Once upon a period, there was a king with a loyal adviser. Whatever the king did something, he will go to his adviser for advice or opinion. The ever loyal adviser will always says good and okay. For so many years the answers from the adviser are the same everytime he was to seeks for opinions or advice. During a function, the king accepts a gun as a gift from a visiting dignitary. One day the king are toying around with the gun without knowing it is a dangerous weapon. The king asked the adviser for opinion on some technique on holding gun. Both men are not familiar with guns. Minutes later the adviser notice something that can be pull back and release. It is actually a trigger! The adviser politely asked the king to pull it and release, not knowing that the king`s pointing finger is placed in the guns`nozzle. Bang is the loud sound of the gun, screaming frantically in pain are the king, sadly the king`s pointing finger got to be cut-off due massive injury. After recovering, the king are so fed-up and bored and becomes very angry with his adviser's character and attitude. He ordered the royal guards to put the adviser into prison. Suddenly, when the adviser are being led to prison, he told the king that it is a good decision to imprisoned him! The words from the adviser caught the king and all the guards by surprise, but thinking that the adviser had become insane,it is best that the sentence to go on. One day, the king asked several royal guards to accompany him for game-hunting. After a few moment in the jungle, he spotted a white elephant and wanted to caught the animal. After hours of chasing and trying numerous technique of trappings, the attempt to catch the elephant failed. The king`s entourage not only failed in their bid to trap the elephant but by now they realised that they are in the middle of a very fierce tribe village. All the guards managed to run away and save their life but quite unfortunate for the king because he was caught and make a prisoner by the tribes. After severals meeting on what to do with the king, the tribal chief decide to present the king to tribal goddess. And normally, following their tradition, every gift the goddess must be in very good shape, built and sounds. So, specially elected peoples from the tribes being formed to checked the king thoroughly and physically. Everything is just fine until the tribes found out that the king`s pointing finger is missing. And the finding upset the tribes and their chief. And due to their tradition again, they cannot keeps improper gift for their goddess hence it should be freed. And a free man he became, the king hurried himself finding his way back to his castle and heading straight to the prison cell looking for his former adviser and asking him the reason on why it is good for him to be prisoned. The adviser said to the king if had not he being prisoned, he would still be the king`s adviser, follow him to the jungle, captured by the tribes and being killed. WHY? BECAUSE HE IS A COMPLETE MAN, Mind you...the tribes only needs a complete gift to their goddess. HAPPY BREAK FASTING WITH 3 NOS. OF DATES AND A GLASS OF POMEGRANATE JUICE.

I was in Sabak Bernam, Selangor accompanying my youngest son whom are participating in a State Musabaqah (Holy Quran reciting competition) for the religious school in Selangor. He will represent Gombak district in the competition as two weeks earlier, he was made a champion for the said district. Now, he is competing against ten of the best quran reciters (qari) in Selangor. Alhamdulillah, he emerged as runner-up. He lose to a representative from Kuala Selangor by one point! Competition judges had done their capabilities to choose the best amongst the best. And to you son, as I told him, you already done a very good performance and above all, you had already prove to yourself of your capabilities. To my kids, nieces and nephews, learn hard in your studies and be excellent, train hard in your favourite sports and be excellent, enjoy your passion.

Enjoy every moments in Sabak Bernam, be it staying at the Hay Resorts, watching the sunset from my suites room, buying foods that I craved for at the night market, fishing at the resorts' jetty, and attending the five-times prayer at the town main mosque.

InsyaALLAH, sometimes in 2012, I will be back for Nasi Lemak and Teh Tarek at HAY RESORTS, Ikan Sembilang Masak Putih Bersantan at RESTORAN NORSYUHADA and a courtesy visit to one Makcik Lin, owner of a multi choices Kerepek stall at Bt 9, Jalan Sabak Bernam-Kuala Selangor.

..wes ngombey, wak..

Bertenanglah...minda yang kacau

Sebagaimana tubuh kita memerlukan makanan untuk terus aktif, minda juga perlukan makanan untuk berfungsi secara betul. Sejenis "makanan" keperluan untuk minda ialah kesan perasaan - suatu bentuk informasi dari dalaman diri.

Pada minda yang tidak kenal erti senyap, kesemua kesan perasaan ini akan di telan tanpa diskriminasi. Kita seperti span - menyerap apa sahaja pengaruh yang berlaku di sekeliling kita. Keupayaan untuk mengawal pemikiran kita sudah lenyap di masa kini. Ini di sebabkan gangguan serta faktor pengaruh luaran seperti komputer, iPods dan iPads, hingga ke satu peringkat, manusia sudah kehilangan tumpuan serta arah.

