Haengbok

That is a Korean word for happiness...
Japanese: shiawase
Mandarin: gao xing
Malay: kegembiraan

as mentioned by Dr Rachael Jack from Glasgow University
a happy emoticon for the Western :-)
while for the East Asian (^_^)
she said that East Asian tended to focus on the eyes as contrast to the Western that took in the whole face when interpreting emotion expression

What does happiness means to you?
The question that Pn Haz asked in my class for the ielts speaking part when I was in Intec
everyone gave their own answer
like get enough sleep, get good result, no assignment or homework, when receive a warm smile, etc...
Happiness seems like can be attained by getting what we want

however, what does happiness truly means?
The great feeling that will last long...Eternally
not just for the short period of time...
not like you're happy when u get the thing that u really want n when that thing gone, you feel bad of it..

Sis zabrina, a famous inspirational book's author, Life Is an Open Secret, did share a story about an 80-year-old grandmother who tried hard to achieve her dream of memorizing the whole Quran...
when a question asked the old woman during a period of memorization, did her life change?
She said she went through a major change and tried always, all praise is due to Allah, to obey Allah before started the memorization. However, after she started the task of memorization, she began to feel a self-comfort, a great self-comfort and all worries began to move away. She even reached the stage of freeing herself from all these excessive worries concerning fearing for her children and their affairs, and her morale was boosted."
Source: sis zabrina's blog
Copyright © Sis Zabrina 2009
see...the true happiness she feels and this is a great Nikmat from Allah...Indeed...
didn't Allah had saying in a verse of Al-Quran: "dengan mengingati Allah,hati akan menjadi tenang"
try this n trust me, you'll get the great feelings that nobody could describe it..=) Insya Allah

happiness is not hard to achieve at all...
Nevertheless, the way you get that matter...
You could be happy by insulting others or doing rebel things as you might think
but then, for how long?
Life is full of karma, you did bad things to others and they might do the same thing to you back...
What goes around comes around...
A hadith of Rasulullah s.a.w saying;
"Daripada Ali r.a. katanya: Sesungguhnya antara perkara yang boleh mengampunkan dosa-dosa ialah memberi kegembiraan kepada saudara seislam kamu."
then, you could be happy too by making others happy =)

I think, we should mingle freely with other people
no matter how introvert or extrovert you're
u could be happy by making others happy or just looking at others happy faces
because I do believe that the thought alone might killing u..
When you're alone, the negative thoughts might conquer your emotion
n then, you will be unhappy...

yes, I’m happy right now
in this month full of barakah
wanna wish, Salam Ramadhan Al-Mubarak
to all my family (ayah,umi,kakak n fidud), my relatives, my friends n whoever knew me..
Use it wisely or u may regret it...