Palm Philosophy of Tok Wan
Abang dropped by at Kampung Pisang on Tuesday, 18.08.2009 on the way to Guar Sanji , Perlis to attend the funeral of Kak Teh’s younger brother, Abdul Razak Shafiai who has passed away in the early morning due to liver cancer. As the tradition of the son of Mohd. Salleh Khir, Abang requested Wan to buy take away Nasi Royale for Kak Fuzna.
Zam and I went to Kampung Pisang to pay our courtesy to Abang. I took the opportunity to seek Abang’s certification on the contents of my Sibling Series No: 26 posted on 21.06.2009 which were based on my interviews with Mak Ngah, Mak Chik and Pak Teh. Abang insisted that Tok Wan has attended his schooling in Haadyai, Thailand and not at Bangkok as been told by Pak Teh. If ever Tok Wan has gone to study in Bangkok together with Tunku Mohd. Jiwa and Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, then Tok Wan would be one of the KCS officers.
With the background of his education in Haadyai, Tok Wan has successfully manage to provide an exemplary service in the Kedah clerical service. He retired as the chief clerk of the Kedah Religious Department. Abang has vivid memories of Tok Wan who used to wear sarung and white tunic jacket to the office.
Abang also has fond memories of Tok Wan and Ata visiting Abang at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar whenever he and Ata went to Kuala Lumpur. Any visit of Tok Wan and Ata was not complete without a tin of Laichi. Ata would always bring along a tin of laichi every time she accompanied Tok Wan to visit Abang. The contents of the tin of laichi would be gone before Tok Wan and Ata was out from the College compound.
Tok Wan was a strict disciplinarian but he failed to instill this positive principle to his sons. Only his eldest son Omar who followed his footsteps but Allah took him away at an early age. The eldest Omar was a very courteous person and always respected his eldest. If ever he crossed path with an elderly person, he would get down from his bicycle and wait for the elder person to pass by with him bowing in respect.
When the eldest Omar past away at an early age, Tok Wan named his youngest son by the same name of Omar with the hope that the youngest Omar would emulate the courteous personality of the eldest Omar. On the contrary, the youngest Omar was in total contrast with the eldest Omar in every way. He was always playful and even made fun of the elders. While in Thailand, he even told his elder sister that the word in Thai for toilet was 'runcing.' You could imagine what a havoc it would create if the elder sister would say 'runcing' when asking for the direction to the toilet.
According to Abang, Tok Wan was very philosophical in life and he has. advised Abang about the method in enhancing your value in the office. In fulfilling your duties in the office you must try to do as much jobs as you could. If ever one of the staff was on leave, you should grab the opportunity to cover his job so that you could add another stripe to your experience. You should not be hesitant in volunteering any job in the office. In the long run, you would be indispensable to your boss. Abang has followed Tok Wan’s advice to the later.
Another interesting philosophy of Tok Wan was the palms philosophy in budgeting your spending. If you clasp both of your palms, the right palm should be lower than your left palm. You should spend your income less than your total income which has been demonstrated by left palm which was lower than the right palm. In the worst case scenario, your expenditure should be equaled to your total income. All the while, Abang has adhered to Tok Wan’s palms principle and it has proved its effectiveness. I hope that all the other grandchildren of Tok Wan would adopt the palm principle of Tok Wan. Insya Allah and Alfatihah to Tok Wan and his two Omars.
Zam and I went to Kampung Pisang to pay our courtesy to Abang. I took the opportunity to seek Abang’s certification on the contents of my Sibling Series No: 26 posted on 21.06.2009 which were based on my interviews with Mak Ngah, Mak Chik and Pak Teh. Abang insisted that Tok Wan has attended his schooling in Haadyai, Thailand and not at Bangkok as been told by Pak Teh. If ever Tok Wan has gone to study in Bangkok together with Tunku Mohd. Jiwa and Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, then Tok Wan would be one of the KCS officers.
With the background of his education in Haadyai, Tok Wan has successfully manage to provide an exemplary service in the Kedah clerical service. He retired as the chief clerk of the Kedah Religious Department. Abang has vivid memories of Tok Wan who used to wear sarung and white tunic jacket to the office.
Abang also has fond memories of Tok Wan and Ata visiting Abang at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar whenever he and Ata went to Kuala Lumpur. Any visit of Tok Wan and Ata was not complete without a tin of Laichi. Ata would always bring along a tin of laichi every time she accompanied Tok Wan to visit Abang. The contents of the tin of laichi would be gone before Tok Wan and Ata was out from the College compound.
Tok Wan was a strict disciplinarian but he failed to instill this positive principle to his sons. Only his eldest son Omar who followed his footsteps but Allah took him away at an early age. The eldest Omar was a very courteous person and always respected his eldest. If ever he crossed path with an elderly person, he would get down from his bicycle and wait for the elder person to pass by with him bowing in respect.
When the eldest Omar past away at an early age, Tok Wan named his youngest son by the same name of Omar with the hope that the youngest Omar would emulate the courteous personality of the eldest Omar. On the contrary, the youngest Omar was in total contrast with the eldest Omar in every way. He was always playful and even made fun of the elders. While in Thailand, he even told his elder sister that the word in Thai for toilet was 'runcing.' You could imagine what a havoc it would create if the elder sister would say 'runcing' when asking for the direction to the toilet.
According to Abang, Tok Wan was very philosophical in life and he has. advised Abang about the method in enhancing your value in the office. In fulfilling your duties in the office you must try to do as much jobs as you could. If ever one of the staff was on leave, you should grab the opportunity to cover his job so that you could add another stripe to your experience. You should not be hesitant in volunteering any job in the office. In the long run, you would be indispensable to your boss. Abang has followed Tok Wan’s advice to the later.
Another interesting philosophy of Tok Wan was the palms philosophy in budgeting your spending. If you clasp both of your palms, the right palm should be lower than your left palm. You should spend your income less than your total income which has been demonstrated by left palm which was lower than the right palm. In the worst case scenario, your expenditure should be equaled to your total income. All the while, Abang has adhered to Tok Wan’s palms principle and it has proved its effectiveness. I hope that all the other grandchildren of Tok Wan would adopt the palm principle of Tok Wan. Insya Allah and Alfatihah to Tok Wan and his two Omars.
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