Sisa sisa keharmonian yang ada mewujudkan suatu kesanggupan untuk mengasingkan kesan pemikiran yang berkualiti buruk; dan di sinilah terhasilnya ketenangan serta kedamaian.

Dengan latihan untuk bertenang selalu serta ketenteraman dalaman, minda menjadi lebih kuasa. Minda yang damai mampu mencapai lebih lagi, mampu membuat sesuatu keputusan dengan lebih pantas dan berfikiran secara berhemah. Melalui proses ini minda akan bergolak dengan pemikiran yang tidak terkawal.

Seperti kanak kanak yang tidak mampu untuk beri tumpuan di sebabkan faktor umur mereka, mereka akan menjadi berkemahiran bila dewasa berbanding di zaman sebelumnya.

Jadilah yang terbaik. Intai sesuatu peluang dan jerumuskan diri pada peluang peluang yang tiada batasan. Seorang individu mempunyai hasrat untuk menikmati kedamaian dan kebahagiaan sepanjang masa.

Bilamana kita memperolehi nikmat dan keyakinan dalam menangani apa sahaja situasi melalui latihan untuk bertenang selalu, suatu bentuk semangat atau perkembangan akan hadir dalam kehidupan kita, yang sememangnya menjadi semangat semulajadi manusia sejagat.

Dengan ketenangan dan ketenteraman, kita mampu menguasai apa sahaja situasi.

Menikmati kesedapan masakan kampung yang murah di Restoran TOMAN, Sabak Bernam di suatu hujung minggu adalah suatu nikmat serta"hasrat yang tak terancang"...waras selalu..

Takdir yang tak terubah

Perjalanan hidup ini penuh dengan perubahan. Kehidupan bermaksud kepada perubahan, pergerakan dan ketidak seimbangan berlegar di sekeliling kita. Kita perlukan kekuatan dalaman yang dapat menjuruskan diri kita kepada suatu bentuk kejatian diri serta kestabilan.

Hari ini kita harus bersiap sedia menghadapi segala kemungkinan. Ianya boleh datang dengan tiba tiba dan jika sekiranya kita lemah atau tidak bersedia, maka kita yang akan gagal.

Segala yang berlaku adalah untuk kita belajar dari situasi tersebut seterusnya bangkit dari keadaan yang negatif kepada semangat yang positif, maka hasilnya kesedihan, kemurungan dan kesunyian diri dapat di bendung.

Depresi harus di buang jauh jauh supaya ianya tidak mempengaruhi mood kita atau orang lain. Percayalah, jika depresi mengawal diri maka tiada sesiapa yang akan menang. Jadilah seorang yang berwajah pemenang pada setiap hari! Pemenang berwajah sugul ke? Tidak, wajah pemenang biasanya ceria, ceria dan ceria! Jika sedih pun..itu "sedih gembira" namanya.

Percayalah, apa apa yang berlaku telah di takdirkan. Takdir pernah berlaku dulu, dan berlaku sekarang dan akan berlaku lagi di masa akan datang.

Ingat, segala yang berlaku ada tanda tanda masa, satu peringatan. Perjalanan hidup yang baik adalah suatu jalan ke arah perubahan - suatu haluan ke arah transformasi kekal dan kekuatan peribadi.

Suatu tengahari, menikmati berkeping keping CUCUR UDANG berserta kuah sambal dan segelas TEH PANAS di sebuah gerai di tepian pantai Pengkalan Balak, Melaka sambil melihat nelayan tempatan mencari udang geragau dan di tiup bayu laut adalah suatu transformasi kepuasan yang di iringi rasa syukur pada ALLAH.

Kesederhanaan

Kesederhanaan adalah satu kualiti yang menarik. Mereka yang bersederhana dan jelas dalam pemikiran dan mengemudi kehidupan ke arah hala tuju yang betul akan mempengaruhi orang lain untuk mengikuti atau meniru cara kehidupan mereka. Percayalah, kebaikan selalunya di serlahkan melalui kesederhanaan.

"Ti piace l'italia ?" sapa gadis penyambut tamu semasa saya hendak daftar keluar dari Cipriani @ Venice, "Si, molto !" jawab saya sambil tersenyum puas.

Adakah kita betul betul memahami nilai sekarang atau kini atau masa kini? Jika kita memahami, maka kita semestinya mahu menikmati akan setiap detik masa tersebut.

