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Reminder to ourselves: mati, binasa, leta

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Okay, I think it's time for brief summary of what is going on the past month. In a nutshell, I became very very busy. Like 活该 right? I guess you could say I deserved it . I really am. But the difference between you and me is, I don't complain. Written by Dale Carnegie, a super solid book, worth a read if you want to be a better person, and I assume that without this book I would have been a bigger asshole than I really am now. Okay maybe there are times where people are really doing stupid things and not listening at all, and it gets a little frustrating, but according to Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People , don't criticise, condemn, or complain because it will never result in the behavior we desire. Criticisms, condemnations or complaints most of the time come from emotions. As we put it in Malay: Ikut hati mati, ikut rasa binasa, ikut mata leta.  [To follow the heart is to die, To follow the emotions is to perish, To foll