When I was taking photographs of the orchids above last weekend, one Chinese man came up to me and asked me why I was taking so many photographs of the flowers. When I told him that I wanted to post the pictures on the Web, he asked if it was because I wanted to make money from the photos. When I told him that it was for interest sake and that I would not be getting a single sen for them, he seemed rather surprised. He asked me what I got from taking the photographs if not money. I answered, "Satisfaction". He couldn't really understand that to me that is one of the things that makes me really happy. I forgot to tell him that I would be posting the photos in my Xing Fu Blog which means Happiness.
Well, I do think that some people are so materialistic that they cannot see that there are those amongst us who get pleasure out of looking at the beautiful flowers, snap their photos to share with those they know without any thought of any monetary gain.
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