Kita hendaklah memastikan kita di kelilingi olih kelompok manusia yang baik serta bermoral, kelompok manusia yang menyokong kita ke arah perubahan yang lebih baik.

Bila kita memilih untuk hidup di masa kini, bermakna kita menghargai masa yang di peruntukkkan untuk kita dan memilih untuk mengecapi setiap detik masa itu.

Berhenti seketika di dalam satu perjalanan adalah kerehatan kepada jasmani serta penyembuhan kepada jiwa.

Gunakan sedetik yang seketika untuk membuat satu sasaran supaya masa tidak menghadkan kita. Halangan terbesar bila kita terfikir "tidak boleh" tapi harus di ingat sasaran membolehkan kita untuk memberi sedikit masa untuk kita.

Kita perlukan sasaran lebih daripada di mana kita perolehi atau apa yang kita perolehi tapi yang pentingnya apa yang sasaran bolih buat untuk kita.

Akhirnya, apa yang kita akan jadi adalah lebih penting daripada apa yang kita akan dapat.

Adakah kita sering terlupa untuk mengunci pintu rumah kita atau terlupa di mana kita letak dompet kita atau kita tinggalkan seterika terpasang tanpa di gunakan lagi?

Kita hendaklah sentiasa "hadir" di setiap saat pada waktu seharian kita.

Seseorang pernah berpesan, jika kita terburu buru mengejar masa untuk ke pejabat, temu janji, bermesyuarat dan sebagai nya, maka kita hendaklah berpakaian secara perlahan, berkemas secara perlahan, bagi wanita pula, berhias secara perlahan serta mengenakan perhiasan secara perlahan dan pasti kita akan menepati masa!

Bila kita terburu buru, kita akan banyak melakukan kesilapan - barang di tangan terjatuh, terlupa di mana letak nya barang yang hendak di gunakan, terlanggar sesuatu dalam keadaan yang tergesa gesa. Jadi inilah perkara atau kesilapan yang membuatkan kita terlewat.

Belajar dari kesilapan yang lalu, hala tuju untuk masa hadapan akan menjadi lebih jelas. Perjalanan yang menarik akan kita nikmati dan bergerak terus ke hadapan ke arah kejayaan terus menerus.

Rasai kedamaian, laku sedikit kesilapan dan alami kekayaan diri pada setiap ketika.

Masa hadapan adalah bayangan masa sekarang. Masa hadapan tidak akan wujud tanpa masa sekarang.

Menikmati secangkir Cappucino di pinggiran jambatan Rialto, Venice akan menjadi amalan tahunan jika di izinkan ALLAH.

Galeri: Tenang di Galeri Chandan

Oleh Rashiqah Ilmi Abd Rahim
rashiqah@bharian.com.my
2010/08/27

ABD SHUKOR YAHYA di samping koleksinya, Siri Patriotik.

Karya tulisan khat menggamit rasa ingin tahu pengunjung

HATI terasa tenang sebaik melangkah masuk ke Pameran Taman Kebenaran As-Solihin, seolah-olah melalui pintu syurgawi yang penuh dengan kedamaian, meskipun hakikatnya hanya ditemani sejumlah karya khat, ruang dalam masjid dan keindahan pohon yang memuncak awan.

Kepelbagaian media tampak dan kerencaman rupa bentuk karya yang sarat dengan semangat penghayatan Ramadan yang disambut umat Islam seluruh dunia ketika ini, dikongsi peminat di Galeri Chandan, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.

Nilai Islam, budaya dan penyatuan yang tidak pernah terhakis daripada masyarakat Islam di Malaysia menjadi ciri paling nyata daripada keseluruhan karya pada pameran berlangsung dari 21 Ogos hingga 21 September ini.

Pelukis Mapan, Abd Shukor Yahya yang popular kerana keunikan karya khat Kufi sebelum ini, tidak ketinggalan mempamerkan dua karya terbarunya, Negaraku dan Siri Patriotik, berharga RM1,000 hingga RM53,000.

Pemahaman dan kesedaran tinggi mengenai isu sosial khususnya kemiskinan yang membelenggu masyarakat terpinggir di Sarawak dan penderitaan rakyat Palestin menyebabkan beliau mengabadikan semangat patriotik melalui dua karya itu.

“Sebagai pelukis, saya percaya bahawa seni perlu menyumbang kepada kebaikan ummah. Justeru, atas dasar ini, saya menghasilkan karya Negaraku dan Siri Patriotik dengan harapan masyarakat sedar mengenai isu sosial selain mensyukuri nikmat sebagai rakyat Malaysia.

