Thought 30MAY2008

A TEN-MILLION DOLLAR EDUCATION
"The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make, for the more new things he will try," says management consultant Peter Drucker. "I would never promote into a top-level job a man who was not making mistakes ... otherwise he is sure to be mediocre."
A now famous story at IBM involved founder Thomas Watson and one of his vice presidents who took the initiative on the development of a new product. As reported in Fortune (August 31 1987), the product was a risky venture that ended up a colossal failure and cost the company US$10 million. Watson called the executive into his office saying there was something he wanted to discuss with him. Sure he was about to lose his job, the young man blurted out, "I guess you want my resignation?"
Watson replied, "You must be kidding. We've just spent US$10 million educating you."
Anyone making a multi-million-dollar mistake had to learn something that would help him do a better job the next time. Drucker's comment that people who are not making mistakes are sure to be mediocre is comforting to those of us who make mistakes as a part of our daily regimen.
Extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II', Glenn Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
Talking with one another is loving one another - Kenya

Thought 29MAY2008

ENCOURAGEMENT
Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a trusting friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed among the great names if literature the name of Nathaniel Hawthorne. When Nathaniel, a heartbroken man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in a customhouse, she surprised him with an exclamation of joy. "Now," she said triumphantly, "you can write your book!"
"Yes," replied the man, with sagging confidence, "and what shall we live on while I am writing it?" To his amazement, she opened a drawer and pulled out a substantial amount of money. "Where on earth did you get that?" he exclaimed. "I have always known you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a masterpiece. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So there is enough to last us for a whole year."
From her trust and confidence came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter.
Nido Qubein - extracted from "Chicken Soup for the Soul', Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications, Inc., 1993.
Hope is the pillar of the world - Kanuri

Thought 28MAY2008

CONSIDER THIS - on GILLETTE
King Camp Gillette dreamed of a cockeyed invention that caused investors, metal engineers and experts at MIT to snicker. They all believed that there was no way a razor could be made sharp enough to provide a clean shave and yet be cheap enough that it could be thrown away when it was dull. Gillette laboured four years to produce the first disposable razor and another six years to get it placed on store shelves. Although only 51 blades sold during the first year, 90,844 were purchased in the second year and Gillette's risk-taking innovation was on its way to revolutionizing the shaving industry.
Extracted from a 4th course of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty and Meladee McCarty, Health Communications, Inc.,1997.
Blood cannot be washed out with blood - Afgani Proverb

Thought 27MAY2008

A LESSON IN HEART
A lesson in "heart" is my little 10-year-old daughter, Sarah, who was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a brace all the time. She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she had competed in "field day" - that's where they have lots of races and other competitive events. Because of her leg support, my mind raced as I tried to think of words of encouragement for my Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting this get her down - things I have heard many famous coaches tell the players when they were faced with defeat - but before I could get a word out, she looked up and said, "Daddy, I won two of the races!"
I couldn't believe it! And then Sarah said, "I had an advantage." Ahh. I knew it. I thought she must have been given a head start ... some kind of physical advantage. But again, before I could say anything, she said, "Daddy, I didn't get a head start ... my advantage was I had to try harder!"
That's heart! That's my Sarah.
Stan Frager - Extracted from 'A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul', Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications Inc., 1996
When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful - Ashanti of Ghana

Thought 26MAY2008

WHAT YOU ARE IS AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU DO
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma City. My friend and proud father Bobby Lewis was taking his two little boys to play miniature golf. He walked up to the fellow at the ticket counter and said, "how much is it to get in?" The young man replied, "$3.00 for you and $3.00 for any kid who is older than six. We let them in free if they are six or younger. How old are they?" Bobby replied, "The lawyer's three and the doctor is seven, so I guess I owe you $6.00."
The man at the ticket counter said, "Hey, mister, did you just win the lottery or something? You could have saved yourself three bucks. You could have told me that the older one was six; I wouldn't have known the difference." Bobby replied, "Yes, that may be true, but the kids would have known the difference."
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying." In challenging times when ethics are more important than ever before, make sure you set a good example for everyone you work and live with.
Patricia Fripp - extracted from 'Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen,Health Communication,Inc, 1993.
No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come - Congo

Thought 23MAY2008

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
Interviews with the elderly and the terminally ill do not report that people have regret for the things they have done but rather people talk about the things they regret not having done.
I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would make more trips. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments. One after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.
I've been one of those people who never go anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter next time. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.
Nadine Staair (age 85) - extracted from 'Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen,Health Communication,Inc, 1993.
Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh - Congo

Thought 22MAY2008

WISDOM
Three cowboys had been riding the range since early in the morning. One of them was a member of the Navajo Nation. Being busy with the herding stray cattle all day, there had been no time for the three of them to eat. Toward the end of the day, two of the cowboys started about how hungry they were and about the huge meals they were going to eat when they reached town. When one of the cowboys asked the Navajo if he was also hungry, he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "No."
Later that evening after they had arrived in town, all three ordered large steak dinners. As the Navajo proceeded to eat everything in sight with great gusto, one of his friends reminded him that less than an hour earlier he had told them that he was not hungry. "Not wise to be hungry then," he replied. "No food."
Author unknown - extracted from 'A 2nd helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul' Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communication, Inc., 1995
When you are rich, you are hated; when you are poor, you are despised - Ashanti of Ghana

