"When I was young I set out to change the world.
When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my state.
This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my town.
When I realized that I could not do even this, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by changing myself.
If I had started with myself, maybe then I would have succeeded
in changing my family, the town, or even the state-
and who knows, maybe the world."
(unknown)

September 02, 2007

..shout ‘MERDEKA’!! ..has New Meaning!!

During childhood, we shouted ‘Merdeka’ for fun, because people were shouting.. As we grown up, ‘Merdeka’ means more to us.. and, we should shout louder! It has brand new definition to me, this year in particular; after graduated, understood some philosophy of life, cleared some of my doubts so far, started working awhile (part time), practiced Aikido consistantly, joined postgraduate research, and studied a little about brain. Refined version has ready.. the mindset that changeS, has ‘downloaded’ into my brain, and start functioning immediately!! However, improvement should be constantly seeking, because the world is never static.. so is our mind!

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Hey.. hey.. Last year, I remembered, our independence day (31st Aug) wasn't much 'feeling’ (to me, perhaps).. quietly, it was past. However, this year, the feelings were even ‘over-expressed’!! ..the mood of ‘Merdeka’ is motivating! (even though I still went for research) ..Malaysia's 50th year!! ..ONE GOLDEN CELEBRATION!

I feel like, MANY things happened in Malaysia, in a single year 2007!! ..should I say?? ..Archievements, we celebrate it! And, also the failures (noticed and fixing), but not too much feeling on the negative, ..a little sad, though; Because it can’t change any.. Instead, we work on it! **As part of Malaysia, we couldn’t not to contribute.. can we???