I AM BACK!!!!

Hi Everybody..

I am back... because a message woke me up ..

The message reads "Every problem is a small problem" & "In the end we only live to be happy".. I am very grateful to receive this message from a dear friend of mine. Thank you..(i am sure you know who you are huh)

These two messages are short but the meanings are deep.. straight to the point too. Yupe.. we only live once, we dont know how long we have to achieve our goals, we should always greet every obstacles, problems with an open mind, think before we leap, try and try till we cant try no more and most importantly give ourselves happiness.

My grandpa is 96 years old, quite healthy for his age, he seldom uses his wheelchair, he always enjoy family gatherings with all his kids , grandkids, grandkids' kids (what's the term for this) .. he has out lived all his brothers. He happened to be the only one migrated to Malaysia. They all stayed behind in China. He didnt get any education. Married young. Has many kids, which means i have many aunties, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces...etc. (still i didnt collect much during chinese new year) Even though he didnt get much education, but he has a mind for business and to have his money work for him.

I have great respect for him (which i think i ought to tell him so). To me, he is the most intelligent, steady (our local term for responsible person), quiet man, monitored the share market like a hawk, firm and strict with his kids. During the last recession , the share market drops drastically (like never before). Everyone stopped investing. They were worried, their money stucked, wasted and they are losing bit by bit of it each day. My aunty was a remisier then. She told us, during those bad times, she had only one customer. That customer happened to be her father, my grandpa. He took the opportunity to invest more. He monitored his accounts everyday. Never sold a single share. I'll leave it to you gals and guys to guess how much he made when he finally sold his shares..........

Now, this is one man who is not afraid to take risks. None of his kids dare to advise him on ways or ideas to make money or manage their company. None of them dares to make any decision without his consent. He is after all still the King of the house.

I should go to him for some business advises but..... his hearing is terrible even when he had the hearing aid on!!! bad reception...

One issue I know for sure... his kids visits him very often so that he's not lonely. Chat with him, or chatting among themselves while he sits in his chair dozing off because he's still in control of his property and money. hmmm.... I know my statements here may sound abit cold, sarcastic maybe but it is a fact. Money talks. A wise man once told me that money looks down on people, money chooses who it wants to be with. I am very surprise none of his kids are as successful as him. They dont live in poverty but none of them inherited his intelligence or make time or opportunity to learn from him. Its sad. At his age, he's still supporting some of them, even supported some of his grandkids through university. They even asked him for a car when they came back from University. They need transport for work. He also contributed for their weddings. Can you believe that? At his age, ..its like his children never grew up