Last night I met with an old man at a car wash place. I sent my kapcai to be washed. Yep, I know..i'm a lazy bummer. But, who cares! Anyway, coming back to the story. I met this one old man..he looks like a pretty decent guy. He wore pagoda shirt and jeans and an expensive wrist watch. He sent his E-class Mercedes there to be washed and polished.



I was bored and he was bored as well, so we began to hold a conversation. I found out that he is a D-class contractor. He was in military intelligence before he retired 10 years ago. Prior to his retirement, he took some re-settlement courses and some enterpreneurship courses. He told me that he spent 12 months working for one QS company in Gombak before he established his own small company. His first job was with Education Ministry, fixing broken doors and toilet for the school around Selangor/KL. And after that, he never looked back again.

He told me that nobody can stop you from achieving what you want in your life. He doesn't have a basic degree nor diploma. He was a plain Joe. He said, "Doesn't matter if you don't have a degree, or you're not an expert in what you want to do, you can always find out of how to make things work. You've got to work hard towards your goals. Skill can be acquired, knowledge can be seeked, but the will to succeed must come from within".

I listened to him attentively. While listening to him, I keep saying to myself,"There must be something that God wants to teach me by making me talking to this guy".

I guess that serves as a reminder - You get only what you put into the Life. No Pain, No Gain. Period.