Alhamdulillah.. Hari ni Anis Sofia genap 1 tahun. My little princess is now more talkative than ever.. nanana.ne ne.papa.. mama.. tatata.. and few more other sounds.of which sometimes drive me nuts when they seem never ending.. but she is just too adorable anyway. i hope that she will grow and become a person full of love, gratitude and kindness in herself.
And today, my husband shared a story of one of his friends. I bet in the IT world generation today or shall we say the Y-generation, it is hard for us to find a friend who actually comes from a poor family. I myself barely knew anyone so poor and had gone through hardship during the old days (childhood). But yes, my parents might have their friends who's background not so well but now turn up to be 'somebody'. But there might be those who failed or still stuck in that hardship around us today but we are too blind too see them.
So to begin with, my husband friend is the first son in his family. he was the second in his five siblings. During his childhood, his father was working in a farm belong to someone else. They didn't have their own house and was living in the hut at the farm. He wore only 1 pair of shoes and 1 pair of socks to school for years. and when the shoes was torn and the socks had loose it is was amended and tied with rubber band in every way imaginable. There was no 'new' stuff in his dictionary at that moment. And time pass, the government somehow grant his father a land where he built their house. It was a small square house where there was no wall dividing the kitchen or living room, since there was no room at all. His father then manage to upgrade himself a little bit and bought a 'kancil', the cheapest Perodua car ever existed in Malaysia. They were doing quite okay by then until his elder sister got an offer to study in Jordan under a scholarship. But they have to bear the first two semesters by themselves first. the sister was very excited for this offer and insisted to go. The loving father sold his cars, jewellery and everything that is worth a penny to ensure that his daughter get a good education. On the way to send the application form, they were riding a bike and it rained heavily that the documents were drenched.. the father go to a shop and buy a drink while trying to dry the documents under the shop fridge but the documents are still wet. They went to the laundry and iron the documents to make it drier and straighten again. Then the documents are finally sent. And her sister got to study in Jordan.
My husband's friend was offered to further his degree and master in UK after he completed his diploma in civil. However, he turned down the offer knowing how hard it was for the family to live after his sister went to Jordan. he did not want to burden his family and decide to find a job. he went jobless for 6 months but after a while he heard on a HSE course attended it and somehow got funded for the diploma in HSE. he then got a job his first salary was 4k+ and he gave it all to his parents first.
Moral of the story:
1. Love your parents. They should be your priority before anyone else.
2. Be motivated and be patient, If Allah wants to give something good to us, no one can stop it from happening.
3. Be gratitute that we don't have to go through hardship to have a good living, do no.t complaint
4. Be kind to people, if they turn up handing you messy documents or they themselves turn up messy, there must be a reason
5. Be a man, work towards what you believe in. Even if you do not have anything to give, go and find something to give.
Saya dah mengantuk. Hope this give inspirations to those who read it. :)
Sorry if my english tunggang-langgang. Lama dah tak wat essay. hehe
