What goes around comes around

source: Anonymous

One day a man saw a old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry.

He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold.. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you.

He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.'

Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.

As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.

Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him.. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, 'And think of me.'

He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.

A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan .

After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door.. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin.

There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: 'You don't owe me anything. I have
been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you.'

Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.

Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard....

She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, 'Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.'


There is an old saying 'What goes around comes around.'

Kembara Taman Putrajaya 2010

Kembara Taman Putrajaya 2010 telah berlangsung pada hari Sabtu, 10 April 2010 yang lepas dan dianjurkan oleh Jabatan Landskap & Taman Perbadanann Putrajaya. Melalui hebahan terdahulu mengenai kembara ini, seramai empat orang warga Baksus telah menyertainya dan mereka ialah: -

1. Khairul Fadhli Abdul Karim
2. Haryani Sarnun
3. Norazian Hadman
4. Noraini Noor Din

Walaupun tidak berjaya meraih sebarang hadiah utama, salah seorang daripada mereka iaitu Cik Noraini berjaya mendapat hadiah cabutan bertuah. Tahniah diucapkan dan semoga aktiviti seumpama ini akan mendapat penyertaan daripada warga Baksus di lain masa.

Kembara Taman Putrajaya 2010

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera

Salam 1Malaysia

Bersama-sama ini disertakan makluman berhubung program Kembara Taman Putrajaya 2010 anjuran Perbadanan Putrajaya yang akan diadakan pada 10 April 2010 bertempat di Taman Wetland Putrajaya, Presint 13.

Untuk keterangan lanjut, sila rujuk maklumat yang tertera dibawah.

Sekian  terima kasih.

Kebetulan?

~ forward from email

Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.  

 

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the   White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head .

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners   named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln,   was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy,   was born in 1908.  

 

John Wilkes Booth , who assassinated Lincoln,   was born in 1839.     Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy,  

was born in 1939.    

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'.
Kennedy was shot in a car called   ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford'.

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin   ran and hid in a warehouse.  

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and   his assassin ran and hid in a theater.  

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot,   he was in Monroe , Maryland .  
A week before Kennedy was shot,   he was with Marilyn Monroe.

 

WHO FIGURED THIS OUT?!  

       
Now, try this…
INCREDIBLE  

       
1) Fold a NEW   $20 bill in half...




2) Fold again, taking care to fold it exactly as below

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3) Fold the other end, exactly as before




4) Now, simply turn it over...        




What a coincidence!  

A simple geometric fold creates a catastrophic premonition printed on all $20 bills!!!

COINCIDENCE?  

YOU DECIDE

As if that wasn't enough...  
Here is what you've seen...  

Firstly  The Pentagon on fire...        



Then   The  Twin Towers.


..And now . .. look at this!



TRIPLE COINCIDENCE ON A SIMPLE $20 BILL  
Disaster (Pentagon)
Disaster ( Twin Towers )
Disaster (Osama)???

It gets even better 9 + 11 = $20!  
   

Creepy huh? Send this to as many  

people as you can, because :  

Hey, this is one history lesson most people  

probably will   not mind reading!

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NASI AMBANG VS NASI AMBENG

Sejak saya belajar dulu, pelik sungguh bila ada orang menyebut “Nasi Ambang”. Setelah diselidiki, rupa-rupanya, nasi ambang ni adalah nasi bungkus yang mengandungi ikan kering, ayam, sedikit sambal, serunding kelapa dan ulam. Nasi ambang dikatakan makanan tradisi orang Jawa. Yang saya tahu adalah nasi ambeng bukan nasi ambang.

Tapi mungkin istilah nasi ambeng ini sudah dikomersialkan menjadi nasi ambang pula. Cuma saya ingin perbetulkan konsep nasi ambeng itu sendiri. Kami masyarakat Jawa biasa menghidangkan nasi ambeng dalam kenduri-kendara. Bila menyebut nasi ambeng, lauk yang selalunya mesti ada adalah ikan kering, ayam (sama ada dimasak kicap, rendang atau ungkep), sambal goreng Jawa dan serunding kelapa. Kadang-kala ditambah juga urap daun ubi. Ada sesetengah tu pula meletakkan sedikit mee goreng atau mihun goreng. Nasi akan diletakkan dalam satu dulang besar. Lauk-lauk yang saya sebutkan di atas tadi pula diletakkan dalam dulang kecil. Dulang kecil ini pula akan di atas dulang nasi tadi. 4 orang akan makan dalam satu dulang ini. Selesai makan, lebihan nasi dan lauk ini akan dibungkus untuk dibawa pulang ke rumah. Nasi yg dibungkus ini pula kami sebut ‘berkat” atau kadang-kadang orang menyebut “bontrot”. Ayah saya pernah menyebut kenapa disebut berkat. Katanya dulu-dulu dalam kenduri kendara seorang kiyai akan dipanggil untuk membacakan doa, jadi lauk-pauk ini di bawa pulang sebagai membawa berkat doa kiyai tersebut.

Gaya makan dalam dulang inilah kami sebut “nasi ambeng” atau diringkaskan nasi ambeng adalah nasi yang dimakan beramai-ramai di dalam satu dulang. Kalau makan dalam pinggan, dah tak nama nasi ambeng begitu juga kalau nasi itu dibungkus asing-asing kita kena sebut “berkat” atau “bontrot” pula. Nasi ambeng adalah satu konsep masyarakat Jawa yang masih diparaktikkan hingga hari ini. Tetapi ada juga yang berasa tidak selesa atau “geli” makan beramai menggunakan satu dulang. Terpulang kepada pandangan masing-masing. Jika kenduri kendara, makan cara begini memudahkan tuan rumah untuk mengemas berbanding makan menggunakan pinggan.

Di Putrajaya, Presint 14 terdapat sebuah restoran yang menyediakan nasi ambeng sebagai menu utamanya dan rasanya sungguh enak. Kebetulan pemilik restoran tersebut adalah orang Johor juga. Nasi diletakkan di tengah-tengah pinggan dan dikelilingi dengan lauk pauk yang sungguh menyelerakan sebagaimana yang saya sebut tadi. Bolehlah mencuba makan nasi ambeng di sana!

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