Today i had the privilege (or rather forced) to go to work with my twin there. Somewhere around 10 am in the morning, there was this one Nigerian man a regular to the shop coming in and Hariz started to chat with him.
During their lengthy chat I sat at the sidelines listening while doing my own thing. They chatted on one thing and one thing only. They chatted about what he (the Nigerian man) thinks about Malaysian youths and their life styles and also comparing to youths from his homeland. Mind you that this particular Nigerian man is a PhD Student.
(Side note : He did include some political stuff but i'll just skip that part and only mention it briefly)
He said "I worry about Malaysian youths, they only like to have fun. They think this world was mended for them. The Opposition is also not helping. They are offering soo many things for free like free water, free education and free everything." with a very concerned face. He then pulled out a one Ringgit note and said with a very sad face "This is 54 Nigerian Dollars!. I do not want Malaysia to fall in the same fate as my Country even though we are cough in so many conflicts but if the youngsters don't want to reach for their studies, they are better off dead instead of being dead weigh."He also said "You should never give up on studying, always try to find something new to learn everyday so you will know and treasure that is knowledge."
The last part hit me hard, since i was in the brink of quitting but somehow hearing this from a complete stranger made me think long and hard. I was stunned, he was so concerned about Malaysian students and youths, and here i was about to throw it away like a piece of life leeching virus.
Summarizing the entire chat and converting it to understandable words or in Laymen terms, Never give up. keep fighting for knowledge, never be stagnant and always be progressive.
So this is it for now loggers i hope this brings some good.
STRONG MIND, STRONG HEART, STRONG FAITH
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