Amani

"Amani, nakupenda nakupenda wewe, tunataka wewe"
-Peace, I love you, I love you, you, we want you, you-
quoted from http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=501705

The news had just reported on yet another gun shooting incident in Africa causing an eight-year-old child to have lost his clarity in speech, to have to breathe without a nose, and unability to lead a normal life where every child deserved to.

What did the history teach us human nation? Haven't we realise what life is all about? I told myself not to make comparison from one to another because every life is unique and everyone has their own destiny.

But all that have come to my six senses (touch, see, smell, taste, listen and FEEL) are telling me, I am so lucky... for I do not fight for food, I do not steal to feed, I do not hide for safety, and most importantly, I do not struggle to live.

What makes me wonder right now, when someone on the earth is actually fighting for food, stealing to feed, hiding for safety and struggling to live... I see many who are fighting NOT TO EAT (finishing own portion of food served) for wanting a fabulous shape, stealing NOT TO FEED but to satisfy the wilderness within self, hiding NOT FOR SAFETY but to avoid responsibility and reality, and most importantly, struggling NOT TO LIVE but to being above everyone else by hurting or killing.

How often do we appreciate PEACE or should I say AMANI?

At certain time, I may recall some incidents reported in media and start questioning "what if it happens to me?" Will I actually be as strong as I think I would? As calm as I think I could?

Nevertheless, several people from the hall of fame has succeeded into delivering important message to the human nation. One of the must be the late Michael Jackson. Regardless what people may be thinking of about him, one thing I can be sure of, he showed the world how important it is to start proctecting our mother nature... our future generations' future. Anyone get to recall the 'Earth Song'? Or the MTV shown? No? How about 'Heal the World'?

Next would be the late Wong Ka Kui, a member of a famous band named Beyond. Apparently, I learnt the word AMANI from one of the songs.

Like it or not, each and everyone of us are definitely connected in one way or more. When one is hurt in any way, it will definitely be felt by another in some other way.

At this moment, you may feel great for taking a revenge on a person you hated. But do you realise that you may be the person who feel sorry in return? I happen to learn about this, HATE's best friend will always be GRIEVE.

Some may say it hard, and some may even say it impossible, but why don't we try? There's no harm trying... after all, there's something hidden in the word impossible... if we want to... we could have read it as I'M POSSIBLE.

Assessment... Kino... Gombak Toll... Skytrex... Kuantan

Right... took a day leave to KL for some kind of assessment on Friday... wanted to go to KL merely for Skytrex at first. But received a call a week before, so, took a leave on Friday. Been spending one whole day in KL, Serdang and Sri Petaling on Friday. Eventually, have to leave Sri Petaling within 30 minutes because was rushing to Gombak Toll to send something to another friend before 11pm. There goes my whole Friday.. gee... Anyway, I managed to get me something from Kino... 2 books which I hope I get to finish them real soon. Been keeping too many books since the beginning of the year... phew... but, at least did finish half of the piles... not bad I guess ^^

Here comes Saturday! Yoohoo... I'm back in Skytrex after two years! Here I come, Extreme Challenge! Hihi... Cacamon and Yanni didn't make it so, two of my cousins joined instead - Jane Sai Hui and Jane Win Nie. Haha... we had a great time there though. Anyway, I miss the big net so much! I still couldn't stop myself from repeating this as I wanted to take up the big net challenge so much! It's my all time favourite! Apart from the flying fox of course...

Have met Julien and Pakku... not Nana this time.. Cacamon and I both agreed that Pakku is more handsome compared to two years ago! Don't get much chance to talk to the both of them this time round. Hopefully there'll be chances to talk to them more soon ^^

And Sunday... make a move from KL at 9am and here I am right now... photos posting time! ^^

http://picasaweb.google.com/yingsim85/SkytrexAdventure#

Human ain't robot

Human are lucky as we are always given 'options'. How can we actually compare a human with a robot and vice-versa, a robot with a human? Robot will never be given any option, be it for the robot or for others.

We may somehow categorize a human as a robot when his/her life seems robotic. Repetitive of following: wake up, breakfast, work, lunch, work, dinner, sleep and it goes on the same till the day the person got fed up.

Well... seriously, this really depends on how an individual handles it. We, H.U.M.A.N, are always provided with options. It's just a matter of whether we value the options given/available.

Australian town bans bottled water - Times Online

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Again, it's time to re-calculate our carbon footprint!

My result from http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx:

Your footprint is 3.13 tonnes per year
The average footprint for people in Malaysia is 7.00 tonnes
The average for the industrial nations is about 11 tonnes
The average worldwide carbon footprint is about 4 tonnes
The worldwide target to combat climate change is 2 tonnes

I guess I'm doing better than 2 years ago now ^^ Perhaps I've miscalculated something? Anyway, the most important thing is to do the most we can ^^

Walking side by side

Have anyone ever wonder the way the person next to us is walking will somehow reveal something interesting? At some point, I don't feel good when a 'friend' chose to walk behind me, neither when it's in front of me. When we name a person as 'friend', no one is supposed to be superior. Friends are supposed to walk side-by-side.

Photo credit: Michaela Rae from

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelarae/80983358/

What's my current status?

Nothing much in my mind to blurt out at this moment, because I'm 'lost' for a while... yes, 'I am'. Which is obviously indicating I'm still in the midst of 'lost'.

