Not many of you know that i've been working as a karang guni man for da past 3 years. ad hoc to say da very least. back then it was frequent because my evenings were free from projects and rehearsals. da job has taught me a lot ever since. patience is a virtue that one needs to practice everyday. i have met many demanding customers in my life and it has taught me to control my emotions. People have been brought up in very different ways. No one person can be the same because of the different environment that it has been surrounded with.
i always give people the benefit of the doubt. when they get angry or demanding, there must be other underlying reasons that we just dont know which cause them to behave that way. besides, whats the point of being angry. you're just making yourself feeling miserable. and when i'm really angry, i just dont speak. i dont want to say da wrong things. and again. i've learnt it da hard way.
ive learnt to appreciate my life more eventhough i dont have much, material wise. i've seen people worse off. i've seen people with blind families but live happily together.
i just admire clean and organised rooms. rooms that has proper shelves with gifts and pictures of loved ones. my family dont really practice this and its difficult to adjust to my ideal room but i'm still learning to change. i've seen messy rooms which i hate cause i have one myself. my ambition is to have a clean and organised room. sounds funny doesnt it? but yeah. no harm changing for a good cause. thats what i've learnt.
i've toiled from day to night just to scrimp and save to buy my own stuff. i dont shop much and i learn to spend money wisely. i treasure the stuff that i buy and thats why, when i lose it, i'll tear and feel as if my heart has been stabbed.
along the way, while carrying huge cupboards, dinner tables, chairs, fridges, ovens, vases, 34 inch tvs, lies hidden treasures that just makes me wanna work there more. people throw away little ornaments that they usually give out during weddings as gifts of appreciation for coming. creative ideas as presents for my friends start to flow in. to give and not to receive, that is what i've learnt for the past 2 months. i've learnt to give more cause i dont seem to be doing so all this while. i've learnt to give surprises to friends once in a while to show that i really appreciate the sincere friendship all this while.
eventhough the pay aint much, i still continue to do this job because i hope that with the effort that i put in, the company will get more profits. when the company get more profits, the mosques and underpriviledged homes will get more money. thats how this company operates. a certain portion of da proceeds will be returned back to these institutions because they provide us with some of the contacts. if it will benefit them, why not? i'll still continue to work after graduation.
life is short. learn to give more and not expect anything in return. i guess, that is sincerity at its best.
ja
i'm just a karang guni man and nothing more
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Have my own definitions about clean and organized rooms... sometimes rooms are clean bcos they just throw away stuff. That's wasteful. And some ppl's rooms are so organized that they have CDs arranged by album spine colour, which isn't a very good feeling when you think of a room like tt. For me it's as long I know there are sections for items w a common purpose like shoes, bags, books and nothing is on the floor and you're surrounded by all the items tt are dear to you, tt's good enuff.
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