Before this I heard many things
about orang Melaka. They said orang Melaka don’t like Johoreans, they
are very rude when talking to others, bila orang datang ke rumah dia sambut
dengan “puji-pujian” dulu lepas tu baru dipelawanya masuk. Either all those things
are true or not, you have to meet one truly pure Melakans and be friend with
them only then you can know things for sure. *smile*
For me, I have been staying in
Melaka for almost 5 months now and so far I think Melaka is a very nice place
to stay. The people here are nice too. There was one time when I was on my way
back walking to the hostel from Melaka
General Hospital, one Pakcik offered me a ride to the hostel. At that moment I was like faith in humanity
is restored. *smile* I feel comfortable to say “morning uncle!” to the uncle at
the grocery shop and to my new neighbors. This morning only when I sapu sampah
kat luar, the uncle next door say morning to me and we had a morning talk macam
makcik-makcik in those typical Malay dramas, I was cleaning the drain and he
was watering the flowers (hehehe). When people are being nice to us, smile, say
hello, you’ll feel happy and it makes your day even more wonderful and ceria
kan.
Kita hidup bermasyarakat kena la
“mesra alam”, bukan dengan geng-geng kita je, dengan orang berlainan agama dan
bangsa pun kita kena mesra juga la. Because some people are not like that, they
restrict their good treatment only to neighbors who are related to him or who
are Muslims. There was a story, Abdullah ibn
Amr had a sheep salughtered and he asked his slave,
“Did you give some meat to our Jewish neighbor? For I heard the Prophet
say, ‘Jibreel kept on enjoining the good treatment of neighbors to the extent
that I thought he would include neighbors as heirs,” (Bukhari and Muslim)
“Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for
(your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly
with them, for Allah loves those who are just.”
(Quran 60:8)
So be nice to those people around
you, smile to them, InsyaAllah people will be nice to us and our loved ones.
A.Khairul
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