Ah Chong grew up in Kota Lama, a town located on the East Coast of Malaysia, and then moved away to Kuala Lumpur to do his law degree. After graduating, he decided to go back to Kota Lama, because he could be a big man there and he really wanted to impress everyone. So he returned and opened his new law office.
The first day, he saw a man coming up the sidewalk. He decided to make a big impression on this new client when he arrived. As the man came to the door Ah Chong picked up the phone. He motioned the man in, all the while talking.
"No. Absolutely no! You tell those clowns in Kuala Lumpur that I won't settle this case for less than one million ringgit. Yes. The Appeals Court has agreed to hear that case next week. I'll be handling the primary argument and the other members of my team will provide support. Okay, tell the State Prosecutor that I'll meet with him next week to discuss the details."
This sort of conversation went on for almost five minutes. All the while the man sat patiently as Ah Chong rattled instructions. Finally, he puts down the phone and turned to the man. "I'm sorry for the delay, but as you can see, I'm very busy. What can I do for you?"
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The man replied, "I'm from Telekom. I've come to connect your line"The first day, he saw a man coming up the sidewalk. He decided to make a big impression on this new client when he arrived. As the man came to the door Ah Chong picked up the phone. He motioned the man in, all the while talking.
"No. Absolutely no! You tell those clowns in Kuala Lumpur that I won't settle this case for less than one million ringgit. Yes. The Appeals Court has agreed to hear that case next week. I'll be handling the primary argument and the other members of my team will provide support. Okay, tell the State Prosecutor that I'll meet with him next week to discuss the details."
This sort of conversation went on for almost five minutes. All the while the man sat patiently as Ah Chong rattled instructions. Finally, he puts down the phone and turned to the man. "I'm sorry for the delay, but as you can see, I'm very busy. What can I do for you?"
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do we see ourselves in the story above? the pastor once asked this of us: why do we buy things we don't need with money we don't have, to impress people we don't even like?
**thanks YO for the email**
12 comments:
Blame it on advertisments
why? perhaps becos the world has bcome so materialistic nowadays it is difficult to avoid jumping on the band wagon
hehhee... yes, that was a good one.. u put ah chong..so i assume must be chinese..and being chinese, "muka" is very important.. :)
We also need to look at the other side of the coin to find out why we need to impress upon others. Like Ah Chong, he needed to do so in order to procure his string of clientele.
hahahahaha...poor Ah Chong!
Iml,
or "saving face"
Beng,
materialistic you really can't avoid but this is pure deception!
sometimes when i try to meet up with some people & they say they're always very busy, i wonder if they are like Ah Chong!
hi Reanaclaire,
thanks for your comment.
"face saving" is a human characterisitc & not confined to any one race or creed. in the original email, the man was of a different race but i changed it to avoid ..er...complications.
Ilene,
true but unfortunately, he chose the wrong guy to impress! ha ha.
Wonder if it's human nature to want to impress.. if so, why impress fellow human beings instead of the Creator God?
A put-on first impression cannot be trusted.. one's true self will soon be exposed and a wosrse fate awaits him.
Joepsc,
come to think of it, animals do the same, eg. peacock exhibiting its colourful feathers to attract its mate.
why do we impress fellow humans instead of God? because God easily sees thru the deception while people are generally gullible.
Luke 12 v 15
"... a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
Just me
Just me,
if only we are more committed to seek His kingdom 1st.....
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