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A friend of mine told me today that she worked at a fast food joint for work experience and only lasted a day. It was a pressure cooker. You’re on your feet for hours. There’s a timer that goes off every few minutes and you have to do everything asap. It’s fast food hence, minute after minute, like a factory, food needs to churned out. Well, she returned home that night feeling like a legless zombie. She was exhausted and it was only her first day! She complained to her parents that it was one of the toughest days she’s ever had to endure. Period. Her father said something so simple and sometimes, the most simplest messages are the most profound “Good. this means you know what you DON’T want to do” and from that day on, she took her studies really seriously so that she would have the freedom of CHOICE. She’s now got some high flying job with an international company with huge responsibilities. She’s happy she’s not flipping burgers but now that she has the cash, the credit cards etc, she laments that she doesn’t have the TIME nor the PEACE of mind due to her stressful job. It’s still a pressure cooker. Just a different kind.
When I was in Thailand last week, I was looking at all the street peddlars. There was this guy frying something. He was squinting away from the pan. The sun was torturous making it terribly uncomfortable to be cooking in this weather. I had just got out of an air conditioned cab myself and I was shocked by the heat. It was one of those moments where I was partly awed and partly humbled by how hard these people were working just to make a living. I can’t remember what was in my head before I got out of the cab but I remembered to be grateful for my life. If we all tried to focus on what we have, rather than what we lack, we would be happier with ourselves.
What’s so amazing is how those who seem to have so little can give so much. It’s not good to generalise but I get more smiles on my travels from simple folk than rich folk (who supposedly have “more” opportunities, more stuff etc so why aren’t they smiling more too?)
When I was in a remote village in China near the Himalayas, I walked past tribal kids giggling around me fascinated by everything. Women stopped sewing just to smile and an old man smoking his opium pipe nodded at me in greeting while I was passing by. They weren’t jaded like a lot of us are in this world always searching for more excitement, more of this or that.
Their lives were so simple. Untouched by the material world. Their homes were made of stone with no doors. I could walk right into them. The air was really fresh at that altitude and the women wore such colourful outfits they probably made themselves. Ironically, they probably had less possessions than the street peddlars in Bangkok but they lived such a good life. And there was no RUSH. No pollution either so what I’m getting at is just stop and think about the quality of the life you’re leading rather than how much you have in your bank account! 
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Well…glad that you friend didn't work part time in the fast food restaurant right? I used to work in a lot of restaurant too including KFC when I was younger. But the truth is…all jobs have its own pressure…but of course the jobs that some of us having now is well paid compared to working in Fast food restaurant.
Sometimes, life is just funny~A lot of time where people work so hard to achive a "better" life to find it is actually a hectic and stressful life……It's all about balance i think~We just have to balance on what kind of lifestyle we have and how much money we earn? lol good post btw~=)
Jojo, A big Hi to you. How did the Alpha Blogger project went? Was it a success? And you? Enjoyed yourself helming the project? Do tell.Back to you post.Yes, I can see you are a discerning person who travels and blogs. You then synthesized your experience. You distill it with some homelies and truths and we get to read it.As we gleam from your travels,we read about your opinions of life in those lands and the perceived or real humility of the poor and downtrodden. In Malaysia or in your case, Singapore; for many of us, we are just fortunate to be born into middle-class families. We take many things for granted. Comfort, being one. To us, even the word, ‘humility’ fails to demonstrate its true meaning unless it beats ceaselessly at our heart's doors as we lived through such humbling experiences. Many of us do not really know what hard work is. So the hawker on the streets in Thailand and your friend’s one-day stint at a fast food joint really differs. While the Thai hawker will fry for life for a living, your friend, spared of the ignominy; got the luxury of second chance to seek a very different life, graduate and is now someone big in corporations with the wherewithal to spend. Since life throws all of us a different hand of cards to play, play it we must. With God's blessings-many would call this 'luck'-we may yet succeed and rise like the legendary phoenix! Many have.Have a great day, Jojo!
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Hey jojo, im a new reader of urs. Gotta say u have an interesting life. Cheers
i cried at The first day working at a fast food restaurant. Yup, my experience that make my life better now… Love u JOJO
The urge to have more in life is growing in the community. It seems that people do not stop with what they have now. These are the people that think that they can move on further but for those that think they cant, they are thus happy with their current lives. Living it all out to the best…
regarding your first story…. sometimes, flipping burgers may not be as stressful as working in a big company. running around with alarm beeping is nothing compared to sitting in front of the PC with deadlines looming…
never tried a job which relates to serving food before.. but the demands are really high these days.. everyone needs to eat.. =)kenwooi.com
In a big city such as groong tayp, our inadequacies are exposed at alarming frequencies. Resource is scarce, worldly temptations many, competition fierce. It is difficult to remain contented (and not be caught up in the chase) – thus seemingly without worries as the mountain people.Humility I guess is a different story, the one that emanates from the heart is real, the rest perceived.Thank you for a nice story.
jojo, this post insipires me, and made my day. thank you
Made me reflect on my own life and how easy it is to get caught up without really being present in the moment…..thanks for making me stop n think
brilliant post! i am at most times, one of the jaded ones mentioned in your post but i always try to remind myself that i am lucky. awfully lucky and ur post indeed serves as a reminder that i am really lucky!thank you!
Joanne, that's great 2 hear! We must constantly remind ourselves of what we have rather than what we "don't have"gd point zhenlong.thx 4 dropping by Chris
I hope I can keep inspiring you Pauline!guys, you've all written such meaningful comments. Family of Four is a blog in itself. Incredible!thank you for sharing Munira, kenwooi, Tekkaus, Husen, Zewt, Dylan,Nesca…too many of you but I get all your comments n appreciate them v much. thanks!
I love the pictures in your blog. I wish I could lead a life like that!
mcdonald & all evil multinational corporation in some way have done us a favour.they provide job & food.many who work there may dont have higher qualification. i know coz i work there for almost 3 month.there were school dropout & housewise looking for extra income.slowly they climb the ladder & become floor manager.they can be something/someone.we only need to choose to endure.that is what sort of life i like to lead.to endure.
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