Ideas Rendered and Ideas Tendered

I went to Universiti Malaya last night. The charity organization which I joined, MIND, had been invited to participate in one of the residential colleges' activities for disabled people. There were other few prominent people being invited as well. Most of them are disabled people. I must say that I've been amazed by some of the invited guest speakers. One of them is a practising lawyer. He was a legal counsel for Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur for 15 years and now he establishes his own legal firm. What is more interesting about this person is that he is blind for all this while. Now he is developing his own career after leaving BSKL for good.

Very much interesting eh?

Yes, I'm always inspired when I see this kind of spirit. The spirit of independence. The spirit of enlightened. He sees lights when people around him see dark future for him. He reacts in kindness without being judgemental towards his audience. I can feel his warmth and his loving personality while I chatted with him. Yes, we must always look and find that goodness in people. Regardless whoever is he or she.

Unfortunately, I couldn't spend much time there because the clock was ticking to almost 12 o'clock midnight.

On the way home, my mind could'nt escape from keep thinking about the idea I threw to my ex-deputy principal back in school. Now he is the principal for Sek. Sains Alam Shah (I always abhor the idea of putting the word Sains in front of Alam Shah). I told him that I want to initiate a project. I need 10 students who are the lowest in their batch, either academically or socially. I said, I want to help these students. I do this out of my conscience and I don't ask anything for return. I want to carry out my social obligation solemnly. Previously, I tried once with Rumah Anak Yatim Tunku Budriah but there was too much of red tapes that I needed to go through. So i cancelled that plan. This time, I went straight to the source of power/influence.

"Berikan aku sepuluh belia, nescaya akan ku gegarkan dunia!" - President Soekarno of Republic Indonesia.

Yes, he said that during 'Konfrontasi Malaysia-Indonesia'. (I also recall the fact that he said,"Ganyang Malaysia!" during that trying time). That's the power of youth. It's a shame if we can't harness this power for our own advantage. For the betterment of our own society.

I believe in human potential. Anyone has potential to grow beyond than what he realizes for himself. For me, I believe in Adidas's slogan - Impossible is Nothing! I feel pity for those people who do not know how to break from his own box. I'm not saying that I'm the expert at that. I am still learning but I think, I may as well share with people of what I know about some techniques. I want to have win win situation. I don't want to see these young people get influenced into something bad. Perhaps, being 'rempit' once they graduate from high school. Or, screwing their own life by taking drugs or smoking.

Furthermore, I notice the culture of excellence is eroding very fast in my alma mater. In fact, it is eroding elsewhere to. I'm not talking about the academic excellence per se, but the excellence in achieving the maximum potential of a human.

Just imagine if these young students turn into idealists. They stand tall on their principle. Be firm on what they positively believe. They act positively upon their belief. Would't that something we want from the youth nowadays?

And I am here offering my service free of charge. No question ask.