What is it all about?

• ilovemyrolex

  14 Oct 05, 18:51

  Dear fellow forumites,
  
  I was listening to the news today and they announced some statistics regarding home ownership in Singapore.
  
  But come to think of it, how many of us (so-called elitist by some) actually own the accomodations we live in? Most of us so-called elitists live in HDB flats or condominium apartments which are directly or indirectly under lease from the gahment* (99-999 yrs). Only a small percentage are free hold (which I don't know whether the gahment can take back or not)
  
  So we work all our lives to so call buy something that doesn't belong to us... So my question is, "what is this all about?"
  
  That naturally extends the thought to the meaning of our existence... and that we're all going to die someday... and again, leads me to think, "what's it all about?"
  
  So what if we made an impact in somebody elses life, had meaningful friendships, flew first class flights to Amsterdam, smoked weed and hired man-whores, rode on the maiden voyage on the Titanic or on Queen Elizabeth II on a cruise of the Carrebean, or won an arguement and had our balls licked by a myriad of people? so what?
  
  Is it just about the journey and not the destination? Is this the only way to think so at least have some meaning to our existence?
  
  * did you know: Real Estate actually means Royal (Spanish) Estate, which means that land owned by the King or Gahment (in our context)
• the Bear

  14 Oct 05, 19:05

  i won't go that deep because i ain't...
  
  to think about it in terms of journey, destination or whatever... i never thought of it like that.. i may have been deluded into thinking like that once (heck.. that delusion may be correct for all i know)
  
  someone once said something to this effect.. that if you stop and analyse it so much, it loses meaning, because life is to be experienced and not to be analysed...
  
  i let it be, live my life right, have a clear conscience and hey.. be happy about it...
  
  if it makes you happy to think of it as a journey, go for it.. savour each step and each mile...
  
  if it's the destination, go for it too... and when you get there, remember to revel in it..
  
  stop to smell the roses? get to the roses first? just remember that there are roses
• hisoka

  14 Oct 05, 19:07

  the word ownership should be changed with holdership for more accuraccy
• ilovemyrolex

  15 Oct 05, 11:49

  Yes, you're right, but i was merely quoting what I heard over the radio. Cheers!
  
  (edited grammatical error)
• ilovemyrolex

  16 Oct 05, 20:48

  thanks Bear for your wise words, can't help to think that consciousness is such a curse!
• Lingos

  16 Oct 05, 20:57

  Mmmmmmmmmmm......
  
  Ermm.... therefore i choose to spend my money on handbags.
  They give me more statisfaction.
• KiamSngTee

  16 Oct 05, 21:16

  Lingos is a very shallow fool.
  
  /runs away.
• Lingos

  16 Oct 05, 21:20

  See the thing is....
  Why hoard money?
  For what? Slave away trying to get something that is unattainable.
  I like seeing where my money is...
  in my wardrobe. HAHAH
• laurence82

  16 Oct 05, 23:11

  i had a feeling this particular article come in response to the plight of the squatters on Changi Beach.
  
  
• ilovemyrolex

  18 Oct 05, 19:18

  aren't you worried that you just won't kick after your money runs out... bet your handbags won't help.
  
  you'd then have to collect cardboard boxes and dig rubbish bins for aluminum cans. sleeping in parks, void decks... etc.
  
  

  Originally posted by Lingos:

  See the thing is....
  Why hoard money?
  For what? Slave away trying to get something that is unattainable.
  I like seeing where my money is...
  in my wardrobe. HAHAH

• Rhonda

  18 Oct 05, 23:24

  Originally posted by ilovemyrolex:

  thanks Bear for your wise words, can't help to think that consciousness is such a curse!

  Well, heightened awareness often is. It's a double-edged sword, really... being blessed with the ability to perceive things in their entirety, also makes you realise the full implications and often, it's very easy to become jaded or cynical.
  
  Work hard at fighting that cynicism, because it's not good to live life that way. You'll end up missing out on a lot of little joys in life.
  
  Sometimes, we have to consciously choose to turn a blind eye to things that we cannot change, and have to accept and live and let live.
  
  Hmm... isn't that a part of that famous Serenity poem? "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change..."
  
  Hey, good to have you back in here, ilovemyrolex! Looong time no see! Hope all's well with you!