YOLO

[Anusha Nairy]

Hello,
I am Anusha. I have moved from India to Jakarta recently. I am looking forward to making new friends in Jakarta through this forum.
I would like to say to all newbies like me here, 'You Live Only Once' so have a great time.
Well YOLO isn't only to go smoke and drink and make an ass out of yourself. Let's go out and do something with our life that matters.

 

[waarmstrong]

Good advise. But unfortunately, it comes too late for me.
Welcome to the Forum. New blood is good; even if smelling of stale smoke and saturated with the Devil's brew.

 

[Bad_azz]

Hi Anusha N. Welcome to the forum. Me- I smoke like a chimney. & we all die.

 

[Anusha Nairy]

Thank you . Wasn't giving any advice. Just trying to say let's utilize this forum to Know people to have lot of fun and also seek their experience to make our living here easy.

 

[Anusha Nairy]

Hi. I never told we shouldn't smoke or drink or try crazy stuff. My lines are misunderstood. Probably I wrote too much.

 

[Puspawarna]

Probably I wrote too much.

Not at all. Keep writing!

I retired kind of young, largely because of the YOLO idea you are promoting. I guess what I did mattered (I mostly worked in international development), but it was pretty boring and I couldn't see any results. Now I'm not making any money, but I am doing a lot with a local arts organization and I can see the results of my efforts.

And, I don't smoke, but I certainly enjoy my wine and the occasional martini.

 

[waarmstrong]

Bad habits are a matter of choice as is one's definition of "bad."

I have a personal fetish, born of long experience, that smoking denigrates the quality of life for everyone in the room, as well as shorten the lives of smokers and make the journey's end very unpleasant.
Smoking in my book is the classic definition of bad. When it is presented here in a neutral or favorable light, I am likely to comment. Sorry if my comment was taken as less than welcoming. My apologies if it was, and again, welcome to the forum.

 

[steveandpenny]

I think it's only a "bad habit" after you stopped it. Before that it's a good idea lol.
Anyway welcome to the monkey house.

 

[Bad_azz]

Hi. I never told we shouldn't smoke or drink or try crazy stuff. My lines are misunderstood. Probably I wrote too much.

I didn't misunderstand your post at all. I agree with YOLO - hence my saying we all die.

& no you probably didn't write too much.
So what matters to you, what motivates you?
Me- I've donated eggs to people who can't have children, given a home to kids with abusive parents, taught people who don't have resources to pay for lessons... a few examples of my good deeds.
I don't tend to get too into them online.

 

[Bad_azz]

& for the record, I try not to hang out with non-smokers, for the reason Waarmie gives- & if I do hang out with them, I try to make it as outdoors as possible.
Except in my own home, that's my space

 

[Davita]

As I'm probably the oldest regular contributor and nearing the end of life I can perhaps offer some insight into the OP's point in post # 1 and 'the meaning of life.'

"Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations".

{courtesy of Monty Python.)

 

[waarmstrong]

& for the record, I try not to hang out with non-smokers, for the reason Waarmie gives- & if I do hang out with them, I try to make it as outdoors as possible.
Except in my own home, that's my space

As long as we are in the open and you are down wind, I'm good.

I began my flirtation with smoking at age 18, realized it was a bad idea at 20 and after several failed efforts (one lasting several years) I finally quit for good at age 48.

 

[Anglian]

I started with my mates smoking at 13, we collect all our parents dog ends, go down to the woods and open the ends up and put the tobacco in our home made pipes, quite disgusting really, buy the age of 26 I was on 60 a day, have a fall of soot first thing in the morning, and old aunt gave me 200 duty free, which people did in those days, who had holidays abroad, I smoked them in 3 days, a reall smoke fest, I then got pharyngitis, sick as a parrot unable to drink or eat due the pain, I stopped then, it was a warning, so for over 50 years never had a smoke, have to say now and again I fancy a smoke, you don’t lose the urge to have a puff up, I couldn’t afford it in England, but could here

 

[waarmstrong]

My dad, a life long smoker, died, a smoking induced, horrible lingering death that included a couple of failed suicide attempts. Helping him die was instructive, as well as heart wrenching.

 

[vocalneal]

I am looking forward to making new friends in Jakarta

Jakarta Hash House Harriers.

only to go smoke and drink and make an ass out of yourself.

Maybe one or two of them smoke.....

 

[gemima]

I am looking forward to making new friends in Jakarta through this forum

Not to take away from making friends via the forum - have you looked at joining any groups on meet-up?
When I first moved to Jakarta it was my number 1 friend finding resource, as a result, I'm involved in the organization of the Kuningan Expats Hangout. However there are groups for most things - hiking/ eating/ cinema/ etc.

 

[Anusha Nairy]

Not at all. Keep writing!

Thank you Puspawarna.

 

[Anusha Nairy]

Bad habits are a matter of choice as is one's definition of "bad."

Yeah, Good and Bad is one's perception. Respecting your thought, thank you for the warm welcome.

 

[Anusha Nairy]

welcome to the monkey house.

Thank you.

 

[Anusha Nairy]

I've donated eggs to people who can't have children, given a home to kids with abusive parents, taught people who don't have resources to pay for lessons

Great Deeds. Nice to meet a person like you.