My Resolution 52 years ago
In the final hours of 2014 ecided to look
back to those years when making new year resolutions was a must to me. Generally
it was made with a serious thought. Each year my diary would, without fail, start with
resolutions for the year. Now it is all a history. A quick glance brought me to my diary of 1961 I was then in my final year. In the middle of that year, armed with a degree, I started my working career, in Singapore for a
start. ( I regret I am not right now able o put a picture of that book and the relevant
page.)
Let us see how the
first page of my ( Monday, January 1961) diary began. I wonder in what mood I was when
I was writing it down. Was I being as serious as I was on other occasions ? Here is what I wish my readers to see:
“ a -No vice of any sort.
b - By the time the last page of this diary is
written there should be at least ‘three’ if not full house‘4’ ?”
The first part (a) sounds as if I
had lived a dirty and wild life those years I was a student away from home. Who knows - that is a matter for anyone to judge. No one is perfect.
Now we look at the second part (b). My first question when I read this, what was that 'three' and 'full house 4' mean? Since I now have three children I immediately thought of children. No, it was not meant to be children. The 'last page' of that diary would mean a period of less period than a whole twelve months, needing me to be married and to force a triplet (or even a quad within a year!. That would not be human.
Then the 'full house 4' would only make me think of my right as a Muslim man! In short,Pakcik must be in a humorous mood on the first day of 1961, the year I would be liberated from text books and all, come snow and sunshine. How could that young Pakcik ever seriously think of 'full house '4' . Today,53 years down the line the ‘house’only has one 'guest', and I have been more than contented. Alhamdulillah.
Those comments enable me today to comment and criticise how foolishly naïve I was those heroic years, at least so I thought.
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Just as well I am finishing
this entry at almost within the last minutes of 2014. So, I have the opportunity to wish every one of my readers a successful and
rewarding 2015. I will have this posted
within the first hours of 2015, but I must also have my new year resolution as well - that is :
Berkhidmat kerana
Tuhan
Untukkemanusiaan
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