A GREAT REMINDER TO ALL...

Here is a story I would like to share with others. After reading it, I hope you would get the moral of the story. Read and think...

Harimau, Buaya, Tikus...

Adalah seorang hamba ALLAH ni, dia pergilah bersiar-siar di tepi hutan. Sedang dia menghirup udara rimba yg segar tu, tetiba dia terdengar satu bunyi... Jeng!Jeng!Jeng!... bunyi....AAUUUMMMMM!!!!! Bunyi harimau yg kelaparan dan hanya menunggu mangsanya saja. Jadi, si hamba ALLAH ni pun lari untuk menyelamatkan diri. Harimau tu kejar hamba ALLAH ni. Sebab dia dah lapar sangat ni. Harimau tu pun kejar, kejar, kejar dan kejar. Hamba ALLAH ni punyalah takut, berlari lintang pukang. Sempat juga dia berdoa agar dia diselamatkan daripada dibaham dek harimau tadi. Dengan kuasa ALLAH diperlihatkan sebuah perigi di depan matanya.
Jadi untuk menyelamatkan diri si hamba ALLAH ni pun terjunlah ke dalam perigi. Perigi tu ada tali dan sebuah timba. Si hamba ALLAH ni bergayut pada tali tu. Tali tu pendek jer. Jadi dia bergantungan di tengah-tengah perigi. Di mulut perigi, harimau yg lapar tu menunggunya. Si hamba ALLAH ni pun berfikirlah macam mana nak menyelamatkan diri, sambil berdoa kepada ALLAH agar dia diselamatkan. Tengah dok berfikir camner nak selamat, tetiba dengar bunyi kocakan air di bawah perigi. AAAAA!!!!... Ya ALLAH..... lagilah seram dibuatnya.
Nak tahu ada apa kat bawah tu? Ada 2 ekor buaya yg kelaparan. Apalah nasib. Dah ja tuh ditimpa tangga. lagilah takut si hamba ALLAH ni. Atas ada harimau bawah ada buaya. Semakin risau dan takut. Tengah berfikir untuk mencari jalan keluar, tetiba keluar seekor tikus putih dari lubang celah-celah perigi, naik ke atas ikut tali yg hamba ALLAH tu bergayut. Sampai kat atas tikus tu gigit tali tu pulak. Cis, kurang ajar punya tikus. Alahhhh.... cam ner ni. Pas tu, keluar lagi seekor tikus yg berwarna hitam. Naik mengikut tali tadi, Cit!Cit! Cit!Cit! sampai kat atas. Tikus hitam ni pun gigit juga tali tu. Cis, lagi satu. Macam mana aku nak buat ni.... habislah jadi mangsa buaya .
Berfikir lagi. Kalau naik kat atas makan dek harimau. Kalau tunggu tali putus dan jatuh ke bawah makan dek buaya. Macam mana nih... Sedang hamba ALLAH tu berfikir cam ner nak selamatkan dirinya, tetiba.... terdengar satu bunyi.... BZZZZZ BZZZZZ... bunyi lebah bawa madu. Si hamba ALLAH ni pun mendongak ke langit, melihat lebah yg sedang bawa madu. Tetiba setitik madu terjatuh dan terus masuk ke dalam mulut si hamba ALLAH ni tadi. Pun yalah nikmat sehingga tidak terkata. Hamba ALLAH tu kata, "Fuh manisnya madu ni , tak pernah ku rasa manisnya ni. Sedapnya. SUBHANALLAH sungguh sedap ni." Kerana setitik madu si hamba ALLAH tu lupa pada harimau yg sedang menantinya di mulut perigi dan buaya yg menantinya di bawah.
Kalau semua nak tahu , si hamba ALLAH itu adalah kita semua.Harimau yg mengejar tu adalah maut kita, ajal memang sentiasa mengejar kita, so beringat-ingatlah. 2 ekor buaya itu adalah Malaikat Munkar dan Nakir yg menanti kita di alam kubur nanti. Tali yg tempat si hamba bergayut tadi adalah jangka hayat kita kalau pendek talinya maka panjanglah umur kita dan kalau panjang talinya maka pendeklah umur kita. Tikus Putih dan Hitam tu adalah dunia kita siang dan juga malam yang sentiasa menghakis umur kita. Kan tikus tu gigit tali tu. Madu...,madu yg jatuh setitik ke dalam mulut hamba itu tadi adalah nikmat dunia. Bayangkan setitik saja madu tu jatuh ke dalam mulutnya,dia lupa pada harimau dan buaya tu.
Macam kitalah bila dapat nikmat sikit lupa pada ALLAH.
Waktu susah baru la nak ingat ALLAH.

