What do rich people do beside making and spending money?

Although I have some friends who have enough money to show off their expensive cars,houses and the trips they frequently take, but I do not have friends who are real rich, so rich that they do not have to pause for a second to consider before buying any thing, and most of all, they need not advertise how rich they are. People just know that they are rich.
Sometimes I can't help thinking what do they do in their daily life? They do not have to worry about bills, children educations, etc etc. Do they have to worry about any thing at all? Maybe they have to worry about just one thing, their life span?

Poor man vs Rich man

A dear friend of mine sent me this in the email trying to cheer me up. But it didn't. The rich man took his son to a place which is hard for me to relate to at this stage, he should have taken the boy to the squatters colony, maybe that will be more relevant.

Below is the story:

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>" Give thanks for the things you have & don't worry about the things you don't have"
>>>One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
>>They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
>>On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the>trip?"
>>>"It was great, Dad."
>>"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
>>"Oh yeah," said the son.
>>"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
>>The son answered:
>>"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
>>We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
>>We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
>>Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
>>We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
>>We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
>>We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
>>We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
>>>The boy's father was speechless.
>>>Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
>>Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
>>Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
>>Pass this on to friends and acquaintances and help them refresh their perspective and appreciation.

Prices have gone up

Prices of almost every thing have gone up after one month of the 30 sen increase of petrol. Despite the stern warnings given by the authorities, things have become costlier. **Sigh**
Life is getting more and more difficult!

Pine Trees

I like pine trees. They survive in the toughest conditions, even though they look twisted and shrunk as a result. But they are never quitters. They inspire me.

Chasing The Rainbow

Spending most of my time on internet trying to find a way to earn some money.
Offers of teaching me how to become rich over night (instant millionaire) showers me like rains! But one thing for sure, they are richer the moment you click on the buy button, it doesn't matter you make or not afterwards.
If I had money I would have being charmed into handing them the money, how fortunate (to be penniless)!
I am going only for the free stuff, let them call me cheap. It won't hurt and that is what I can afford.
Wish me lucks!

Old weakling

Someone showed me some kindness today, I found it hard to hold back the tears.
Am I turning into an old weaking already?

CNY round the corner,OMG

Why did it always happened this way? I am broke just before the Chinese New Year.

Memory lost

Watched a soap opera together with the family last night.In that particular episode it was about young pilot who was looking forward to the day his girl friend will wake up after been in comma for 3 years.The day he hoped for finally came when his girl friend woke up after a major operation on her brain.Guess what? You are right,she had partial lost of memory and could not recognize her boy friend!
The poor young pilot was devastated.He was the one who insisted to have the operation on her to be carried out against everyone's advice.He thought they would have a lot of catching up to do,and now this!
While watching this episode,I felt the same pain as the young man because I had a similar experience once.There is a slight difference in my case,it was not between me and my girl friend,it was between me and old friends.
It happened when I was kicked out from my job for being high in seniority and salary.Then a friend took pity on me and gave a job but on condition that I could get along with the rest of the staff. I was confident that I could do that because some of the staff are old friends of me for over 10 years. But when I reported for duty on the first day my old friends ignored my greetings and looked right through me. For the whole lenght of my stay in that company they treated me as transparent,they chatted and joked in front of me as if I was not there.When I tried to join them in the chat,they would either turn a deaf ear to me or just simply dispered leaving me alone there!
I was thinking very hard why did they behave as they did and found no answer. It suddenly dawn on me now that they might have suffered from partial lost of memory as the pilot's girl friend did!

About money

Advice given to me by a wise guy,"don't go chasing after money,the harder you chase the faster it will run away.One will run,the other will chase,it's the universal rule."
He further advised,"do your part well and money will come running after you!"
Simple isn't it?
I do not go chasing after money for I can not see any money around me,and the money did not come running after me because I still do not see any money!

Year 2006

The beginning of another year.
What do I plan to achieve this year? Tell you when I find the answer.