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 "

31 July 2012

Thoughts 01AUG2012


The greatest dreams are always unrealistic - Will Smith

What we see depends mainly on what we look for - John Lubbock

There are no mistakes, save one : the failure to learn from a mistake - Robert Fripp

Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes ... but that would be a mistake - Anonymous

30 July 2012

Thoughts 31JUL2012


The harder I work, the luckier I get - Gary Player

The secret of getting ahead is getting started - Sally Berger

The most effective way to do it, is to do it - Emelia Earhart

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching - Unknown

29 July 2012

Thoughts 30JUL2012


That which does not kill us makes us stronger - Friedrich Nietzsche

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling - Yogi Berra

Bad is never good until worse happens - Danish Proverb

How can something bother you if you won't let it? - Terri Guillemets

26 July 2012

Thoughts 27JUL2012


What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner - Colette

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud - Coco Chanel

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams - Eleanor Roosevelt

25 July 2012

Thoughts 26JUL2012


Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here - Marianne Williamson

The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off - Gloria Steinem

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more - Erica Jong

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends - J K Rowlings

24 July 2012

Thoughts 25JUL2012


When in doubt, choose change - Lily Leung

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun - Katherine Hepburn

If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost - Barack Obama

There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on - Peaceful Warrior

23 July 2012

Thoughts 24JUL2012


Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else - Alison Boulter

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we did'nt - Erica Jong

A girl should be two things : classy and fabulous - Coco Chanel

We can do no great things, only small things with great love - Mother Teresa

22 July 2012

Thoughts 23JUL2012


Smile, breath and go slowly - Thich Nhat Hanh

You have to "be" before you "do", and do before you can "have" - Zig Ziglar

It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know - Anthony Robbins

Well done is better that well said - Benjamin Franklin

19 July 2012

Thoughts 20JUL2012


An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional - M Kathleen Casey

You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far - Uncle Remus

We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are - Anais Nin

18 July 2012

Thoughts 19JUL2012


By changing nothing, nothing changes - Tony Robins

When you forgive, you heal your own anger and hurt and are able to let love lead again. It's like spring cleaning for your heart - Marci Shimoff

You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think - A A Milne

17 July 2012

Thoughts 18JUL2012


We do not remember days; we remember moments - Cesare Pavese

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself - Richard Bach

Rule your mind or it will rule you - Horace

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness - Han Suyin

16 July 2012

Thoughts 17JUL2012


I have just three things to teach : simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures - Lao Tzu

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them - Maya Angelou

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going - Unknown

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves - Edmund Hillary

15 July 2012

Thoughts 16JUL2012


Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinion drowned your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary - Steve Jobs

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power - Lao Tzu

12 July 2012

Thoughts 13JUL2012


Everything you want should be yours : the type of work you want; the relationships you need; the social, mental, and aesthetic stimulation that will make you happy and fulfilled; the money you require for the lifestyle that is appropriate to you; and any requirement that you may (or may not) have for achievement or service to others. If you don't aim for it all, you'll never get it all. To aim for it requires that you know what you want - Richard Koch

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult - Seneca

11 July 2012

Thoughts 12JUL2012


The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny - Albert Ellis

It is never too late to be what you might have been - George Eliot

What the mind can conceive, it can achieve - Napoleon Hill

10 July 2012

Thoughts 11JUL2012


Leap and the net will appear - Zen saying

A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure - Unknown

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down - Mary Pickford

09 July 2012

Thoughts 10JUL2012


Champions keep playing until they get it right - Billie Jean King

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do - Benjamin Spock

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly - Richard Bach

08 July 2012

Thoughts 09JUL2012


The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials - Chinese proverb

No one knows what they can do until they try - Les Brown
Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do - H Jackson Brown Jr

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.