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Are You Living A Good Life?




I changed the blog URL to "living-a-good-life" to feed my behaviors toward that goal in life. Indeed, during this Christmas festive season in Subang Jaya, all activities are contributing to this goal.



Christmas is a public holidays in both Malaysia and Singapore. That's already a good thing to have if you were an employee. My company shuts down during this season for the whole week to save cost and increase profitability. I am not going into this rationale for my private blog.



My family and I drove up from Singapore for a week's vacation back "home". For me, visiting the old folks as many times as I could is one important duty and it is a demonstration of a good life. My mum is now 85 and still running around healthily. This is a great life for her and us. We are blessed and thankful.



My mother in law isn't so healthy, but she is always a dear person, who tries her best to make life great for everyone in the family. That attitude makes life wonderful.



Look not for great events, but look for small actions, for there lies the diamond of living!



I met up with some ex-colleagues who are all successful in their own ways, and had a delicious lunch at "The Ming Room" at Bangsar Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur (http://www.orientalrestaurants.com.my/). But above all was the loud laughter ringing out in the room where the five of us were in. The sharing of experiences and relishing the past camaraderie make life truly worth living. Friendship is hard to cultivate, and the company provided a culture of bonding when we were working together.



Today, as I look at the same company, it has gone the way of "Wall Street" where profit is above employees and hence each is trying one's level best to outperform the next guy on the bench. That "alumni" spirit is over. While it lasted for us, we were very thankful for the vision of the founders who have since passed on. Sad, but I will not look back, but forward to "live this good life".



There are many more activities ahead for this festive season. The insight to all of us, is to find our own niche of "diamonds" and enjoy its preciousness and brightness they emit.



May this festive season find you, family and closed ones full of joy and laughter, no matter what.
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