When I was young(in primary school) I read a story book about a clever boy, came from poor family. His family is very poor, they cannot afford to have a good home, wear a worn shirt, eat only rice and ikan masin. His father only a farmer, or rubber-tapper enough to get a couple of ringgit to buy food. But this boy have a dream to change all of that, and want his family life to be better. And inside this story there is a teacher who is always support this boy to study hard cause he is resposible towards his job, after he study so hard, this boy succeed and go to the University. After a couple of year in University, he came back to his family with a Bachelor Degree. Then he got a job at town, big salary, buy a big house for his family, and live happily. The end.
That is the story that I have read, what I have experienced, I enter University, come out and there is so hard to find a job. Luckily there is a contract job for me and I took it(it is a desperate time). Ok go back to the topic what I want to elaborate is, have I succeed in finding a better life? Well my father is a rubber-tapper when he was on the same age of me now. How he feed us and took us to school? My father work from 7.00 am until 1.00 pm. And then come-back home and meet us. Todays I work from 8.30 am until 5.30 pm, and go home to meet my wife and son. Here is a big different my father have 4 hours and 30 minutes to spend with us, but today I spend.....mmmm...you think about it. And at night I learned Quran from my father, me at night I already exausted, and just thinking about taking asleep. That was about job, how about stress? My father sometimes "susah hati jugak" but he has a lot of free time to think how to improve. Me free time only came on weekends(stupid! they pay us to spend our life for their life, but that's it "makan gaji"). My father(Kalau hujan tak boleh menoreh, cuti, duit pon kurang). Me(hujan ka, ribut ka, mai jugak nak kerja kalau tak kena buang).
And then come about property and car, or some other luxuries. Felda give My father land and house (thanks Tun Abdul Razak), still have some debt on it. my father only have honda c70 a.k.a kapchai, simpanan ada sesikit. Me, I dont have any property(rumah pon sewa) and have a honda car that I'm proudly have to pay monthly RM600(nak sgt kereta best). Dulu kalau kitaorang nak pi mana-mana kena sewa kereta, sebelum tuh naik motor balik kampung. Kami pernah naik satu motor 4 orang, ok la sebab aku ngan adik aku ja, lagipon kecik masa tuh. Kalau balik kg masa hujan kena berenti kat memana sebab takut kena hujan(Aku pernah tertidoq atas motor, nasib baik tak jatuh). Lepas tuh ayah aku ada la jugak buat kerja sampingan, pernah try jadi kontraktor, satu projek ja berjaya yg lain tak ada rezeki.Lepas tuh ayah aku jadi driver van kilang. Lepas tu mak aku pon kerja jugak la sebab duit tak cukup, ahli bertambah, pendapatan tak seberapa. While me today I bring my family anywhere with car, and petrol always a barrier for us to move further. OK i guess I can win if I compare this situation with my father, because on this age I already have a car but lost alot of quality time dan takde rumah sendiri.
Today my father age is already around 53. And his work very simple, everyday he wake up 6.00 am, take a bath go for pray, 6.30a.m open his small gas station, then have a visit to Pusat Mengumpul Getah check all the record over there. 1.30 pm come home for lunch, take a sleep as well, 3.00 p.m go again to gas station. Nobody dare to giving a lecture to my father he is the boss, me(of course my boss will kick my ass), and ask me to keep update on my work, makan gaji. Everyday 5 days a week, 8 till 6, I will be away from family. Hafezh, you're right, we work like mad for this one way of finding rezeki and left other 9 sources to other people. So here is the comparison between me and my father:
My father dont have a boss, I have boss (paham2 la akalau dah ada boss tuh)
My father surely no retrenchment, me already got a retrenchment letter.
My father have business to handle, and I have people problem to handle.
My father have grossly 24 hours for his own time(Takdak sapa nak marah),My time 8.30 till 5.30 belong to somebody else.
My father if want to go anywhere, just ask his son to take care the shop, me ambik cuti la lagi.
My father sambil sembang boleh buat kerja, me (try la tengok kalau nak mampus)
My father salary(tak banyak, tapi cukup untuk bagi kat semua anak2), me (cukup2 bagi kat nursery, bayaq kereta and other bills)My father have another plan expand business, my plan is looking for anther job.
My father anytime can go to school to se his children, me only if I can get permission from boss.
My father is an employer, me is employeeMy father is org felda(fresh air), me everyday sedut habuk.
My father kg mana ada jam, me traffic jam can be feel inside my flats.
My father house can fit my flat on it.
(They say if you stay in the city you can get good education(org pekan pandai2), for me bad situation)
My father kalau tak dak air mandi sungai, aku tak mandi langsung.
