Tuesday, July 20, 2004

i've been surviving on slices of 40cents fruits for recess for the past 2 weeks.. my friends were pitying me and even i myself found it quite pathetic. recently there seemed to be a shortage in finances for me and i was just abt to haggle for a allowance increment with my boss(my mom) until i read the Straits Times today, and there was this piece of news at the backpage of Home that says "The world's happiest people are... Nigerians". Not that it came as a surprise to me, cus there's this old sayin that poorer ppl are happier pplt than the wealthy. here's the ranking of the world's happiest countries:

1. Nigeria
2. Mexico
3. Venezuela
4. El Salvador
5. Puerto Rico

It really set me thinking u know (cus most of the time i just flip thru the papers mindlessly).. how come the Nigerians living in a volatile, poverty-stricken country are happier than the prosperous Americans, who ranked 16th? I mean, okay lah, the politically correct answer is almost in everyone's face right now, but really and seriously, why isit that ppl who have wealth, abundance of basic needs, high standard of living, are still not content? i'm guilty of that too lah, actually. i mean, i shld be countin my blessings becus in comparison i'm so much more fortunate than most of the teenagers of the world, but heyyy i'm still here complainin that my phone is lousy, the air-con's not cold enough, i have not enough clothes, blahhh and the ilks.

maybe being poor is not such a bad thing after all.

writing at 5:37 PM

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