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How to Become Happy-er

Remember when we were children?  It was so easy to find ways to be happy. In fact we don't find happiness at all, they just come...and they're often.


Now that we're adults, the opportunity to be HAPPY is getting scarce.

Here's 10 tips on how to be HAPPY- er.



1. Sleep 6 to 8 hours a day. Of course we all know this already! And so,  why are we growing feathers and eyes getting wider.  Did I hear you hoot last night? Figure it out and DO something about it.


2. Eat.   Please. No one is going to do this for you.

3. Smile soon as you wake up.  Yes,  plaster that fake smile on your face for a good 5 mins.  Just do it.




4. Plant. If it dies? Plant again. If it dies again. Buy an artificial plant. Don't give up.

5. Drink warm water in lieu of coffee.  Okay, if you don't have any medical issues that forbids you to drink coffee, by all mean gulp it.


6. Deactivate Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.  Studies show that these social media platforms has been a major source of depression especially for women.  It's a venue where most would feel inadequate and insecure. Keep in touch with your real friends instead and enjoy them in real life.


7.Write on your Journal. Write about your fears and worries. I always see how overly emotional I am when I read what I write then I get to correct how I feel.

8. Believe that God is real and he loves you. 

9. And if everything else fails? Get a DOG .  Sometimes we are not aware that what we really want,  is someone to accept us as we are  and love us  unconditionally.

10. Lastly, don't take things too seriously.  Life on earth is temporary and no one comes out alive.. We're all gonna leave all these things that we worry too much about. 

Breathe..Take it easy. Smile.  Everything happens for a reason. And in most cases those reasons are good for us. 

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Bonsi My Lhasa Apso

Many many years ago 
I had a Puppy named Wawa. I used to hold her in my two tiny hands and would say, "kawawa...kawawa".   

Wawa was born disabled.  Her hind legs were useless. She would walk using her two front legs and drag the 2 behind, as a result, her bare tummy gets scratched against the floor. Worried,  I asked my mother who was a dressmaker to sew her a skirt to protect her tummy from being scratched.  Wawa eventually died from an infection, she was only 2 months old.

Wawa engraved her name in my heart, it has been 37 years since she passed and her memory still lives in my memory.


 Our Dog Bonsi

We have 3 Lhasas. The youngest is Bonsi.

The big one on the pic is Bonsi. He is the fiercest one.  He's so brave he would run after kids passing by in front of our house. He's so protective of us his family.

What I've Learned from my Lhasa Apso

The oldest Lhasa we have is Drizzle. She is our first baby and she's 7 years old now.

1. Lhasa Apso breed is CLINGY! Literally. They want to hang out with you 24/7. They get lonely when they're alone. This is good if you are a "cuddle person"

2. Spoil them and you're their SLAVE forever. Yes, they are DIVAs.

3. They can communicate. They will give you a certain look when they want to go outside the house.

4. They know how to argue. Talk them out into waiting for a little longer and they would whine.

5. They are the sweetest. They will make you feel loved by swarming around you in the morning.

6. They say Lhasas are not "lapdogs". Well...not my BABIES! They like it when you carry them and sit them on your lap.

7. They bite!

Above all these characteristics I love my Lhasa Apsos so much. They have given me and my family especially my own kids so much joy at home.

-N-