In heart and mind

Too many things to write yet too little time. I consider January was a super busy month, and I even had a lot in mind to share with you guys, just wait for the right time.

At last I post pics of seorang yang bertakhta di hati sekarang. My mum even used him as her secret weapon bila I mengelat malas balik rumah di hujung minggu dengan berkata " Taknak balik ke? Tak rindu kat Hazim??" Eei..sabar je la.Dia ni baru je kena cukur jambul + aqiqah haritu dan menambah berat badan sekilo setiap bulan dengan jayanya. To date, dia adalah 6 kilos dengan umur 3 months and 9 days old. Erm, bleh tahan lenguh dukung..

On other note, congrats to Erdogan for his swift move in Davos. Two thumbs up!!

Also let us pray for the recovery of Gaza and may the Zions get the payback.

Never stop donating and boycotting!

Palestine : Kita Peduli

"By Friday midday the Israeli attack on Gaza has left 425 Palestinians killed and at least 2220 other injured including, 300 in critical condition"

Read full story here

Kalau anda merasai kesakitan saudara-saudara kita di sana dan kurang pasti nak buat apa, berikut merupakan saranan Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat,Setiausaha Agung,Jamaah Ikhwan Muslimin:

(Terjemahan : Maszlee Malik, Sumber: http://www.palestin/kini.info )

Dengan ini, saya menyeru setiap pihak agar:

1- Qunut Nazilah – Membaca qunut nazilah pada setiap kali solat dan ajarkan makna qunut dan cara melakukannya kepada orang-orang yang masih belum mengetahui hakikat qunut.

QUNUT NAZILAH

اللهم ﺇنانجعلك في نحورأعدائناونعوذبك من شرورهم اللهم بدد شملهم وفرق جمعهم وستت
كلمتهم وزلزل أقدامهموسلط عليهم كلبا من كلابك يا قهار يا جبار يا منتقمياالله ياالله يااللهاللهم يا منزل الكتاب ويا مجري السحاب ويا هازم الاحزابﺇهزمهم ﺇهزمهم ﺇهزمهوانصرنا عليهم

Maksudnya:
Ya Allah, kami letakkan Kamu dibatang leher musuh kami,
dan kami berlindung dengan Mu dari kejahatan mereka,
Ya Allah leburkan kumpulan mereka,
kacau-bilaukan persatuan mereka,
cerai-beraikan pakatan mereka,
goncangkan pendirian mereka,
hantarkan anjing2 kami ke atas mereka, wahai Tuhan Yang Gagah Perkasa,
wahai Tuhan Yang Tuhan Yang Bersifat Murka, Ya Allah 3x,
wahai Tuhan Yang Menurunkan Al-Quran,
wahai Tuhan Yang Mengarakkan Awan,
wahai Tuhan Yang Menewaskan Bala Tentera Ahzab,
kalahkan mereka, menangkanlah kami ke atas mereka…

2- Tinggalkan makanan, minuman dan kerehatan yang berlebihan dan salurkannya kepada saudara-saudara kita di Palestin. Salurkan wang anda kepada pertubuhan-pertubuh an kebajikan tempatan yang terlibat menguruskan sumbangan untuk membantu rakyat Palestin.

3- Mendermalah untuk pembelian ubat-ubatan yang diperlukan. Menyumbang secara terus sama ada sumbangan yang berbentuk material ataupun kewangan. Hospital-hospital dan klinik-klinik di Gaza sedang kehabisan ubat-ubatan untuk merawat para pesakit.

4- Bagi sesiapa yang mempunyai kemampuan dan kesempatan, sertailah misi-misi kemanusiaan untuk membantu rakyat Gaza (untuk menyalurkan kelengkapan pakaian, makanan dan bahan api)

5- Mobilisasi rakyat untuk bangkit melahirkan solidariti bersama rakyat Gaza yang dizalimi dan sedang menghadapi krisis kemanusiaan yang semakin meruncing. Demo, bantahan, memorandum dan juga segala wasilah yang sesuai mestilah digunakan untuk tujuan tersebut. ( Maka bolehlah join demo2 aman yang diadakan sekitar anda. Ingatlah bukan kita je buat demo tapi seluruh dunia pun buat demo kutuk Israel dan U.S)

6- Sebarkan maklumat kesengsaraan rakyat Gaza kepada seluruh rakyat dan penduduk dunia melalui teknologi yang ada seperti poster, banner, penulisan artikel di akhbar-akhbar, majalah-majalah, e-mail, laman web, sms, Ym dan lain-lain lagi. (bloggers, blog la pasal Palestin)

7- Wujudkan Tabung Palestin di setiap rumah (Didiklah anak-anak agar mula menabung dari duit perbelanjaan mereka untuk rakyat Palestin). Sikap ini akan mewujudkan perasaan kebersamaan mereka dengan rakyat Palestin yang ditindas.

(satu saluran menderma yang ada - Aman Palestin)

8- Bagi para pemudi dan wanita yang beriman, mereka hendaklah berderma dengan barang-barang perhiasan berharga yang mereka miliki.

