MC Day
I woke up yesterday, very eager to work... (not exactly). However it is weird that I had those "taik mata" at my eye (I wonder what it's called in english..eye shit? hehe). Before any assumption arise, I do wash my face and bath every morning (I almost can hear the assumption building up).
I looked in the mirror. hm my left eye is reddish. (I have a sepet eye.. chinese almost always speak chinese with me) I thought maybe the eye got exposed to the dust while riding my motorcycle to work (Estate is like that.. when it's dry, we will have a layer of dust on our face - bedak asli). Hopefully the reddish color will be gone soon.
Working as usual, until lunch time, I go back home. (the mill and my house is just 1 km apart, so I can actually go home anytime of the day :) ) the color is still there. (Ait!!!) I tried sleeping during the 1 hour (overslept abit :p). There's no change in the color. (I think I "sakit mata") Went to see the manager, asking permission to go to clinic. (he doesn't even want to look at my face, maybe afraid that the disease spread to him)
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Labels: Experience, Stories
A Sad Story - At Least I'm Sad Reading It
A story today, I once heard from an unknown resource. I'm also not that sure whether it's true or not but irregardles, it is a nice story to be shared. (Obviously the story was rewritten based on memory)
Once upon a time, there was a man who is so successful, he was the richest person in the country. One day he decided that he wanted to pay off any debt he had with any person in the country. After paying off all debt, he suddenly realized that he still owe his success to his old mother. And thus he went to see a wise man, asking how he could settle all debt he has with his mother.
The wise man, shook his head and said that there's no way a mother's deed can ever be repaid.
The rich man disagreed, and came up with a plan. What he did was he picked his mother off the floor and started carrying her on his back for 10 years. This according to him should settle the burden he was when the mother was pregnant. In the 10 years time, he did everything, his mother did when he's a child. feeding her with his own hand, bathing her, everything to repay back all the little things he did.
After the ten years passed. He again went to the wise man, and tell him every little thing he did. Apparently he kept a notebook listing it all, complete with time and date.
The wise man simply said that "What you did however great it was, will never match even a drop of your mother's breast milk. or a second of your time seeing with those eyes"
(I'm sorry to interrupt... this is how I remember the story, "eye" with "blind", get it? ok on with the story hehe)
The rich man said "You are just making this up, how come what I did doesn't match what she did?"
The wise man replied "It is because, when your mother carried you, fed you, bathed you... the only thing in her heart is the hope to see you grow and happy. But when you carried her, feed her, bathed her.. the only thing in your heart is wondering when will she die."
/end story
- The dark side of the day - Appreciate parents all year long, not only on Father's or Mother's Day
There are two most important person in my life. My mama and Maktuk. Unfortunately I cannot care for them. My mother is still working in KL. She is a very independent woman being a single parent and all. All I can do is to go visit her every now and then. That's why sometimes I'm not able to update the blog. I seriously hope to be able to take care of her when she decided to stop working.
Maktuk is my grandmother living in Kedah. Alhamdulillah, my brothers Filantera & Pocket are there taking care of her. I always feel sad knowing that I'm not there, seeing her more often when this is the time she needed me the most. I have to do something about this...
Labels: appreciation, Lesson, parents, Stories
Scam Devised By A Genie
A couple went golfing one day and being a beginner the wife shanked her shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door to apologize. A warm voice said, "Come on in." When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the broken window.
A man (genie) reclining on the couch asked, "Are you the people that broke my bottle?"
Husband : "Uh...yeah, sir. We're very sorry about that,"
Genie : "Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you. You see, I'm a genie and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years. Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes. I'll give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for myself."
Husband : "Wow, that's great! hmmm I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life."
Genie : "No problem, You've got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life! And now you, young lady, what do you want?"
Wife : "I'd like to own a gorgeous home complete with servants in every country in the world."
Genie : "Consider it done, and your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary and natural disasters!"
Husband & Wife : "And now, what's your wish, genie?"
Genie : "Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle and haven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife."
The husband looked at his wife and said, "Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune and all those houses. What do you think?"
She mulled it over for a few moments and said, "You know, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind. But what about you, honey?"
"You know I love you sweetheart," said the husband. "I'd do the same for you!"
So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other. The genie was insatiable. After about three hours of nonstop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into the wife's eyes. "How old are you and your husband?"
"Why, we're both 35," she responded breathlessly.
"No kidding! Thirty-five years old and both of you still believe in genies?"
Lesson learnt :
- When something seems too good to be true, it usually is
- This is actually the strategy used by most scams nowadays, they excite you with offer and rewards. They will make you feel like an idiot if letting this go. You then trust them a bit and maybe spend a few ringgit. What's the harm right? they then offer you with super attractive rewards, if only you spend a bit more. By the time you realise that this is all a scam, the money spent is not claimable.
- Sometime being paranoid is ok. Hm maybe paranoid is too strong a word, be cautious :)
My first scam experience is probably those chain letter persuading you to donate RM2 to the first person in the list. Then you make another list, erasing his name and change the sequence with your name at the bottom of the list. Then the letter must be distributed to 20 other people. I was Form 2 when I got the letter, and I actually donated the RM2.. Thats RM2 I'm never going to see again. :p
Went to see the doctor.. (Guess what, the doctor also try to avoid any eye contact with me. Is it really that contagious?) and he gave me a 3 days MC (Yahooooo!). Went back to the mill and surrendered the MC to the manager (with the expression of pain and suffering but yahooing inside)
So with that, it is confirmed that I am down with "sakit mata" (I still don't know the english word for it. Eye ache?) Please pray for my recovery and hopefully the mrs will be fine.
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