“Kelompok pelukis memerlukan pendedahan sebegini bagi membolehkan berlangsungnya penjanaan minda kerana ia secara tidak langsung melatih kami mengolah bahan menjadi karya terbaik dan serentak itu merealisasikan tanggungjawab sosial untuk dikongsi dengan peminat,” katanya.

Pengurus Galeri, Faizah Elis berkata, beliau percaya penganjuran pameran itu tidak sekadar mempromosikan karya pelukis, tetapi membangunkan kepentingan karya seni dan peranannya dalam mengangkat kesedaran di kalangan masyarakat.

“Misalnya, sebelum pameran ini, Galeri Chandan dan Islamic Relief Malaysia menganjurkan pameran seni amal jariah Riyad Al-Ilm bagi mengumpul dana mendirikan perpustakaan di Pusat Jagaan Anak-Anak Yatim Ummu Sofiah, Terong, Taiping.

“Tidak ketinggalan kami juga menyumbang kepada pembangunan perpustakaan komuniti untuk golongan kurang berkemampuan di Church of St John The Baptist, Sungai Siput, Perak, baru-baru ini,” katanya.

Faizah yakin bahawa pameran seumpama itu dapat membuktikan bahawa karya seni mampu tampil sebagai alat berkesan bagi menyampaikan mesej, menyumbang kepada peningkatan taraf hidup masyarakat.

Turut dipamerkan di galeri itu sehingga pertengahan bulan depan ialah 31 karya Abu Bakar Idris, Ahmad Khalid Yusof, Ahmad Nazri Abdullah, Anuar Rashid, Husin Hourmain, Haji Atan Ahmad, Ilse Noor, Norma Abbas dan Rafiee Ghani yang berharga antara RM1,000 hingga RM57,700 sebuah.

INFO: Pameran Taman Kebenaran As-Solihin

• Karya: 33 karya
• Tempat: Galeri Chandan, 15, Jalan Gelenggang, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.
• Tarikh: 21 Ogos hingga 21 September.
• Telefon: 03-20955360.

Source:http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Galeri_TenangdiGaleriChandan/Article/index_html

stars and stripes...to remember or not to remember

...everytime we did our evening strolls at Frisco Bay (San Francisco Bay) during the eighties, my friend Brad Yeoh will read out loud this poem that I could memorise until these days:

I used to admire the land of Flowery
Flag as a country of abundance.
I immediately raised money and started my journey.
For over a month, Ihave experienced enough wind and waves....
I looked up and see Oakland so close by....
Discontent fills my belly and it is difficult for me to sleep.
I just read out loud these few lines to express what is on my mind.


Frequent visits to the B's @ 9th Street, Oakland, CA just to finish up two servings of CREAMY MAPLE MOUSSE + a cup of hot lemon tea during summer of the eighties will makes me wonder of stars and stripes...to remember or not to remember...

HAPPINESS MAY BE THE GREATEST PRIZE, BUT PLEASURE COMES A CLOSE SECOND. IT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO MANY DIFFERENT APPROACHES, INCLUDING THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE OBTAIN IT, THE BRAIN MECHANISMS THAT UNDERPIN IT, AND THE HAZARDS OF OVER-INDULGENCE.

ART GIVES US PLEASURE BECAUSE OF OUR BELIEF. WE BELIEF ART CAN BE A FORM OF THERAPY.

...poverty, a pair of shoes, barefooted...

Once upon a time, there were two brothers who lived in poverty. One day, they decided to buy a pair of shoes with their savings. They promised that the older brother will wear the shoes during the day time and the younger brother to wear the shoes during the night.

During the day time, the older brother wear the shoes and wondering here and there without cause and doing nothing at all beside walking and walking. He thought by walking non stop would not lose him anything. He walk and walk till dusk and till then he will feel tired, then only he would return the shoes to his younger brother.

When night falls, the younger brother will take turn to wear the shoes. He also thought that while having a fair share on the shoes, he would used it to the maximum.
The younger brother walk without direction from dusk to dawn. He would not rather sleep nor rest awhile. Due to lack of sleep and resting, the younger brother health becomes deteriorated. He looks frail all the times.

The pair of shoes becoming worn-off due to non-stop usage. The older brother decided to buy a new pair of shoes and persuades his younger brother to share. The younger brother insists, "O Older brother, just buy it for your own and on your own. For I prefer to walk barefooted as before. At least,when I'm tired I can catch some sleeps during night time.

