Here's one looking at you,Sir!
Conserve your energy! my friend Ah Huat the Auto Aircondinationning Master, Do what ever is that needed to be done before your eyes and consider all else as unimportant. Ah Huat looked like he had an awakening experience when I entere his mechanic shed in Sungai Dua. "Shamsok! Sudah makan ka belum? Jom pi makan dulu, gua lapak, dari pagi talak makan." Hey, buddy, had your dinner yet? Lets go catch a bite to eat. I am very hungry from not having anything to eat since morning."
I am scared of even looking at the Headlines in the Media today after the Budget 2014 was read before parliament yesterday by the Primeminister Najib Tun Razak. One of my buddies watching remarked in Malay that head to drink gulps of water to cool himself down from all the shit that was pouring out of his mouth! Looking at the reactions from the headlines today from various pros and cons, it looks pretty scary the least to say.
But we are still a very much practicing democratic country better than most in the world, we may not be perfect but was are still practicing within the civil lines of non violence.
It did not matter to me if the PM had gulps of water every five or ten minutes and how nervous he seemed or how red his lips were, I listened with an open mind trying to make sense out of non-sense and it all boils down to money and cents. I am proud to hear that we do have made progresses and build a amicable infrastructure over the years, many who live on the fringes of the jungle along the Ulu Terengganu have come a long from my days spent there in the Sixties. Kuala Berang, Ajil, Jerangau, and all along the Jerangau Road to Kuantan, all these places are now quite lit up at night; progress. People in these areas mostly do not have to depend on wells and stream and rivers for their drinking water and there is a big lake in the back yard, The Tasik Kenyir. So slowly but surely we are crawling towards getting our nation developed to become like Dubai, but for us it will take a very long and tedious time; we are still embroiled on the issue of the use of the word 'Allah" ...Masha'Allah!
That's the way it seems it is going to be for us Malaysians, we will take one step forward and two backwards but sooner we will get there where we will look back and be able to laugh at ourselves like ware doing now while reflecting of how far we have come whiteout totally obliterating what fragile sanity we hold ourselves together; a nation of multi- cultural multilingual, multi- religion co-existing as best we could by the unwritten constitutions of our forefathers; that we either learn to live together by give and take or perish, forever doomed to mediocrity as a nation in the eyes of the world.
As far as the Budget 2014 goes I voted, and it is up to those I voted for to will and deal with it for the benefit of the whole; it is their task now no matter who they are in the Parliament if they are worth their salt. Nothing is carved in stone yet.
You can only keep on taxing the people for so much and so long, you cannot tax them forever- Robin Hood.
Off course you cannot, must not slaughter any animal within the school yard! It is simply not done by any religion from way back when! There places you simply learn to honor and respect no matter what your creed. Children should not be exposed to the act of slaughtered or butchering an animal as it affects their young minds and no all minds can handle so much blood and guts; clinically speaking No!
What if a Chinese decides to start slaughtering pigs for every religious occasion and they have a great many to qualify, what then? The Lord have mercy on us all if this kind of issues keeps creeping out and freaking us all out. A mistake is made, and it will not be made again it becomes the law if there is none in existence today...schools and institutions are out of limits for animal sacrifices of any kind other than those used in the course of a biology classes. Only fools cannot see this and my father and his did not vote for fools to run this country to the ground.
"Ya-Allah, panjangkanlah umur kami,
Sehatkanlah badan kami,
Terangilah hati kami,
Perbaikanlah amal kami,
Luaskanlah rezaki kami,
Dekatkanlah kami kepada kebaikan,
Dan jauhkanlah kami dari kejahatan,
Tunaikanlah hajat kami,
Baik hajat dalam Agama, Dunia dan Akhirat.
Sesunguhnya Engkau Maha Kuasa atas tiap tiap sesuatu."
Doa mohon panjangkan umur, Di sehatkan badan dan Di tetapkan Iman.
Dear Lord,
I ask of You for a long life, a healthy life, an enlightened heart. Guide me in my practices and allow for wealth to come into my possession. Bring me closer to the good and keep me away from wrongdoings. Fulfill my intentions, albeit in Religion, the Worldly or the Hereafter.
You are the Lord of Power!
As my friend Ah Huat said yesterday evening while we were having dinner at a street corner in Gelugor across the road from Minden Heights, we are zero! This is from a young Chinese mechanic who left schooling at the age of thirteen? "Gua ( Hokien for I) rasa macham kosong, tapi
nampak semua. Gua punya bini marah sama anak gua tangok saja tapi tadak cakap apa, tengok saja! Nanti semua sudah habis gua pi buat marah sikit bawa minyak kasi urut sikit semua selesai."
In short he said i felt empty, I felt like just I am there but not involved just watching. I watched my wife scold my daughter and said nothing, just watched and after they have worked it all out i do the patching up. My friend Ah Huat is having a taste of awakening or Satori or Kensho. and i hope it last for a long time if not forever, he is a very good man. He said to me that I am one of the very few people he can talk to in these matters others will say he is nuts.
Kenshō is an initial insight or awakening, not full Buddhahood. It is to be followed by further training to deepen this insight, and learn to express it in daily life.
Wikipedia.
If only more Malaysians can wake up from their sleeping slumber and awaken with intelligence like my friend Ah Huat I am confident we will ride out this coming political storms that is brewing within the borders of our nation.
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