Appetizer for the insomniac dudes....

baby bean...zero problem!

There is nothing special about this writing except for the last few bars of my energy before i retire for the night ( morning, shall i say..). Each morning when we wake up, have we ever asked ourselves what do we really want from this life? Why are we in this current situation? Is this our choice of life or this is what the society expects from us? Why are we doing the same like other people, day in and day out? 

Kelantan Peasants - picture taken from Raykinzoku blog- W.A Graham 1907

Have you ever wonder living in Tanah Melayu a century ago? It was the time when  "Malaysia" was unheard of and as a matter of fact, did not exist yet in any prints or any spoken language. The WWW1 had not yet started and our first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman was still a young boy then. Even the mighty Titanic still had not made its ill fated maiden voyage across the atlantic ocean. 

kelantan river 2010 - Take notice of the teh tarik color

100 years ago,  i could only imagine the air was still fresh from carbon pollution, the jungles were full of games for the hunters and hidden treasures for the learned ones. The rivers were free of industrial and household wastes and the water was clean enough for direct human consumption ie: to bath and for household chores. However, human's greed changed everything, starting from the deforestation of forest which led to the land erosion and siltation of rivers. The rivers started to change color and the fish that used to be in abundance in our rivers are now becoming extinct and hard to find.  We have lost our biggest treasure in life and we have betrayed the trust of our future generation in us. 

The invasion of materialistic world also contributed to our current state of greed. Now, everybody wants to have big villas with swimming pools, fancy sport cars, luxurious household items, designer clothing, and branded personal items. The desire to have these items items also contributes to a change of priority in life. We are no longer contented with only sarong and shirt to go around. Nowadays, we prefer Armani shirt, Ferragamo shoes, Zegna tie, Mount Blanc Pen and Gucci's cologne as a must have items for a man.

PCB, Kota Bharu 1968

Our life was much simpler then. We didn't have that much of of the wordly possessions but we were happy lots.  We didn't have fast  car that goes 0-100 in 5 seconds but we had much time with our family and people around us. We didn't have big villas then but we had the whole village as our home. And we didn't have swimming pools then but we had plenty of clean rivers to dive in and bath. 

1965

In reality, we lead the life of what is expected from the current modern society and that has been programmed in our mind due to the changes in our living environment and the advent of many man made things. Eventually, we have become the slave of our own desire and lust. We are the android of our own creation and we are also responsible for our own destruction.  Ameen!!