Curiosity, Thoughts and Whatever...

I have known this lady for a few months now who delivers home cooked
food to many households in my area for a few yrs already. She is
married without kids and I heard the husband doesn't work at all. He
just laze around, go gambling and drinking everyday. On the other
hand, she has to wake up early in the morning like 4-5am to go to the
market to buy vegetable, make preparation for cooking and etc. She
also has to drive around entertaining her friends. It was more like
her friends always asking her to help out with their stuff or ferrying
them to places all over the neighborhood. She is very nice, kind,
friendly and above all easy going. She has tons and tons of things to
do, pressure of making ends meet, putting food on the table and etc. I
know she is actually renting a house costing RM700 per month near my
place. She is also attending line dancing classes just to keep herself
occupy at night, I know that she is a very generous person cause she
always gave us a huge amount of food though we only subscribe to a
person or 2 portion. My family and I are not too sure whether she is
actually making any money out of her business or not. Not sure whether
she knows how much she is getting and how much she is putting into it.
We are quite skeptical and the conclusion is she is very generous and
doesn't care much. We always see her very joyful and vibrant. Free
from any stress and worries in life.

However, I do feel that everybody has problem and difficulty in life.
Its how she put her face in front and portray everything as rosy and
beautiful. I have to respect her for that. We all need to learn from
champion and salute great people like her. She is a fighter. She just
doesn't give up though faces with adversity and rough patches. I have
to give my hats off to her.

Therefore, the conclusion is it doesn't really take much to be happy
actually. Contentment and being able to accept adversity at face value
is a good starting point. We have to be content with what we have and
happy to be alive to really enjoy the taste of living. No worldly
possession would be able to sustain your happiness throughout your
life. Live freely and live happily and you are on the way to heavan.
Have to remind myself on this periodically.

This morning I saw a man on a motorcycle with 3 riding pillion. All of
them were school going kids and I could see 2 at the back wearing
small helmet. I couldn't get to see the kid on the front side whether
wearing any helmet or not. Nevertheless, what took me by surprise is
that 4 person was riding on a small little bike going on a reasonable
speed and wasn't on the side lane. I think the man was aware of the
danger and he was occasionally glancing back and on his side to check
for cars and etc. I slow down at the back of him to give him way and
to make sure he wasn't in any danger. I try to cover him as best as I
could.

Thoughts ran through my mind. Was he being careless, irresponsible or
just "no choice". Usually I would have judge him to be irresponsible
in occasion like this but somehow I was compassionate enough this
morning to actually think that perhaps he has no choice. He was just
sending his 3 school going kids and doing it the best that he could.
He is barely making it and to make ends meets he has no car. Thus, he
can't even afford to hire a transporter or getting the services of a
bus to send his kids to school. He has no choice and he knew he was
running foul of the law.

My heart really goes out to him and I really salute him and respect
him at the highest degree. I really felt for him. My only wish is that
I hope he really makes it good in life and pray that god will protect
him always. I hope that his kids will appreciate his dad when they
grow up and know the sacrifices that he had made for them. The love
and sacrifices of parents make for them are boundless and
unquantifiable.

I on the other hand feel a little bit ashamed of myself and felt that
I am miles apart from this man of high statue and an outstanding
father figure.

Wow, its been long. Very very long since I last wrote. I think I am
getting less addicted and less involved with computers. See I can
actually stay away from the computer from long periods of time,
contrary to what people say about geek, nerd and etc. I am definitely
not categorised under nerd but perhaps geek.....since I am a jack ass
for anything electrical and electronic.

Anyway, last week was a very busy week for me. The whole week I was
like a zombie. Wifey and I had to keep waking up periodically to check
on my kid for high fever. The fever always fail to subside after
taking paracetamol. Its effectiveness and response is nothing to shout
about. On a few occasion we had to give him burafein since its
response are said to be quicker and stronger. Everyone was worry
including my parents. Literally speaking they force me to do something
which I wasn't willing to do yet. I thought I will give my kid another
day to see his condition as I am well aware that doc's are not god and
in fact they are just like engineer.

Only difference was they get paid very well for talking and testing
you while engineers do testing and not paid very well. Engineers
usually make tried and error test on the subject/parts and etc while
doc make tried and error test on human being. So that's the major
difference and in conclusion engineers are the worst paid job on
earth.

Therefore, while money is secondary with regard to health I can't help
thinking I was paying the doc RM 1XX for his lip service. I knew and
predicted what he was going to say even before going into his clinic.
Called it deja vu or anything you like but that's the fact. I was
paying him RM1xx for assurance, confidence and positive words and his
time. That's all. Its so easy to make money for a doctor. The only
difficulty they may have is while chasing for that piece of paper
qualification they go through stress and exams after exams. But hey,
its only for 5 years or a few more years down the road for external
exam paper. You just have to be a little bit patient, sweat it out and
thereafter smooth sailing all the way. I have seen all my friends
reaping the fruits now while I continue to struggle in my field. I
have to worry about the economy, the securities and this and that and
etc.

Hence, I advice all parents to at least (if you have the means) to
give the best - financially so that they can go off and graduate in a
medical school. Even if you are not financially well off, there's
always a back door somewhere and lastly India. No matter which
prestigious uni you graduated from, at the end of the journey you
still get the title of doctor just like those from India. The title is
the most important and not the status or prestige of the university.