CHILDREN NOWADAYS

school had started for a few weeks now. It seems that children are now burden with all sorts of activities for their studies. Just look at the size of their bags. Sometimes I pity these young children who are still in primary school. They have to bring too many books to school everyday. Maybe it's good maybe it's not.

Not only that! These young children nowadays are pressured by their parents with a lot of things. Some have to fulfill the parents' dreams and expectations, that they are not allow to make their own choice. They have no freedom to do so as their lives had been carefully planned by the parents since the day they were borned.

Not many parents really understand the needs of their offspring. The needs to be free to make choices. The needs to express themselves in ways which suit them. The needs to follow their instinct when they have to.

Parents are busy sending their small children to tuition classes to ensure they'll get the best result in their studies. Then, they'll have to attend other classes like music, piano, ballet, arts, drama or others. If those are their interest, then I guess it's ok. But... some parents push their children into doing things against the children's interest and desire.

Well... not all parents tend to push or force their children into following their demands. Hopefully parents will realize the importance of understanding the children's need and desire.

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY...

It's still raining today! People are getting worried. Thinking of the possibility of another flood shivers me. I pray that another incident of 19th Dec 06 would not befall upon us. The victims are still in the process of picking up the pieces of their lives washed away by the flood. If they have to face it again, it would definitely be a nightmare.

I had the opportunity to watch some videos on the flood tragedy yesterday. It was devastating to see the town in such state. Water was everywhere almost drowning half of the town. The strong current showed no mercy, and washed away anything in its path. Buildings, cars and even lorries and buses became the victims.

I had been a 'semi prisoner' inside the house for days. The routine so far is going out to work at 7.am and back inside the house at 2pm. Any desire to go out had been washed away by the rain. The idea of covering myself with a thick blanket on the soft bed is more welcoming in this weather.

IT'S WORKING HOUR

Finally I'm back to work. It has been 6 days since I started working. I'm still feeling ok so far. Not to much work or demands from the 'big shots' (at least for now). The past 6 days were filled with meetings. It seemed that I had been attending a meeting for each of the passing days. Well... what to do? Looks like people here like to have meetings *wink* Maybe because there are too many things need to be discussed and planned for the benefits of all.

I had been staying alone at home for the past 2 weeks too. Mum and dad are in KL. They went there to stay with my younger sister for awhile. May just to get her adjusted to living alone since my elder sister had moved to her hubby's house. Don't know how the two of them are holding up there. I'm sure dad is already missing his regular roti canai and tehtarik. And mum... she'll be worried sick thinking of whether I feed her fish or water all her flowers and plants. I'm fortunate that it had been raining every afternoon since the day they left to KL. I really hate watering the plants and flowers as I have to go out of the house.

As for food... I've been eating anything that is offered to me at the hostel ^_^ well, the food is not bad. I hate cooking if I'm alone. It's just a waste of time and energy.

Red... so what's ur plan for the coming chinese new year? Quite a long break there.

TRAVELLING TIP # 1

Japan is made up of 4 large islands - Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu - and nearly 4000 smaller ones, stretching over almost 2000 km of the western Pasific Ocean. 75% of the Japanese live on Honshu, the largest island. But the most densely populated is Kyushu. After some gigantic engineering projects in the late 20th century,Kyushu, Honshu, Shikoku and other islands are now all linked by bridges and tunnels.The massive Seto Ohashi bridge links severalislands. The Bridge from Honshu to Shikoku at Akashi - Kaikyo has the world's largest single span - 2km. Hokkaido and Honshu are linked by the Seikan tunnel, the world's longest undersea tunnel, 53.85 km long.

Japan has the world's largest fishing industry with 400,000 vessels catching 12 million tonnes of fish a year.

A NEW YEAR, A NEW WORLD

Finally it's 2007. A new year which I know brings a lot of new hopes, new dreams, new challenges and new hidden agenda... There's a long journey through 2007 before we reach the end of the year. people keep on making new resolution for a new year. But did they really manage to materialise it? We should ask that to ourself. What's the point of making resolution when it has never been achieved?



Well... I'm not really obsess with making resolution for every new year. What I always hope for are for my parents and my family to be together and healthy for another year. That is also my resolution or you can say HOPE for 2007.



However... 2007 the three of us, Shah, Red and I had decided to have a new resolution together. This year we hope to save money for a trip to Japan in 2008. I really wish that our dream to be in the Land of The Rising Sun will come true. I'll pray for it every single day this year.



Friends... Good Luck To Us... May the Force be with Us *wink* ^_^



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