Thought 21MAY2008

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!
David Casstevens of the Dallas Morning News tells a story about Frank Szymanski, A Notre Dame centre in the 1940s, who had been called as a witness in a civil suit at South Bend. "Are you on the Notre Dame football team this year?" the judge asked. "Yes, Your Honour." "What position?" "Centre, Your Honour." "How good a centre?"Szymanski squirmed in his seat, but said firmly: "Sir, I'm the best centre Notre Dame has ever had." Coach Frank Leahy, who was in the courtroom, was surprised. Szymanski always had been modest and unassuming. So when the proceedings were over, he took Szymanski aside and asked why he had made such a statement. Szymanski blushed. "I hated to do it, Coach," he said. "But, after all, I was under oath."
extracted from 'Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen,Health Communication,Inc, 1993.
Money is sharper than a sword - Ashanti of Ghana

Thought 20MAY2008

WE LEARN BY DOING
Not many years ago, I began to play the cello. Most people would say that what I am doing is "learning to play" the cello. But these words carry into our minds the strange idea that there exists two different processes: (1) learning to play the cello; and (2) playing the cello. They imply that I will do the first process and begin the second. In short, I will go on "learning to play" until I have "learned to play" and then I will begin to play. Of course, this is nonsense. There are not two processes, but one. We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way.
John Holt - extracted from "Chicken Soup for the Soul', Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications, Inc., 1993.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man - Ashanti of Ghana

Thought 16MAY2008

ON HAPPINESS
May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.
As we value our happiness, let us not forget it, for one of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have.
Richard L Evans - extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II, Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
Wake not a sleeping lion - Chinese Proverb

Gambar UiTM Sekarang - Taken on 10MAY2008

Gambar (tak nostalgia) UiTM Sekarang
Tempat Jatuh Lagi di Kenang
This was where we grew, learned and lived

The 'padang' at Hostel 4
Yang berlampu belakang tu - Stadium UiTM
Where "mastar's warong" used to be - behind Dewan Makan Hostel 4A&4D - now a car park
Hostel 4A, as seen from Hostel 1
Corridor Dewan Makan Hostel 4A&4D
Dewan Makan Hostel 4A&4D - as seen from Adi's room

The room (blue colour door) where Adi, Lan, Arab, Gerk, Jabbar, R Hisham, Pak Itam, & Me lived the last 4 semesters. Where Mazlan Lecturer, Arwah Tito, Roslan Aziz and Hassan Gagak sometimes squat. Now an office!

INTEKMA 2 - where the 'sadists' 'orientated' you during "Orientation Week - July 1977"

Hostel 1 - looking from Intekma 2

Dewan Makan - Hostel 1 - Itu bukan kereta 'Kak Noni'

Hostel 1C where 'groovy baby' and her gang used to reside

The entrance to Hostel 1 & 2 - as seen coming back from 'Mamakteria'. Where the 'Pak Guard' hut used to be
Faculty Business Management Sekarang
Where the path was; the way from Hostel 1 & 2 to 'Mamakteria'

Faculty of Business Management NOW

Thought 15MAY2008

ON GRATITUDE
I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage – very important things to me – and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me. All of us live spiritually by what others have given us, often unwittingly, in the significant hours of our life. At the time these significant hours may not even be perceived. We may not recognize them until years later when we look back, as one remembers some long-ago music or a boyhood landscape. We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us.
Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965), French medical missionary Cited in More of...The Best of BITS & PIECES
We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt - Chinese Proverb

Thought 14MAY2008

ON FEAR
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela - Former President of South Africa - Cited in More of...The Best of BITS & PIECES
A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas - Yoruba

Wedding Anak Hawa : 07JUL2007

This photos were taken during anak perempuan Hawa punya wedding

7th July 2007 - Rumah Hawa di Petaling Jaya

Thought 13MAY2008

HOLD FAST TO DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go, life is barren field frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes - Extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II', Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994.
Man has responsibility, not power - Tuscarora (Native American)

Thought 12MAY2008

WE PLAY 'EM ALL
It was a typically pleasant early spring South Carolina day as our regular group of twelve prepared on the first tee for the normal Tuesday morning match. As usual, Henry's risqué jokes created enough confusion to raise Bob's dander a little as he pulled the balls from the hat to line up the foursomes to compete for the much sought-after two-dollar Nassau... Nassau? Perhaps! Bragging rights? Absolutely! As our last group teed off, the gentle breeze at our backs helped our drives travel a little further than usual down the first fairway. It was the beginning of a good game for all of us, with Dick's short game working very well, Rich knocking the cover off the ball, Henry playing his wide slice to perfection and my putter performing well enough to allow me to do better than my 24 handicap.

After about four holes we noticed a twosome creeping up close behind us. Before we could motion them through, they fell back again, only to close the gap again on holes 8 and 9. We thought that perhaps they would go through as we stopped for a snack at the turn, but they did not, only to get close again on No. 12. Being a true advocate of golf-course courtesy, I took advantage of Henry's slice into the woods to go back and invite them to play through. "Sorry to hold you up... would you like to play through?" "Thank you for asking but we're doing just fine. We don't get in a hurry anymore. Just being out here and enjoying our friendship, this wonderful game and God's glorious universe is quite enough for both of us... You see, Joel here is ninety-one and I'm eighty-nine years old, and we have enough aches and pains that we only play the downhill holes!"
By William M. Bowen - from Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul, Copyright 1999 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours - Chief Tecumseh (Native American)

2nd Gathering 10DEC2005 (2of2)

DBS/DIB 1977-1980
2nd Gathering 10th December 2005
PNB Darby Park
We have all 'grown' and 'matured'

2nd Gathering 10DEC2005 (1of2)

DBS/DIB 1977-1980
2nd Gathering - 10th December 2005
PNB Darby Park
We have all "grown"