🍜 … provided we have that frame of mind…

Book of TREE 2.88

‘… we need very little in life to make us happy, provided we have that frame of mind to enjoy whatever we have.’

‘After days… in the field, with no facilities for washing and days of army rations, returning to base after field training and taking that first cold shower from a hose felt heavenly. That first plate of Hokkien mee at the hawker centre – better tasting than any food in a Michelin-starred restaurant. These life lessons taught me that we need very little in life to make us happy, provided we have that frame of mind to enjoy whatever we have.’ —Ronald Paul Ng

Dr Ng is a remarkable old man with a love for learning. His take on life is worth reading.

Do yourself a favour. Start the week by digging out Moloko’s Statues album and giving it a listen for the first time in a long time.

Friday’s PUNZLE proved tricky.

I wanted you to tell me what I give to my actual buddies? The clue was:

The people who associate with me only because they want something get faeces.

The answer is shampoo. You can still get a bunch of points if you can explain correctly how to get to the answer.

Grow slowly
Jeff