Understand true patriotism

here sthg i would to share with all msian out there... extracted from "The Star" paper... i found it rather interesting and very accurate... finally someone voiced it out... bravo "SHIRAZ FARUQI" from Kuala Lumpur!here goes...

"WE ARE reliving those magical moments of Aug 31, 1957, when Malaysia began its tryst with destiny. In the euphoria surrounding Merdeka, it is understandable that the visible symbols of patriotism are everywhere.

But one must remember that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Patriotism is a live sense of responsibility. True patriots are people who take pride in their work; who do ordinary things in an extraordinary way; who regard their work as part of worship and give it the same type of devotion; who leave the nation better than they found it.

The farmer who ungrudgingly mixes his sweat, blood and toil with the soil; the ordinary clerk who works hard and honestly; the public officer who resists bribes and inducements and puts public interest above private weal; the schoolboy who picks up litter and disposes it the right way – these are but a few of the true but unsung heroes of the nation.

In the context of a multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysia, our patriotism demands additional sacrifices. We have to transcend our differences and discover all that unites us despite much that divides us. We have to treasure the country’s cultural mosaic.

To be truly objective, we must be prepared to view things subjectively from the point of view of others who share our common national destiny but have a different heritage.

And by the blessing of God, may our country itself become a vast and splendid monument of wisdom, peace, liberty and tolerance upon which the world may gaze with admiration. "

"You Are So Blessed"

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare,
especially in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.

yeah baby! it's saturday... :D

wat a good weather today...!!! not so hot... cloudy with some winds... it's perfect day to get out and breath some fresh air rather than sitting home accumulating those extra fats... hahahahaha... this whole morning was quite busy with 3-4 tasks in hand which i need to finish them b4 lunch. hmmm... got no other days to do tis kind of tasks except for saturday esp gg to the bank which only open on 2nd n 4th sat of each mth. missed it last sat so no matter how, need to do my stuff by today. so sorry got to missed out on the morning outing with the guys. haih... sorry guys... nway, joinin them later for "AVP" movie and maybe later dinner too. depending on the time coz no matter for tis wk, i must go back early today!!! yeah, "MUST"!!! sounds aggressive and selfish...hmmm... dun tink so... it's just me enforcing "self-disciplined"! hahahaha... talkin abt tis... haven't been strict with myself for the past couple mths... always let the things/tasks i wan to do goes by each day although i keep on reminding myself to stick to it. really... really... need to do sthg abt tis b4 it's too late... it's now or never! have a superb weekend ahead especially for those who took mon off so tt they can hav 4 days str8 of hols incl tue which is our "47th NATIONAL DAY"! enjoy guys n gals! sayonara! i'll b back... ;)

Quote of the HOUR:
"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." - Martha Washington(US wife of George Washington)

ISYS @ the world stage... wat an achievement, bravo!

yeah tis was the lunch i mentioned all abt(checkout the link) on tuesday which most of the technical staff were excluded... but the application which won tis award for the comp was backbones like us... muahahahahah.... winner of.... "Microsoft's Customer Experience Award 2004" and was the only Malaysian company in that category... it gives me the pride to be part of the company... ok, it's friday and i need sthg to cheer me up so i guess wat else could b better than tis... have good friday and looking forward for a great weekend ahead esp when the 47th National Day is just 3 days away...

Quote of the HOUR:
"The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication." - Cecil B. DeMille

DMec expo anyone? :D

yeah been kind of slack for the past two days coz been out from office to attend the "Document/Content Management Expo + Conference" DMec in short... hahahaha... shouldn't have go again today coz it's really makin me feel lazy again... yeah back to my "lazy mood" liao... orh yeah, went and catch "twins effect 2" with gav on wed @ SP. overall, i tink the movie just rank "ok" but not recommended to watch on other days except wed coz it's rm6 nia! hahahah... yeah tt's how worth it tt movie is... nway, overall get to see lotsa of actors and actress flyin ard and doin some funny stuff oso little of stupid act... ekekekeke... let's not comment too much on tt movie. not a great fan of it but overall okloh... nway lookin forward for tis weekend to catch "AVP" with the rest of the gang... would be a great weekend for us coz our 47th National Day is just 4days away, yep... "MERDEKA" "MERDEKA" "MERDEKA" talkin abt merdeka it reminds of those school days where we used to shout tt 7 letters word everytime we finished our exams... guess it's a sigh of relief for all of us then...hahahaha... remember guys? miss those "carefree" days man... how i wish i could go back in time??? hiak! hiak! hiak!

