that's my pledge for the day...
for the month....
for the year...
for the rest of my life... till i find peace within myself....
my neighbour has always been my good friend, derek he is called... we played badminton together since we were still in school, and he being 5 yrs older than me, those days i thought he always bullied me when we were playing... but boy... he's already doing his own business now in computing and i'm already in uni... those days we played badminton till it was too dark to see the shuttle even with the help of the streetlamps... then we sat down on the grass at the field talking football...
then he comes on and off to repair my com and helped me do the networking of my house's 2 coms and 2 laptops... we did the routing and i once towed his volks with my iswara to the workshop.. we did many things together as friends and neighbours.. he certainly does have profound influence on me.. somehow or rather, i always listen to what he has to say.. and we could talk till the wee hours in the morning feeding our neighbourhood dog before he left on the missionary trip round the world....
we talked just now and i just had to blog a bit on his experience... we only had a short chat but he left me with such a great impression that we should join hands to create a better tomorrow...
he toured australia, eygpt, thailand, just to name a few.. he went practically half the world, using his own savings... i initally thought that he was sponsored by the church... but then it turned out that he used most of his savings and along the way, he asked for sponsors in his own... so it's much a rather own effort....
why? why do such things? well, how much can u save and go on a trip round the world with savings on ur own and with just a little help from others? what inspired him to do so?
to know the sufferings and knowing we are part of the world to make it a better place to live in... a better place tomorrow... making the world a better place...
'when u graduate to be a doc, join me and the rest... help those who needed it most... doctors without borders... give it a thought...'
in eygpt, there were so many poor ppl without proper food and clothing.. without proper sanitation.. without love to be shared with...
in the thailand borders, there were refugee camps for those refugees who ran away due to the thailand mynmmar conflict and thus leaving the ppl there without proper identification and homeless... they were helped by the UNHCR.. but those ppl have to home, no land... nothing to look forward to...
and when i thought back on what i had for dinner... which me and mum went to the ramadhan stalls to buy.. i bought nasi lemak with rendang daging and kari ayam.... ayam percik, coconut water... and to know the amount of food i eat for tonight's dinner could feed 6 ppl in eygpt... i could save 6 ppl's lives with my meal tonight, which i ate all by myself...
'will you lend in a hand? will you make the world a better place tomorrow?'
SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS IN LIFE YIELD THE TOUGHEST ANSWERS.
i will.. but becuase of what? guilt? that i have a part to play in the mess happening in the world? passing exams in medical school is already taking it's toll.. but i should be ever motivated to study harder... those children who are eager to study but don't have the chance to do so... poverty at it's hardest...
why then the wealthy moghuls of eygpt and the middle east don't help? why do we have to fly across continents to save other ppl when their own ppl don't give a hoot? humanity? where has it gone to?
there are always questions that will keep us pondering on what the appropriate answer should be... trying hard to make some sense to myself, i cna't still come to a conclusion why poverty still exist in our very own world... if one man would share his wealth and love, and if this act of goodwill is spread throughout the world, it would make it a better place... why then it takes so hard for mankind to do that?
greed... we always hunger for more.. we want more even though we can't digest any further... like my dinner today which i would rather starve to save the lives of 6 other ppl...
i would
and i will....
dear God, may i pass my day with Your grace and sail through medical school knowing that i'm such a lucky person to be given a chance to have a proper education and to lead a good life. in turn, i would share whatever that i have within my means to make the world a better place not for my children but Your children. i shall always remember the sufferings of others and that i am a wealthy man not because of the amount of gold that i have but because You told me so. try as hard as i may to make some sense, i know that You will be with me during the darkest hour.
a prayer it is as a beacon of hope... god bless you all...
for the month....
for the year...
for the rest of my life... till i find peace within myself....
