Monday, March 18, 2013

Laugh & Smile

It's been nearly one whole month since my last post, and one whole month between my last trip and my most recent trip to New York (came back yesterday). My ass is sore after sitting 16 x 4 = 64 hours = 2.5 days out of the last 30 days of the month on a plane. Me no likey! :(

I've been super busy this month with work, and with fun. :) There's been some really exciting developments, and I hope that 2013 will pan out well. I'm finally going to live out my entrepreneur dreams, I've been reactivating my sports hobbies with a supe'd up tennis racket (and my badminton racket!), my friends are always up to good and no good, my mommy and daddy love me, God loves me, I feel productive, I feel healthy, and I'm just generally high on life.

Last week when I was in New York, I was standing on the street with Sandy causing our usual ruckus when a bicyclist sped by and shouted, "You have a great smile, never stop smiling! Never stop laughing like you're doing right now!" I was momentarily stunned -- do you ever think about how you look like to others? I don't really think about that, but I liked his comment very much. Positive reinforcement.

by Sua Ha. Holding cupcakes from Billy's Bakery in front of the office.
"Just smile!" "But... what?! I don't know how to smile!!!"

In JFK there's a silly rule where you have to drag your own luggage to the security scan after you check in. I dragged my first of two 20kg-ers (not mine) to the machine, where two men tediously tossed mounds of luggage onto the rubber conveyor belt. For some reason, I was in a wonderful mood, and the two guys started joking around and commenting on Miss Smiley Face. Then I came back with the second 20kg-er (again, not mine) and they welcomed me back with an uproar. It was so ridiculous. It was so awesome. I don't know if this is how I normally look like, if I look like Santa Claus to a TSA worker or probably completely retarded to the normal jaded fellow, but... you know what? I think that if you're happy then just let it out, because everyone likes to be reminded what it looks like to feel good.

If someone's laughing and smiling, then something must be all right with the world.