This is "Kampong Senaling" taken in 2006. Has not changed since the 50s - gateway to Sri Menanti
'Kampong Senaling is approximately 5 kilometres from Kuala Pilah - on the Tampin trunk road'
" MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU "

18 May 2012

Thoughts 18MAY2012

We aim above the mark to hit the mark - Ralph Waldo Emerson
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily - Zig Ziglar
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step - Lao Tzu
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him - Sidney Greenberg

16 May 2012

Thoughts 17MAY2012

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence - Vince Lombardi
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are - Dale Carnegie
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr Seuss

15 May 2012

Thoughts 16MAY2012

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it - Dennis P Kimbro
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders - Foster's Law
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work - Richard Bach
I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work - Thomas Edison

14 May 2012

Thoughts 15MAY2012

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad - Denis Waitley
Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish - George S Clason
Nothing can stop the man with the right attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude - Thomas Jefferson

13 May 2012

Thoughts 14MAY2012

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretsky
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today - E Joseph Cossman
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing - Theodore Roosevelt
We see things not as they are, but as we are - H M Tomlinson

10 May 2012

Thoughts 11MAY2012

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty - Winston Churchill
When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do ... Doing what they want to do, they may succeed; doing what they don't want to do, they won't - James Gould Cozzens

09 May 2012

Thoughts 10MAY2012

Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there - Samuel Insull
Success doesn't come to you; you go to it - Marva Collins
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have - Margaret Mead
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world - Harriet Tubman

08 May 2012

Thoughts 09MAY2012

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today - Benjamin Franklin
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra - Jimmy Johnson
Don't let life discourage you; everyone who get where he is had to begin where he was - Richard L Evans
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted - Albert Einstein

07 May 2012

Thoughts 08MAY2012

An obstacle is often a stepping stone - Prescott
Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not - George Bernard Shaw
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others - Hasidic Proverb
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it - Pablo Picasso

06 May 2012

Thoughts 07MAY2012

A mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work if it isn't open - Frank Zappa
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare - Japanese Proverb
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become - Oprah Winfrey
There are two primary choices in life : to accept conditions as they exist, or to accept the responsibility for changing them - Dr Dennis Waitley

Percussion Band (1964) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Percussion Band (1964) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Percussion Band (1965) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Percussion Band (1965) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Standard 4 (1966) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Standard 4 (1966) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Standard 5 (1967) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Standard 5 (1967) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Form 3 (1971) - Ampang Road Boys School, Kuala Lumpur

Form 3 (1971) - Ampang Road Boys School, Kuala Lumpur

THE WISE WAY - Parodoxical Commandments

  • People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred; Forgive them anyway
  • If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
  • If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway.
  • If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
  • What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight; Build anyway.
  • If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
  • The good you do today, people may often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
  • Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you got anyway.
  • You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and GOD; It was never between you and them anyway.
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  • Written by Kent M Keith when he was 19, first published by the Harvard Student Agencies in 1968.