Thank you!

To me, saying Thank you occasionally is hard enough, what more saying it on a daily basis.

I have never thought that one day, i will meet someone who practice a high level of courtesy and i give him my respect.

Near an eating place near Wisma Genting, there is this old couple selling Vegetarian Mix Rice.

The first time i ate at their place was during my first few weeks of work.

That first meeting left a mark in me.

When i was done choosing my food, the uncle humbly said "here is a tissue to wipe your hands"
And he passed me a tissue while he look at my food to see how much was it.
When i paid the uncle with the exact change, he said to me" how kind of you to take the time to give me the exact change"

At that time, before my turn while waiting in line, there was a Japanese guy in front of me, and he did not know what note is RM 5 and what this Japanese man did was he took a waddle of notes from his pocket and hand it all to the uncle. The uncle was honest and he took RM 5 and return the rest and then show the Japanese man what he took. This small action show me that there are still honesty out there in small places and there is still much hope in this world.

After that week, i make it a point to eat at the place once every week. Everytime i will sit near the uncle's stall.

I notice that he and his wife, they are both very courteus, and they treat each customer so humbly that to each and everyone, they always say Thank you, give a tissue to wipe their hands and even thank people for giving the exact change. Everytime i eat their food, i feel like i am at home. Maybe its because of how they always smile friendly at people and seeing them at their age being so courteos encourage me to practice the same as well and not to lose my temper easily.

After 8 months observing them, they are still the same. They always practice the same thing and never one day have i seen them lose their temper like some hawkers.

I wonder will this continue on in my generation?

I wonder....


Signing off,
Su Mei

Opportunities around me!!

During Form 4, I told myself, I have to be active in everything (Studies, School Prefect, PBSM, Green House, PingPong Club, XueJi-Student Reporter,Chinese society, and the most important of all-the Baha'i community). That was my resolution. My mum invited neighbouring friends and relatives to start Ruhi books, Children's Class and Junior Youths Gathering. I was so spiritually uplifted seeing the response. I assisted in children's class, because I can translate English to Chinese for some of the children, and I know where to get the materials in my house. I really love to teach children since then, although there are some obstacles here and there... At school, I tried to mention about the faith in class... -For Moral project, I put pictures of my children's class in the folio, explained the purpose, activities.... like charity work... Then my friends and Moral teacher asked about it, so I explained.... -Since form 1, when teacher ask how many Christians/Buddhist/Islam students are there in the class, I am always not raising up my hands, so the teacher written me as 'lain-lain'... Then, the teacher will ask, so I say I am a Baha'i. Until form 4, those who were in the same class as me before know my answer already, so they will tell the teacher for me -- "She is a Baha'i..." Then those new classmates will ask... -Sejarah Form 4 got a lot of Islamic Histories, about Prophet Muhammad and all... some of my Muslim friends asked about the history of Baha'i faith, about Baha'u'llah,.... I have not study Ruhi Book 4 that time, so did not tell them much... Really worried and scared to teach them the faith... But luckily they are quite open... -One day, after Moral and Islam exams, one of my Malay friend suddenly ask me on the staircase:" Violet! Baha'i ada Kitab apa??" I was stunned for a second or two..."Huh? Apa?" "Tadi Islam paper ada tanya, aku lupa lah..." he said. "Kitab-i-Aqdas kot... Mengapa ada tanya punya? Ada belajar tentang Baha'i ke?" I asked spontaneously. "Ada belajar, tapi lupa lah... Aku letak Kitab Baha'i... haha... tak apa lah..." he replied.Since then, I realized that the Baha'i faith is mentioned in their Islamic class. They know the existence of the faith. -At the beginning of Form 5, I invited some friends to study Ruhi Book 1. Three responded, and came for the preview at my house. We started studying Bk 1 at one of my friend's house, tutored by my father, every Sunday. At first, everything went well. After a few classes, one of my friend (strong Christian) said that her parents don't let her study the book anymore... Then, another friend (owner of the house), said that we should study at my house. So i said ok. But on that sunday, she did not turn up. I called her house number, her father picked up the phone and said that she is sleeping. When I ask further, her father scolded me... "Anything about religion please don't teach her!"I stunned. I nearly cried...(Actually, my heart cried) The problem is with her father. I was so so down. I was so scared to mention about the faith since then. The other girl also lost interest because of the other two... We did not continue... Excuse: SPM~ However, I still continue helping in the children's class every Saturday... -During one of the Moral classes, my teacher suddenly asked me to go to the front (white board) and teach something about the faith. "Huh? What should I say?" I thought...I walked forward, removed the Marker Pen's cover, and started writing....What did I wrote??I wrote from left to right of the board the Names of all the Prophets....(Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, The Bab, and Baha'u'llah). I explained that there is only one God, and these are the prophets He sent to humanity... Our purpose is world unity... and so on which I can't remember exactly... That was during Moral class when all Muslims weren't there...However, I remembered that I regretted not saying more... I was still scared, phobia from the 'Bk 1 case'..... haiz... I learnt that we are the 'postman'. We send letters containing the Truth to people. Whether the person open the letter or not, it is between him/her and God. We tried our very best. What we can do is to continue be a 'good postman'. Protect the letter and send them to the hands of those long-waiting souls...


Greetings,
Violet.

TEACHING!!!

A sudden opportunity presented us with a chance of teaching.

This morning during breakfast just before i was leaving to go back to KL, a call was received. A sos was needed.
In Muar, by a sudden chance while out teaching yesterday, the Baha'is there met a Vietnamese.
And today out of a sudden, the Vietnamese they met organised a meeting and asked the Baha'is to share with them the Faith. A group of 200 people. Waiting for us all at the venue be listen about the Faith. Can you imagine that??

The excitement is not inmeasurable. With that sos call. The trip back to KL was postpone. Plans were immediately made for 2 cars to go down to Muar to support the Bahai's there.

With the help and cooperation of everyone, we are leaving for Muar in about 30 minutes.

Dear all, pray for the success of this teaching opportunity given to us.

In an excited state of mind,
Su Mei

Welcome! Selamat Datang! 欢迎!

Dear fellow friends,

Many have arise to serve following the call from the Universal House of Justice to us, the youths, and many have also pledge their services during the youth conference. However, how many have shared their stories to inspire the others to arise and serve??

I hope with this blog, many stories of victory or failures can be shared among us, the youths.
And these stories in turn will inspire us to strive harder and further in creating a better future and a better world. Stories that might help you to start contributing are stories like how was the Ruhi classes you are in (your feeling, your inspiration etc), how is the children class, or stories on how or why an activity failed are some stories that can help motivate and inspire us, the youths in our own path of service and failure stories can help us avoid the same mistake or even be careful when we are in the same situation.

Not only stories related to teaching are welcome, stories that are related to our health, inspiring, motivating and also articles related to activities such as games, arts and craft that can be shared are also most welcome.

Let us help each other to move this world by first sharing the knowledge we posses whereby we can put it into action. Your kind contribution is much appreciated.

If you would like to share a story or an activity or a craft or share anything at all, kindly just forward them to sumeiiemus@gmail.com and it will be posted on your behalf.
Inquires can also be directed to the same email address. If you would like to share in Mandarin or even Bahasa Malaysia, it is most welcome.

"Undoubtedly, it is within your power to contribute significantly to shaping the societies of the coming century; youth can move the world."

(The Universal House of Justice, 1984 Jan 03, International Youth Year)



Hope to hear from you soon.


Su Mei