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A Netizen shared a story on Twitter that a security guard that he met when he went exercise, asking him for help to send his only RM30 to his child in a university.
Bersenam pagi tadi, saya ditahan oleh seorang pengawal keselamatan jauh lebih berusia daripada saya.
“Bang, minta tolong boleh?”
“Ya…”
“Saya nak hantar duit belanja kepada anak saya di Universiti, abang ada akaun CIMB?” tanya beliau.
— Azlan Shah NK (@azlanshahnk) January 21, 2021
His post read:
I went exercise this morning and was stopped by a security guard who is much older than me.
” Brother, can you help me?”
” Ya!” i said.
” I wanted to send some money to my son in University, do you have CIMB bank account?” he asked.
” Yes, i do have”
” Can i give you money and you helped to bank in to my son?”
” Ok, I do it now” without hesitation, i took out my phone.
Guess how much he send to his son? It’s RM30.
Following that i asked him,” this amount is for him to spend for how long?”
” As long as possible, but he said he want to get some books. He will asked for it once finished spending his pocket money. But i’m really financially tight for now.”
” Is your son getting any financial aid from school or any organisation? ”
” No, i bear all costs on myself”
For a lot of u, maybe RM30 is just the cost of your lunch ordering via Grabfood or Foodpanda.
But for some people, that’s the amount that this father send probably last them few days or even week.
So, say Alhamdulillah, and mean it.
This good samaritan even set up foundation to help this family, he said,” Never underestimate love from a father, although RM30 is not a big amount, but the hardship and the sacrifices that the father went through is the most precious one.”
His tweet went viral and garnered more than 17.5k responses with most netizens touched by the father’s unconditional love and some said they experienced it those day and hoping youngster nowadays will treasure what they have, treasure the love from their parents.
Netizens responses :
▼ “Youngster nowadays are lazy, those day i start earning my pocket money since 12 as parents were poor, we have 11 siblings, it’s good enough to complete the study.”
▼ “My dad used to be like this. He only can afford giving me RM30-50. Me just trying my best living with that money, sometimes even he asked me whether i still have money. I will said yes. The RM30 can last me for a week plus. Sometimes i followed my dad worked until the sun. That is why i’m not calculative with my parents now.”
▼ ” Ya, i recalled when i was in college. My parents really gave me RM30 as pocket money for a month. I’m thankful for that. i spend consciously. Even now, when i wanted to spend on my family, my dad will scolded me and said it’s a wastage. As long as i’m single, my money will still goes to the family. No problem. Family first!”
▼ some asking for bank account to help the needy.
The netizen also send a link on the foundation to help this family. ( You may click on the link if you wish to help)
Never take things for granted! Sometimes, we really don’t know the hardship that our parents went through to put a meal on the table or for your education. We hope the son of this security guard to excel in his academic achievements, that’s the best way to repay the parents and giving parents a better life in future.
Info via Twitter