Monday, May 6, 2013

What makes you happy?

This article in TODAY (May 6) caught my eye...


So I checked out the featured video titled "What Makes You Happy?":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZaIsR9seMo

I thought it was quite well put together by the NTU students who created it, with nice humorous touches and warm-fuzzy pokes at ordinary Singaporeans' concerns. But it made no effort to take on a serious handle; I suppose that was not the intention. I'll give it an "A-".

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Interestingly, my Google search showed up another somewhat similar but non-Singaporean (and earlier) video clip that also sought the views of ordinary folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxc265FTX0

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So, is being contented with what you already have (from family to possessions to spiritual well-being) important to feeling happy? Or do we sometimes look elsewhere?...


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Two days ago, I noticed that housing developers have been using the word "rare" inappropriately, when they mean "exclusive" or "exquisite", Here's an absolutely correct use of the word:


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Finally, the Malaysian general election is over, and BN's Najib Razak is back in power. Now that RAHMAN has been fulfilled, what next? (RAHMAN is the interesting "prophecy" that began with Tenku Abdul Rahman -- covering all six PMs the country had -- and ending with Tun Najib).

If the new "code" is NAJIB, then who is "A"? Surely, not Anwar... or can we be so sure?

If Anwar had won, I thought of ANWAR: Anwar followed by his daughter Nurul...
 

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