In Between

When we were at my uncle's wake, my brother taught us a new card game called “in between”. Each player is given two cards at the beginning of the game. Then another card will be given to a player, but you should first decide whether to CALL or FOLD. CALL meaning you have a pretty good feeling that the new card given to you will fall “in between” the first two cards. FOLD meaning otherwise. Example, you have a FIVE and a QUEEN, you'll probably think that the new card will fall in between these two. If the new card given to you is, let's say a NINE, then you win. It's that easy. But if you have two identical cards, the choices will be HIGHER or LOWER. If you were given two TENS, then you might probably choose LOWER, meaning the new card to be given to you will (hopefully) be lower than TEN.

At some point in our lives, we often thought that we have had our lowest moments... our most embarrassing situation... our ugliest look... our worst hair day... our unluckiest day.

Whatever you felt, seen, tasted, touched or heard, it will always be in between. At some point, there will always be someone out there who had a more embarrassing situation than the one you were in. If you think you're getting older because almost all your colleagues are younger than you, then just think of your older friends and relatives. Definitely, you will always be younger than them. If you think you had a bad day when your flight got canceled, then just thank God that you were not on the plane that crashed and got all of its passengers killed. If you think you're getting fat, then try watching THE BIGGEST LOSER. If you think you're not that smart, then just think of other people who can't or don't even have the capacity to read this. And you probably won't be reading this if you're not smart. Haha!

As of June 2010, the United States Census Bureau has estimated the human world population at 6,829,400,000. You are not alone.

On the other hand, we have also thought that we had our highest moments – nirvana, bliss, paradise, heaven, cloud nine or whatever you call it. But when you're happy, I guess you won't care much who's happier than you, right? Let's all be happy and don't forget to count your blessings.