of happiness & success

Someone dear to me once said "Success is not how much money you have but how happy & contented you are with your life"...

I may be wrong if I did not quote her word for word but it was something to that effect. And I like this quote.

Yes, you may say we need money. I am not denying that we don't. We do, for the necessities. But in life, sad as it may seem - money is never enough. We are always wanting to add that one extra zero to the amount we earn. And soon enough, we become slaves to it. I know many a people who earn quite a handsome living but are constantly worrying about making more moolah.

The hubby & I went through that phase once. We weren't filthy rich but comfortable enough. But sadly, we weren't that happy. To cut a long story short - like they say 'easy come easy go'. We lost some if not all in some not so wise investments & then some.

We stuck through thick & thin. And realised that in life, is not always about the money. There are more important things than that. Many a times too, I have sacrificed my job for my family. And my bosses always are taken by surprise when I turn down the offer & simply tell them "It's not about the money. It's my family that matters."

Now, we have enough - enough to buy what we like, to make do with what we have, to live within our means, enough to be happy. We have family who mean the world to us, we have friends who matter to us. What more can I possibly want??

If that is how success is measured, yes then I have succeeded!!

stars of the...

She IMs me to request for the company logo. They want to do a draft of the invitation card, she says. So I ask her if it was a good idea to put all the logos in the card (since they are are almost the same save for the name of the company at the bottom).

So I ask her what's the theme & tell her the card must complement the theme. She says 'Stars of the Night'. I ask her if it meant movie stars.

She says 'Ya you can come as Audrey Hupburn or Moonroe'

Who??

loud!!

I changed the outlook of the blog, AGAIN. Cos someone complained that it's loud, gory & almost made her go blind. So there.

Hope it's better now....

a word a day

Can anyone tell me what 'beliting' means??

broad band

The Company wants to buy broadband sticks for the use of all travelling employees (and those they think who may have a use for it while out of the office). So this ensues:

Her: So, you want a broadband stick?
Me: Err, no. I don't want to be working whilst I am on holiday
Her: You know that the year end review is coming up right?
Me: Ya I know but I still don't want to be working while on holiday.

The IT guy laughs and she walks away. She knows me long enough to still not know me....

madre e hija

It has to be a special bond when all I have to do is call out her name, look at a particular direction and she does the same; and it results in a smile or a chuckle. No need for exchange of lengthy sentences, no need for explanations, nada. And vice versa. On certain ocassions, we don't even need to call out to the other, just eye contact and the routine follows.

Ah, I cherish these moments....

i've reached it

Went to a dermatologist recently for a skin condition I am having of late. Two things I learnt:

Un - not only you get acne upon hitting puberty, you have to endure it when you reach a certain stage in life;

Dos - and the stage I am talking about is 'mid-life'.

Which is where I am at right now.

It starts with the acne? Wonder what's next?