Actually there is a lot more that I want to compare, its enough, I dont want to loose more. Compare to education of course a have a better degree than my father,but compare with job I guess this one I have to educate myself more. This comparison cannot be use to other parties, because this comparison only made by me and suited my situation, if there is other poeple has same situation it must be kebetulan.
I think I got the conclusion here, and moral too, because I have been thinking about this since I was in University until today. What's the big deal about being a graduate? Yeah! there is a big deal, and we have to change it. Conclusion here my father won it 10-0, its me who have lost and prepare to change one day. We lost a lot of our precious time working from 8.30 till 5.30 a day, and that's it we have to, kalau tak, nak makan apa, but we can try to change it, you may think about it.I'm afraid one day I couldnt take care my son very well, becuse i'm to busy with work. Moral is although we have education/knowledge but we did'nt use it correctly, we have to "makan gaji", kalau betul2 maybe can be Bill Gates, and as I remember my teacher has never told me that "makan gaji" is hurt, org bawah la teruk. This conclusion and moral is only suite for me. OK let's get back to work again.
* Bila la aku nak kerja sendiri,sebenarnya aku takut nak start business sendiri walaupon ader peluang.Yerlah dah biasa tiap2 bulan org kasi duit. Hafezh jom jual nasi lemak!
*8.30-5.30 everyday, I was a slave. Biler la nak merdeka sepenuhnya.
6 comments:
Samala dgn aku.. Bapak aku pun org Felda sawit.. Pergi kerja pukul 8.30 balik pukul 10.30, tebas rumput apa yg patut. Upah org ambik buah sawit tu dlm 300 untung dlm 700, takde rugi apa². Ada bnyk gila masa utk dia and mak aku tngk semua soap opera kat t.v. Tapi takde kereta. Eh rumah dah habis bayar dah kat Felda and sngt besar (kenyataan, semua rumah felda yg dah dimodified, sngt besar). And dgn 700-1000 sebulan, dgn selamba je parents aku boleh cukup makan and tanggung adik aku kat sekolah satu, UKM satu.. Bukak company sendiri jela najib.. hehehe...
ok la..buat bisnes nasik lemak..ajak hafezh..tapi jgn jual burger sampai rm5 macam pizli nak buat tu. cekik darah! hehehee..
hehehhehe..baguih hang dah tulih pasai menda nih. aku baru teringat nak tulih.
Aku kengkadang terasa jugak nak hidup kat kampung. Usahakan ladang ke sawah tapi aku tak penah mencangkul. (masa mencangkul nak tanam uri + sembelih kambing ari tuh pun tangan I yang lembut nih melecet!).
Oang yang hidup kat kampung macam hang kata Najib, and dari yang mak aku citer, bangun pagi, semayang subuh, gi ladang/sawah. keje sampai tengah hari, dah bleh lepak sementara tunggu zohor. lepas zohor, makan bleh tido jap. Pukul 3 ke macam tuh bleh usahakan keje2 kampung lain plak (panjat kelapa ke, carik buluh, nangkap ikan)...keje2 yang skillful dan enjoy untuk dibuat. takde stress. takde boss nak marah. kalo sendri keje, sendri ada makan, tak keje sendri mau ingat. malam, semayang kat surau, lepak/dengar ceramah sebelum isya'. tak payah beli kete sebab sume aong naik beskal/jalan kaki and memang tyak payah pakai kete. rumah sume hampir standard menyebabkan tiada iri hati / peer pressure untuk beli itu ini... kan best hidup kampung?
kalau korang nak boeang felda aku boleh ambikkan, diaorg mmg tngh cari 2nd generation. Deal dia, diaorg bagi kau tanah 10 ekar for kebun & 1 ekar utk rumah. harga dia murah and bulan² potong gaji bayar felda, lepas 15 tahun semuanya settle dapat geran. kalau ada org nak beli tanah tu korang boleh jadi jutawan..
fuiyoo...ko biar bebenarn nih pizli? waaahhh...tapi aku kene crash course ngan ko lah...potong kelapa sawit... mmm..ko tau torh getah tak? aku nak belajar sekali...nak mencangkul... tangan aku melecet nanti :D
Mmm...aku dulu pon tgn melecet gak tapi lama-kelamaan tgn tu jadi kematu keras. Skrg tgn aku dah lembut balik...alahai. Aku ingat sekarang kalau aku ada duit banyak aku nak cari tanah buat pertanian ker. Aku rasa silap dulu tak baca buku petani berjaya. And goverment tak take care sgt pertanian masa dulu. Kalau kat Thailand pertanian dah buleh buat korang jadi kaya.
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