Thursday, June 11, 2009

something to ponder

An email i received from a friend. This article below was written by Patrick Teoh in his blog. Interesting and a good one. I would like to share this with you.

To those Born in the 40's, 50's , 60's & early '70s...

First, we survived with mothers who had no maids.
They cooked /cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.
They took aspirin, candies floss,fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrups and diabetes were rare.
Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedy for fever.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
As children, we would ride with our parents on bicycles/ motorcycles for 2 or 3.
Richer ones in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a private taxi was a special treat.
We drank water from the tap and NOT from a bottle.
We would spend hours on the fields under bright sunlight flying our kites, without worrying about the UV ray which never seem to affect us.
We go to jungle to catch spiders without worries of Aedes mosquitoes.
With mere 5 pebbles (stones) would be a endless game. With a ball (tennis ball best) we boys would ran like crazy for hours.
We catch guppy in drains / canals and when it rain we swim there.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually worry about being unhygenic.
We ate salty, very sweet & oily food, candies,bread and real butter and drank very sweet soft sweet coffee/ tea, ice kacang, but we weren't overweight because....... WE were ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, till streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. AND WE DONT HAVE HANDPHONE S TO BUG US. And we were O.K. AND WE ARE SAFE.
We would spend hours repairing our old bicycles and wooden scooters out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem .
We did no t have Playstations, X-boxes, Nintendo's, multiple channels on cable TV, DVD movies, no surround sound, no phones, no personal computers, no Internet.
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and we still continued the stunts.
We never had birthdays parties till we are 21 We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and just yelled for them!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
Yet this generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 40 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

PS: -The big type is because Long-sightedness or hyperopia at your age . he... he....

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Pertandingan SenamRobik Peringkat Negeri Johor

Saya diundang oleh Jabatan Belia & Sukan Negeri Johor untuk menjadi juri bagi pertandingan senamrobik, step, fitball dan hip hop peringkat negeri Johor pada 7hb Jun 09. Meriah sekali sebab ade 20 team yang bertanding.Ucapan terima kasih kepada pihak Jabatan dan juga kepada Pn Aspa kerana sudi menjemput saya. People of Johor - U rock aarr beb!! dari kiri : tokey kami En Azhan (dari jab belia negeri Johor), yours truly, Pn Mastura (UniTen) and Pn Norzila (Kedah)
saye tak sempat nak ambil gambar peserta pertandingan yg saye adili, yang sempat saye ambil ade la peserta jump rope atau lompak tali sahaja.

memang comel kanak kanak lompat tali ini dan mereka begitu bertenaga dan artistik

peserta hip hop dari tiga kumpulan. Memang cun mereka ni menari

judges sempat bergambar dengan peserta hip hop yang memang tidak mendukacitakan

perjalanan pergi dan balik saye tumpang kereta Pn Mastura yang canggih tu, kami enjoy walaupon perjalanan pergi dan balik kami tu memakan mase yang agak lame.
mase perjalanan balik kami berdua sempat singgah di Pagoh sambil menikmati durian. My life is blessed.... aminn..

we should do this often la kak mas... ehehehe