9- Kepada seluruh warga yang bekerja, gunakanlah kedudukan kamu untuk menyelamatkan Palestin. Sebagai contoh :

a. Para Pendakwah : Bangunkan Ummah untuk membantu Palestin dan serulah pihak-pihak berkuasa dengan kebenaran. (note : bloggers, sebarkan di blog2 anda)

b. Ahli-ahli Parlimen : Gunakan segala jentera pemantauan supaya Kerajaan melaksanakan tanggungjawabnya secepat mungkin.

c. Para aktivis Politik dan Parti : Himpunkan rakyat untuk isu ini, berlumba-lumbalah sekarang untuk menyelamatkan ummah.

d. Para Pengamal Undang-undang : Berusahalah di peringkat nasional dan antarabangsa untuk mengutuk perang dan penyembelihan secara beramai-ramai ini.

e. Para Wartawan : Gunakan kedudukan anda untuk membentuk pendapat umum rakyat samada melalui media bercetak mahupun media audio visual. Sebarkan kesedaran mengenai usaha ummah untuk menyelamatkan Palestin. Dedahkan pekung musuh, berilah peringatan kepada mereka yang masih bersikap alpa dan leka, serulah ummah dan bangunkan orang-orang yang lalai.

10- ( Ni saje sendiri nak tambah) Setuju dengan saranan my friend here, hidupkan balik kegiatan boikot barang-barang Israel, selagi boleh apa yang terdaya. Takyah dah hang out kat Star bucks and kurangkan/hentikan makan kat Mc Donalds (sekadar menyebut beberapa nama, kerana diri ini pun kekadang terleka dihasut Ronald McDonald kasut gedabak ituh.Bela hantu kot? Tak guna betul) Lagi satu, cuba kita buang sikap defensif bila orang ajak boikot je pastu cakap " Ala, ko pun pakai henfon Nokia gak" As I said earlier, boikot selagi terdaya, tapi kalau dok mengadap Coke and McD setiap hari tu takde effort langsung namanya.

Untuk yang dah lupa apa keluaran kuncu-Kuncu Israel tuh

Dan.... jangan lupa kita berdoa dan terus berdoa.Semoga Allah bersama saudara-saudara kita, sama ada hidup menang atau mati syahid. Allahuakbar!

USB Modem laa...

(pos ini didedikasikan khas untuk Ms Jess.. haha)

Silalah dapatkan benda nie.. juga merupakan rahsiaku sehingga berjaya update blog dengan jayanya sejak kebelakangan ini.Wahaha (gelak jahat bercampur puas hati)

However it took me 6 months gak untuk ditimbang2kan, sama ada berbaloi tak nak dapatkan benda alah ni di samping pembayaran bulanan yang boleh tahan la jugak.

Sehinggalah sampai ke PC fair baru-baru ni, walaupun hajat di hati nak mendapatkan sebijik laptop bersaiz mini tapi hampa sebab yang Atom nyer range (8") semuanya takde CD drive. Adakah patut? (siapa tau laptop 8" atau 9" yang hebat specnya, jenama best dan ada CD drive, ehem serta harganya berpatutan i.e below RM2000 sila bagitahu saya dengan segera. Haha).

So far not bad,untuk promo masa PC Fair, for 7.2 Mbps, free for first two months, then pay monthly RM129 permonth sampai 18th months, habis contract je RM98 permonth and boleh terminate bila-bila masa.Modem is all yours, takyah lease2 cam Maxis. Harga modem? Bayar dalam RM150 bila register tu, tu je dan your broadband akan diactivate kan dalam masa kurang dari 24 jam lepas register. Activation fee? None. Modem pulak jenis plug and play so takyah takut, terus connect je :)

Performance so far ok, good.. tapi namapun broadband tak boleh la nak expect stability cam streamyx. Sometimes ada gak disconnected tiba-tiba tapi jarang la.Tapi memang wide coverage dan not much hassle eventhough try bukak kat area-area pedalaman.

Kalau jenis bajet outstation selalu and takde phone 3G yang dilengkapi Wifi serta embedded modem, dan ala-ala memang selalu usung laptop kehulu kehilir, saya recommend anda dapatkan USB modem broadband ni. Setakat ni performance dia memuaskan la tapi taktau la lepas ni macam mana kan.

Saya pun tak berniat la nak compare dengan Maxis punya modem tapi my conclusion is the Celcom broadband deal ni memang not bad, especially tang coverage dia tu. Tapi ramai pakar meramalkan tahun 2009 nanti broadband modem akan jadi semakin murah, dan laptop size mini dan Smartphone akan jadi kegilaan ramai. Jadi, akan ku tunggu tahun hadapan untuk laptop 8" ku... yeah.

Discussion Celcom vs Maxis broadband:
http://www.malaysiabloggers.com/showthread.php?t=5103&page=4

Salam Tahun Baru 1430H

latest family photo : my expanding family

Ya Allah Ya Tuhan kami, Engkau sahajalah yang maha kekal dan sediakala, dan di atas kelebihan rezeki Engkau yang Maha Besar, dan kemurahanmu yang cukup, dan pada tahun baru yang menjelang tiba ini, kami memohom kepadaMu ya Allah, pemeliharaan dari godaan syaitan dan kuncu-kuncunya, dan kami memohon pertolongan dari tarikan nafsu yang mendorong melakukan kejahatan, yang mengganggu daku untuk membesarkan Mu, Ya Zal Jalali Wal Ikram..