my neighbour has always been my good friend, derek he is called... we played badminton together since we were still in school, and he being 5 yrs older than me, those days i thought he always bullied me when we were playing... but boy... he's already doing his own business now in computing and i'm already in uni... those days we played badminton till it was too dark to see the shuttle even with the help of the streetlamps... then we sat down on the grass at the field talking football...
then he comes on and off to repair my com and helped me do the networking of my house's 2 coms and 2 laptops... we did the routing and i once towed his volks with my iswara to the workshop.. we did many things together as friends and neighbours.. he certainly does have profound influence on me.. somehow or rather, i always listen to what he has to say.. and we could talk till the wee hours in the morning feeding our neighbourhood dog before he left on the missionary trip round the world....
we talked just now and i just had to blog a bit on his experience... we only had a short chat but he left me with such a great impression that we should join hands to create a better tomorrow...
he toured australia, eygpt, thailand, just to name a few.. he went practically half the world, using his own savings... i initally thought that he was sponsored by the church... but then it turned out that he used most of his savings and along the way, he asked for sponsors in his own... so it's much a rather own effort....
why? why do such things? well, how much can u save and go on a trip round the world with savings on ur own and with just a little help from others? what inspired him to do so?
to know the sufferings and knowing we are part of the world to make it a better place to live in... a better place tomorrow... making the world a better place...
'when u graduate to be a doc, join me and the rest... help those who needed it most... doctors without borders... give it a thought...'
in eygpt, there were so many poor ppl without proper food and clothing.. without proper sanitation.. without love to be shared with...
in the thailand borders, there were refugee camps for those refugees who ran away due to the thailand mynmmar conflict and thus leaving the ppl there without proper identification and homeless... they were helped by the UNHCR.. but those ppl have to home, no land... nothing to look forward to...
and when i thought back on what i had for dinner... which me and mum went to the ramadhan stalls to buy.. i bought nasi lemak with rendang daging and kari ayam.... ayam percik, coconut water... and to know the amount of food i eat for tonight's dinner could feed 6 ppl in eygpt... i could save 6 ppl's lives with my meal tonight, which i ate all by myself...
'will you lend in a hand? will you make the world a better place tomorrow?'
SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS IN LIFE YIELD THE TOUGHEST ANSWERS.
i will.. but becuase of what? guilt? that i have a part to play in the mess happening in the world? passing exams in medical school is already taking it's toll.. but i should be ever motivated to study harder... those children who are eager to study but don't have the chance to do so... poverty at it's hardest...
why then the wealthy moghuls of eygpt and the middle east don't help? why do we have to fly across continents to save other ppl when their own ppl don't give a hoot? humanity? where has it gone to?
there are always questions that will keep us pondering on what the appropriate answer should be... trying hard to make some sense to myself, i cna't still come to a conclusion why poverty still exist in our very own world... if one man would share his wealth and love, and if this act of goodwill is spread throughout the world, it would make it a better place... why then it takes so hard for mankind to do that?
greed... we always hunger for more.. we want more even though we can't digest any further... like my dinner today which i would rather starve to save the lives of 6 other ppl...
i would
and i will....
dear God, may i pass my day with Your grace and sail through medical school knowing that i'm such a lucky person to be given a chance to have a proper education and to lead a good life. in turn, i would share whatever that i have within my means to make the world a better place not for my children but Your children. i shall always remember the sufferings of others and that i am a wealthy man not because of the amount of gold that i have but because You told me so. try as hard as i may to make some sense, i know that You will be with me during the darkest hour.
a prayer it is as a beacon of hope... god bless you all...
3 comments:
hey john..
thank you...
have i met u somewhere before? where are you from?
my sentiments exactly. i think i blogged abt smtg like that not long ago. hmm.
anyway, if the world have more ppl like u, the world would be a so much better place.
but alas, it's not to be. :T
hey dear.. will always be by your side to support all your decisions (good ones only, mind you.. :P)..
as for your unanswered questions, i'm sure God will show you the path that you should take to help others.. together we shall make this world a slightly better place..
"Your word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path" Psalm 119:105
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