Ayu…….

Rasanya udah bertahun-tahun ga naik angkot….dan entah kenapa…rasanya kok orang-orang didalam angkot sepertinya pada tau karena daku banyak diliatin. Heran deh….apa yang salah sih? Rasanya semuanya biasa-biasa aza dan baik-baik aza…….ga ada yang aneh….tapi kenapa penumpang yang lain sekali-sekali ngelirik-lirik…..ya udahlah….ngapain pusing mikirin orang lain.

Karena kepanasan, akhirnya daku ngerogoh-rogoh tas cari minum……wah, lupa nurunin barang-barang Ziky….meskipun babyku ga ikut, tapi pampers, tisu basah, sendok kecil, dan kaos ganti kebawa semua. Sambil ngeluarin pampers dan baju ganti ganti Ziky, orang-orang mulai ngelirik-lirik lagi…..akhirnya ketemu juga kotak susu rasa plain……..sluuuuurrrp….yummy….eh, pada ngeliatin lagi daku minum susu…curi-curi pandang gitu.

Ah, capek mikirin orang lain….biarin aza lah sok lah terserah mau melotot juga mangga!!

Akhirnya, sampe juga diperempatan Jalan Riau dekat IEDUC…..dakupun turun dan bayar……hahhh….dari margahayu ke situ sekarang 4ribu rupiah!!Rasanya dulu paling mahal 2ribu sajah!!!

Pas bayar pun si supir memandang daku sesaat ……haduh….kunaon sih….karena uang yang daku kasih 10ribu, sang supir pun memberikan kembalian berupa uang kertas dan recehan……eh jatuh kebawah…….pas nunduk kebawah mau ngambil……tiba-tiba ada yang lepas dari muka ke tanah………masyaallah…ternyata pas naik angkot dan selama didalem angkot tadi lupa lepas kacamata item…….pantes we diirik-lirik wae…….

Ever thought that life is a matter of good and bad?
Ever thought of categorizing good as white and bad as black?

Then we should think again…..Not everything in life is that easy to categorize.
Some things stay in the grey area waiting to be given a deeper thought
before we can judge it is black or it is white…..or some things….stay in the grey area….

So, if someone steals something……do we directly label this person a bad person? On the
surface…..this person is bad….because he is a thief. But why don’t
you try asking this person….’Why do you steal?’ ……

Now just spare a few of your precious seconds to listen to his
answer, ‘I’m sorry….this box of hundred dollars….I found it on that
bench……no one was there…..so I just thought that the Lord was
just being very kind to me……the next thing I knew…….I was taken
to the police….somebody accused me of stealing from him. Even after I
apologised for not knowing, he continued on accusing me and told the
police that I took it from his bag……I swear…..I only took it from
a bench and no one was there. Why does this rich guy accuse me of such
a thing? I didn’t even take a cent from that bag and
I’m ready to give the bag back….I may be poor but I’m no thief! Please….just let me go and let me find
some generous people who can give me a slice of bread before it
gets dark so my child can eat something for the day ‘

Trusting your first impressions and following your intuition is
important….however, judging a book only by it’s cover can be
misleading…..

Have a heart….listen to people before you judge….because no
one……is really what they seem…….and don’t forget to ask ‘WHY’.

Judging a person does not define who they are…it defines who YOU are!!

The boy asked why the soldiers were training so much.

Taken from “The Fifth Mountain”…..by Paulo Coelho.

When a baby screams out loud…..no matter how irritated people’s ears are, they won’t say, “SHUT UP!” Instead, they’d hug her and say, “Aww, what’s the matter….it’s all right little darling everything will be ok.”

When a baby spits out her food….no matter how dirty her clothes and our hands get….they won’t say, “Oh you’re so gross!”…instead, they’d clean it up and say, “You must be feeling full, I’m sorry.”……or “You don’t like that one? Ok we’ll try another time.”

When a baby falls again and again as they teach her to walk, they won’t get angry and say, “You stupid thing. I’m tired of teaching you!”… Instead, they’d get up and hold the baby’s hands to guide her and say,”It’s alright, you’re getting there…..come on….one step at a time….don’t worry…I’ll be here to hold you…that’s it….good girl….I’m proud of you.”

These are general reactions of all most people because they feel that babies cannot talk and speak their mind and that every failure is a learning process towards further development milestones……therefore it is crucial for adults or others who are older to try their best to be more patient and understand these babies.

Now when people are faced with older children or other adults……very often we will find that their ability to understand each other have diminished somehow. We usually expect other people to be able to express their views through a language that is well understood. We expect people to learn something quickly because matured people just have to learn quickly, while infact the older we get the more chance we may become forgetful. And when we make mistakes….people will get angry at us and some will even call us stupid.

Well you know what…..I tend to think WE ARE ALL BABIES trapped in oversized bodies with a soul longing to be heard when we don’t even say a thing or even when we say something the opposite of what we mean or in the wrong way…..a soul longing to be noticed even if we’re not as cute……a soul longing to be taught with patience in the endless journey of the sometimes harsh life lessons even if we make mistakes……….

and a soul….longing to be understood and loved for who we truly are…..not for the way we should be…….just the way babies love to be loved….

Sunday is usually a great fun day for families in Sydney to go out and about either by bus, ferry or the train for a flat fare of $2.50. Yep, we know how expensive transport is. See this for more.

We’ve been using the Funday Sunday ticket since the birth of our precious little one, not that we always go out every Sunday. Previously there has never been any problems. But last Sunday, 5 June to be exact, was not the case. We got our $5 ready for me and my hubby when the 4** bus approached Westfield Shopping Centre in Eastgardens, and when we were about to pay, the driver suddenly said that we can’t purchase the Funday Sunday ticket because our toddler(20months) is not paying half price. My husband and I were gazing at each other with puzzles. I think the driver saw our confusion and tried to explain again and said something more or less like this, “If your child is paying half price then you and your wife can travel with Funday Sunday tickets, but because he is too small to pay, you guys are ineligible. So now you have to pay full price for each ride.” I asked him if that’s the new rule and he said that’s how it is. It was a going to be a long conversation but we decided to follow this bus driver’s rule and pay the full $4.30 x 2…….

Then at the airport, curiosity drove my hubby to ask someone who sell the tickets. The man was very informative and said that we are eligible for the Funday Sunday ticket, any adult with a child is!! The terms and conditions leaflet says the Family Funday Sunday ticket is a flat fare of $2.50 per person with a
minimum of one adult and one child related by family travelling together. To
purchase the individual tickets, the travelling group must be related by family
and include at least one child and one adult.