tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post4267410250717561828..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: The poor rich SingaporeansChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-8634005130688294642008-01-12T11:11:00.000+08:002008-01-12T11:11:00.000+08:00singaporeans should be like matilah, spending his ...singaporeans should be like matilah, spending his money the way he wants and making himself happy.<BR/><BR/>the poorer people of poore countries are not necessarily happy or unhappy. they just exist. and if there is no comparison or alternatives, like goes on as per normal.<BR/><BR/>what is happiness or not happiness is individual. the buddhists do not seek happiness but serendity or detachment Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-12055802651969074192008-01-09T05:01:00.000+08:002008-01-09T05:01:00.000+08:00anon 436 > Sometimes you have to believe that peop...anon 436<BR/><BR/><I> > Sometimes you have to believe that people in Nigeria and India are happier than us. < </I><BR/><BR/>Utter bloody nonsense.<BR/><BR/>If you are unhappy, it is your own darn fault. You create your own emotions by yourself. No one but you is responsible for how you feel.Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-72196651614399935102008-01-08T16:36:00.000+08:002008-01-08T16:36:00.000+08:00Rest assured, Singaporeans are indeed becoming ass...Rest assured, Singaporeans are indeed becoming asset rich but cash poor.<BR/><BR/>Whatever they may tell you about your home going up by 31% etc, what can you do about it? If you sell the house where are you going to live? Buying another house is not going to be cheaper. And even if your house appreciate, so does everybody else's home. In time to come with the price of new HDB huilt homes now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-59709419846336761762008-01-08T14:47:00.000+08:002008-01-08T14:47:00.000+08:00This is mumbo-jumbo wordplay.What you need to get ...This is mumbo-jumbo wordplay.<BR/><BR/>What you need to get clear is a definition of what "rich" is, in terms of money. My definition of rich, in money terms is when a person can write a good cheque for US500k, and still be in the black.<BR/><BR/>"Wealth" on the other hand is a different idea. Wealth is more a state of being.<BR/><BR/>The ideas of "rich" "wealthy" and "successful" can only be <I>Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.com