Quote of the DAY:
"The fact that we don't know this man, isn't important really. Cause his experience is our experience, and his fate is our fate. Vani tass, vani tatum, et omni i vani tass, says the preacher. All is vanity I think that's a pretty good epitaph for all of us. When we're stripped of all our worldly possessions and all our fame, family, friends, we all face death alone. But it's that solitude in death that's our common bond in life. I know it's ironic, but that's just the way things are. Vani tass, vani tatum, et omni i vani tass. Only when we understand all is vanity, only then, it isn't." - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

hot outside, cold inside...

yeah tt's rite... temp outside wat so hot n yet our office is so cold wt the aircon just rite above me... chilling cold... but once i leave my seat n head towards the washroom(outside), i could feel drastic changed in the temp... feelin abit sick liao... nway, the hot air does help to keep me awake coz at times i almost dozed off due to the cool temp at my workstation... just nice for my morn sleep... ehehehehe...
nothing special for today except tt our comp is gettin some kind of MS awards for being the best in providing customer support... therefore, almost every1 went for the event which last for ard 4hrs fr 2-6pm. yeah every1 except the technical side... ppl like me n the rest of my teammates were doom @ the office to do our coding while the marketing ppl get to enjoy themselves with the nice food, ambience, chit-chatting and at least some human-2-human interaction. come'on lah for god sake, we as a programmer already faced the monitor 8-9hrs/day, 5-6days/wk, 20-24days/mth or rather to be more specific... 288days/yr!... shouldn't we be allow some form of break or leisure time? we're not robots but human, so pls treat us like 1 :p hahahaha... not much complaining but just stating the facts... need some sort of stress reliever, panadol can't help but shouting it out aloud, does help a little! but dun tink it's a gd weather to travel since the weather look extremely hot...
finallY, get to catch up wt a fren whom'll be leavin to UK soon to further his studies in master. wow, i really "pui fook" him man... after so many yrs break fr study and now he's gg back there again... but i'm confident he definitely do himself and us proud! with such a strong determination to excel not to mentioned tt he alredi completed 5 half-marathons(all under 2hrs which being honored wt merit certificates) durin the past 5yrs, it's really a great feast to enjoy and also act as a boast up for his self-confidence. he's da man! yeah, i'll b takin him as a role model atm... till me myself become 1... hahahaha... targetting my 1st half-marathon somewhere next yr... at the meantime, i tink i got "hell" lots of catch up to be done b4 i could even managed to run a 10km non-stop. but nevertheless, wat they said: "Practice Makes Perfect!" wish me luck... ;)

MOMENTS IN LIFE!

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!

When the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one, which has been opened for us.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.

Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Don't count the years-count the memories......

@ Work *yawn* *tired* *sleepy*

sleepy monday morning... as usual, how i wish i could have another 1-2hrs of sleep! never enuff.... slept for ard 2-3hrs nia yes'day nitez. tis morning was still alrite coz it's still early of the day and i still have used much of my energy yet but as the time slowly past by, i started to feel the heaviness of my brain wanting to fall off... atm, i'm vvv SLEEPY!!! dozing off n on a couple of times liao... to keep myself awake, i went and made myself a thick cup of nescafe but to no effect... i'm still as weak and lousy as possible... worst still was just now durin lunch, i ordered a fried kuay teow but it onli came after all my colleagues had finished their lunch... so i was all pressured to eat as fast as possible(to add-on to the heat was tt place was very stuffy n lack of ventilation)... at the end i was full of sweat and guess wat, today's the 1st day i test on my new pair of workin attire and it's all wet now... :( it's just not my day afterall... feeling vvv "awful" atm! any1 who unnecessary step on my tail will sure get one hell of bashing fr me... :p

new look 'n' feel....wat abt tt???

After changing the look of my blog many times, i've finally settled down for this. looks good dun they? blue as the main color theme(my fav color) with simple look n feel yet attractive that's y i've chosen it :p i hope with this new design, it'll help me to breath in more fresh air to my life... hahahaha... needed it most esp when i'm down and boring.... hahahaha!!! yeha!

JIT... i'm alwiz "punctual"... muahahaha...

orh yeah, for those who r still wondering why today's so special, pls don't wonder anymore coz it's our buddy birthday:

PATRICK and WEI CHONG

->WISH THEM ALL THE BEST AND HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!!! <-

tk care guys and keep us posted...

p/s: btw, don't tink they known abt my blog... hahahahaha... DUH!!! i tink it's the wishes tt counts not whether they see it or not... :p

where was i??? hahaha...been hibernating...

yeah, haven't touched my blog for ard 3wks... where was i? i guess the onli decent ans i could come up with rite now is "hibernating..." the actual fact is yet to find out... will let u noe once i find out yeah... ahahaha... okok... been thinking hard for the past 3wks... to get my objective/aim/purpose/goal straight to the point... "self-realization" i would say but to be more specified, you may term it as "self-satisfaction"... different ppl, different point of view! watever it is, the point here is to "find out" loh... yeah it's tt simple! ok enuff of the craps, time to move on with my life... can't elaborate much on tt yet coz as wat i just said, still looking for the ans... *back to my hibernation once again!* will try to post sthg once in a while loh... i guess it's inapproriate just to go MIA while i'm sorting out my personal stuffs... ehehehe... gtg now, cheerio 'n' hav a wonderful weekend!

Quote of the WEEK: "SELF-REALIZATION is better than anything!"... it's the fact of life...