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Like I have mentioned in my opening post of this personal Blog before, I have three Blogs altogether. Someone has left a comment in my monetizing Blog four months ago but I have yet to approve or delete it. It is still awaiting moderation. The reader who has commented might be thinking that I’m ignoring his/her comment totally. This is not true if he/she has this thinking. Really, it isn’t true. 

So, what is holding me back from answering the reader’s or visitor’s comment then? Let us see the comment that was left inside the comment box of my other (monetization) Blog :

 Money cannot buy love or even friendship.

First of all, I have to agree with the reader’s comment. How true it is. This is a fact of life and nobody in this universe can ever change it or deny it. If you were very rich, you tend to have many people coming to you and claiming that they are your friends. 

If you were a successful businessman or a millionaire or a tycoon, many slim, sexy, beautiful or gorgeous ladies will be attracted to you. I guess most of these beautiful ladies won’t mind to become your mistress even if you are married. Likewise for an elderly wealthy lady, many young, sturdy, suave or handsome guys will chase after you and hope to become your lovers. This scenario looks so common nowadays as if ants are attracted to honey. 

Their intention is simple and none other, these people are going after the rich men’s and women’s money. For this instance, we can say that money can actually buy love although it is not true love.

What about friendship? I share the same view as the false love. The so-called friends will be flocking towards you if they know that you are very rich. In my opinion, you can tell who the real friends are only when you need help or when you are in trouble. Sad to say that there are just too few around. Those friends who lend you a helping hand are the true friends. As the saying goes :

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Perhaps you might understand by now how difficult it is to answer the comment as left in the comment box by my reader in my other Blog. It just depends on which angle you are looking at money. Some people say money is not everything. Yes, I do agree with it. However, to me, everything is money. Everything needs money. We all do work very hard for money to make ends meet, don’t we?

Here is a video clip on Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” :




Yesterday I came to know that the father of my colleague, Vin, has just passed away on Tuesday morning. But I was busy with my work yesterday so I didn’t attend the wake until this evening. I met a few former colleagues over at the wake and I’m glad to know that everybody is doing fine.

Vin is in his 20s and he is like a boy-next-door kind of decent and cute guy. He is a hardworking, responsible, helpful and unassuming person. He likes to talk to me and tells me about his unhappiness at work. He’s like a younger brother to me. I’m sad to see him feeling down.

Vin was working abroad for a few weeks but was called back recently by his family due to his dad’s condition was becoming worst. He came back for a week and his dad just passed away later. Vin looked so sad and tired at his dad’s wake. He didn’t shave himself and this makes him look even more haggard. He doesn’t look like the usual Vin whom I used to see.

One of his managers is asking him to go abroad again and to provide technical support to the customers. Vin is quite furious about it because it is not an appropriate time to ask someone to travel again after losing one’s beloved father. I think this person is just kind of insensitive to bring out this request at the wrong timing. Didn’t Vin have sacrificed enough of his quality time to be spent with his dad? Is work really that important after all?

Although Vin is very committed to his work, I think he has to slow down for a while this time round and see what is really important to him in his life. What he needs to do is to pull himself together after the sorrow. After all, he has his own life to live. He must take good care of himself and his mother. Be strong, Vin.