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Happiness is All Around You

The scene: a tiny, badly-ventilated kitchen.

Daughter was chopping onions causing her eyes to tear. Mum was deveining prawns. One of the cats, the small, vocal one, started mewing loudly, demanding her share.

The other cat, the crazy, fat one, chased by his imaginary stalker, ran into the kitchen, toppling his bowl of cat food and water over with a loud shplockssshh! startling the daughter, causing her to jab her arm with the dull part of the knife she’s holding. The ruckus shocked the previously meowing little kitty so much she clawed her way up Mum’s leg.

The floor was a mess, daughter’s arm in pain and Mum had a frightened kitty hooked to her back.

Mother and daughter looked at each other…

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And laughed at the commotion.

My life hasn’t always been fun and laughter but ever since I’ve made the commitment to live my life positively, I have been been blessed with many moments of happiness in simple, everyday events. The way I feel have also rubbed off to the ones closest to me (maybe not to the cats) proving that happiness does multiply when you are in the company of positive people.

Wish: A Happy Period

First of all, I’m thankful to be have the monthly visits from Aunt Flow. It means that my body is normal and it means that I can, God willing, have kids, should I choose to one day.

What I can’t stand is the sheer pain. I’ve had dysmenorrhoea for the longest time. In my teens I’d be taking days off school. Doctors and every woman I spoke to said that things will get better as I get older. Lies!

Now I take a day off work every month. One day, every month. 12 days a year. Just to sit. Literally. For 18 hours straight. In the same chair. Craughing* from time to time. Moving only to visit the toilet or to get a drink (no appetite for the day).

On the good side, these recurrent episodes of torture has caused me to develop an incredible tolerance to pain. My mum says that her labour pains were nothing spectacular compared to her period pains. I hope this holds true for me too.

Still I look forward to months where I no longer have to reschedule my timetable or refuse an invitation because I’m Sorry, I have to sit On my chair for 18 hours STRAIGHT today.

*Craughing(part sobbing cry, part hysterical laugh) is my coping mechanism to deal with extreme pain or stressful situations.

How bad do I want this?
I’d give up coffee for this. (Come to think of it, I have tried giving up coffee for this…)

Growing Happiness at GrowingHappiness.com

I’ve switched to WordPress and moved to www.growinghappines.com

Some pages may not show up properly as I’m still tinkering with the design and layout.

Happiness is A Pancake Breakfast

Warm, fluffy pancakes drizzled with thick maple syrup and slapped with a generous serving of butter. My happiness may be 525 calories too many, but who’s counting?

Wish: Macbook Air

Since I had my wish granted yesterday, I think I should move on to slightly bigger(thinner?) things in the name of science (this is an experimental website, right?), the environment and, personal gain, er, I mean development.

Dear Secret Law of the Universe,

I desire a Macbook Air.

You see, my work is almost exclusively done on a computer. However, in my entire working life(and personal life) I’ve never own a laptop. That is probably not a good enough reason by itself, but do hear me out.

Two words - “Client presentations”. Do you know how difficult it is to present ideas to clients when I don’t personally own a portable computer? I usually have to present them on paper(not the best thing for the environment) or beg someone to lend it to me(not the best thing for my pride).

You see, by granting me this wish, I could in effect do my part in reducing the amount of paper being unnecessarily wasted and at the same time wow my clients (at least with the laptop, if not with my presentation). If my clients are wowed enough, I could possibly make more money from their projects.

If I make more money, I can have my old washing machine and refrigerator replaced with an environmentally-friendly model, which in turn will benefit the earth - Good stuff for both the environment and me. :):):)

So what do you think?

Positively yours

How bad do I want this?
Well… it’s nice and shiny…

A Conversation with An Unlikely “Friend”

I used to be so afraid of failing. But why did I fear failure so much? Was it because we were strangers?

Failure: Hi, I’m the guy better know as Failure. My real name is Hard Lesson. People fear me because they choose to see me in negative light. I’m just part of everyone’s life journey, like Success. Now, that guy’s something. He’s got everyone pining for his company. What many people don’t know is that you usually need to be my acquaintance first before you can be his friend. I’ll always have something that you could take with you till you’re ready to meet him. It’s called Wisdom.

Me: Well this is me saying hi to you, Mr. Failure. I guess you’re not too bad. A bit harsh sometimes, but now that I know you better, you don’t seem as frightening as I imagined. But that doesn’t mean I have to like you. No, if I stick with you too long, I’ll be welcoming Depression.

F: Yeah, she tends to come without warning. We can still be friends right?

M: Er.. Can I ask you something? Why are you spelt in LOLcat? And why do you have such puny legs?

F: Actually I’m web 2.0 and secondly…it givs u the lulz?
Hmmm…you know what, I don’t really like you that much either. You ask too many questions. And you always find a need to validate my existence. I prefer the quieter, loser types. They just accept me as I am. Plus your types are a little, you know…

M: My type?

F: You sound like you have a quite a bit of Crazy in you.

M: Eh? Why’s that?

F: Well.. for a start you are having this conversation with me…

I’ve had more than few visits from this little guy over the years. The good thing to know is that once he is with you, the only other way to go is up. :)

Renaldo Lapuz (American Idol Hopeful)

“We’re Brothers Forever” is playing repeatedly in my head now. If we had more people like him in the world, there wouldn’t be a need for wars. Seriously! Even Simon Cowell was smiling. Ha ha!
Watch his performance on youtube here

I’m Grateful for My 5 Senses

I’m enjoying my soft creamy donut flecked with Oreo bits(yum!) with a hot cup of deliciously bittersweet coffee(just the way I like it). What a delightful sensation.

(Well effectively I’m using only 4, but I’m still thankful for all of them)

Happiness is Eating Donuts with Instant Coffee

This is my first post under “Happiness”. Here I will write down things(no matter how small) currently making me happy.

Isn’t it amazing how something as simple as eating a donut could make you so happy? I’m so savouring this moment. Yum!