I was doing an interview a few days ago. The interviewer asked me what my greatest achievement was. Since it was an interview about me as an entrepreneur I was guess she expected me to say something about Nuffnang or ChurpChurp. Sure I am grateful for whatever I have with Nuffnang and ChurpChurp but I think luck and blessings from God had a lot more to do with it than I did. So my achievement was something else.
I started thinking about what gave me the most joy in life today. It wasn’t the cars I drive, the watches I wear, the holidays I take…. it was Shorty. Life can be that simple… that all it takes to make you happy is just the right person to be happy with. That too I believe took a lot of luck. Think about it, for me and Shorty to be together today so many things must happen:
1) Shorty and I would have had to meet.
I don’t necessarily believe that we only have one soul mate each for the rest of our lives. I believe that we will have a few… but we won’t meet them all at the right time. Maybe you could meet your first soul mate when you’re 12 (which could be too young) and the next one maybe when you’re 40 (which could be a little on the old side). So the fact that fate had me meet Shorty at the right age for marriage was such a blessing. I used to think that I met Shorty too early though, because I didn’t have enough time to date around more but I guess in all fairness… I’m glad to have been able to met Shorty at all.
2) Shorty and I had to be single and not married.
In all fairness, when Shorty and I first met we were both in a relationship. After a while though those relationships ended and Shorty and I started with ours. What I’m glad about though is at least we weren’t already married when we met. Otherwise Shorty and I probably wouldn’t have been together because some things like keeping a family together for the sake of your child may be more important than true love.
3) Shorty had to like me
Not every girl digs fatties.
4) I had to like Shorty
Not every guy digs Shorties.
5) Shorty and I had to click
Ok but seriously I think this was the most important of all. Physically, Shorty isn’t really my type and I’m not really Shorty’s type either.
Shorty likes guys who are:
– Bad boy looking
– Small-eyes
– Skinny
– Treats her bad
I on the other hand like girls who are:
– Tall
– Nice long legs
– Nice …. *cough*
– HOT.
And that really doesn’t change. Sometimes Shorty sees a hot guy and she goes on and on about him and when I see a hot girl I do the same too. That’s ok for our relationship because I guess we’re not insecure about it and because as much as we admire good looking people, we know that what we have is a lot more than just looks. It’s that connection… that she’s just for me and I’m just for her and it’s apparent in the amount of fun we have with each other every single day. Every day we make each other smile and laugh out loud.
So coming back to the interview that started this blog entry… What was my greatest achievement? To me it was convincing Shorty to marry me.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space