A month before I finished high school four years ago, I started passing around a black notebook to my teachers for them to hand over their 'amanat terakhir' to me before I leave the boarding school. There's so many wise reminders that they have shared with me, but a few days ago the page with my former Vice Principal (HEA)'s signature at the bottom caught my attention. It says: Adab dan akhlak biasanya diibaratkan seperti pokok, dan kemasyhuran adalah seperti bayang-bayang. Tapi malangnya, kebiasaan orang lebih suka melihat bayang-bayang daripada melihat pokok. Fikir-fikirkanlah. Four years ago, I might have told myself: "I know what it means". But knowing its literal meaning doesn't necessarily mean that I understand the underlying message its trying to convey. Triggered with his last words "fikir-fikirkanlah", I decided that I was too naive too understand what the two-sentence quote really mean at that moment - I might not be mature en
A good life is not all about having pleasing moments, but how we make the moments pleasurable.