Senyum Seindah Suria

They say, a smile is a curve that set everything straight. Perhaps it's true, though there are situations when the curve made straight things twisted. Get what I meant? Ah, never mind that.

By the way, on the way back home from ALIN301 lecture today I came across a fair-looking, golden-haired Kiwi girl, shivering in her thick hooded windbreaker. I didn't know her nor did she know me, I believe. But from afar, I noticed she wanted to throw a smile to me but was rather hesitated. Seeing that, I smiled at her and when we were exactly shoulder to shoulder, she smiled back at me. Okay, I exaggerated a bit there. Not exactly when shoulder to shoulder did she smile back but when she were about half a metre from me. I exaggerated to create an elusive atmosphere. Sorry about that.

Okay, what I was trying to write here is about the power of a smile. In previous entry, I wrote about innocent and sincere smiles from children - about them smiles being contagious and all that. Sarah Shaina said it's not only smiles from children but smiles from anyone, threw at us with a sincere heart that made the smiles contagious. I can't argue on this one as it reminds me about something happened last year:

I was walking down Willis Street, ears stuffed with earphones. Despite the busy crowd, I made my way through with heavy thoughts in my head about recent things that troubled my mind. Too deep in thoughts thinking about my problems, I couldn't help but frowned (When I recall this now, I remember a young girl whispered to her mum that I looked scary but the lady hushed the girl silent). Suddenly I bumped into two shabbily dressed guys. They were laughing and laughing as if they had no cares about the world. They noticed me and smiled my way but I ignored them.

Suddenly one of them approached me, putting his right thumb and forefinger together and placed it near my face closest to my lips. He gestured a signal: He moved his thumb and forefinger apart then moved the two fingers back together. He repeated this a few times but I just ignored him. Then he said, "Hey mate! Smile a bit, won't ya?" Out of respect (and because I wanted to get rid of 'em), I smiled to them and they left. From that point, I kept thinking about what the heck those two men wanted - diverted away from thinking too much about my problems - and I smiled at myself.

See, smiles are contagious. One smile originated from a sincere, happy heart can make other pouting lips curve too. A sincere smile comes from a happy heart. And a sincere smile can reach out to another heart with problems and helped to clear the cloggy clouds away. Perhaps that is the reason why I love to see other people smile, because by seeing them smiles will make me smile and forget my problems. I don't need alcohol or drugs to make me forget my problems and be happy. All I need is a sincere smile from a happy heart, and that is enough for me.

This is why I want to see smiles on everyone!

~p/s: This reminds me of a Malay song heard on TV when I was a kid.

Senyum seindah suria
Yang membawa cahya,
Senyumlah dari hati
Duniamu berseri.

Translated as:
A smile as beautiful as the sun
That brings about light,
Smile thee from thy heart
Merry your world will be.