Skip to main content

Chinese New Year 2008




Every year, my family would try to come back to Malaysia, staying in Subang Jaya. The reason is simple - an opportunity to visit the old folks (my mother in Bentong and my mother-in-law in Subang Jaya) and to stay in contact with relatives and friends. This is a time where my daughter, Claudine would stay with her aunty and her cousin, Kian, and play with Michelle. Each year the family will have a reunion dinner, and it is a reminder of our blessings and fortune to be able to eat, drink and be merry.


Every year, either on the 1st or 2nd of the Lunar New Year, we would go back to visit my mother who is now 88, and thank god, that she is strong, and get about from 5:00 am to prepare lunch for her visiting sons and grand children. It is yet another good fortune to see her in such a healthy condition. I will always buy back some nuitritional products for her good health. This is never forgetting that she needs money to keep up this wonderful retirement of hers.




Living a good life is a simple principle in life - detaching one from the material trappings, which drive the world of consumption, forcing the good earth to fight back. If ever, I learned one thing from Zen is about simplicity, and it is a hard lesson to learn and follow.

>


May all of you have a great life, filled with meaningful joy and love for your family and loved ones.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Thankful

Being thankful in any situation is a positive attitude. It brings peace to the mind and rest the heart. The result is a healthy body and a smiling face. Today go about and spread the story of being thankful
Post a Comment
Read more

A Blog that Integrates

As I experiment with blogspot which is part of iGoogle, I am beginning to feel its power to integrate. The article on Natural Cure, is posted directly from Google Docs (Beta) in which the original resides. This is the first time I attempted this action, and it works seamlessly. I can now easily write an article in word document, store it in Google Docs (Beta), and then publish it to my blog. If you go to the Links on the left and click on the "Pictorial Journey" you are immediately taken to Picasa, which is also part of iGoogle. In this photo storage, you are able to see what I have put in as public photos. You can also have private photos which are not shared. I have not tried video, as it takes time to edit for something that is worth sharing. Google has purchased YouTube for a few billion dollars, and this means you can integrate video as well. I am sure it can be linked to e-Bay which you buy and sell your stuffs and many more. I have to keep this experiment going to opti...
Post a Comment
Read more

More is Certain

I had been working on an acquisition over the last three weeks and it was the most tiresome experience ever. The target being a public listed company means that any news leakage will drive up the share price. The purchase price of a public listed company will carry a premium on the share price. In Asia, I noted that the premium given is about 10~15% but in the USA, it is between 20~40%! Just imagine, if you spotted a target and you buy into it, and you hit the bull's eye! You could make quite a bundle. Of course, your guess could be wrong, and if so, expect that share price to go down, when the news is announced. For those working on such a deal, expect tons of information to be provided to you, and most of this could be outdated. However the bank (usually) engaged to do the job wants to impress you with documents. After all, more means "we are doing something" compared to "less but quality stuff". So, I have to keep sieving lousy information, to get out what is...
Post a Comment
Read more