Four-leaf clover

So, do you like my new background? No? Ahh, who cares? I just love four-leaf clover.


Universally acknowledged, a four-leaf clover brings good luck to its finder, especially if it's found by accident.

'If a man walking in the fields find any four-leaved grass, he shall in a small while after find some good thing' (Sir John Melton, 1620).

For the early Celts of Wales, the clover is used as a charm against the evil spirits. So, no more bomohs, dukuns or samis, we can just use this clover to protect us from ghosts! Emm, but not from the syaitansss okay. Syaitanss belong to a special group, can only be knocked down with recitation from the Holy Quran.





It is very simple to recognize a four-leaf clover. Apart from having four leaves while the others have only three leaves (which many early people found it extraordinary), the fourth leaf is usually smaller than the other leaves.


Do you know that every leaf represents something?

First leaf = faith
Second leaf = hope
Third leaf = love
Fourth leaf = LUCK!




4 in 1, and very rare to find one. That's why the legend believed it is an omen of good luck.



Why do I love four-leaf clover? Hmm, maybe because it is cute? Haha. No reasons actually. I just find it beautiful. I don't know, perhaps the love for the clover grew as I read about the history of Northern Ireland (this was right before Hana and I went to Belfast). I also own a unique four-leaf clover steel bookmark. Hihi.



So, what are you waiting for? Go camp in any virgin jungle and search high and low for the clover! Who knows your luck is in the jungle, waving, waiting for you to pick them. :D

RM 20

There was this Indian uncle who mowed my neighbour's lawn for just RM 20. Abah paid the uncle because our family used their lawn to put my parents' precious flowers, orchids, cili api and all sorts of green (house under renovation). Unfortunately, the contractor who was responsible and promised my parents that the house will be as good as new in two months failed to keep his promises. So, we decided to move the plants out of my neighbour's ground and arrange them in front of our house.


Back to the uncle, it was drizzling when he found our house. He insisted to do it because he said he needed the money. His machine had been stolen by some stupid person and the one he was using was his friend's. OK. Abah let him do it even though it had started to rain quite heavily. I was in the kitchen, at the sink to be exact washing the dishes thus, I could see him clearly. He plainly ignored the rain and did his job very well despite the bad weather. He didn't even wear safety glasses to cover his eyes. Worse, he had nothing on his hair.


As I watched the uncle, mummy came from behind and said, "Demi 20 ringgit". Oh. Just RM 20? It was sad to actually seeing someone around my abah's age who was willing to do anything to get that amount of money. If you live in KL, your RM 20 can only last for 20 minutes. But this uncle, his RM 20 could probably last for one week.


I imagine myself having no money. What will I do to get RM 20? The only thing that I would do is to dial my parents or kakak's number and tell them that I need money. Literally NOW. The same goes to my siblings. Just dial my parents' number, and off they go to the ATM machine or just through online banking. Easy peasy. Never thought of doing a simple job to earn our own pocket money. All we do is ask our parents. Life is so simple. But not for the unfortunate ones. They work hard. Life is hard for them, not cruel.


Take a look around you and reflect. We always waste our money on unnecessary things. Usually, we spend hundreds and thousands because we WANT that thing. But, do we really really really NEED that thing? Think wisely. Save some for your future. We'll never know what the future holds for us. We might be rich now, but if God's will we can also be among the unfortunates in future. Let's hope not.



So, lesson for today is save your money people!

Staying alive

'Hasbunallah wa Ni'mal wakil'

Allah alone is sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs for us.

Rain rain go away

come again another day.