Somewhere in 2004, in a contemporary literature class...

"Take your time to read the text, feel the words, slowly dissolving into your brain, take your time to appreciate... okay, for example, eating chicken rice... savour the taste, how juicy, how tender the chicken is... its rich flavour... the rice aroma..... savour the taste!"

Somewhere in the library, in the midst of photocopying a chapter from a book...

A lady privately muttering to herself,"Oh darn this machine... oh dear, I've forgotten to press the "reduce" button!!! Ahhh, I've wasted NZD 0.20, hmmm better not convert that to Malaysian ringgit... tuh lah, I should have taken my time... yes... take your time to do this!"

Somewhere in the kitchen, trying in vain to wash and separate the half-frozen chicken parts...

"Oh why this thing refuses to come off!!!! Ouchhh!! Ya Allah, I've scratched my thumb again! I should have taken more time to defross the chicken... yes, Mas, you should take your time to do this..."

Somewhere in the middle of editing a paper... (to be submitted the next day!)

"Alamak!!! I've quoted this one wrongly....... itu lah, I must take my time in understanding this Widdowson quotation! What he really means is totally different from what I perceived earlier... I need to be more patient..."

Thought of the day:

The 'wonderful' thing about humans is that they never really learn from experience... which indicates that humans need continuous reminders and guidance (from Allah, Rasulullah, parents, people around us) to survive the long journey named Life...

"dan berpesan-pesan lah dengan kesabaran..." (al-asr)