Salam tahun baru 1430H dari kami sekeluarga, semoga tahun ini menjadikan kita insan yang lebih baik dari tahun-tahun yang sebelumnya , ameen.. :)

Matter of choice

Situasi 1

Baru-baru ni kita digegarkan dengan tragedi tanah runtuh. Baru beberapa hari selepas kejadian banglo ranap di Ulu Yam, tragedi Bukit Antarabangsa pula berlaku. Maka ramailah yang menuding jari menyalahkan pelbagai pihak. Tapi saya rasa semua maklum, hujung-hujung tahun ni memang musim monsun mengganas. Banjir dan tanah runtuh memang selalu terjadi terutama bila dekat musim tengkujuh macam sekarang ni. Kadang-kadang teruk, kadang-kadang tidak, kadang-kadang meragut nyawa. Kalau di Kedah (mungkin negeri lain pun begitu, saya hanya ambil contoh di kampung ayah saya) terutama daerah Pendang, banyak rumah-rumah lama bertiang tinggi supaya kalau banjir taklah hanyut semua benda. Paling tidak tak perlu berpindah kalau setakat air naik satu-dua meter. Dan kalau ikut dahululah, mana ada orang buat rumah di lereng bukit, itu cari pasal namanya. Kita kan tahu kawasan bukit biasanya ada `jalan air' dan pasak bumi ni tak boleh diganggu sewenang-wenangnya, alamat ekologi alam akan terganggu.

Situasi 2

Ramai orang meluahkan rasa tak puas hati, siap buat perbandingan tentang tandas di sesetengah pusat membeli belah, pejabat atau kompleks moden zaman sekarang. Kebaratan, katanya sebab tiada hos pancuran dan paip air. Biasanya hanya ada paip pencuci (dari dalam mangkuk tu) dan kertas tisu. Menyusahkan orang, tak Melayu- friendly. Tapi pernahkah orang yang complaint tu melihat tandas-tandas di luar negara, semuanya memang tiada hos pancuran. Sebab apa? nak menjamin kebersihan tandas. Jadi kalau orang Melayu macam kita ni ke luar negara dan nak ke tandas, apa kita lakukan? Kita bawa botol kosong untuk isi air dalam hand bag kemana je kita pergi, supaya senang ke tandas. Tisu memang wajib ada di tandas mereka jadi kita tak payah risau untuk beristinjak dengan sempurna.

Situasi 3

Di pusat bandaraya, ramai orang mengeluh perkhidmatan tren yang lambat, tak menepati masaa, dah lah penuh sesak dengan manusia. Walaupun sampai di stesen on time di Masjid Jamek (sebagai contoh, orang yang kena tukar tren macam saya) tapi tak bermakna boleh sampai ofis on time. Mungkin tren yang ke lima baru kita dapat naik sejak masa kita menunggu di stesen itu. Tak kondusif langsung dan menghilangkan mood nak pergi kerja. Apatah lagi bila sampai ofis lambat dan dimarahi bos. Tapi, sebenarnya kita tahu kalau kita keluar awal, sampai di stesen awal, naik tren awal yang takkan sesak macam sardin. Kita boleh je nak pergi ofis dengan selesa.

Quote dari whoever diambil dari Truth or Fiction tiba-tiba menjelma di minda saya;

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

Sangat lah benar.

Pernah tak rasa..

(Precaution : Don’t read this post as a person whom just had the worst day of her life. Imagine a person who had accepted everything happened to her, the good and bad, and felt grateful for everything and thankful as atleast she is able to breathe the next day. She just happen to take some time out of her daily life, sit at one corner and think the whys.)

Pernah tak rasa..

In working environment and in daily life,

We think we have planned everything smoothly, flawless. We almost sure it will happen, only a matter of time. We know that is the best plan ever as we almost cracked our heads for it, nothing can come in between. Suddenly, in a less than two minutes discussion, everything shattered into pieces and the plan go haywire.

We think we strived hard, harder than the rest to make things happen. We gave our 101 percent commitment and even get acknowledgements from the high ranked for that. But when the appreciation thing comes, you’re plain left out.

We think we’ve tried our best to talk to people, and (think we) successfully persuaded them to attend an event. They even asked so much that showed their genuine interest and ensure 99% they will attend. But when the day came, they just did not show their faces, without any reason.

We think we’ve given the best cooperation to others, help all our might to ensure something a huge success. Even if the whole thing is not even ours, we get our hands dirty and put our best effort. But when the time comes for us to need others’ cooperation, the only thing they provide are hundreds of excuses.

