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If it looks like an egg, feels like an egg, taste like an egg, it must be an egg.

There are some things in life that seem apparent but totally not. It is the mystery of life or like Forrest Gump’s Box of chocolate, ‘you never knew what really got.’ I guess somehow, the uncertainty of life makes it a little more challenging. Sometimes it is also the catalyst for dejections.

Growing up, I tend to think that life’s easy to live. Problems are often smaller than it actually is. Most of the time, human emotion exaggerates realism. As I submerge myself into the world, becoming a wage earner, gaining a legit reason for existence. I kept finding compelling evidence that the real world is now harder than it should. Becoming truly happy is merely an illusion and the window of joy is between being borne to somewhere shy of one’s 17^th birthday… And so if any kid is not happy during that stage… I would have to apologetically tell them that they have fucked up. There is nothing but rough terrain ahead and they miss the only chance of experiencing bliss.

But, does it have to be that way.  Can’t there be a solution? Can the Jewish community and Arabs friends get along? Do we have to worry about strange parcels or white powder lying around in malls and subways station? When is the next tsunami gonna over-run another city? Can I trust that the milk powder I buy from the shelf is actually milk and not 80% rice flour? Did the chicken on my plate of chicken rice come from a sick farm or dirty kitchen? When is the next big fight between two couple gonna cause another divorce? Is my job still there tomorrow? Is cancer gonna get me eventually?

Unfortunately, this is the kind of world each child will grow up to. Everyday another child will ask the same question to which Daddies and Mommies can’t answer as they themselves once asked the same question. So… in the lamest phrase … “What the fuck are we doing!!!”

Another yr is come and gone. 2006 is around the block. Many psychics or modern day prophet will have to re schedule their prophesy of doomsday ( one day they will be right and then again, it wouldn’t really matter). In the midst of the rough existence we live in. There is a glitter of hope. This is because as much as we humans really know how to fuck ourselves up, we also know how to make it a better place. Because all people, everyone from kids to old dudes sitting on wheelchairs, are inherently born with a pure heart. Together with a recipe of conscience, hope, love and desire for betterment. There will always be an olive branch in the sea of crap.

Fretting over triviality in view of the grandeur of shit the world has put everyone in is pretty much a waste of time. Don’t be upset about the size of waist line, the size of your monthly paychecks, about who say what behind your back, or not having matching shirt and pants. Enjoy the fact that the sun is out shining brightly. Enjoy the moment when another person calls to say ‘wazzup!’ because you have been missed. Enjoy even a nice glass of wine or a lick from your pet dog. Enjoy the moments when two people share their lives as one. Enjoy the serenity and freedom of single-hood.

Enjoy the cold water as trashing  onto your body while you carve the wake. enjoy the brief 1 sec of being weightless and in the air. Enjoy the little  glimpse of fear when you crash helplessly into the water. Enjoy life, enjoy wakeboarding.

Enjoy it because it is worth every second of our lives. And once we are able to enjoy the minute moments of our lives, we will know this world is actually a pretty nice place to be living in.   

Happy holidays, Happy New Year!