Once upon a time…

I am a complex human being. It would be easier if I could be more ignorant towards what other people thinks. I am trying. Tak perlu beri justification, tak perlu beri warning. Menerimalah. Maka jiwa akan tenang. Selepas mengenang kata-kata Imam Syafie, aku lantas bertenang dan merasa tenang; “Memenuhi segala kesesuaian dengan hati semua manusia adalah hal yang tidak mungkin kamu capai!” Bukankah?


On a lighter note, look what Little Bro and I found semasa mengemas buku-buku untuk dikotakkan seketika! Our childhood books! From Enid Blyton to Disney publications, to buku-buku yang dibeli di koop sekolah rendah (SRKTSG Kami Sanjung Tinggi), to encyclopedias and Dewan Bahasa publications. Gembira rasanya :-)

Buku ini mengandungi fairy tales, poetries, fables, poems and nursery rhymes. Comel dan sangat best!!



Ini adalah cassettes untuk buku di atas, I used to read along.
Hehe. Seronok.



Aah encyclopedias. We have a lot of encyclopedias, tapi somehow kami tak berpengetahuan am sangatpun. Haha. (R) From arwah Atok for Little Bro. Sangatlah sentimental value.



(L) Ahah Enid Blyton (Malay) series. Ada sangat banyak but those 4 are my favourite! Pulau Rahsia is the best book ever! Heh. (R) Tidurlah Intan series by DBP. Colourful illustration menghiasi cerita2 nasihat. Sangat healthy.



(L) The boxed (childhood) books; and (R) the boxes of them.

I really, really like this particular fable from My Storybook Dictionary, entitled The Goose That Was Just A Goose. (Oh FYI, a fable is a short story made up to teach a lesson):

Once a goose was very proud of her white feathers. So she tried to pretend she was a swan. She left her family and swam around the pond. She bent her neck like a swan’s. But it was no use. Her neck was too short and stiff. Nobody thought she was a swan. She just looked silly. Moral: It is no use trying to make people think we are something that we are not.

... And they live happily ever after.