I woke up very early this morning. Now, I am suddenly in "reflective" mode. I am now looking at being 26 and the things that I could do and contribute when I'm 30, +10, +10 and so on (if God grants me the ticket to live that long).
For a boy that grew up with part of his childhood ravaged by domestic financial turmoil once upon a time, I'm doing hot now. (grin). Many don't know that I ate "roti canai" for 2 whole months everyday, for dinner when I was in University. First year! No wonder I was plump back then. Going further back, I ate rice with soy sauce only for dinner. Even my family members couldn't really remember that part but I do, vividly. Our condition is different now. The Teh family and many other families out there are walking proof that things do get better. Progress.
My sister touched down KL fr Oz on Thursday (26/11/09). She had a business trip in Sg and since we're practically neighbours, she decided to come up. We had fun. There were moments that I would just stand back and look at my family and how we've come. We can pay for food, expensive and not expensive ones. We go for movies. We do family stuff. Everyone seems to be happy and carefree. BUT I'm sure all of us inside, has burden that we carry. The only difference is how we carry it in comparison to the whole world. Perseverance and Perception.
Now, albeit having to save for emergency days, we are able to splurge from time to time. I can only see good times ahead.
2 comments:
cool stuff..
we learned from experience and our reflection helped us to remind that we would not want to be in the old state again.. we are progressing!
yup, ernie. You're absolutely right! So it's a case of keep moving forward. I once advised my sister this:
the present is for you live, the past is for you to refer and the future is for you to look forward to. I think it is still very much applicable to-date.
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