Walk The Talk

Today (13/11/2009) our college received a visit from the Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Hj. Mohd Ismail Bin Merican. He is very friendly I tell you. This morning during our dissection, he came to the dissection hall observing the anatomy class. Later after the break around 11am we went to Valley View Hotel where he’s addressing all the Malaysian students of Manipal University. Earlier I thought not to come for the speech because I have severe leg pain. Then I decided better to go la~ Bila lagi nak dapat can jumpa VIP from Malaysia datang Manipal. I like his speech or should I say story very very much. He gave us advice from his own experience, and together with his enthusiasm his speech really inspired everyone in the hall. Not to forget his sense of humour really makes the audience ‘alive’.

I like this kind of people. They give advice base on their own experience, rather than certain people who give advice just from their reading without any experience and yet they said ‘ I know how you feel’. Ever heard the term ‘Book smart’ and ‘Street smart’. ‘Book smart’ is more like he knows lot of facts, but he lacks of clinical skill or survival skill or even interpersonal skill. ‘Street smart’ this kind of person, you put him anywhere on the globe he knows how survive.

Thank god, I had a wonderful childhood memory with my dad. I helped him washed his car, I helped him when he worked with his tools; saw, drill, hammer (some people don’t even know how to hold hammer correctly). I helped him when he changed the bulb, I learned from him how to make ‘bara’ for BBQ. Thank god I have my mom, who is really strict about cleanliness, tidiness and the importance of being able to do things on your own. My family, my friends and the environment are my ‘teachers’ in the real world.

Saya bukan nak memperlekehkan sesiapa, sekadar untuk renungan bersama. Seorang yang mendapat pendidikan agama yang tinggi, sentiasa menyampaikan pesanan kepada orang di sekelilingnya tetapi in real life dia sendiri tidak pedulikan perasaan orang lain. ‘Cakap tak serupa bikin’. Sebab itu saya lebih mengagumi orang yang menggunakan pendekatan ‘kepimpinan melalui teladan’ or ‘berdakwah melalui teladan’ a role model. Say Less Act More.

Why am I telling all this, the other day I had a chat with a non-muslim friend. He asked me if I ever try Bak Kut Teh. He said to me, “you should try la bro, banyak Melayu in my area sudah try.” Dalam hati saya terdetik, no wonder they dare to say bad things about us these days. Sometimes we are the one who make fun with the ‘rules’ and when others say bad things about it, we argue with them acting like we care.

Senang cerita macam ini la, orang bagi you jaga bola yang baru dibeli dan dia kata jangan sepak bola itu. You jenis yang kepala batu, so you sesuka hati sepak bola tu. Then orang lain datang dan sepak bola tu sesuka hati , lepastu you marah dia and kata ‘tuan punya bola tak kasi sepak bola ini’. What is this!!?? You guys are clever than me. Think.

‘Walk The Talk’

Khairul