Tuesday, August 25, 2009
最幸福的事
Have you wondered for people born in the 1980s, which like me, are by now already in the mid 20s, what to us are considered 最幸福的事? Only recently i have realised that it could all come down to this - your parent's health and well being.I realised this upon encountering 2 colleagues that are around the same age as me, but their lives could not be more different.
One drives a car, leads a rather luxurious lifestyle, and buys expensive gadgets and stuff every now and then.
One is extreme thrifty, saves on meals, and always rushes to do OT whenever possible, finding ways to earn extra money.
Had a chat with the second person ever, found out that his father had suffered from a stroke and i believe is bed-ridden, resulting in the mother is also unable to go to work as she has to take care of the father. And him being the eldest son, with 2 younger sisters, that certainly added to the load, at least for now.
Which made me conclude that:
1) If your parents are still working, which means helping out in the family, that is considered blessing number 1 - there is still not that much burden for you - the children.
2) If your parents are healthy, that is considered blessing number 2 - because being sick unfortunately means bigger expenses incurred.
Then i look at my parents. I do not have the blessings of (1), as both my parents are already not working anymore. The expenses in the family are now shared among the siblings.
My mother used to be working, until she fell sick early this year and is no longer working, which also slightly deprived me of blessing number (2).
可是不知道为什么, 我觉得已经很满足了.
My parents never quarrel, i will not exactly say they lead a loving lifestyle, but i can see the care and concern between them, especially the time my mother was hospitalised.
Although sometimes i see other people's family, the parents could afford to bring the entire family out for holidays across the world, i wonder why is it that this is not happening to me. But it is not important. Now i hope one day, i can afford to sponsor my parents out for holidays instead. Something i will be proud of doing, when one day i can.
Because i know, 我其实应该算很幸福了.
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Thought of the day:
当你有健康和平安的时候, 你会不会把它当成是理所当然的?
2:23 AM
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Nation's 44th Birthday
Nation's 44th Birthday begins 8am .... at the office ~ with work. And i was just as surprised when i see so many other people together in office on a public holiday. GIC really is 没有假期的地方. I find myself keep saying to others "Eh 今天你也要来啊?"Worked till 6pm. And headed straight to Yixiang's place for 麻将 session. But i had to pick up Liyao from Woodlands first since i'm also around the North area, and if she were to come by herself to Queenstown, she will be super late.
Upon reaching Yx's place, then i realised there are other people, which is Yx's landlord's son. A clean shave head, speaking chinese in extreme slow pace, my first impression of him was sadly to say, i thought he is a little on the "low intellectual" type. Little did i know he turned out to be the joker of the night, and he's a NUS graduate in the banking line, and according to Yx, he is freaking rich. And throughout the night i can tell he has a very good personality, and i also found out the reason why he speak chinese so slowly, is because he is more english educated. 果然是极度严重的 "人不可冒相".
And then we had dinner while watching the NDP, which is already nearing its end by then. After that we set up 2 tables, one for mahjong, and one for 骰子吹牛. I played mahjong first, and luckily they play damn small, and of course as expected, i was the biggest loser - i tink $2 only. I confirm facebook the 神来也麻将 is a fake illusion ...
Played for a couple of hours then the 2 tables switched over, 骰子吹牛 i was rather surprised quite a number of people don't know how to play it. I think not everyone watches "小气大财神" when it was showing years back on SCV, i remember it was my family's favourite programme at 8pm back then.
In the end both tables combined to play 骰子 together, everyone with 4-5 dice each and in total got ard 30+ dice to bluff the others, and everyone is issued a cup where the forfeit is drink alcohol of course. The house got so many types of alcohol, plus orange juice, coke, green tea, it was really fun. I think we played for hours and soon it was already 3+ am. Some had to work the next day and so they left. The remaining people were just right to play mahjong, as i and Liyao went to zzz at Yx's room.
Woke up at 7am, found the people are still playing mahjong, washed up, and left ... for work again.
Yes i went to work again. Same clothes and all, but i got take shower, just never change shirt. Anyway it is still fragrant, thanks to my Glade Sport car perfume. It's really power, no wonder the girls in the commercial want to push the car down the hill, just to get in the guy's car ^^
And i KO in the office in the morning, 实在有够累 ...
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Thought of the day:
How come never take photos ah?
1:30 AM
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Forex Trade Review - July 09
Time for a review after first 2 weeks of live trading, not too satisfied with the results, although there is profit, disappointed the good trades always come when i am not around, really missed out on some good trades that should have made the profit shoot up more.
Started off with USD 1000, and as you can tell from the chart, ended July with USD 1388. Originally planned to withdraw out the profits every time a certain benchmark is reached, now reconsidering if it is the right thing to do. Cos bigger money pool really helps to generate bigger profits.
Now i truly understand the meaning of greed, 原来人真的会越来越贪心的.
Trade results for July 09:
Before: USD 1000
After: USD 1388
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Thought of the day:
Hope for better results in August
2:46 AM
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