~Taking it easy~

Been back for class for the 2nd day..Class is just,well,class..You get to concentrate when the sensei is teaching and tend to wander off in mind during class changing period...That's all..Some teachers are starting to teach faster because exam is near,some just gave us time to do our own revision..Like I said,class is just,well..class..

Today,I had another 'deep thoughts' session with Mr. Lawson.Meg,a Japanese Advanced student join in.I had a hard time doing translating but the exchange of view is pretty...amusing.I told him I felt that this China trip of mine changed my mind in some way,as in I start to slow down and relax a little rather than pushing myself too hard.I still do,in a way,push myself at times as seen in my previous blogs,but somehow,I know my limits already.And will try to do my best and not take failure so hard..Our sessions usually are more about our outlooks in life and today's session is more interesting because its Japanese-Malaysia-America cross cultural views exchange.It really made me ponder where do I see myself in say..5years time..

On a happier note,today I treat myself better and have my first Haagan-Dazs ice-cream.I might say its the first time I actually pay so much for such an expensive ice-cream.The best I had previously was Baskin Robbins..The flavour was Affogato,a very rich and creamy coffee ice-cream where the taste still lingers after half an hour of consumption.haha..I learned to treat myself better I guess,after all,no one would,could take care of myself better than I do right?I even have proper meals nowadays

A short story I enjoyed from the book I bought from China,all are good but today this was the best of the 5 short stories I read.Sorry,only in Mandarin..

你快乐吗？这个问候语现在已经像“吃了吗？”一样使用频繁。如今快乐已成了人们苦苦追求，却又求之不得的稀有珍宝。许多人已开始使用快乐的程度来衡量审视自己和他人的快乐指数。套用一个刚公布的计算公式：快乐=快乐的实现值-快乐的期望值。意思是如果期望值越高，那么快乐的程度就会越低。反之，亦然。

有时也问自己，你快乐吗？我好像没有精确的答案。因为自己总是处于一条此起彼伏曲曲折折的波浪线中，总是处于快乐、不快乐而又快乐这么一种状态中。为了快乐而努力的过程是充满期盼和激情的，到达快乐的目的地时，又觉得一切立刻归于平淡，快乐也随风而逝了。

自己是个喜欢回忆的人，闲的时候会对着天空静静发呆，随着天空掠过的浮云回味过往的经历。那时，会发现自己实际上只记住了那些快乐的往事，不快乐的记忆已经不知何时被自动过滤掉了。想来许多人都是如此，被生活累得疲惫不堪的我们，内心其实根本不愿意记住那些痛苦的往事，只把过去的快乐留在心底，用快乐的回忆，让现在的生活变得幸福点，轻松点。

有时觉得快乐是个很简单的事，只要把快乐的期望值降低些，快乐的感觉就会更强烈。根据测定的公式，期望值越低，快乐的程度就会越高，就如科学研究结果揭示：穷人的快乐值远远高于富人。因为穷人对生活没有太高的要求，只要吃饱穿暖就是幸福，就很快乐。可是富人不同，他们有太多地想法，太多的愿望，不断给自己追加更高更强的目标，也就随之降低了自身幸福和快乐的指数。

不知道自己应该羡慕富人还是穷人，其实，只要能找到自己的快乐就好。快乐真的很简单，它没有统一的标准，快乐的标准只在于每个人的心中，只要对生活，对自己不过于苛求，只要能做自己感觉快乐的事，过自己觉得幸福的生活，健健康康，平平安安，这样的人生我以为就是快乐。

快乐感悟：
心态决定命运，心态决定快乐的程度。不要对生活要求太多，知足常乐；不要对自己要求太高，平平淡淡也是幸福；不要对失败得失太看重，片刻的感受不能左右人生的旅途。抱着一份虔诚美好的愿望，守着一颗淡泊宁静地心，珍惜现在的幸福，人生就会快乐无限。