The Happiness Hunt

Just when I was about to read another Haruki Murakami novel, I got recommended to read another book. Being me, I cannot refuse anything offered to me regardless of whatever it is. If I were a kid, I'd take any candy even from a stranger. But I am glad I took the candy, Eric Weiner's "The Geography to Bliss" is just what I needed for an emotional boost. Not that I am being grumpy or gloomy.

This book is about the author's travels to "happy places" to find out the correlation of happiness and location. Amazingly, people from different places view happiness in different, sometimes odd ways (e.g. In Thailand, happiness is perceived as having not to think too much)! 

Actually, I am just on the first pages of the book but I am starting to like it. The way the author narrated his story was very entertaining, it seemed like he was directly talking to you. I don't know why, I've always found awkward and grumpy people humorous when they speak of their experiences in life and how they view it. Oh, I forgot to mention that the author considers himself as an "unhappy" person. Quoting Eric Hoffer, he said, "The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness." In which he replied to with, "That's okay. I'm already unhappy, I have nothing to lose." Ha ha. 

I'd like to believe I am a happy person. But when I think about what happiness is for me, I cannot think of anything. Maybe that is the reason why I am excited to embark this journey with Mr. Weiner, I wanna know what happiness is! :)