Mat Jenin - a dare dreamer, as well as doer!!!

Have you heard a Malay traditional story of a young man called Mat Jenin? If you’ve heard before this, then ask yourself what you can learn best from him. If you never heard of it, here’s the story goes…

Mat Jenin was a hardworking young man. Mat Jenin earned a living as a coconut picker. Everyday, Mat Jenin climbed up the coconut trees, chose the matured coconuts and dropped them on the ground. Later he gathered all the coconuts, counted them, and they paid him for the work he did for them with money or coconuts. He was also a big dreamer. He would be up to the coconut tree, dreaming about selling his coconuts and put the money away. He also dreamed about getting married with a nice, beautiful lady. In his thinking, when he had enough money he would buy himself a few acres of estate, so that he can realize his dream by having lots of money. Later, Mat Jenin worked harder, climbed more trees, picked more coconuts and get more money.

With the money he earned from his hard works, his sweat and toil was finally paid off. Now that he owned most of the coconut estates that he could hire somebody else to do the coconut-picking job. Every morning, he walked around his estates, looking at his vast coconut estates, feeling grateful and appreciating the fortune of his hard works. One day, he went to in the middle of his estate, climbed up a coconut tree, looking up into the sky and opened up both his arms. But just when he opened up his arms, he let go the coconut trunk he had been holding onto, he lost his balance and fell on the ground. Then, he was killed.

I loved Mat Jenin story except when he died at the end of the story. Many people say “don’t become like Mat Jenin.” But anyway, the beginning of his life story has a good impact on us, tells us to be dared to dream big and become a dreamer as well as doer. Have faith that you also can do the same thing just like what Mat Jenin did: Dared to Dream for a Better Life!