Right... what's my current status? Unknown. That shouldn't be the answer. The answer should be something precise. When I mention about my 'current status', what's in your mind?

State of health? Relationship? State of wealth? Occupation? State of mind?

Well, I guess I might be doubting every single one of these. Really. Maybe that's the after effect of not having enough sleep. End result, moody, prone to carelessness, negative thoughts etc etc.

As of this, I think I'll have to look for an excuse to back up myself (human's nature :P). Yes! The haze could really be the cause!! It causes me to be moody, then lost, and eventually throwing more negative impact to myself. Haha... this is really bad.

There shouldn't be blame on others. It should always be back to oneself, back to myself. Okay, time to really generate positive thinking. Let's start with getting enough sleep!! Hooray... slumber time ^^ Guess I'm a lil' out of control tonight ^^ Good night!~

Utilizing another 50 bucks

(project/area description of the children's origin that Mui Qoon and I are currently sponsoring)

You read it right... that's the commitment we've (Mui Qoon and I) made to sponsor another child from Vietnam this year along with the great effort by World Vision. Didn't mention much about the child we'd begin sponsoring last year due to... ain't too sure if we are that much committed. But now, we're sure we are!~

I mean, come on... so many around us who's still suffering from hunger and starvation. Looking back into ourselves, we are lucky enough because we need not suffer the hunger. Yet, we neglect the importance of food, especially to those who are less fortunate.

We are feeding ourselves with so many fancy food and beverages which sometimes, we are not able to consume them all. Hence, leaving the leftover aside, pay the bill and leave. Just a simple calculation, for all these 'yam-chaR' activity, I do think that I can easily spend an amount of about 10 bucks to 20 bucks for a glass of drink and some finger food - that's for me alone. Now, if I'm meeting up with several friends, let say if I'm generous enough, I can easily spend about 40 to 50 bucks on the bill - for just one meet up.

Well, honestly, I'd even spent about 60 to 70 bucks for a meal of two persons. And I paid up the bill for such kind of meal at least twice a month. Therefore, I don't think that it's torturing (vocab is not good enough to find another word to describe :P) to pay up 50 bucks monthly to sponsor a child which may help in many other ways.

I may not be able to contribute my time and physical effort to help them, at least, with that limited figure, it means something to these children.

To make a more obvious comparison?

50 bucks monthly for a child vs. 50 bucks per meal for myself

A better picture now perhaps? ^^

Just in case for those who would like to find out more about the child sponsoring program, do drop by at these websites
http://www.worldvision.org/

http://www.worldvision.com.my

Hola de Kenyir

Right... been away from the civilization for another 3 days this year... half of the time I'd spent away from civilization last year. Comparison? I would say... both has got their specialty.

And this time, I was in Kenyir Lake with another group of guys. Let me calculate... a group of 7 guys... At least, I was not required to prepare any dishes this time.. Haha... however, guys will always remain as guys, cleaning dishes remained as my task. Be it in Redang Island or in Kenyir Lake, it remained the same :P

Before I forget, perhaps someone could remind me, all other specialty that I'd forgotten about Kenyir Lake, other than the largest man made lake in Malaysia and was formed due to the building of Kenyir Dam.

Now, to the trip's part.

Very simple facilities provided. Yet, there was television equipped with satellite broadcasting facility. Gee... but that's only from 7pm to 7am the next day. After that... please get back to fishing... or any other thing that you can think of doing. Otherwise, just sit still and enjoy the nature. Maybe if there're mahjong or poker cards available... the group is able to perform another form of swimming - land swimming - on the table.

As for me, I guess what I did most was reading, napping, washing, photo-snapping. Haha... other than that... right, one thing that I'll never miss up when I'm back in the nature - jungle trekking! Yoohoo... it's great!~

Perhaps that's what I should call... my second home sweet home. We did stopped by at the swimming pool.. oops, I mean waterfall, on the second day, and there goes me, back in the jungle barefooted. That's me and eventually, I've got myself some stains on the foot as I walked on the leaves or any other kind of plants that produce liquid. And they are still on my foot today ^^

Well, guess it's time to take a shower and back to my reports...

Phew... after several months, I'm off from office after 8pm again. That's what we call l-i-f-e... haha... tonnes of thing to learn...

As for the photos... there're available in my Facebook account. Again... only one out of the 113 photos 'contained' me in it. Haha...

Away from office for a week

Been away from office for almost a week now! Whew... this is really a great long break! One more week to go...

Anyway, happened to know that Ah Gor is not feeling good lately. Gor... take care ya!~ Not too sure of what happened to you but one thing I can be sure of, you'll be fine in no time ^^

Oops.. why am I away from office for two weeks? Hihi... not too sure if I should mention about it. Well, let's wait for the good news to arrive before announcing. If it isn't a good one, well, just get over it and head off for a brand new day ^^

Meanwhile, am thinking if this is the good time that I should be planning for some new adventure? Or should I concentrate on my work right after this long break? *Sob *sob... no pay leave!~ Wua wuah!! ^^

Phew... annual dinner

Finally, the night's over! Thanks to the committee and the commitment given throughout the month to work on the annual dinner. One thing deeply regretted for the rest of the night, we didn't snap much photos for memory. Hmph...

Anyway, am looking forward for our committee dinner by the end of May. By then, we shall snap more photos.. (fingers crossed).

Now, the annual dinner's over... are we looking forward to something else?