Some points learned:

1) Kita hanya merancang, Allah tentukan
2) Sometimes what we really badly want is not the best for us..
3) Tidak mengapa jika diri tidak dihargai, tapi bimbanglah bila diri tidak lagi berharga.. (pinjam Ami’s recent gtalk status)
4) Don’t ever feel we’re the best, the most treasured asset of the company, sometimes we’re just not there yet, and we did not even realize that. Somewhere I heard people say, “ Riak adalah apabila kita merasa diri kita sangat bernilai..”
5) Never expect we will get what we give, sometimes life is just cruel in nature
6) Never give up and always deliver the best you can give. As anything less than your best is a waste of the gift

Any additional advise, anyone? :)

Travelling (Again)?

Assalamualaikum wbt and good day.

This morning I attended a kuliyyah and the ustazah said, Islam encouraged people who have extra money to go sight-seeing and experiencing new world, and bukannya bershopping. (ahaha like a smack on the head!)

How true.

Just to reflect during my childhood days, I happened to study in an all girls school, ala2 sekolah bandar la jugak..multiracial school and most of the students anak-anak orang berada la kiranya. I felt so down la jugak when most of my friends boasted about their family, "My Dad studied in UK", "I was born in US", " I just came back to Malaysia when I was 10" those kind of kid talks. And I actually experienced none at that time. And I did hope and pray that I would eventually set my feet on those countries someday, insya Allah.

Once when I came back from school, I went to my Dad and asked, " Abah, kenapa abah tak belajar kat oversea dulu?"
Abah said, "Dulu Abah dah dapat tempat untuk sambung belajar kat oversea, tapi scholar host abah tak bagi"
"Oh.."
And I still remember I marah sangat dengan my Dad's scholar provider!! Yelah kalau tak mesti I pun mesti boleh berlagak cakap my Dad graduated from oversea jugak kan (Alhamdulillah Allah didn't give me the chance, kalau tak dah dapat dah dosa berlagak=riak:P)

Then, I prayed my big brother dapat study kat oversea so I get the chance to visit him once in a while, but apparently he's not and just studied locally.Fine.

Later on after SPM, I tried to get myself to study abroad, and after a lot of interesting and unfortunate circumstances (believe me, alot!!), I was stuck in a local uni as well. I felt down for a while but I never regret this to happen. I was destined to be :)

Meanwhile, me and the whole family enjoyed Discovery Channel, Travel and Living, and other similar documentaries..we also enjoyed reading atlas and maps, wishing we will go there one day. Tak salah berangan kan..

Then, Abah got his license, the family's financial became considerably stable and then the whole ritual of frequent travelling started.

Alhamdulillah, for the past five years, I travelled abroad more than I ever did in my life, thanks to my parents (of course I was sponsored, I cannot afford it on my own, anyway) . While some of my friends get the opportunity as they studied abroad , some had parents and relatives stayed abroad and got the chance to visit them , and some had their job took them everywhere around the world, where they never had the experience before in their life. I believe that now, in the present world, travelling and going abroad were not considered rare and was not an exclusive hobby for the rich and wealth, anymore.

Now, everyone can fly (pinjam tagline Air Asia). Too many low rates flights, too many destinations, too many promotions to encourage people to spend their money in tourism industry.Or perhaps, Malaysians style of living is very much improved,Alhamdulillah. Its not rare now to see students going to UK with friends during summer break, new executives taking long off-days to enjoy winter in Beijing, newly wed couples honeymooning in Hong Kong and Bali..and the list goes on.

I'm not really sure where this post heads to, but I really hope those who had more opportunities to travel abroad to take the chance and look for tanda-tanda kebesaran Allah..they are always there.Lagi jauh kita berjalan, lagi banyak kita akan belajar and don't hesitate to share with the others too.Previously, I always felt reluctant to share my overseas experience, takut la kena cop berlagak ke ape kan, but I believe it relies more to your niat, and people will perceive well. To share is to care :)

Some

Some people are just annoying by nature.

Jadi maafkanlah mereka...

P/S : I might annoy some people by just writing this. So please forgive me.

(Its amazing how brain works, isn't it?)

Experiencing Makcikhood

These past few weeks had been exciting for me. I've got to take care my little nephew whom will turn 2 months in few days time.

For some, this might be a day to day routine but for me, all this were extremely new. I've got a brother when I was 3, I don't have any experience taking care of my little cousins and my Mom never babysits anyone.

So when Hazim arrived last weekend and stayed the whole 3 days for Raya Haji in my house (biasanya dia datang kejap2 je, or stayed overnight.Most of the time dia kat rumah atuk lagi satu), my makcikhood instinct was tested. Ahaha.

Jaga baby ni is a weird experience, yet interesting. Masa belum pernah jaga baby, memang excited gila nak tunggu my SIL delivered and tak sabar nak tolong jaga baby tu..(siapa tak suka baby kan). Baby is always adorable and cute and playful, nak-nak my nephew ni sangat aktif dan dah terer gelak walaupun umur tak sampai 2 bulan lagi. Mungkin dia belajar gelak sempena raya haji haritu (ada kaitan ke). Pastu suka buat muka comel, muka kesian, muka cubaan untuk mengamuk dan sebagainya.

Tetapi...

