Life is Fair

i bumped into an old school mate last night over dinner, and we had a quite pleasant talk for a couple of minutes. It was quality, one-on-one catching up chat, the kind of chat you usually don't get to have when you meet up with a big bunch of people, and somehow you sit and the very far end to someone.

The usual topic come into play, like what's up lately? How's work? Have you seen so and so lately? Those kind of topics.

Then we talked about some people who are really successful with their life now, to the extend that universities would hire them to come give a seminar. And the usual me look at my life and say things like, "Why can't i make it that far?"

Then my friend said something that really strikes me and the big light bulb got turned on on top of my head.

He said (not in actual word but he meant something like this), "You can't compare like that. Do you know how much sh*t he needs to go through to make it to where he is today? He got to so low at one point of his life then you can never imagine, but he made it through it and this is how he stand today."

That is true. You really cannot measure success. After hearing what my friend said about this long lost friend, it really give me a lot of inspiration. If he chose not to continue his struggle, he wouldn't have made it to who he is today. He chose to persevere through the difficult times, and simply because of this, he is successful in life today.

How many times have you given up your stand simply because it was too hard a struggle to go through? How many great opportunities have you let it fly by simply because it doesn't seem like an easy way to go? How many times have you chicken out on a risk you could have taken and made it simply because it seems to hazy to decide to go on?

I have to say, my life is so stable, there isn't much difficult times that i need to struggle through. i'm truly grateful for the kind of life i am having now, and i would kill to have this lifestyle maintained the way it is. i know i want to be successful in life, and i know i would make it someday, but please remind me my priority is not to earn all the money in the world, it's not to stand up high on top of everyone, it's not to be the most powerful person, but simply to have a life with no worries. I am successful if i can do this.




ChiM

Children's Day

It's my last month with the company, if nothing changes, but i get 2 weeks in the office without my boss around.

He is going to be away for 2 whole weeks, in Europe for a road show with some other managers. And i go un-boss-ed for the next 14 days. This starts officially today :)

Children's Day is the term because kids going to school but not going for classes. Remember those time back in primary school, that time when final examination is over but school holiday is not here yet, and the cikgu's is not in the mood to teach for next year's subject?

That is the time when kids go to school not for education, but rather fun-ducation. When you think back to then, we were doing non-value added, time wasting activities in school when we could have taken those opportunities to study more, right?

Maybe for some, but not for me. LOL....

You only live once, stop whining and start living life. Have fun while you work, help out other people when they are in need, do charity.....all the good things you can think of.

You only live once, so does everybody else, so make it worthwhile for yourself, and for everyone else :)






ChiM

Out of Nothing-ness

What do you want?

This is the question posed to me a lot recently. What is it that i want so that i will retain in the company?

i honestly don't know the answer myself. i just feel like it's my exit point, i feel like doing something new, i feel like making a big change in my life.....so i want to do them all.

What is it that i want to achieve? i don't know that either, in a way i am practically senseless on where i'm heading to, but i one lucky son of a gun. So far life has been really good to me, and decisions i've made never failed me yet. If it ain't luck, then most probably i'm making all the correct decisions, and i am heading to where i am supposed to head to in life.

i've always believed that i'm the master of my own fate. i decide who i want to be, how i want it to be and where i want to go. All this isn't written, it's not fated, it's not destined. It's the results of a decision i make today.

What i want? Still can't answer that, but i sure do know what i don't want.

i don't want to end up sleeping on the street. That is why i am earning as much as i can while i'm young, and managing my finances carefully. You know the wise people says, A fool and his money will soon part.

i don't want to grow old alone. That is why i looked and found someone i can live with, spend my life with, and grow old with.

i don't want to fall sick but cannot afford medical treatment. That is why i have insurance, and that is why i take care of myself well before i have a chance to fall sick.

i don't want to worry about money when the company is downsizing, and i'm in the list of possible candidates for retrenchment. This is where financial independence comes in.

Most importantly, i don't want my family to live a dreadful life. i don't want my wife to worry about paying the monthly bills too much, don't want to be not able to afford good education for my children, don't want to grow old but have to rely on EPF to survive.

All i can do now is to earn as much as i can as fast as i can while i'm still young, learn how to make my money work for me, and hope everything will turn out fine.






CHiM