA Cup to play in a couple of days' time. So much improvements. It's a pity it's got to end so soon. Let's hope the close season brings Liverpool some exciting new players that will finally make us championship-worthy material.
It's a funny thing this game called football - Many are able to sacrifice sleep for football (sometimes only taking in 2 hours sleep a night), without jeopardizing work performances too much. We're better off having had 3 hours of live adrenaline-pumping football than 8 hours of sleep!!! Can anyone explain this phenomenon? True, World Cup starts 9 June. But it just aint gonna be the same as watching me beloved Liverpool.
As such, as an ode to Liverpool's showing this season, I would like to take this opportunity to list my Liverpool Top 10 Happenings from this season:
10. Momo Sisoko - The Energizer Kid... never seems to run out of steam! What a find!
9. Champions League qualification (despite finishing 5th last season)
8. FA Cup wins over Man Utd and Chelski (what a wonder goal by Luis Garcia as well)
7. Welcoming back God's to the Kop
6. StevieG - PFA Player of the Year
5. 3rd placing in EPL (and only 9 points behind Chelski)
4. Xabi Alonso - The True Passing Maestro!
3. 7-0 drubbing of Birmingham (5-1 Fulham comes close)
2. Jamie Carragher - The Rock!!! Liverpool runs in his veins!!! Long Live Carra!
1. 2006 FA Cup champions??? (potentially)
It will be a long walk to August, when the EPL starts again.... but it will be a walk that I will not be taking alone.
What am I to do after that? Saturdays and Sundays (and sometimes Tuesday/Wednesdays - for Champions League) will not be the same. No more shouting and cheering, no more cussing, no more missing dinners with friends, no more Monday morning office chat-chat on the games, no more...... football!!! Be prepared to see an endless number of depressed-looking men (and some women) from now forth.
These last 2 seasons have been a renaissance of sorts for Liverpool. Coming from nowhere to win the Champions League last season (and in some fashion too, I may add). And this season, finishing 3rd behind ManUtd and Chelski. Plus, we have the bonus of the FA Cup to play in a couple of days' time. So much improvements. It's a pity it's got to end so soon. Let's hope the close season brings Liverpool some exciting new players that will finally make us championship-worthy material.
It's a funny thing this game called football - Many are able to sacrifice sleep for football (sometimes only taking in 2 hours sleep a night), without jeopardizing work performances too much. We're better off having had 3 hours of live adrenaline-pumping football than 8 hours of sleep!!! Can anyone explain this phenomenon? True, World Cup starts 9 June. But it just aint gonna be the same as watching me beloved Liverpool.
As such, as an ode to Liverpool's showing this season, I would like to take this opportunity to list my Liverpool Top 10 Happenings from this season:
10. Momo Sisoko - The Energizer Kid... never seems to run out of steam! What a find!
9. Champions League qualification (despite finishing 5th last season)
8. FA Cup wins over Man Utd and Chelski (what a wonder goal by Luis Garcia as well)
7. Welcoming back God's to the Kop
6. StevieG - PFA Player of the Year
5. 3rd placing in EPL (and only 9 points behind Chelski)
4. Xabi Alonso - The True Passing Maestro!
3. 7-0 drubbing of Birmingham (5-1 Fulham comes close)
2. Jamie Carragher - The Rock!!! Liverpool runs in his veins!!! Long Live Carra!
1. 2006 FA Cup champions??? (potentially)
It will be a long walk to August, when the EPL starts again.... but it will be a walk that I will not be taking alone.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
The Happiest People Are The Biggest Farks Around...
Happiness stems from 2 sources - contentment and purposeless-ness (or irresponsible-ness, whichever way you want to see it).
However, there is a fine line between contentment and purposelessness. Purposelessness, in my books, are made up of the guys/gals who are either:
1. filthy f*cking rich, oblivious to how much sufferings there are in this world
2. dumb as f*ck, oblivious to everything and anything around them
3. government-aided, without a care whatsoever in this world!
I think Malaysia is generally made up of such "happy" people - 5% from the first group, and 65% from the other 2 groups. These people are BORN into these groups. Unfortunately for you and me, we are the 30% who do not make up that group. I use the word "unfortunately" not becoz we are NOT them, but becoz it means we are almost constantly surrounded by these f*ckers. hahahaha. I HATE THESE PEOPLE!!! These people may say that they're a happy bunch of people, but to me, these are the BIGGEST FARKS you will ever meet in your life - the people who laze around all day at work, the people you curse on the road, the people who expects you to do their work for them, the people who sit around all day winging that the government doesnt hand them enough charity, etc.... Lightning could strike 1-2-3 and kill all these people tomorrow for all I care, and no one would miss them. The only people who might miss them would most probably perish with them.
Truly happy (ie contented) people, on the other hand, are the ones you see who have exceeded their own expectations in life - found true love, close family ties, real friends who actually care, stable employment, good health, started and built a successful business, money in bank, or whatever other goals they may have set themselves to achieve.... These people have a purpose for living, and they MADE their lives happy. THESE PEOPLE I ENVY!!!
Dont get me wrong, I am happy with my life... but I wouldnt go as far as saying that I am truly happy and contented. I still have some things that I have not achieved yet in this short lifetime of mine. I classify myself as being 74.298% happy.
However, there is a fine line between contentment and purposelessness. Purposelessness, in my books, are made up of the guys/gals who are either:
1. filthy f*cking rich, oblivious to how much sufferings there are in this world
2. dumb as f*ck, oblivious to everything and anything around them
3. government-aided, without a care whatsoever in this world!
I think Malaysia is generally made up of such "happy" people - 5% from the first group, and 65% from the other 2 groups. These people are BORN into these groups. Unfortunately for you and me, we are the 30% who do not make up that group. I use the word "unfortunately" not becoz we are NOT them, but becoz it means we are almost constantly surrounded by these f*ckers. hahahaha. I HATE THESE PEOPLE!!! These people may say that they're a happy bunch of people, but to me, these are the BIGGEST FARKS you will ever meet in your life - the people who laze around all day at work, the people you curse on the road, the people who expects you to do their work for them, the people who sit around all day winging that the government doesnt hand them enough charity, etc.... Lightning could strike 1-2-3 and kill all these people tomorrow for all I care, and no one would miss them. The only people who might miss them would most probably perish with them.
Truly happy (ie contented) people, on the other hand, are the ones you see who have exceeded their own expectations in life - found true love, close family ties, real friends who actually care, stable employment, good health, started and built a successful business, money in bank, or whatever other goals they may have set themselves to achieve.... These people have a purpose for living, and they MADE their lives happy. THESE PEOPLE I ENVY!!!
Dont get me wrong, I am happy with my life... but I wouldnt go as far as saying that I am truly happy and contented. I still have some things that I have not achieved yet in this short lifetime of mine. I classify myself as being 74.298% happy.
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