Baby tantrums are unavoided. Si Hazim bertuah ni memang bertuah, pantang letak je kat tilam dia nangis, kalau tak angkat meraung2. Bukan nangis2 comel tu ye, dia nangis cam kena pukul tu. So orang kat umah tu take turns pegang dia,dah tu bila pegang je dia tido. Pastu bangun nangis mintak susu and tido lagi. Time nak sendawa pun payah sangat si kecik ni sebab dia boleh mamai-mamai and tido masa kena tepuk nak burp kan dia. Bertuah betul anak buah aku sorang ni..kalau mengeliat and menguap pun nangis gak, padahal dia sendiri yang buat tu. Kita tak usik pun.

Paling best I learnt to take care of Hazim. Dari tukar nappy, sapu minyak telon, baby oil, bedak, baby lotion, pakai barut, pakai mitten and booties, pakai baju and seluar. I didn't know that siapkan baby ni must be in sequence. Pastu belajar mandikan baby. The good thing is Hazim ni suka mandi, lepas mandi je good mood dan mula bercakap ngan orang tapi baby talk la (macam ooh dan aah) dan membuat sound effect (kat mana la belajar tu). So saya sebagai makcik best bercakap la ngan dia.. siap pi luar rumah tunjuk "Ni kucing", "Ni pokok", " Ni kereta MyVi" "Eh hari dah hujan la Hazim" yelah the expets said that eventhough babies at his age could not understand what people said, but the brain has started to process the things that he hear and see. New things learned : Never knew minyak telon brand Bebiku smells so good. Rasa nak curik je.

Besides, I learned how to make baby's formula milk. Rule of thumb : must be the right mixture of milk and water, and warm. Kalo tak Hazim campak je botol tak nak minum susu sejuk.Memang le senang je buat susu tapi kalo dah sehari dalam 10 kali (dia pakai botol kecik tu), lenguh gak mak ngah. Pastu baby sorang ni susah nak burp, suruh burp dibantainye tido (walaupun masa tu dia tengah duduk), then once in a while bila tengah dukung dia muntah susu sikit2. Selamat la baju semua orang. My luck was when I wore a brand new shirt, wahahaa padan muka saya. Kesimpulan : Jangan pakai baju baru masa tengah dukung baby. Haha and then lepas basuh botol2 susu dia tu, pakai sterilizer plak. New things learned : Baru tahu sterilizer comes in tablets.

On raya's eve I experienced handling baby perut kembung..abis sumer orang berjaga sebab baby nangis tak berhenti (Tapi atuk and abah dia dah selamat di alam mimpi la.. as usual). Macam2 minyak guna, penat nangis dia berenti kejap pastu sambung lagi..sampai la kul 1-2 pagi.
Tula sikit sebanyak kisah seorang makcik.Kalau saya ni makcik jaga 3 hari pun dah rasa penat, mak ayah dia lagi la.. biasanya diorang siap ada shift untuk jaga anak tengah malam. Pastu I think this is a good training ground for me la, for future preparation..

*experienced difficulties to post pictures. Will post later, insya Allah.Update with a picture

On high impact presentation and inspirational talk

Assalamualaikum wbt and good day.

I love listening to inspiring talks by the high ranked, charismatic people. I know most of us do. It feels so good to hear them talk, their wisdom shows in every moves, gestures, words and sounds.

During my uni days, I love listening to my Chancellor and my Rector's speech. Those two are among the most influential leaders, at least for me, during my uni days. Eveytime they deliver a talk in any occasion or engagement session, I won't miss the opportunity to listen to them, regardless whatever topic they deliver. I know that sometimes not all the points given can be accepted, but nevertheless I just love to hear them, to know what they have in mind in a particular topic.

Here in my organisation, there's more opportunity to listen to these big shots, as many engagement sessions, talks, forum and seminars being held. I love the impact of these successful men (or women) aspiring people, they make the audience engaged until the end and the young ones dreamt to be just like them one day. At least, they make ME feels that way.

One thing I realised is, the higher your position is, the more people will listen. That's one of the advantage of being in control. You hold the power to influence other people.

I recalled my recent experience while handling a seminar just a week ago. One of the speaker (whom I personally adored for his perfect quality of a leader, and eventually he gained success at a considerably very young age) talked about integrity, a classic necessities that is lacking in the heart of employees of most organization in the world. As he was aware his audience are professionals with vast experience, he knew it is no use to elaborate about the definition of integrity, and how it will affect your employment if ever you get caught. Well, those way of elaborating is only suitable for the young execs, but these are matured (read : old) people with many years of experience, certainly different ways of delivering the message of integrity is needed!

So, guess how he delivered the message to his audience?

He started with some definition from Stephen L Carter book. Hey, these people are professionals man, everything they hear must be supported with facts and figures! Later he gave some real examples on the impact of greed and corruption, among which are the humiliated takeovers and bancruptcy of the two giants, Lehmann Brothers and Merril Lynch. Their mighty empire collapsed simply because of their attitude; their breach of trust and lack of integrity.