Morale of the story: When the spirits of sharing are neglected,it is impossible to obtain results from unity.

QUANDO CALA LA NOTTE, a glass of fresh milk and a set of chicken sandwiches will make my night completes without question.

..betul ke duit bukan segala galanya..

..kenalan baru di sebelah, dalam penerbangan dari KL ke Guangzhou, beritahu saya bahawa DUIT sentiasa menjadi tajuk bualan yang tidak kenal musim.. DUIT boleh beli kebahagiaan.. DUIT buat dunia kita berputar tanpa henti..DUIT bukan akar umbi kepada segala kejahatan.. Jika anda miliki kesihatan,pemurah,keseimbangan dalam hidup serta DUIT, anda miliki segala galanya..DUIT ni, orang yang bijak boleh buat, orang yang bodoh pun boleh buat, cuma caranya berbeza..Orang kaya tidak semestinya jahat sebalik nya orang jahat tidak semestinya kaya..Orang yang kata tidak kisah tentang DUIT adalah sama ada mereka ini tidak punya cukup DUIT ataupun mereka ada sedikit DUIT sahaja..Sepanjang perbualan, saya lebih banyak mendengar daripada bercakap kerana bagi saya itu satu cara terbaik menghormati orang yang saya fikir punya pengalaman luas dan terserlah karismanya sebagai pakar ekonomi di sebuah bank terkemuka di Guangzhou. Sampai di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Baiyun, Guangzhou,selang beberapa minit dia kelihatan menaiki Rolls Royce merah yang telah menanti sambil membuat isyarat tangan kepada saya agar menelefon dia nanti.

Saya duduk sebentar sambil menikmati beberapa WONTON GORENG yang di "tapau" masa dalam penerbangan tadi. Manman chi..:)

I decided to decide..

Life is full of decisions: many of them are random, and you have to learn to choose. It is important to make a decision and it is important too, to get on with it. Be a decisive person on unimportant matters too. Have sort of a keener sense of what to ignore and what to take time deciding than anyone you know. Don't you know that ninety nine percent of everything you do is unimportant. You may think it is important at the time, but you have to step out and look at it from 35,000 feet. Ultimately, none of these choices matter.

To learn to be decisive, just go to any food outlet; be it cafe, restaurant or even fastfood outlet that you have not been before. Ask for a menu, just go through the myriad of choices offered in the menu for five seconds and decide firmly on what to order! That is pretty quick decision making. Decisions are like garbage; the longer it takes to deal with them, the worse they smell.

...brush your teeth and have a glass of warm water before going to bed are the best decision for you. Sleep tight..

Everyday is a learning process

There are so many things we can learn from our surrounding. Everything.To save money. On how to manage your day. On how to keep a balance with your work life. On how to handle your personal life. On how to delegate.

Occasionally ask yourself; How many hours a day can you work? But your savings work for you twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. So make sure to save money. The least you can do is put aside ten percent of your earnings, be it your monthly income, or your company's profit earning, or your commission, or even your savings interest, et cetera, et cetera and save it in a new account at another bank.

Almost supper..I'm having Fish Chowder with French Loaf along with Hot Lemon Tea. Happy eating :)

Actually life are getting better..

:...that life does not come in snippets. It is not in pieces. You have to take it whole. Things come altogether. You cannot control everything. But some things you can control. And you should control what you can control. You have got to keep thinking things will be better in the future because they usually are. When you are right, do not let anybody else convince you you are wrong.

On the way back home, during my daily routine cycling, I planned to stop at nearby McD :) outlet to have Doublecheese burger and a glass of Orange Juice.

A piece of Pa and Ma

Everything you are is a result of your background. Everything. You have a piece of both your parents that you carry with you. In your daily activities, bad or good, there was a myriad of attitudes and directions, and of course, the do's and dont's. A sense of ethics, a sense of hardwork, fair play. Remember, people are watching at you. People needs you to cajole and charm them into going along with you.

For lunch, I'm having Hailam Noodles and Loh Hon Kor with Sea Coconut.

Good,better,best

Remember these all the time: Honesty is the best policy; Good, better, best. Never let it rest till the good is better and the better is best. Treat others as you would want to be treated yourself. Create an atmosphere where people knew we cared about them. People knew if they had a problem, I'd come through to them. And when I had a problem, they'd come through for me. Be nonjudgemental. Be loving. Be humble. Gave your heart to people. Have a giving heart. Be generous. Be kind. Don't be such a smart-ass, it's more important to be kind than clever. If you're successful, you should help make your friends successful. Half of what you own belongs to those who need it.

