Archive for the 'Happiness' Category



Feeling Bad Is A Good Thing?!

They are not happy.  They just think they are happy.  (Cartoon by Andrew Matthews)
Surfing Steve Pavlina’s blog for some inspiration and found this article named Feelings.  Rings my bells. 
Our feelings are a natural response to our thoughts and intentions.  We don’t really choose our feelings directly.  Our feelings are a feedback mechanism.  They indicate whether […]

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I Am Glad That I Can Help

It was Chinese New Year last week.  And, most grateful that I could spend my holiday in a different way - a meaningful way.
A group of 230 people, walked for 140 km in 5 days for 8 hours a day from Hong Kong to Guang Zhou, China to raise fund for the improvement of the […]

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The Definition Of Success

Cartoon by Andrew Matthews
What is your definition of success?
Become a millionaire / billionaire / a CEO of a Fortune 500; married to the person you love; make the world a better place than it is…
Amongst the many definitions that I have come across, I quite like the one from Andrew Matthews, author of Being Happy […]

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Have fun!
I learnt this from Andrew Mathews, the author of “Being Happy” and “Follow Your Heart”. For relationships, you don’t really need too many rules, and if you need one, consider “having fun”.
Isn’t it true?  When we develop any relationship, of course we aim at having fun.  Nevertheless, in reality, we may turn out bore […]

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You’ve waited for a whole day, and your boyfriend/wife/son/whoever has not called yet as promised.  When he/she finally called the next day, what would be your response?
(a) Hey, honey I miss you!  How’s the day?
(b) You idiot, why didn’t you call me yesterday?
(a) or (b)?
You may have chosen (b).  Many of us would have chosen […]

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