Furthermore, he took several verses from the Qur'an and hadith and elaborated in a simple and smooth way that touches the depth of heart. As integrity strongly related with responsibility or amanah, he quoted the hadith below :

Sabda Rasulullah SAW :
“ Tiada Iman bagi orang yang tidak Amanah dan Tiada Agama bagi orang yang tidak menepati janji “
[Riwayat : Imam Ahmad]

Sabda Rasulullah SAW :
“ Umat KU akan sentiasa berada di dalam kebaikkan selagi mana mereka tidak menganggap Amanah sebagai punca kekayaan dan sedekah sebagai hutang”
[Riwayat : Imam Ahmad]

Later the speaker amazed me even more, I heard the word `Qana'ah' being used for the first time by a man with a CEO status in my organisation. Qana'ah in context of upholding integrity can be explained as contentment, which is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realisation of how much you already have. He also added that the happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that come along their way.

Lastly, he ended his talk with a message 'Kehidupan adalah Ujian, dan Dunia adalah Perhiasan", supported with a beautiful verse 7 of surah Al-Kahfi, as below:

"Sesungguhnya Kami telah menjadikan apa yang ada di bumi sebagai perhiasan baginya, untuk Kami menguji mereka, siapakah di antaranya yang terbaik perbuatannya."

It was that sweet and simple, wrapped perfectly in thirty minutes, and earned the loudest applause from the audience. I was amazed on how his simple his presentation slides are, yet he made a very high impact to the audience. I guess his experience as a CEO and a high impact speaker helped a lot as well. To verify the success of his talk, he got the highest rating among the other speakers in the event. Well deserved, what more can I say.

So you know, the same message conveyed by a laymen compared to the same message conveyed by a high-ranked person really had a huge difference. I've heard the same message being told in a Ceramah not long ago, but it hardly made an impact to the audience. Again, it is the power THAT influence people, which leads TO influence people in an impactful presentation.

I wish to master that skill and be like one of them some day.

If Allah's will, insya Allah.

Quick tips on Paris trip

Eurostar station in Paris.. the Gare du Nord.

My mum's friend just called her for some advice on a trip to Paris..


If you're a first timer, I think this will be beneficial for you too.



0. The first thing you must do when you reach Paris is to GRAB A MAP. These Frenchmen are usually either refuse to talk in English (they're too proud anyway), or they don't know a word in English. But of course, not all. Some are very nice (and handsome, no kidding). They dressed smartly even for a leisure walk on the park.

1. Almost all famous places for tourist can be reach via metro(the intercity train). So don't bother catch up a taxi or rent a car.

2. You're not encouraged to bring imitation bags (made in Siam or elsewhere but France) of brands which are originated from France, i.e Gucci, Prada or LV. If you're unlucky enough and get caught, you might be arrested.

3. For ladies and mums, one compulsory place for you to stop for a very cheap but high quality French lace is at Anvers, a few stop from the Eurostar stop station , Gare du Nord. Seriously, it is CHEAP. You can get the usually RM450/m in Jalan TAR for just RM400/ 4 metres with fancier designs! Highly recommended for bride-to-be ehehe.

4. If you eventually happen to be in London, Paris is just two hours away via Eurostar. Boleh je nak balik hari.

5. Eiffel Tower visit is a must, and the nearest metro (train) stations are Bir Hakeim or Trocadero.

6. To find a mosque/prayer room in Paris is very very hard, so I do encourage the Muslims to dress well (long overcoat, jubah, tudung menepati piawai) and alway equipped your handy bag with sejadah kecik, who knows you'll be praying under the trees or stairs.

7. As usual, travelling in summer is a whole lot easier as you can get up to 12 hours of daylight and easier to perform your solat.

8. Equipped yourself with a knowledge oon V.A.T . You might save a few hundreds EURO when you shop! (never heard of it? Try ask Pakcik Google)

Ame and Kak Lynn (with Hazim dalam perut.. ehehe)

Hope these quick tips helps! :)

What would you do if..

What would you do if.. you like the challenge in your office work but you hate your immediate boss?

First, you have to identify the root cause of the hatred feeling :

Why you hate your boss?

1. The boss is not a good role model (balik awal, selalu MC, selalu EL, keluar ofis tak cakap ngan subordinate, not efficiently managing subordinates)
2. You perform all your boss' work and never get recognition for it
3. When something screw up, you always take the blame (instead of your boss)
4. When you kena hentam dengan your big boss, he just stood there, silent and do nothing
5. When again, something screw up, he tried to push the blame to everyone but himself.
6. You're the one who always stay back to meet the big bosses since your immediate boss always not in office
7. You always get calls from him, asking you even the tiniest questions whenever you're out of office i.e going training, MCs, or ALs
8. The boss curse when he mismanaged things i.e silap antar email (I hate people cursing!)
9. The boss never motivates his subordinates, but expect perfect delivery of work
10. The boss kalut gila, dan kalau dia kalut akan membuatkan subordinates semua kalut sekali (you know, impossible demands, etc)
11. You feel like you never will perform under his supervision
12. .. and the list goes on

What you can do?

First, you must understand the situation.

