Love Thy Parents

The fasting month is going through a rapid pace than ever, now that it has notched 15 days into the Ramadan calender and i realised that I have not performed my terawih prayers a single night yet. Consciously speaking, this must have been a shameful record year of disobedience or defiance in fulfilling my religious duties that was commonly expected of any Muslim this time around.

Recalling the years while i was a youth, going for the terawih prayers have always been an easy and undaunting task. As a matter of fact, i anticipated its arrival every year, where it reinforced my faith towards God in every sense of the word. As part of our religious duty, the terawih prayers requires the individual personal sacrifices for a person's time to be devoted to worship, repentance and the begging of forgiveness to Almighty God. It was also the month for asking and to seek spiritual rewards which comes as a huge blessing only once in a year when the doors of heaven are wide opened.While i was writing down these notes, i was also trying to add some new video gadgets into my site especially the ones pertaining to Hari Raya. And while doing so through the You Tube files, i chance upon the past advertising clips that was made by Petronas over the years including the most recent one that was released in the TV commercial of 2007.

I was very grateful that somebody out there has made the effort to download these video gems for all the internet users to see and relish.The clips were so well crafted that it does not goes out of date or even a bore to watch no matter how many times one is viewing it.
The clips represented or carried a message for every muslims,young and old alike things about tradition, religion as well as the spirit of kinship and bonding in the Hari Raya theme.I watched in solemn inhibition to each and every detail of the story plot embedded with nostalgic music when my guilt conscience preyed on my emotions in no time. You cant hide the fact that in whatever backgrounds /situations depicted in the video clip lies the truth of us human going through certain times like that. It was painful but yet it was the common truth. Scenes like that will never be forgotten and that is what i called successful marketing.

It may have cost Petronas thousands of ringgit to create such a brilliant masterpiece, just like a work of art but then again it does not cost anything to anyone of us to be kind to our parents and to treat them honorably for as long as they shall live. And my tears flowed again, just like yesterday.