So much reading on the bad news already, I though this one might be able to cheer everyone. But only for those who can understand bahasa melayu haha.
Sekumpulan pria berada di ruang ganti di salah satu tempat gym terkemuka dan eksklusif di pusat kota. Tiba2 terdengar deringan hp di penjuru ruangan itu. Salah satu dari pria itu menjawab panggilan tersebut dan terjadilah obrolan berikut:
"Hallo?"
"Abang, ini ayang."
"Eemmmmm...."
"Abang masih di tempat gym ya?"
"iya.."
"Ayang sekarang lagi ada di shopping complex dekat tempat gym abang. Ayang liat Louis Vuitton punya koleksi tas baru. Harganya murah kok, Cuma Rp. 7.000.000 aja... Boleh beli nggak, Bang?"
"O.K, belilah kalau kamu sudah sangat menyukainya."
"Ahhhhh....thanks abang,dan tadi sebelon ayang datang kesini,ayang ada singgah ke pameran mobil dan ngeliat mobil Mercedes terbaru. Ayang suka banget dengan modelnya, dan ayang juga sudah ngobrol dengan penjualnya dan dia setuju mau kasi 'good price'. Lagian kan bagus juga kalo mobil BMW yg kita beli thn lalu itu ditukar dengan yg baru.
"Berapa harga yang dia kasih?"
"Lagi harga promo, jadi Cuma Rp. 550 juta aja, bang..."
"O.K pastikan harga itu sudah 'on the road'."
"Great, ada 1 lagi, bang."
"Apa?"
"Tadi pagi ayang iseng-iseng singgah ke agent real estate dan ternyata rumah yg kita liat kemarin2 itu ternyata dijual..!!! Abang ingat ga?? Rumah seluas 1000 meter di Kebayoran Baru yang ada kolam renang berbentuk love, trus ada taman orchidnya dibelakang rumah yang berhadapan lapangan tennis itu, dan yang garasinya muat 4 mobil itu....Cantik kan bang?"
"Berapa harga yang mereka minta?"
"Cuma Rp 10 milyar saja. ok kan harganya,dan ayang liat kalo tabungan abang cukup buat beli itu."
"Baguslah kalau begitu. Kalo kamu bisa tawar jadi Rp 8,5 milyar silakan aja..."
"OK abang sayang,terima kasih bang. kita jumpa nanti malam ya?? I luv u."
"bye...i luv u too."
Pria itu berhenti ngomong dan menutup flip hp nya. Sambil mengangkat tangan dan memegang hp itu,dia bertanya pada orang2 yang di ruangan tersebut dan dengan suara keras dia bilang gini :
" ADA YANG TAU NGGAK, INI HANDPHONE PUNYA SIAPA !!???"
5.6.08
Who Is The Most Talked About No Quake Hero In China?
Most news reports would focus and write about teachers being heroes in 512 earthquake. On the news a teacher named Mr Tan QianJiu, when found, his body was shielding four of his students, and all of them are alive.
But what happen to some school teachers whose self survival are more important than their students? Should they being kicked out from school?
Those teachers have their own argument about this matter! I read about what this secondary school teacher was telling how he abandoned his pupils during the 512 earthquake and leave them to their fate.
The following facts of information can be found on todayonline.com.
Mr Fan Meizhong set out on an online forum his guiding principle — in matters of life and death, it’s every man for himself.
When the quake struck, rather than overseeing an orderly evacuation, he said he just shouted “Stay calm, it’s an earthquake!” and ran for it without looking back to see if his pupils were following.
"I ran towards the stairs so fast that I stumbled and fell as I went. When I reached the centre of the football pitch, I found I was the first to escape. None of my pupils was with me,” wrote the man now known across China as “Runner Fan”.
When his pupils began to arrive, they asked: “Teacher, why didn’t you bring us out?”
His explanation was simple. “I have a very strong sense of self-preservation,” he said. “I have never been a brave man and I’m only really concerned about myself.”
But Mr Fan went further, attempting to justify his abandonment of his pupils, who all survived the quake.
“I didn’t cause the earthquake, so I have no reason to feel guilty,” he said in an interview. “When I got back to the classroom, the students were all fine.”
He also risked angering those close to him, saying he would not have tried to save his own mother if she had been present, though he might have made an exception to his general rule for his one-year-old daughter.
He pointed out that education law does not demand that a teacher save his pupils during an earthquake.
“If every teacher was like Mr Tan, then we’d have no more heroes,” he said. “I admire heroes like Mr. Tan, but I can’t do that myself. I love my life more.”
Now the head of the private school where Mr Fan worked is under pressure to fire the teacher and publicly questionedMr Fan’s wisdom in being so frank.
Running might be a normal reaction, he said, but talking about it afterwards was something else entirely.
What do you guys think about this teacher? He is no quake hero?
But what happen to some school teachers whose self survival are more important than their students? Should they being kicked out from school?
Those teachers have their own argument about this matter! I read about what this secondary school teacher was telling how he abandoned his pupils during the 512 earthquake and leave them to their fate.
The following facts of information can be found on todayonline.com.
Mr Fan Meizhong set out on an online forum his guiding principle — in matters of life and death, it’s every man for himself.
When the quake struck, rather than overseeing an orderly evacuation, he said he just shouted “Stay calm, it’s an earthquake!” and ran for it without looking back to see if his pupils were following.
"I ran towards the stairs so fast that I stumbled and fell as I went. When I reached the centre of the football pitch, I found I was the first to escape. None of my pupils was with me,” wrote the man now known across China as “Runner Fan”.
When his pupils began to arrive, they asked: “Teacher, why didn’t you bring us out?”
His explanation was simple. “I have a very strong sense of self-preservation,” he said. “I have never been a brave man and I’m only really concerned about myself.”
But Mr Fan went further, attempting to justify his abandonment of his pupils, who all survived the quake.
“I didn’t cause the earthquake, so I have no reason to feel guilty,” he said in an interview. “When I got back to the classroom, the students were all fine.”
He also risked angering those close to him, saying he would not have tried to save his own mother if she had been present, though he might have made an exception to his general rule for his one-year-old daughter.
He pointed out that education law does not demand that a teacher save his pupils during an earthquake.
“If every teacher was like Mr Tan, then we’d have no more heroes,” he said. “I admire heroes like Mr. Tan, but I can’t do that myself. I love my life more.”
Now the head of the private school where Mr Fan worked is under pressure to fire the teacher and publicly questionedMr Fan’s wisdom in being so frank.
Running might be a normal reaction, he said, but talking about it afterwards was something else entirely.
What do you guys think about this teacher? He is no quake hero?
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