“People confuse the source of their happiness. They become temporarily happy when they get a new car, or a new house, or a new marriage. And they think that they are suddenly happy because of this new thing in their life. In reality, they are happy because for a brief moment, they are without desire. But then soon another desire comes along. And the search continues.”
Month: May 2014
Life Through Venn Diagrams: 1
You try real hard to find the Middle Ground, but you soon get tired looking.
Dear fellow Malaysians, there is no shame in moving aside for faster moving traffic. You’re only endangering yourself (and others) by insisting on being in the right lane, holding up traffic and forcing left-lane overtaking.
This applies to all Malaysians, regardless of race, gender, or make of car. Please stop being a nuisance.
Thank you.
Sunday Night – The Last Dinosaurs, Live in KL
Found this clip on YouTube from their gig last week at The Bee. Video is pretty jittery (no doubt because the person recording was dancing in excitement), but audio quality is pretty good (especially if you play at 720p). Check out the entire channel for the whole gig.
Sangat rindu.
Q1 2014 Updates
We’re a third of the way though the year, making it a good time to reflect on the past 4 months. Life is a series of moments worth living for, and I’m glad to have had many of these this year.
Some personal highlights:
1) met a ton of great new people, more so in the last 4 months than I did all of last year. You enrich my life and teach me so much, regardless of how long we’ve known each other.
2) a big theme for this year is that of creation, and I’m glad that I’ve done quite a bit of that in both my personal and work life. Working with EPIC has been especially great, helping to give two families a new home.
3) caught Phoenix in Singapore and Foals in KL. Phoenix really helped me get through some emo moments in uni, and flying down was totally worth it.
4) discovering new hiking trails and waterfalls. Taking my camera gear out. Making people go “wow this doesn’t look like Malaysia”
5) resolving conflict, and getting closure. One person at a time.
And on the flip side, a few lowlights:
1) life continues to throw curveballs at me, and often things don’t turn out the way I’d like them to. It’s hard to stay optimistic and not be jaded, but I try.
2) I continue to live with some baggage and a number of unanswered questions loom in the back of my mind. These issues cover every aspect of my life, covering family, friends, career, religion, and health. I’m still looking for ways to deal with this.
C’est la vie, things could be worse. Here’s to 8 more great months in 2014, I’m really looking forward to them.
Izzywizzy 
