Pagi tadi aku buat pertama kalinya pergi mesyuarat agung tahunan untuk satu syarikat korporat. Pertama kali tengok CEO Scomi Group, Shah Hakim Zain dan Pengerusinya, Tan Sri Asmat Kamaluddin, buat aku sedikit teruja. Ya ke teruja? Taklah sangat tapi lebih kepada perasaan kagum. Shah Hakim Zain ni kalau diikutkan umurnya memang muda, dalam tak lebih dari 40 tahun tapi sudah jadi CEO Kumpulan.

Aku pun sempat toleh kiri dan kanan, tengok siapa shareholder untuk Scomi Group ni. Rata-ratanya orang Cina yang jadi pelabur. Orang melayu tak ada, kecuali proksi bagi KWSP. Rasa malu pun ada juga.

Tamat saja AGM & EGM, aku amik peluang untuk berjumpa dengan CEO Scomi Group dan Pengerusinya. Saja memperkenalkan diri dan bertukar business card. Indeed, Shah Hakim is a nice person, unlike other stuck up and snobbish corporate guy. But who knows how he would behave in a board of directors' meeting, kan?

Anyway, sementara aku tunggu kawan aku untuk ambil aku di lobi, aku sempat juga berbual dengan salah seorang anggota lembaga pengarah Kumpulan Scomi, Steven Foong. Banyak benda yang aku tanyakan pada dia. And banyak nasihat and pandangan yang aku kira menarik dan juga lain daripada yang lain.

Sebelum dia beredar, aku tanyakan dia satu soalan.

"If there is any good advice you want to give to me before you leave, which one it will be?".

"Remember, be humble. Someday you will be up there, you tend to forget that you are no different than others. Sometimes, people think that they know everything when they actually are not. You can be smart, but there is other person who is smarter than you. You can be rich, but there is other person who is richer than you. Be humble".

"But sir, be humble is a rare commodity nowadays in KL".

"True, and that what makes you a different person than the rest".

He smiled and left in chauffeured Volvo.

Worth For Everyone to Read

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centred;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of having selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Everything is over? Ain't so yet. As the relationship maybe over, but for me the friendship lasts forever. Some may wonder what the fuck am I talking about. Well, really..it's none of your business.

Although I couldn't get what I want or couldn't be what I want to be, but for at least I have put forward my full blast effort. I have no qualm or regret anymore on what have had happened between the two of us.

It was sad for me to learn the fact that the mutual feeling can never be revived. But I must thank her for giving me some educational experiences about building a relationship. She brought out the best in me when it comes to pursuing someone that I revere the most in my life. She made me work hard for pursuing her. I never regret for the money, energy and time spent for all that. I firmly believe that it was well spent. I believe everything happens for a reason which only God will reveal in time. For that, I thank her from the bottom of my heart.

You see, time will heal the pain. Yes, I did grieve last night after I learned about this fact. I cried quietly in my room. I took my time to perform solat sunat two rakaah to calm myself.

Now I have an option to take it positively or to take it destructively.

Obviously, I choose the first one. Good things come to those who wait. Something good is gonna come my way...that I am very sure of. In the meantime, I still feel like wanting to stay as a nice guy. Thanks Warie for urging me of not quitting being a nice guy.

To you Miss, I just want to tell you this - Amigos para siempre (friends forever)!