I was talking to a friend last week and we chatted about our younger days. It struck me that I'm no longer young anymore. I just saw a bunch of granies, chatting away at the coffee shop at the mall today and i start to wonder if this will be happening to me when i get old.... suddenly, I so afraid of aging, becoming so old and fragile, and unable to care of myself and my family, not being in control of things and no longer being able to be financial and physically fit.
As i open my mailbox today, I've gotten an email from a beloved cousin living overseas and she had sent me this, something i will like to share with you too.... do read on...
George Carlin's Views on Aging.
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five!
That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony .
YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime and it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them that is why you pay "them."
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, and hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
End Note : Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!
There she is... singing away.
Time for some action-packed dance
Faith happily waving to our camera with her friend Tara.
The grand finale with her teachers and friends.
Time flies and this is her 3rd school graduation concert that we have attended.
Spinach spaghetti with ham, bacon and mushroom baked to excellence.
Time really flies.. time and tide waits for no man.
The beauties and the servers.....
The gang of ladies in the sales and marketing team.
The closeup of Charmain and Zen.
The tech guys and charmain.
Dennis and Stephen... ....
Teck Sze, Chee Keong and Mike ( the 3 man in Power suits)
Some candid shots as we get nearer to the end of the event....
I wonder if we will get star-shaped mango in the future.... hmmmm...
Mr and Mrs Lee Mun Leong ........
The Yeo Sisters.........
The gang of girls from the tech team and their smoking kaki.
Regina and Alan, enjoying themselves in the romantic setting.
My Faith, enjoying herself too...
Man with a fish on hook
2 Fencers swordfighting
Harley???
Helicopter... i guess...
