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Money makes the world go round, not!

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rubelsThe Finnish version of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” is shown here on Saturdays. It’s the same one like the original but in Finnish. The question is always “Do you want to become a millionaire?” So far no one has even been close. Another question is, if you win a million, what would you do with it? The same question with lottery.
Maybe you should win it first before knowing what to do with the money. In a way that’s a silly question. How would you really know if you don’t have that kind of money in the first place? Why is money such an important thing in the world anyway?

I come from a working class background. My mother had temp jobs and then she was unemployed. My father was working in a company that made jewellery until he became self-employed in the same occupation. He still makes jewellery even if he’s on pension. Even if we weren’t middle class, we still had food on the table. My mother taught me how to save money and how to buy food or clothes from a discount. I’ve learned the value of money. That’s one of the reasons why I wouldn’t want to be a millionaire. I only need enough money to live my life. Money doesn’t make you happy anyway. It’s just something you need to survive.

I never dream to become a millionaire. Like The Notorious B.I.G sang ‘Mo money, mo problems. I wouldn’t even know what to use that kind of money. I would probably give it away to things that need them more. Besides if you’re rich you have to pay more taxes. It also brings people to you that want to become your friend because you got the cash. There would be a lot of fake people around and life is too short for that. Sure you can travel, buy fancy clothes and all those unnecessary things you think you need but it won’t make you fully happy.

You don’t need a million euros, dollars or whatever your currency is, to be something. You don’t need to buy anything expensive. All you need money for is paying the bills, buy food and clothes once in a while. It’s only the rich people who think they need all the money they have. There’s so many homeless and poor people in the world but the greed is too strong so the unfortunate doesn’t have a chance. Money doesn’t make the world go round, it’s the people who makes the money go round. Money shouldn’t be the most important thing in life but unfortunately some think that’s the only thing. But their life must be empty anyway.

It’s much easier to appreciate money when you haven’t had it. You’ve learned to save some and use it sensible. Spending time with other people is more important. Having at least one person in your life is like having millions. With money you can buy things but it doesn’t buy you happiness.

 

Tallenna

Older but not ancient

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Looking for a job is much harder today than it was before. There’s so many young hopefuls who wants to become something. But without experience, its more difficult to get anything. But how to get experience if no one wants to give you a chance. Even if you do have experience, it’s still difficult. You’re either too young or too old. I think employers have too many high expectations on how an employee should be but in a way its quite understanding. No one really wants to take risks to hire people. If its money issues or something else. But if no one wants to give you a job no matter what education you have, how will this society succeed?!

When I look online where these 19 something are searching for internships and they have all these skills, I feel ancient. These are the hopefuls I mentioned at the start of this post. They all say they’re eager to learn and so on. But what about people with experience, aren’t they eager to learn? Just because they’re in certain age doesn’t meant they can’t learn something new. They’re older, not ancient.
I have never had a paid job. My career has never really started. But there are older people who got success at an older age. There are for example many actors who got they’re big break at 40 something. Not everybody has to have a career at 20. Besides it’s not old, it’s experienced. Some look at age too closely. That’s doesn’t make a person. It’s how they behave. There are older people who act like teenagers but there’s also teens who act like they’re older. It’s how you feel inside and not when you’re born. A person can have a lot of experience but when an employer sees the applicants age, they put their files in the bottom of the pile. It shouldn’t happen but it does.

Age discrimination is too common these days. I haven’t experienced it personally but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had happened. My mother used to say when you turn 40, it’s harder to get a job and she must be right. Revealing my age here, I am getting close to that age and it does worry me. I’m worried that I won’t get any luck even with this web designer education  I’m going through. What I know now about web design, I’m still a novice. There are a lot of people who can do more than I do and they’re younger. It’s a lot about practise. They more you do it, more it becomes natural. It has nothing to do with age. It might take longer to learn than for a younger person. But an older person have more life experience and that should count for something.

So say no to age discrimination. We’re older and not ancient, there’s a difference.

Tallenna

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So tired of waiting

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I won’t get upset if internet is slow or doesn’t work but when you want to blog and post it, that’s what I have a problem with. For example, the dorm I live in during weekdays has a very slow internet connection and sometimes it doesn’t work at all. It suffers from mood swings. I can’t even post it on the class computer because I don’t remember the password to WordPress. I have to write this post in the Word document so I get at least my thoughts written down.

What I hate the most is waiting. I hate waiting for the mail to arrive if I’m expecting something. I also hate to wait for people. If there’s a meeting at 3 pm then you should arrive that time. When my mother met someone she knew, she always stopped talking to them and she talked a lot. I never liked to be near so I waited from far away which was irritating. It hasn’t changed since then. I tolerate it but I rather not wait for people. I also hate to wait for people to answer emails. Especially when you really need an answer as soon as possible. I understand if they’re busy but don’t make me wait for weeks.

Back to the internet connection at the dorm. Some idiot is probably downloading something from the internet, taking all the wifi range. Or the wifi is just crap. But it’s annoying to use internet at the dorm. Waiting, waiting and waiting for things to download. That’s one of the reasons why I haven’t blogged much. You never know if the connection doesn’t hold when you hit publish. The same goes with reading other blogs I follow. I can only do that when I’m home at the weekend. The internet connection at the dorm is not the only irritating thing but that’s another subject.

Tallenna