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Peace and Harmony in the House

Things "seem" to get better at home, I wonder if it's because I take things differently or things are really different? Anyway, it has been less arguments, more respect for each other...


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Loss

"A lot of times we do not know that something/someone is so important/unimportant until we have lost it/them". Watching a Japanese series now. I seldom watch TV at this hour but my relatives were here and the TV was switched on. So, this guy gets the chance to go back in time - asking God to give him a chance.

If an angel granted me this chance, would I have taken it? I don't have the answer to this - better to concentrate on the present than to think of what would I have done if I get the chance to go back to the past...
(It seems like this movie is about going back in time more than one time... but it's end of the hour now)


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Happiness in a Simple Life

Still watching the TV while organizing my personal files...

There's a documentary on now - on a disabled person - Lao He, whose occupation is to carry goods to the peak of Hua Mountain in China. Very inspiring. He had a broken hand, and yet he could make a living to carry goods of 50 - 70kg up the mountain. And he is very proud to earn his own living, about 15 - 20 yuan per day (0.30 yuan per kilo). He is happy, saying that he enjoys singing on his way up, breathing in the fresh air of the mountains - especially during spring time. Listening to him talking so happily about his job - is so touching. He also mentioned the time when he first came to Shanghai looking for a job - he could not find a job and very nearly wanted to just give up on life. But he remembered about his parents, his children, his siblings - if he gave up, he would disappoint them. So he lives on. As he was narating, he shed tears...

Now they're interviewing another person, Lao Hui who has been carrying goods up the mountain for 26 years. His aim us to carry between 140 - 160 kg of goods everyday. He also likes singing and he says that the mountain air improves his voice. He has 2 children, his wife left him when he was 29 because the family was too poor. Therefore Lao Hui was determined to make a living for himself and his children. When he talked about his children, his face lit up. He was so proud to say that they are now studying in the University of Xi An.

The third person featured in this documentary - Lao Liu (Ming Shan) says that he enjoys music. He sings and talk to himself. To him, he enjoys art, and singing / music is a form of art. He also said that singing makes them more energetic when they climb the mountain. He enjoys helping people, he thinks that the profession is a noble profession. Everyone must learn to understand each other, to have a noble soul. Lao Liu looks very cheerful talking about his life.

Looking at them, I really admire them, they are people worthy of respect. Their occupation is simple, they earn their own living through their own hard work. When I compare them with me - how lucky I am - I only need to sit in the office, and do "office work". And I earn multiple times what these people are earning.

The documentary goes on... some people plays the flute when climbing up the mountain. Another flute player who says that life must have humour and happiness. Playing the flute brins happiness and spirit. He even got compliments from tourists who told him that they will not climb the mountain if they cannot listen to his flute sound. This flute player also has 2 children. During their school holidays, he asked them to come to the mountain and carry watermelons weighing 20kg. His child said it's tiring, asked his father to carry less, and eat better food. As he said this, he shed tears.

Is it true - these people in less developed countries probably leads happier life than us living in modern cities in developed country. Happiness - less is more...

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