schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\,
noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.
Schadenfreude comes from the German, from
Schaden, "damage" +
Freude, "joy." It is often capitalized, as it is in German.
He died three years after me -- cancer too -- and at that time I was still naive enough to imagine that what the afterlife chiefly provided were unrivalled opportunities for unbeatable gloating, unbelievable
schadenfreude.
-- Will Self,
How The Dead Livethanks dictionary.com.
And, one of my fave pics taken during my travels. This is at a monastery, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.

♥ Callah
