Baby Ada
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I finished watching a hongkong drama today. I din bother to remember the name of the drama. Anyway, it was a pretty touching drama. Or maybe I’m getting more and more emotional these days?

There’s this quote by the guy in the show. A man’s worth is not by the money he has. But by the family and friends he has. Sounds really meaningful to me. Quite inspiring actually.

It made me think of something. Something that I should have done. In the show the guy actually kept diaries of his daily happenings.

With technology in the rage these days, millions if not billions of people have blogs, but then they are all electronically kept, in 1s and 0s. Maybe if 1 day, blogger gets shutdown. Millions of people would have lost their memories.

It really made me felt like starting to keep a diary. Not an electronic 1 though. I always prefer the pencil and paper. That’s because, it will never get lost. Unless u lost the physical equivalent of it, which of course, seldom happens.

Do you remember what happened last wk? last month? Seriously, I have no memory of what has happened. The human mind though the most powerful in the animal kingdom, I find is the most mysterious system that has ever existed. To me, it’s worth more research and development, rather than using the money to research on some weapons of mass destruction. “For defense purpose?” But, we are all humans to begin with?

I am also currently thinking of investing in a digital camera. I never like taking photos. But I wish to keep some images so that I can reminisce when I am in future.

Family, Wealth and Health

I once read a book. I forget the title or author. It does not really matter. In the book, it was mentioned that there are 3 very important things for people.

The 3 things are “Family, Wealth and Health.” I find it really applies for me.

Sometimes I ask myself, what kind of father will I be in the future? Sometimes I even ask myself, what will happen in the future when my parents become like my current grandma who is lying in the hospital? Who will be the one taking care of father or mother? Esp my mum.

Will it be my wife? my sisters? or me? Sometimes I really admire my mum for her strength or kindness. Taking care of my father’s parents. On the other hand, my father seems non bothered about stuffs like this.

But who in this earth would want to be a burden to other people. Would you? Would money solve all problems? The show really made me think so much about myself. When we all become parents, we will always be on the lookout and concern on our children. But, we fail to pay attention to the ones who groom us into who we are today. Our mum and dad.

So what if you are a millionaire? But you spend a few hours a week, eating dinner with your parents? Do you think they really care about the trip to the posh restaurant? or the ride in the coupe?

Do I really think too much? There’s a saying that goes, if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. When the situation applies to you and you start thinking, it will be too late.

At times, I feel life is a really an incredible force, especially when I look at babies.

Sometimes when i talk to people about insurance about death protection, they will tell me its not important to them cos they still have siblings to look after them. I really don’t know what to say to these people. Sometimes I ask myself do insurance agents deserve some self respect? or people are just playing us out?

I will leave you with a quote on baseball from Yogi Berra.

“Ninety percent of this game is half mental.” - Yogi Berra

P.S. This applies for the stock market too. Please watch your level of fear and greed.