My family consists of my wife-Yeefun, my daugthers-En and Hui. Of course our brothers and sisters and my parents and my parent in law. But really, all I have to take care and concentrate on are my wife and my daughters. We, my wife and I, are thinking of trying another one. 3 kids and we will call it a day.
We made a conscious decision of she, be a stay-at-home mom and I go out to get the dough. Yeefun did a splendid job in raising the kids, no doubt, bar none. At the back of my mind the main worry has always been and still is concern if I am able to be financially sound with a lot time on my side so that i can spend with my Yeefun and the kids. Is not ideal for me if I need to work until 55 or 60 not because i want to work but more because I have to work in order to have bread on the table. My wish is to be able to, say, stop slugging at 45, and have enough passive income to keep us going with our humble lifestyle. At that point, working is probably to pass time and contribute. That's like everybody's wish, isn't it.
Well, anyway, I have a few plans up my sleeve, I need to work on it. I believe I can.
Kunta Kinte
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Quit Smoking
I am a tobacco-user since I was 18. I am going to be 36 pretty soon. Cigarette is my nicotine delivery device. I am not a chronic smoker, relatively speaking. I know people that do 2 packs a day (1 pack = 20 sticks), I heard people doing 3 packs a day. I sometimes hit a pack a day, most days no. Somedays, especially during the weekends, I don;t smoke at all when I am with my family. The reason is very simple, it sets a bad example for my children and more importantly, I want to live longer for my wife would have killed me.
Countless of times, my wife has asked me to quit smoking, and everytime I disappoint her of not stopping. See one of the problem for me is that I find that smoking is a pleasure for me. Honest. I know this is not going to be good and politically not correct. But that is how I feel whenever I wanted to think or get away or release some tension, smoking can be that thing that will allow me to that or prepare me to do what I wanted to do.
It never occur to me to stop smoking. I did not have the intention to stop smoking. I did not really try to quit before. I am not sure why made the decision I made, but I made it. You see, I love Yeefun (my wife), En and Hui (my daugthers) very very much, and I wanted to see them and be with them as long as I can. Don;t get me wrong, Yeefun can drive me nuts and up the wall, but she is too ingrain in me already, I would not want to spend time with any other women. And i want to grow old, as healthy as possible, with them. So, I decided to quit smoking. I wanted to reduce the risk of me getting tobacco related illnesses, which I gather can be real nasty.
I quit or attempt to quit cold turkey style. And my body is free of nicotine for 11 days solid now. Not sure how long it will last, but I intend to keep it that way as long as possible. Sometimes, even now, I still get cravings not from nicotine addiction, they say nicotine is totally out of my body the first 3 days. Now is more of psychological cravings. You know, one have to smoke to do something. Or one has to smoke after accomplishing somthing or one has to smoke while doing something...kind of thing. I need to pass a lot more days, go through a lot more situations without smoking, and the more I gather those situations under my belt, then I will have less and less cravings. I think I can succeed, I owe it to my family to succeed. Well we shall see.
Countless of times, my wife has asked me to quit smoking, and everytime I disappoint her of not stopping. See one of the problem for me is that I find that smoking is a pleasure for me. Honest. I know this is not going to be good and politically not correct. But that is how I feel whenever I wanted to think or get away or release some tension, smoking can be that thing that will allow me to that or prepare me to do what I wanted to do.
It never occur to me to stop smoking. I did not have the intention to stop smoking. I did not really try to quit before. I am not sure why made the decision I made, but I made it. You see, I love Yeefun (my wife), En and Hui (my daugthers) very very much, and I wanted to see them and be with them as long as I can. Don;t get me wrong, Yeefun can drive me nuts and up the wall, but she is too ingrain in me already, I would not want to spend time with any other women. And i want to grow old, as healthy as possible, with them. So, I decided to quit smoking. I wanted to reduce the risk of me getting tobacco related illnesses, which I gather can be real nasty.
I quit or attempt to quit cold turkey style. And my body is free of nicotine for 11 days solid now. Not sure how long it will last, but I intend to keep it that way as long as possible. Sometimes, even now, I still get cravings not from nicotine addiction, they say nicotine is totally out of my body the first 3 days. Now is more of psychological cravings. You know, one have to smoke to do something. Or one has to smoke after accomplishing somthing or one has to smoke while doing something...kind of thing. I need to pass a lot more days, go through a lot more situations without smoking, and the more I gather those situations under my belt, then I will have less and less cravings. I think I can succeed, I owe it to my family to succeed. Well we shall see.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Hope this one flys
Greetings out there.
I blog because I feel what many others felt, that I would like to say something. Offering my 2 cents on what's up with my country - Malaysia, as well as asking what's up with my country. I do not know if it is going to help anyone, but hey, to borrow from Patrick's blog phrase, it maybe therapeutic for myself. Who knows, I can live longer for a few hours for every 5 posts that I do. Those few hours are priceless to me, if I am able to see my wife, Shannon (even quarelling is okay), my little ones, En and Hui (for now, 10 years down the road I am not too sure) and my loved ones.
I don;t know if this blog will be about my country only, possibly about my life, possibly about my friends, my work, my business or whatever. I shall play by ear, and see where this will lead me.
So here goes, on the road to nowhere.
Jack Ng
Kunta Kinte
I blog because I feel what many others felt, that I would like to say something. Offering my 2 cents on what's up with my country - Malaysia, as well as asking what's up with my country. I do not know if it is going to help anyone, but hey, to borrow from Patrick's blog phrase, it maybe therapeutic for myself. Who knows, I can live longer for a few hours for every 5 posts that I do. Those few hours are priceless to me, if I am able to see my wife, Shannon (even quarelling is okay), my little ones, En and Hui (for now, 10 years down the road I am not too sure) and my loved ones.
I don;t know if this blog will be about my country only, possibly about my life, possibly about my friends, my work, my business or whatever. I shall play by ear, and see where this will lead me.
So here goes, on the road to nowhere.
Jack Ng
Kunta Kinte
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