I came in to work this morning bright and early, and whilst making my morning cuppa I had a chat with a fellow colleague who was indulging in a packet of nasi lemak. Smells superb, the coconut infused rice released its mouth-watering fragrance tempting those near and far. Or maybe just me lah since I am such a pig when it comes to eating and I havent had a decent packet of nasi lemak since 2005. But that is not the point of this post. So anyways, we were talking about the nasi lemak and I was making casual conversations about whether the chilli was spicy enough. He replied that it isn't too spicy but that's the way he likes it. Said he can't take too much of them mini reds lest it burns a hole in his stomach. I retorted that it was just a matter of training your stomach! You know like how Msians eating mamak have no problems whatsoever, but place a Msian who's been abroad for too long in front of a plate of roti canai with fish curry and nasi briyani rendang, our friend will be shitting till high kingdom come the next day.
Again, this post is not about food.
So anywayyyys, he rattled off some chinese proverbs that sounded so scholarly until I can't even remember how it sounds like now, except it meant something like "suffer now, enjoy life later or enjoy life now but suffer in your later years".
Got me to think, how would I or rather, how am I actually living my life now? To which side of the scale am I tipping to? Over indulging because it makes me happy but suffer through the consequences a couple of decades down the line? Or am I overly cautious and never truly allowed myself to LET IT GO completely? Of course by now I am using a very generic hypothetical scenario whereby I live to a happy hearty age of 79 (is that still the average living age of a female?) with tonnes of family members around me, filial children and cute grandchildren, loving faithful husband who grows old beside me and I am still sane enough to play mahjong.
Then I wonder, but what if my preferred lifestyle now when I am still able to hop, skip and jump in a pair of 2.5 inches deprive me of all that in my later years? But if I don't enjoy, what makes you think I'd even live to 30?? Then what is the WHOLE point to life anyway?
I am not gonna go rah rah rah on healthy eating, no binging, use your discretion, the right balance is the key word, do good and live forever, bla bla bla. I think I am just gonna darn well try to be happy. After all, being happy creates beautiful memories and this is what I'd like to remember on my death bed.
And if I had to choose - I will definitely whack the spiciest nasi lemak in town! Screw that stomach ulcer if it ever hits me. And now, mission to find nasi lemak.
Again, this is not about eating ok? :p
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live life woman.. to your very fullest.. cause when u get those little kids running around.. only thing enjoyable is sleep...:) tt's not much of a life anymore..
reen: By coincidence, one of my friend blogged this today as her fav quote. Let me know what u think
Charlie Arglist: Did I ever tell you my father was a twin?
Pete Van Heuten: Identical?
Charlie Arglist: Fraternal. Looked a lot alike, though, him and my uncle. Different temperaments completely. My father, he’s a cop. By-the-book guy. Believed in the law, wanted his only son to be a lawyer. Drank in moderation, didn’t smoke. Kept up his life insurance premiums. Voted in every election, not just for president.
Pete Van Heuten: Lemme guess, uncle didn’t vote?
Charlie Arglist: He said he didn’t want to encourage the bastards. In and out of jail from the time he was 16… drunk all the time, fucked everything that walked. Won a fortune playing poker, lost it all the same way. Lost and eye in a fight. My father was 54 when he died of a massive embolism, right here in Wichita. My uncle died the very next day in a car wreck in California. So the point is… it is futile to regret. You do one thing, you do another… I mean, so what? What’s the difference? Same result.
ROFL I love it!!
And btw.. food is all a part of enjoying life. So if you don't enjoy your food, what's the point of life?
But that's just me oinking too..
magges - i hear ya mommymags! and i bet if u were here, we'd whack that packet of nasi lemak nways :p
mils - i think, because we, as in some individuals, are not twins hence we are split as twins inside ourselves, one a goodie-2-shoes, the other, rebel without a cause. if we are twins, then it'd be easier not to be torn inside? heh. i know that's not what your question meant, but the IRONY that your friend's family had to go through huh? guess what magges said is what we should ALL have engraved in our brains, Live Life to its Fullest. after all, the end result will be the same for all. :)
lyn - i'm sure you meant alcohol rite? :pp
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