1. Maybe the boss has family problems (i.e family members sick)
2. Maybe the boss has financial problems (although he seems rich)
3. Maybe he hates his job
4. Maybe he has not attend any stress management training
5. Maybe he hates his boss
6. Maybe he plans to resign sometimes soon

..and plan for your next action.

1. Ignore the negative vibe and continue work as usual
2. Take any opportunity comes, i.e going training, forum, workshops, etc
3. Best opportunities to spread your network by communicating direct with other managers and higher management in the department
4. Ignore him whenever got the chance
5. Tell him the truth in the best manner
6. Pray your immediate boss will get a transfer letter soon
6. Plan where to go next (after you leave the department.. ahaha)

On Bankcrupcies and Economic Meltdown

I was in a quest to find simpler elaboration on the U.S economic meltdown detail. In fact, we've heard about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but do we realise that those are just nicknames? I just discovered that Tun had helped to explained this issue in simpler and understandable way.

Taken from www.chedet.com :

22. Fortunately for us we succeeded in stopping the trade in Ringgit and restoring its value. But the system is still in place. And now it is the US Dollar which is devalued.

23. But trading in currencies is only one of the abuses. The banks are lending more money than they have. They actually go to the people to persuade them to borrow.

24. Their clients can borrow 100 per cent of the money to buy a house for example.

25. They need not worry about paying or servicing the loan. The price of the house would appreciate. You may even have a second mortgage. You may even sell at a profit.

26. In the meantime the bank would register the loan and add the projected earnings from interest maybe over 20 years. That done the bank can put all the loans together and sell it to the hedge funds at a discount after adding potential interest.

27. The more risky the loan the higher would be the interest and the higher would be the profit. The hedge funds which buy the loans can basically sell the mortgages to investors in the fund or to the huge Government financed Federal National Mortgage Association, nicknamed Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation, nicknamed Freddie Mac.

28. Now the hedge funds and the banks would feel safe and enjoy the huge profits that they have made.

29. But when hundreds of thousands of house buyers find themselves unable to pay simply because they have no money, and could not sell the houses and could not borrow from banks, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae would not be able to pay the hedge funds. Then the hedge funds would collapse and drag down the banks with them.

I guess the explaination worth.

2 days old

I soo love this photo. This is baby Hazim when he was two days old, with bloated and reddish face. The weird thing is he knew how to look at the camera and posed even at this tender age. Note the mulut nganga and rambut lebat.. comel tahap super. I even made this pic as my handphone wallpaper.

Announcing..

Announcing.. the arrival of my first nephew, Baby Hazim :)

Hye world

About me :

Nama : Azfaril Hazim b Azmil Hizam (sila sebut tanpa tergeliat lidah hehe..)

Umur : Seminggu

Tarikh lahir : 20 Oct 2008

Status : First nephew/first grandson/first great grandson (so excuse the limelight I get okay..P)

Hobi : Tido/mengeliat/minum susu

Korang cakap la ape nak cakap, tengok la puas2.. asalkan aku bahagia tido...

Oh sangat comel! Tetiap minggu rasa nak balik tengok baby Hazim nie.. (sapa2 yang pernah merasa first time menjadi makcik, akan paham keadaan excited seperti ini ehehe)

Ok la baby Hazim, aunty doakan awak jadi anak soleh dan membahagiakan mama dan ayah :)

Stop Daydreaming

Intro:
It's been a while since I posted a real (lengthy so called article) post.. been tight with work and stuff. Hence the `sebaris dua' and sole photos in my previous three entries. Believe it or not, usually I spent hours just to write a single post, and I to have the peace of mind and relax condition. Thus whenever I wrote a lengthy one, it is best to assume that I was at home (my parents' home) during weekend, as my rent house do not have internet connection.Just wait until I got myself a PDA and a broadband subcription (entah bila la tu kan...huhu) .Curi-curi blogging during office hours just don't work for me (anymore, with this current job workload). Ok, here goes.

The latest scenario of the world observes the critical economic downfall, some said the worst in American history ever. This is so serious, that forced US government bails out several banks and two multi-billion mortgage companies, for fear that the ban of these insititution would trigger economic collapse. Quoted from a report on the two mortgage companies, in Telegraph.co.uk ,

"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guaranteed about half of all of the home loans sold in the United States, but had run into severe difficulties as a result of the plunging American housing market which had seen hundreds of thousands of American home owners default on their mortgages.

Shares in both companies had fallen by more than 80 per cent in the last six months. The US government announced it would take control of the two companies, wiping out the value any shares that shareholders owned in the company."

To make everything worse, the same scenario also experienced by UK.

And it is just plain understood that when something this big hit the gigantic US and UK government so badly, this surely will affect the whole world, sooner or later.

With this alarming progress, how can we assure that we won't be affected at all?

Recently we've heard talks from the big players of various industries, they have started expressing worries in foreseeing the future to come. Natural resources are critically declining, investors are more attracted to invest in China than South East Asia, considering better benefits being offered by respective government and cheaper labors. The government-owned or privatised R & D companies are generally, not doing so well in acquiring and developing new technologies for betterment of our lives. Also, the senior management started commenting on the lack of quality in the younger talent pool. They complained that some of the youngsters are not capable enough, too materialistic and money-oriented, and might go the extend of egoistic and demanded too much. Well, deliberating on the young talent pool issue only might require for another new post altogether, thus I shall stop here.

