My World

Nobody is perfect in this world.  Everyone makes mistakes.  Whether it is small or big ones, we can never run from doing mistakes in life.  However, with one silly mistake, we should not be demotivated to continue our dream and proceed with our aim.  Sometimes we try our best to say the right word, instead people perceive it differently.  We just cannot please everyone.  The only person getting hurt is us.  


The world is fair.  Do not feel down just because people look down on you.  Do not be sad just because people talk bad about you.  Do not be angry just because people make fun of you.  But move on.  If you keep on listening to others, who will listen to your heart.  You!  

You make the world go round!

Catastrophe Part 2

Today is the third day of the water shortage.  Yesterday I was telling about how people were rushing to get water and how precious the water is until everyone is keeping it for themselves.  Well, tonight, and perhaps more exhausting nights to come, things will be different.  Here you can see the 1Malaysia residents co-operating among ourselves to fill, carry and distribute water.  Though we sweat a lot and yes, we smell... but, we're still helping each other and most of all, we're still smiling!!! 

                                                       

  The residents helping each other.

            

    My two girls waiting for the man to fill our pail.

Residents going towards the lift.

Residents queueing and waiting patiently for the one and only lift.  The one in the middle with red shirt is the president, reminding everyone to help each other.

 My cute little pail I was telling you about.  So it was a two to three times trip up and down the stairs.

Oh yes.. the lovely mothers supporting their husbands in carrying the pails.

Still have time to pause for the camera.  That's me with my good neighbours.

My innocent little boy thinking he can play in the water.

 And finally, this is the water for emergency cases!!

Catastrophe

      It has been two days our condominium faces water shortage.  On the first day, we all jumped into the swimming pool to have a dip.  We thought it will be temporary and by evening or night fall, the water supply will be back to normal.  Unfortunately that dip in the pool was our bath.  That night, from my kitchen, I saw people bringing large buckets and trolleys at the lift.  By the way, to make matters worse, only one lift was working.  The other was short circuit.  So you can imagine everyone from the ground to the 16th floor waiting for one lift.
     Anyway, when I saw my neighbour bringing the buckets, I told my husband about it.  He said that everyone was filling their buckets with pool water.  Then, near to midnight, I heard noises on the ground floor.  Lucky for me, my house is just on the second floor.  Again, I told my husband and persuaded him to get some pool water for toilet use only.  We went down with only three cute small size buckets. Really not prepared of such disaster.  Anyway, we use the stairs since the lift was very slow as it stopped at almost every floor.  To my surprise, there were so many people with all sizes of buckets full with water, waiting for the lift.  The floor was all wet and slippery.
    When we wanted to go to the pool, there it was the Syabas water tank truck.  The man there was asking us to be fast because the truck was about to go.  At that point, I was quite frustrated that nobody informed us.  I think the management must get a hailer to inform the residents about the water supply.  When my friend went down she was the last one and not all her buckets were full.  It means that I was the second last person to get  water.
     You know, this is plain human.  At times like this, we forget about others.  We just think of our own survival. One of my friend's husband came out of the lift with lots of buckets.  We told him that the truck has left and he was devastated.  He even asked if I would want to give him one bucket of water and I just gave him a smile.  Whether it was a joke or not, at that point we'll never know.  Then he made another statement to another person there that he wanted to buy that bucket of water.  That person joked saying one litre for RM15.  Do you think he was joking?  Well, this poor guy ended up taking pool water.
     This is just two days without water and the place is a chaos.   Am I one of those inconsiderate people who think for themselves or am I just another victim trying to survive?  What if you were in my shoes.  What will you do at times of disaster?

(By the way, I just received an sms from a friend that now both our lifts are not functioning!!!  Aargh.. This is even worse than Nightmare in Elm Street!)

Suatu Pertemuan Percintaan

Esok hari jadi suamiku.  Dariku untuknya...

Suatu Pertemuan Percintaan

Di suatu pertemuan
Ku ternampak dirimu
Bagaikan takdir kita bersatu
Mengharungi hidup suka dan duka
Bagaikan takdir, kita jatuh
Tersungkur dan hampir runtuh
Kemana arah yang ingin dituju
Perjalanan hidup tidak menentu

Di suatu ketika kita bersua
Ku terkenang peristiwa lama
Riang ria kita ketawa
Ku tersenyum, kau berlawak jenaka
Di ketika kau mula membisu
Kau menjeling tersenyum sipu
Tiada kata terucap di bibir
Hati keras si batu kelikir

Di suatu masa kita duduk bersama
Senyap sepi, tiada lafaz, tiada kata
Namun tangan dipegang erat
Kasih sayang sampai ke akhirat
Itu yang terucap dari pandangan mata
Walau mulut tidak bersuara
Mahligai yang telah dibina bersama
Akan kekal selama-lamanya
Kerna kau insan, yang teramat ku cinta.

Nukilan 5 Oktober 2006

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