Reebok balls

I thought my yellow and black nike basketball would be the only yellow and black basketball I'd ever see but here is one from Reebok. Don't know the price but it would be the same as most other basketballs - RM40.

Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

This is a short (192 pages) but interesting book about how we view, interpret, and strive for happiness. It tells us that happiness is the ultimate currency. We search for money, because we think money can buy us happiness. Sometimes our search for money is at the expense of the very thing we want money to buy - happiness. But in reality, the happiness level of rich and middle-class and poor people are roughly the same - with the exception of people in extreme poverty. We adapt to our situation and find happiness regardless of how much money we have. So it's misguided to strive for a good career and wealth just for the sake of money - because money.... can't buy ... everlasting happiness. It buys happiness that is fleeting. It lasts as long as your money does. Read this book!

Faster by James Gleick

It's been a week since my last update. This just shows that I am NOT obsessed with updating this blog with yellow and black things. I also don't read books just because they are yellow and black. They just happen to have yellow and black covers. This one I read several years ago. It's about how in the modern times, things seem to happen faster. We have so many modern conveniences. We have cars that shorten the time taken to travel from one place to another. But paradoxically, the faster we do things, the less time we have to do them. Compare how much leisure time people 100 years ago had versus how much leisure time we have? What use are our time saving devices, if we only use the time we save to do more work? Sure we are productive but are we happy. As books usually do, this one costs about RM60 - GBP8.99. Bought it from MPH in Midvalley.

Unflyable bat

I tried to fly this bat last year but was unsuccessful. This kite cost RM5 from the dollar store. The string cost another RM5.

Towels

Fresh towels are soft and luxurious. I used to pull my warm towels out of the dryer and just sink into them on cold days. This is a pair of hand towels from Ikea RM12.90 each. I bought the yellow one for Sunbeam.