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Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. I apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days“.

The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations“.

She was right about one thing–our generation didn’t have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then? After some reflection and soul-searching on “Our” day, here’s what I remembered we did have….

Back then, we returned milk bottles, pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. So they really were recycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 240 volts — wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of Wales. In the kitchen, we blended & stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she’s right. We didn’t have the green thing back then.

We drank from a water fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

Agak lambat rasanya untuk aku ucapkan selamat tahun baru buat semua.. especially for my blog visitors... (macam famous)... jadi HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 AD to all of you out there... takkan aku nak wish happy new year untuk tahun masehi saja kan.. tentu untuk tahun Hijrah juga yang disambut oleh masyarakat Islam setiap tahun.

Today is a sad day after the launching of iPhone 4s aka iPhone 5 by some fanatical consumers on the product which according to some news headline, it failed to wow investors and consumers. Steven Paul Jobs aka Steve Jobs has passed away today 6th October 2011 (5th October 2011 EST).

This one also the final post for A Month Without Dottie (Dorothy Reynoso) On Twitter. Hope she'll read it start from here. I will get iPhone 4
and the new Blackberry Bold....


I wanna feel if i look like John Mayer with no hair walking with BB Bold in my hand .. wew...

Trippin' :p.... Before i go with this final post, enjoy this video by Jason Mraz

The Foreigner

The last time that I spoke to her
She wouldn’t let her guard down,
I’ll be yours if you stay mine
It’s the last thing that I wanted
To break your heart to make you cry
I’ll be in the shadows shedding light

I am now a stranger, a foreigner
I am now a stranger, a freedom fighter in a war of words
There’s nothing new with everyone, there’s nothing new for us
So dry your tears…

The last time that I spoke to her
She would just let a tired sigh
“I’m just trying to make things right”
Just forget what you’ve ever heard
I know your lies I’ve seen your worst
So here I am pretending I’m alive

I am now a stranger, a foreigner
I am now a stranger, a freedom fighter in a war of words
There’s nothing new with everyone, there’s nothing new for us
So dry your tears…

There’s nothing new with everyone, there’s nothing new for us
There’s nothing you could ever have done to make me feel any worse
There’s nothing new with everyone, there’s nothing new for us
So dry your tears…

The last time that I spoke to her
We made it clear that nothing’s ever after
Nothing

Listen to the song here

I know i'm like a "foreigner" for her now.. a total stranger..

This is Sunday. And i feel so tired from yesterday's gig. The Metalhhead Fest 2011. And today i can't connect to streaming again due busy to entertain my friend and my connection damn slow. I cannot control myself from making busy everyday now. Feel addicted to it. I can only be rest when i'm sleeping. If i'm doing nothing that day, i will keep thinking of her. Sometimes it makes me cry too. I MUST KEEP MYSELF BUSY!

As today i'm going back again to the jungle to teach my precious little students at school. While waiting for my cousin to come, i kept staring at the gift from her. It's a puppy doll name Warwick from Magic Blue. Honestly, i always talking with it. I always asked when will Mommy come back home because we miss her. As she told me to keep it and take care of it like a child.

3 more days before Dottie officially end her tech-fasting thingy. She's already on twitter. I really miss her and i'm glad she miss me too. It's all buddy stuff and some people will misunderstood it as love thing but no it's not. She's like a sister to me where i can talk with her about anything. I don't know if the feeling change. It all works from above.

It's time from me to sleep with Warwick. Good nite...

My day so hectic this Saturday with lots activities. First, i went to the bank to withdraw some money. and after that went to meet Robin my friend from Vormit and Spitzum band. We chat a little bit about the scene and what's going on in our everyday life. Ah.. i forgot to mention Yus aka Jurman. His with Robin too.. Our convo stop when it's nearly noon... We need to get our ass move to Razz-Ma-Tazz where the Metalhead Gig 2011 held.

It's consider a sacred venue for Metal Blitz Entertainment, the organiser, Mr. Rajolly aka Cozenn. He chose that place after the Kota Kinabalu Community Hall long time ago. Maybe the acoustic sound that can be produce inside the club or the sound system provided by the owner of the club Mr. Sugumar. Who knows.. i never organise any gig there. Maybe one day if i earn more on monthly wages... heeheeh


I'm the MC of the gig.. you know what is MC? Master of Ceremony sounds like executioner doing his job by announcing who'll be the next in the death row. I'm mingling around with the band members of some band including Cozenn's own band, Demizer. We chat about lots of issues. From Palestine until the new underwear in the market. Wew.

I only managed to get home at 8.00 PM.. wow lots of celebrities at the gig including Aru from Koffin Kanser. and many more metalhead "celebrities" LOL. I mean some trend followers who thought being metalhead just being cool by showing their black t-shirt to anyone. That's so disgusting and awful too.. hahahaa. Well, enough of my blah moment.. It's time for me to sleep. Good nite everyone.

I miss you......

I just love to look at this picture. I wish i can sit down the tree and thinking of you everyday. We can catch the cloud and play with it. Another day tomorrow. I'll be doing MC for a metal gig in Razz-Ma-Tazz, Kota Kinabalu. I know it'll be awesome.. and my weekend will be busy again.