Nadiah Alwi

Some say that money can’t buy happiness. Some other say, if you have money, your life will be easier — and as the result, you will be happy.

As for me, I’d rather not connect money with happiness. Because, even if you have all the money in the universe, it doesn’t mean that you’re gonna be happy.

Many people work damn hard for money. But, what’s the point of having it all if you can’t be happy. I mean, money is not the key to happiness.

I once talked to a friend. She handles like 5 jobs and gets stressed because of those. I told her to quit one or two of them because now she doesn’t have time for her kids. Yet, she said that she did it all for the kids, for their future.

But, hey…future is not all about money. The kids won’t be great people even if you put them in the best school or have all the fancy stuff unless you pay attention to their life. Plus, this friend of mine is not losing herself from working too much.

Is that what you call happiness?

I don’t know.

But, it’s all her decision. It’s her life. I only see it from outside. And, she’s the one dealing with the life she chooses every single day. Not me. So, I’ve made my point. She listened. Whether she does what I suggested or not, it’s none of my business. Right?

Back to money and happiness.

Somehow, I agree that life is easier when you have enough money. ENOUGH. Not much. So, work smart to get enough money, and make sure you’re happy. It’s my motto now.

What about you? Got enough money? Are you happy?

[Pictures by: Claudio Jule (Money) and Billy Alexander (Happy Puzzle)]

It’s only 1 day away from my birthday. My 32nd now.

I don’t know how I should see this birthday. I don’t even know what to do on that particular day. Should I hold a party — a small one, only family included? Or, should I simply give myself a me-time? Or, I’ll just let it go by?

Well, I have prepared some kind of a celebration at my online store. And, I guess my online life would be pretty hectic that day — thanks to facebook.

Yet, I’m talking about my offline life — I can’t say ‘real’ life ‘coz anyhow my online life is in a way as real or even more real than my offline life.

I was thinking about having this contemplation time just like th eold time when I was early 20. However, at that time, I was comtemplating about what would I become.

Now,  I don’t know yet what I would become. But, I’m not searching anymore.

Well, let’s see if I can think of something excited for me to do on that special day. I doubt it though. I have a feeling it will just go by, it will just be the same as other ordinary days. So what if it is?

Honestly, this question came to me after I decided to have a blog using my own name as the URL. I really wanted to do that but actually my mind wondered, “Why would you want to do that?”

I told my mind to just shut up and listened to my heart which was at the time saying, “Just get one!”

And I got one. Well, two, indeed. One in Bahasa (Indonesian), the other in English (the one you are currently reading). Read the rest of this entry »