The Fine Line Between Insanity and Passion

I was reading an article on The Sunday Times by Ms. Lee Wei Ling and one sentence she wrote striked me deeply. She said, "... it takes a streak of insanity to make life worth living." I was wondering how true was this sentence. Then I realized that it would be difficult for most of the people to understand and, even if they did, few will walk the talk.

Everyone had dreams when they were young. Everyone wanted to travel the world, parachute from 20,000ft, climb the highest mountains and conquer the greatest ocean. Many also dreamt to be pilot, astronaut, doctor, lawyers but, as we grew up, we got distracted and forgot about our dreams.

In today's environment, people become rational. We cited our responsibilities as an excuse to be conservative and allow ourselves to deviate from what we felt was ideal to do. The need to be responsible to our love ones, friends and colleagues. We fear that we would not have enough for tomorrow. We struggled to maintain our standard of living. We held tight to our baggages. Even the outdated and unwanted ones. We tried to build upon what we have without realizing that we have little. We thought that maintaining our daily routine was progress. We made ourselves happy by celebrating about our progress. We made insignificant significant.

On the other hand, the insanity within the person fuelled the fire of passion and kept focus about what they wanted to achieve. They saw that as their life mission and the reason that kept them alive. They were the most optimistic and always ready for tomorrow. They usually were those with the most fulfilling life. They achived more by having less. Those who were insane or passionate, nevermind the term, were usually the most successful.

Life is such a paradox. It takes so much wisdom to bless the insanity. No wonder not everyone can be an exceptional champion!

Hong Kong Airport Express From Kowloon Station



Airport Express Ticket

I recently had my first experience with the Hong Kong Airport Express from the Kowloon Station. It was a pleasant one. I took the routine bus from my hotel in Mongkok to the airport express train station, aka Kowloon Station. It took around 15mins despite being a Saturday afternoon.

Entrance to Train Platform

 The station was spacious and not crowded. There was an information counter right near the entrance where ticket can be purchased. Alternatively, the contactless Octopus card can also be used. Behind the counter was was a row of check-in counter for the various airlines and I checked-in at the Singapore Airlines counter right at the very end. I was able to check in my luggages making the travel very light and convenient. The checked-in process was very efficient and it was over within 5 minutes.

Arriving Train

The train ride was smooth and took only approximately 30mins. Train cabin was spacious and clean. Everyone had a seat. There was also commentary along the way. The ride me straight to the departure hall.
As a whole, it was a nice, efficient and pleasant ride.

Advertisement and Audo Control

Kowloon Station Platform

Kowloon Station Platform

Info Counter at Kowloon Station



Cabin View

HK Airport Station

Airport Station

Seafood Dinner

Alaskan Crab

 We recently brought a colleague from the USA to a local seafood joint for dinner. He was amazed by the popularity of the resturant and the crowd. The resturant was running full house.

He was also overwhelmed by the variety of live sea creatures in the resturant ranging from all kinds of fishes to crabs to geoducks, lobsters and prawns. This was an unusual sight for him being in such resturant for the first time.



Canadian Geoduck



We ordered a number of delicacies including the resturant's favourites such as Drunken Prawns, (Sri Lankan) Chilli Crabs and Venison with Ginger. He enjoyed them despite the spices and chillies.

The photos were dishes we did not ordered. Thus, they were still live when we left the resturant.

Oyster