They say Chinese's tongue can't 'loll'!
I used to envy my classmates.
They can roll out any tongue-twisters easily!
Some Chinese, not all, struggled 'lolling' along.
It took me many 'moons' of conscious practices to reduce lisping!
Of course, nowadays we have speech therapists!
"Have you been living overseas before? UK, US, Australia?"
"Noooo!", the boys chorused, knowing how poor my family was.
I used to sit for hours listening to English news!
In front of my neighbor's box.
Would I dare do public speaking?
It takes great courage and confidence,
with many butterflies, of course, in the stomach,
on top of everything else!
Quote:-
“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” – John Ford
This Haiku is about the indifferences and apathy. So much energy is spent on destructions, when they should spent on ‘building’ the nations.
Quotes:-
We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings. – Helen Keller
Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something. – Emiliano Salinas
Unfeelingly, apathy (Photo by Andrew Beatson on Pexels.com)
Terjemahan Google ke Bahasa Melayu – ‘Apathy’, tanpa persaan
Penderitaan besar, namun tanpa emosi dan penjagaan, rasa tidak peduli?
Haiku ini adalah mengenai sikap tidak peduli. Begitu banyak tenaga yang digunakan untuk kehancuran. Tenaga ini sepatutnya di gunakan untuk membangunkan negara-negara.
This Haiku reflects how some children mature at different ages. Some earlier in life and some later, which some adults, never seem to!
Quotes:-
1. “Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.” ― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude
2. “Maturity is when your world opens up and you realize that you are not
the center of it.” - M.J. Croan
Terjemahan Google ke bahasa melayu –Adakah anak-anak anda telah matang?
Adakah anak-anak kita sudah matang?
Kesabaran yang bertoleransi, sikap ‘dewasa’ kanak-kanak yang tidak bersikap kanak-kanak
Haiku ini menggambarkan bagaimana beberapa kanak-kanak matang pada usia yang berbeza. Dan ada juga dewasa yang tidak matang-matang langsung
Love and Kisses
Caring tenderly
doting with such endearment
adoringly...smooch!
Love and kisses (Photo by Robert Stokoe on Pexels.com))
I have seen varied families upbringings. For some, saying ” I love you” and ‘smooches’ are alien, non-existent and an embarrassment. Perhaps only when one was a baby: a time when one cannot remember being kissed! This Haiku envied the many kids and families who express words of love freely. Warm hugs are plentiful, with the exception in this COVID-19 period, of course!
Terjemahan google ke Bahasa Melayu – Sayang dan ciuman
Merawat dengan lembut bermain dengan penuh kasih sayang memuja … smooch!
Saya telah melihat perkembangan keluarga yang pelbagai. Bagi sebilangan orang, mengatakan “I love you” dan ‘smooches’ mungkin tidak wujud dan memalukan. Mungkin hanya semasa bayi. Masa di mana seseorang tidak ingat dicium! Haiku ini mencemburui ramai kanak-kanak dan keluarga yang meluahkan kata-kata cinta dengan bebas. Pelukan hangat banyak, kecuali dalam tempoh COVID-19 ini, tentu saja!
Waiting at a corner of the room
Go, go look after
your siblings and the cafe
Pa's waiting for me.
This Haiku is about a mother telling her children to go home. She reminded them to look after their younger siblings and their coffee shop. This lady pointed to her'late husband' waiting at a corner of the ICU room.
“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” – Buddha
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.” – Steve Jobs
A pug on my mug (Photo by Gustavo Fring on Pexels.com)
A pug on my mug
Is this pup a pug? as I looked at the picture printed on my mug.
This Haiku is inspired by a story of a wrinkly pug ” The Pug.” while I was drinking my mug of coffee.
Quotes:-
1. The pug is [a] living proof that God has a sense of humor- Margo Kaufman
2. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself- Josh Billings
Terjemahan Google – Pug pada cawan saya
Adakah anak anjing ini pug?
semasa saya melihat gambar
yang dicetak di cawan saya.
Haiku ini diilhamkan oleh kisah tentang kutu “The Pug.” semasa saya minum cawan kopi saya.