It has been a while. My health condition is slowly improving and I have stop medication. Things are getting normal and boring again, perhaps it is time for me to go on another scuba diving trip to sparkle up my life a little bit.
Lately I ran a full season marathon of Orange is the New Black, one of the scene where Lorna question Piper how many bathrooms does her house have (to determine how big is her house) make me wonder... am I consider rich?
Personally, I don't consider myself as a rich kid, even though I do not have financial problem and is able to afford luxury. With that said, I think of my family is in the "financial well-off" category. But then again, I lived in a house that have 8 bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, 3 kitchens and 2 living rooms. Before you give me stink eyes and start calling me "bragger" or "show-off", please give me the benefit of the doubt and let me explain myself.
Sure, I'm not gonna lie, the house is quite big. In fact, it's so big that it is almost unnecessary and too much for only 2 person to lived in. However, I believe anybody who have extra cash lying around or a little bit of saving could just buy or invest in a house this big in Malaysia, but most of them simply decide that they don't want/need to.
Moreover, rich or poor is a very subjective word. How much do you have to consider yourself rich or how much you left to consider yourself poor? For some people, owning a big house is their dream and is a proof of status, and for some, unable to afford to buy a car is enough to label themselves as poor, even though they do not need to worry about 3 meals a day.
I guess my point is: no matter how rich or poor a person is, a good and well-behaved personality is the most important trait a person should possess. I can't stand when a rich person treat their waiter/waitress badly nor can I stand when a poor person despise a person for simply being richer than they are. Yes, I am fortunately born to a parent that is able to provide me the comfort of luxury and extravagant living. But it does not mean that I am a bad person or a hooligan.
I am not trying to be all Gandhi, hippie and shit. Let's be real, money is very important yet what's the point of living if us human can't be slightly nicer to each other? There is a quote I heard from somewhere: "we all die as we birth, naked and alone.". People most likely won't care how wealthy or dirt poor you are when you live, but some would remember the good deed or how you are as a person after you pass. So let us be friendly to one another, of course, unless that person is a jerk, then you can flip them off and be on your merry way.
