QUOTE(leechers @ Mar 3 2012, 05:58 PM)
I will explain to you. Do good things but at certain limit. As your parents said that people might just take advantage at you is true. You just dont know when. Maybe one or two times luck on your side but who knows one day you are not lucky enough. Nowadays crime happen even broad daylight. I have seen enough people who loves to take advantage on people who they see easy.
Another thing you need to remember you feel so need to help your friend and you decided it is better to derhaka to your parents. That is another example of buat baik berpada2. Do good but not up to derhaka to your parents.
Limit like how? How you'd know you've reached the limit or not?
What I don't understand is, when you have DECIDED to help someone, why you wanna expect something like repayment ke hapa. Like the tumpang car case, already decide wanna let the fellow tumpang right, but why wanna berharap that person wanna pay duit terima kasih? Why can't you just say terus terang "Ok I can send you but pay me RMxx" or "Ok I can send you but don't take too long." instead of helping and then after that kutuk2 that fellow tak reti berterima kasih ka hapa.
If someone ask me a favor i would shamelessly ask another favor in return. Unless if I decided that one is small matter and tak kisah, I just let it go. But i think my parents think I buat tak kisah at most things and people take advantage of me.
Second part, but what if you parents are wrong? I've encountered the second one numerous times also. Curi2 bawak masuk injured cat and treat then after my mom knows she furious and chase the cat out. Second case I buy mcdonalds for myself then decide to give it away to anak2 gelandangan kat bas stop then my mom marah2 says why i gip to them.
QUOTE(boyot @ Mar 3 2012, 05:59 PM)
Dulu i slalu kasi sedekah konon nya nk tolong saudara seislam kita dlm kesusahan, sehinggalah I dpt tahu diorg tu sindiket minta sedekah dn dpt 30k setiap bulan, ade yg sanggup colek budak utk dipotong tgn kaki sbb nk tagih simpati or yg terlalu baik memberi sedekah
Sekarang ni sy jumpa je peminta sedkah, sy kasi gula2 hacks je
i hardly gip money, i oweys gip food
QUOTE(yanouchi @ Mar 3 2012, 05:59 PM)
Since when do you start help him??? i had this situation before... but as we (penumpang) want to show thank to him/her, we give money like petrol or duit kopi by the end of the month, even though they not ask for it...i think that man is kinda stingy person if he don't give something to you....its adat berjiran laa...
what your father is true and maybe you think its not...but think again...
Let's see, more than 10 years already. But although my parents help them more, they will silently complain one.
QUOTE(ray123 @ Mar 3 2012, 06:09 PM)
Your father only fears that you would eventually find it harder and harder to decline later on, that is all. There is a saying that goes "Familiarity breeds contempt".
It means while people at the start feel segan/paiseh/shy, they will eventually start to assume you would be doing so and so just because they thought they know you well.
Eventually you would care about what they think about you and then such doubts would bring in more hesitation in refusing their next plea for help.
I think this is because the norm of our society yang bila dah bagi sikit nak mintak lebih2, and then because we wanna jaga air muka we pun bagi la lebih2 sebab takut bersengketa dan sebagainya.
Honestly, I don't care what people at my housing area think about me. And I don't really feel reluctant to reject someone's help ekceli.
Just that when I decide to help someone pipul kinda see this as a big deal and all.