Note : (Char Kuey Tiao means a fried flat rice noodle, its a Chinese food and its usually spicy)
Another normal day begins from the second i wake up which is 7:30am =)
Wtf? 7:30am?!!!!
And yes! i am late for school!!! It was a not so "usual" Saturday because there was school, lol...
i went out of my room, stood in front of the clock placed in the living room for awhile, and i found 2 reasons to go to school... 1) Its our Terk Chin's birthday!!! Happy birthday Terk Chin!!XD (oh ya, i heard it was Shaun's too, happy birthday to you too!^^) 2) Promised Lawrence that i'll go to school (and that dude didn't came himself-.-)...
Well, after making decision i rushed and by 7:45am, and yea i know im pretty fast=P
I decided to avoid some unnecessary conflicts in school... Didn't wanted to meet someone i don't want to see in school, i btw you all out there thats been late know who i meant...
So mother and i decided to have breakfast at some hawker at maluri... We reached there, and my mother wanted to order the same Char Kuey Tiao with me, so i walked to the uncle there, and i said: "Uncle, liong dip Char Kuey Tiao, Yat Dai Yat Sai, Jing Kuey Tiao" (Translate: "Uncle, two plate of Char Kuey Tiao, one big one small, flat rice noodle only.")
The uncle then turned around and said: "Hou hou, mou man tai, dan hai you dang me fan zong wor, Ok mou?" (Translate: "OkOk, no problem, but have to wait 5 minutes, is that ok?")
Of course i said yes, and i then walked back to my seat, facing my mother. There was filled with people and the fan are really loud, the place was not really dirty and everything was fine, except for one thing that's been turning around and round inside my mind that time... That is, i felt something special about that uncle... the thing is... when he was speaking to me, he was holding a smile even though he was busy preparing other's orders. And he used a very simple way to answer me, but the feeling was just different.... and i found out why.... it was the smile...=)
I was siting waiting for him to cook my Char Kuey Tiao, but at the same time i was just sitting there, doing nothing but observing him cooking and his actions... He was around 60 maybe... he has white hair, simple clothing, but a really warming smile... Every time he sends his food to his customers, his always in a rush, as if he was afraid that the food would get cold, but he still has a smile on his face... The food then finally came on to my table, facing its last few moment before its going to my tummy hell. As we were paying the uncle, as usual, he still puts on that smile of his. My mom and me then got in to the car and heads for school.
When we got on the car, as usual we talked about the meal we had. My mom said it was normal... But to me... the taste, yes it was normal, pretty average, but there seems to be something extra in it, maybe its something called "happiness"? Its like, even though the work was not an easy one and he was having tons of thing to do yet he can still speaks to me with a smile on his face, maybe that's what that perfected the taste of the Char Kuey Tiao... A feeling of endless happiness and hardworking. Its important when a person is working at a happy mood rather than a sad mood... For him, his doing something he enjoys, his life is just cooking and serving people, but even though he might not be in a 5 star hotel being the main chef, but his working happily and his enjoying his life! To us it might be like he has wasted his life for just being an average Cook at some hawker center, but to him its all he have, and his enjoying his life and his work, and his always putting on a smile and does his best to cook every single plate of Char Kuey Tiao, he has chosen the path that he wants, most importantly, he spent his life happily.
One who spends his life happily is worth ten times the one that spends his life in sadness.
Nothing is good when its sad, to say it in things that is in long term, for example our occupation. If you wanted to be a musician, there is no meaning spending half of your life time "Trying" to be a doctor and have your life miserable and your patients thinking that your not trying your best to save them. And that time you'll start thinking "why didn't i choose something i wished to do rather than something i needed to do at the starting?" but of course sometimes things can be inevitable due to financial or other problems...
As for short term problems, people always tells us when we're sad"why sad when you can be happy?" yes sounds simple, but its not easy, even for my self sometimes. When an obstacle drops from the sky and blocks our way to future in life, what should we do? of course two ways, go around it, or cross it. But what happens when the obstacle dropped ON us instead? It'll throw us into a miserable and sad state, sometimes it can't be helped but to cry out loudly and releases our feelings, but what happens after the big cry? Continue thinking about it and stuck under the stone?
there is a saying "There is always a bright shiny sun after the big rainy storm."
We must always remember one thing when we are sad, that is, this is all going to be the past tomorrow, face the fact that there is nothing we can do to change the past, but there is something we can do to make a better tomorrow, and its clear that crying is not the thing to do.
But as for the Char Kuey Tiao uncle, he never cried because he is not earning enough or something, to be frank, its a fate that's almost impossible for his to change, but what he can do is think about how can he improve his skills doing the same thing, and be better at it day by day, and always works happily so he can have a happy life.
To all out there...
Life are not always meant to be sad, and believe me, being sad and miserable in life is not the right choice, no matter you are from a rich family, average family or a poor family, sadness is something that no one can escape from. Rich people has rich people's sadness, poor people has poor people's, but one thing for sure happiness is something that won't just come to us if we don't accept its coming. Friends for example, is the main source of happiness a person can ever get in their lives. Those memories of friends and us playing together, doing things together, quarreling together, its all going to be memories, and one day these memories are going to make us tears, not because it was sad or something, but because it was once something that happened to us and we treasure those memories... At times we might think that things are just full of shit and we don't give a shit about it, but as we grow older we will start thinking, why didn't i give a shit bout it that time when i was younger? Damn i missed the chance.
Some times in life, there is a lot of things that can't be changed. What most important is now and the future. The past is the past, stop crying today, and make a better tomorrow, if not for others, at lease for yourself. Its important to learn to let go and get a better future.
Especially in a relationship, when a couple breaks up, be sure to remember this...
"Don't be sad because it ended......
Be happy because it happened.......
Because its all a part of my memory forever..."
To everyone, this is the impression the Char Kuey Tiao uncle gave me, and i find it quite important to me in my life, how about you? Please vote on my polls =P
Take care ALL!!^^
( beware of H1N1!!! drink more water ya my blog visitors!^^)
Outs....
ஐღº Mr.Axel ºღஐ
On the first sight of that picture up there, whats in your mind?=P
oh ya... and this pic=P
