Conversation with a Friend

A friend visited me today. We had the following conversation, among others:

Friend: Times are tough. Its hard to earn a decent living

Me: Times are not supposed to be tough. Our country is rich. We should have lots of money. All those who work hard should be able to earn a decent living.

Friend: I'm working hard but I'm struggling still.

Me: Maybe belum sampai masa Tuhan memberi kemewahan pada kamu. Maybe juga there are people who do not want to work hard but want to earn a more than a decent living. So he has to take your share.

Friend: Maybe so. That's the problem when wealth is not distributed to those who hard but to those who are chosen.

Me: You are right. So lets make noise so that the situation improves.

Friend: I do not want to get involve. Malas nak fikir pasal politik.

Me: Kawan, you tak boleh malas fikir. Tuhan dah beri kamu keupayaan berfikir, dah masuk universiti. Berapa peratus orang Malaysia masuk universiti? Kalau kamu malas berfikir, orang yang tak masuk universiti lagi malas nanti? Kamu kufur nikmat kalau tak guna apa yang telah diberi oleh Allah.

Friend: Kita terlalu kecil. Cannot make a difference.

Me: Kalau semua orang cakap macam tu, sapa nak kedepan? Anak cucu kita saper nak jaga? You have to get involve and also get other people involve, at least orang yang boleh berfikir. Sekarang nie kita dianggap bodoh sebab tu perkara yang dilakukan tak masuk akal.

Friend: Betul, tapi kalau kita sibuk2 pun tak jadi apa2. We will just be ignored. Dia orang dah control semua.

Me: Jangan putus asa. They assumed that we are supid. Semalam saya dengar laporan saham. "Harga saham turun berikutan penjualan oleh pelabur kerana mengambil untung". What an idiot? The market has been falling for the past few days, so what pengambilan untung are they talking about? But for those wo do not trade in the stock market thinks that the economy is well as the players can sell shares and "mengambil untung".

Friend: So, what should we do?

Me: THINK and do not let them take us for idiots.


Lets think. Then educate those who are not thinking. It is easier to convince educated people with facts than uneducated ones.