..two nan, two chicken tandoori and a big glass of iced lemon tea will make my supper really enjoyable!

..size does not matter

..it is not the size, bro.. it is the stamina.. you know what I mean.. the stamina! The question is not whether to be "big" or "small" in sizes at all. You have to free yourself from the tyranny of concentrating on growth for growth's sake. Stop thinking about size, and start thinking about health!

So, find time to runs, cycles or swims to sweat it out! And do not forget to eat lots and lots of green vege!

Tidur yang bukan..

Di kaunter penyambut tetamu sebuah hotel bajet 'tali kasut'..(shoe-string budget hotel le tuu..), seorang tetamu hotel yang kelihatan sugul menghampiri kaunter, 'saya nak check-out!' Eh! kalau ikut rekod daftar masuk, encik nak duduk tiga hari...apa masalah yang bolih kami bantu?' kata penyambut tetamu yang bertugas.

'Malam tadi saya tak dapat nak tidur lena sebab setiap 15 minit, saya dengar dinding hotel di ketuk sekuatnya olih orang dari bilik sebelah.' luah tetamu yang nampak sangat kecewanya. 'Ok, encik duduk dulu sementara saya proses urusan check-out ni.' Kata penyambut tetamu menenangkan keadaan.

Selang beberapa minit, muncul sepasang suami isteri menghampiri kaunter, juga untuk check-out. Penyambut tetamu yang sama bertanyakan masalahnya. Si isteri yang nampak lebih sugul dari suaminya berkata, 'Kami langsung tak dapat tidur malam tadi sebab setiap kali kami nak lena, kami di kejutkan dengan dengkuran kuat dari bilik sebelah. Ini yang membuatkan suami saya terpaksa ketuk dinding untuk senyapkan orang di bilik sebelah!' Sambil tersenyum sendirian penyambut tetamu mulai faham dengan situasi yang berlaku...

..mamak kasi saya, Tosey Bawang sama Teh Susu Lembu satu!..siaPPPP!!!

Wajah Wajah Masam

Jika apa yang kita lakukan itu buruk, hasilnya akan jadi buruk. Sebaliknya, jika apa yang kita lakukan itu cantik, hasilnya akan jadi cantik. Bagaimana kita bertindakbalas terhadap kehidupan seharian yang turun naik itu pasti membentuk keperibadian dan watak kita. Dengan kata lain, bagaimana kita bertindak menentukan siapa kita sebenarnya. 'Kata kerja' kita akhirnya menjadi 'kata sifat' kita. Jika hari hari kita bemuka masam menghadapi situasi 'sampah' atau manusia manusia 'sampah', takut pulak kalau kalau kita di tempiaskan dengan 'badi' yang sememangnya hendak di elakkan.

Perkara yang sama boleh di kaitkan dengan kepelbagaian urusan lain. Sebagai contoh, urusan perniagaan maupun tugasan. Jika kita menguruskan perniagaan atau kerja dalam keadaan terpaksa atau tertekan, kita pasti akan menjalankannya dalam keadaan wajah yang masam. Maka, percayalah hasilnya perniagaan kita, kerja kita juga akan berwajah muram, mundur dan akhirnya 'gulung tikar' (pilih tikar yang berkenaan: tikar getah , tikar mengkuang, tikar buluh, tikar padi dan lain lain tikar impot..) sebelum pun sempat melihat kemajuan atau mengecap kejayaan.

...musim hujan ni pekena KOPI SUSU PANAS dan ROTI KAYA BAKAR..sedap jugak!

Remember Where You Came From.

You're back home for a semester break after your first year at college. You've changed. Even what you wear daily are different from those worn by kampung folks. You're cool from the younger generation perceptions. Hip. Sophisticated. Uncle Teoh, who's known you since you were a baby, generously gives you a job right after your SPM. One day, he mention to your dad that your demeanour sometimes frightens the pets. Dad's not surprised. After all, you play Bob Marley songs till four a.m. You're not exactly a ray of sunshine. But dad's patient with you. Until one day,when dad's had enough. " The people in this kampung are your friends, the folks who were there for you when you were growing up.These are the people you could turn to, count on. Who teached, tutored, coached and cheered you.Don't think you're suddenly so much better than them just because you're in college. These people helped get you there". Dad then paused, take a deep breath and continue, "Don't forget the people who were with you from the start. Don't be such a big shot. Remember where you came from". A glass of lukewarm water will be OK before I go to bed. Happy sleeping...