Saturday, December 12, 2009

Bonnet or No


Saturday, December 12, 2009



What's The Difference Again






Assalamualaikum and peace be upon all in 1 Malaysia


... and, talking about those with a simple mind and form of action ...there was this other friend of mine who dropped by when passing my house. It was a few days ago. I was having tea with members of my family. Being our instant guest he was of course invited to join us. It was a no 'hal' occasion for him (he just wanted to say 'hello' and relax for a while). We chatted while enjoying our tea with some 'kuih'.

All of a sudden this friend of mine remembered something. He excused himself and rushed to his car which was parked about a stone's throw from my house. He soon came back with a laptop. He said (in northerner's slang bahasa Malaysia) ... "Takut tinggai ni dalam bonet keta ... nanti member kebaih habih".[I'm afraid to leave this in the bonnet of the car ... it may get stolen.]

I looked at him and cheekily said ,"Ha ... nasib hang baik ... natang tu tak rosak boh kat enjin keta ..." [Lucky you ... that thing isn't spoilt when left in the engine compartment.]



He asked me why I said that. I just replied that the engine compartment is almost always (except for very few brand of cars) situated in the bonnet. People keep their things and/or baggage in the boot of the car.


My friend just smiled and brushed off the explanation ...
with this remark ... "Dah besa orang kata lagu tu dalam bahasa Malaysia ... amik barang kat bonet keta ... orang tak kata but pun ..." [It's normal for people to say that in bahasa Malaysia ... get the things from the bonnet ... people don't mentioned the boot at all.]

Well, to him what's the difference. It's OK as long as people understand what you want to say. So long as they knew what you meant. I did not say more. After all he was that brilliant student who scored an A (Distinction) for English in the OSC* exam in the sixties.

It's fun to have friends of such character sometimes ...




*Overseas School Certificate



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Saturday, December 12, 2009



Assalamualaikum dan Selamat Sejahtera


What's The Difference?



What have you contributed to your family, (and/or) your kin and friends, your neighbours, your community, your friends (and/or) the society at large today? Nothing much? Nothing of great importance? Nothing worthy of mention? Nothing at all? Don't panic ... you're doing OK. You're a normal citizen in a normal society of a normal country!

I was taken aback when an old friend of mine said those words to me quite recently. I thought he was trying to pull my leg. He always like to pull a fast one on people especially those close to him. This instance I just could not restraint myself from asking him a question. I asked why was that so.

He smiled and said,"Yeah, in truth you have contributed something you may not be aware of".

"How come?" was my next question.

"By not giving headaches and problems to people around you. At least you're not troubling society. That's what you have contributed!"

I knew he was sincere when he said those words. He was that simple in thought and action!

Surely you too have such friends...




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