Spending my last moment at Miri

It's been over 3 years since i am here at Miri and I still remember the first time I stepped foot here. Everything seemed so lost to me, a total change of lifestyle and the feeling of emptiness. I do not have many friends here then and mixing around was also a challenge for me.

Yet when i am now just about to leave the land of Miri, I am almost reluctant as there are so many fond memories to be left behind. I have made some good friends and build a new life of my own here. I started to understand and discover the beauty of this of this small town, and living here and mixing around with people here have taught be invaluable lessons in life.

I enjoy waking up early in the morning and go out for breakfast at Miri, chit chatting over life, work or even politics under the cool morning breeze accompany by a bowl of kolok mee and a cup of milo peng.

I enjoy visiting the wet market shopping for fresh food and shopping for groceries at boulevard supermarket, for the sake of having our very own home-cooked meal at our beloved Pujut 6 house.

I enjoy to go for a walk or jog at Bulatan Park or go for a swim at the public pool at Miri. Maybe sometimes taking a stroll at the beach at Luak during the weekends or some swings on the driving range at KGM (Kelab Golf Miri) or Eastwood Valley.

I enjoy the occasional BBQ gatherings, or the sushi gatherings that we used to have here and the subsequent gambling session over the night.

All the things that we do here actually very simple, but yet we have so much fun.

I will definitely missed Miri, for the good quality of life without headache and worries about traffic jam or long queues at the banks or post offices.

I will definitely missed Miri, for the land of so many ethnic and culture whereby the kindness of the people here truely inspired me.

I will definitely missed Miri, for all the sweet and bitter moments that shaped me to become a better person.

If not that I was posted here for my first job back in 2005, i think i would never think of or have a chance to know Miri as how i know her today. I have never regretted to come to Miri and I will bring back many good memories , together with all spiritual values that I have learned here with me back to KL.

And i will continue to enjoy and cherish my last moment at Miri .... :-)

Learning to appreciate

We tend to worry about everything, we are worried about career progression, we are worried about not having enough money and .......

We tend to complain a lot too, we complain about our job, we complain about colleague, we complain about price hike ......

All our worries and complain has somehow seems to be so routine to us, so everyday is like a bad day to us .... even waking up late for work deemed to be a stroke of bad luck ...

Recently i have been talking to a few of my friends, telling them about my worries and did some complaining about my recent life ... and they struck be back hard back by telling me that what i am worrying is unnecessary ... it's " Luxury Worries" ....

Many of us worried about getting a good house, whereby there are many out there are actually without a shelter

Many of us complain about the food we eat, whereby that there are many people out there starving without food

Many of us worried about getting a better job, not realizing there are many out there without a job

Many of us complain about our family, not realizing that someone out there are even without one

So when we reached the peak of our worries and start to complain too much, take some time to evaluate our situation and maybe we will realized that we are actually doing good enough compared to many unfortunate people out there ....

I know that for us to chase for improvement, we need to keep on looking higher and not lower .... but sometimes it no harm to look lower at people that are less fortunate than us ... at least we will learn to appreciate our life ....

And when we start to learn how to appreciate ... life will be much more beautiful ... :-)