Sardines

Life. 

Life will be simple & satisfying if you think of it as such.

Life will be unfair & sucks if you think of it as such. 

Learn to be happy. 

Happy with every little things in life.

Learn to be grateful.

Grateful & appreciative of every little things in life.

Growing up in a family of nine with Abah as the sole breadwinner...and as a mechanic at that, we never knew what was luxury. 

We never went anywhere for holidays. 

Oh...maybe we did, if you consider 'balik kampung' as going 'overseas'. 

That's the further we went & that was in JB too. 

No toys. 

Serious. No toys.

So what do we play with? 

We played at the playground.

We played at the void deck.

We played at home.

Our toys? 

Name it.

Blankets.

Eldest sis's stilettos.

Pillows.

Sofa.

Pots.

Pans.

Baby powder.

And we had lots of fun coz we used our imagination.

We opened a shop. We taught a class. We drove (though Abah never owned a car).

Life was great. 

But never once did we ever starved. Never. 

Coz breakfast or lunch or dinner would always be yummy comfort food of fried eggs + soy sauce or fried fish + soy sauce or stir-fried taugeh & beancurd or sardines etc. 

Mak & Abah had never bought any fast-food for us. 

Too expensive. 

Every morning, Abah made us eat half-boiled eggs. 

Supplements too expensive.

Half-boiled eggs are good for the brain according to Abah. 

Then he would send us to school on his motocycle. 

One by one. 

Abah would come back home for lunch...everyday.

Mak would make sure lunch was ready on the table...everyday.

We never went hungry. 

We were staying in a three-room flat then. 

Abah's first owned flat.

We stayed in a rental flat for the first 5 years of my life. 

We stayed in the three-room flat for 13 years.

We moved because of SERS. 

There were 8 of us then. And we all slept together on mattresses in the living room. 

No aircon. 

We cuddled up close & slept well throught the nights & even woke up late.

We were happy. 

And today?

People are all unhappy.

Unhappy with life.

Unhappy with work.

Unhappy with everything.

Why?

Because a flat is so not in.

Because a car 'needs' to be changed every 3-4 years.

Because Hyundai or Toyota or KIA is so not in.

Because Charles & Keith is so not in whatmore Perllini.

Because Bata is so not in.

Because it is a must to go 'overseas' for holidays. 

Because even Private Suite at KKH is so not in to give birth at.

Because a sick child 'need' to go to a paediatrician & not any GP. 

So think again.

Life makes you unhappy or you make yourself unhappy? 

Sardines is good.

Sardines is good with rice.

Sardines is good with prata.

Sardines in good with bread. 

Sardines is good for puffs.

Who said sardines is not good? 

Who said sardines is unhealthy? 

Me & my sistaz grew up eating sardines.

We loved sardines then.

We love sardines now.

Anyway, I wasn't really talking abt sardines here. 

Get it? 😁