Bottom line is, we are having major problems, tremendous ones, but did we realise it?

I won't touch about the local political issues, as they are always boiling and burning ever since the March Election. Political parties collided, people getting arrested and sentenced to ISA (yes, sentenced, it serves as a punishment already as the victims had been judged blindly), the hot by-election and a handsome comeback of a PKR de-facto leader to the parliament, and many more sensational political walks and talks. Out of everything, the rakyat still does not see any major changes or enhancements done by our appointed leaders. Even if there were a few, they are still considered very little.

Thus apparently, the perfect life we perceive is, unfortunately not so perfect anymore. Despite our daily shopping spree, joyous vacation, work routine and everything enjoyable in between, we shall spend time to sit down and think on the serious change of climate that we experience recently.

And stop daydreaming.

Post takde maknanya

Bleh tak tengah tunggu meeting ngan GM sempat update blog?.. ahahaaa (argh!)

Kalo kat company dulu, meeting start kul 5 pm, abes kul 7.30 pm

Kalo skang kul 6.30 pm start, agak2 abes kul brape??

Yet to find out.

Selamat Pengantin Baru Jamie!

Kes buang anak ??

Anak sapaa la ni..

My Raya Tips and Tricks

Assalamualaikum wbt dan salam sejahtera.

Ni adalah sikit tips and tricks yang selalu saya praktikkan semasa hari raya, mungkin ada org yang boleh nak buat reference ke hehe. Ni terutama untuk wanita la, yang lelaki mungkin boleh baca jugak untuk pengetahuan am.

Tip 1 : Tidur awal malam sebelum raya walaupun excited dok bersimbang dan share gossip dengan sedara- mara yang lama tak jumpa, supaya pagi2 raya tak kelam kabut dan berebut bilik air (ala biasalah, especially yang raya kat kampung tu. Bilik air kat kampung biasanya ada satu je kan :) dan boleh pegi solat sunat hari raya. Taktau la tapi ikut pengalaman, biasanya perempuan ni selalu mengelat solat sunat Aidilfitri, macam-macam la alasan. Kalau memang tak boleh tu lain cerita la. Pergi la wey, banyak pahala tu hehe.

Trick 1 : Kalau agak-agak ramai sepupu-sepupu lelaki/pakcik2 bukan muhrim tu tidur kat kampung, pandai-pandai la cari port baik punya supaya kita ni senang dan selesa la nak tidur ke, kuar bilik ke, pi mandi ke. In my case saya ni bertuah gak sebab ada rumah sepupu dekat ngan kampung wan (read: nenek) yang adik beradik dia semua perempuan, so memang I port situ je la setiap kali raya, senang la kan takyah la I control sangat haha. Kalau la takde rumah lain boleh tumpang pun, kalau boleh anak-anak perempuan ni tidur la dalam bilik and jangan lupa tutup aurat kalau tengah tolong masak rendang ke, jamu orang datang ke.

Tip 2 : Hari raya kan orang semua bersalam-salaman, agak-agak tengah ada orang laki yang nak salam tu, sebelum dia hulur tangan kita bajet la senyum-senyum or amik one step ke belakang ke, atau tiba-tiba berpura-pura " eh, nak buat air la kat dapur" dan blah dari situ supaya dapat elak gak la daripada terpaksa salam dengan org laki ni.In my case, this always happen kalo sedara-sedara yang dah lama tak jumpa datang kat kampung.Sib baik laa sepupu-sepupu lakiku ayu-ayu belaka, dah faham dan taknak salam ngan kakak-kakak diorg nie. Pakcik-pakcik (yang takleh disalam) pun dah biasa dah kalo aku takmo salam diorang, kalau dulu kena gak la panahan pandangan slack. Haha syabas2 la korang, senang sikit kerja aku.

Trick 2 : Tapi cam biasa,ada la yang kurang sensitifnyer hulur gak la tangan walaupun agak-agak dah bagi pandangan slack dah. Jadikan, saya merasakan baju raya yang ada sleeve agak labuh itu amat membantu, kiranya kena hulur tangan gak tapi hujung jari je and lapik dengan hujung lengan baju tu. Lepas tu masa balik tu confirm orang tu tak hulur tangan lagi punya sebab dah faham. Kalau jenis berani kamikaze sikit tu pakai je la glove, huhu.

Tip 3 : Biasalah kadang-kadang kalau beraya ni jenis tak ingat kan, kalau boleh 8 rumah sehari nak habiskan. Kalau nak senang, rancang perjalanan dan masukkan waktu solat sekali. Kalau open house tengah hari sampai petang tu solat la dulu sebelum pergi, ataupun dah budget dah dalam perjalanan kat mana nak singgah solat, rumah sapa ke, masjid mana ke. At least kalo drag masa bersembang lama pun takpe sebab dah solat. Untuk kaum wanita ni bawakla sekali telekung, kalau malas nak bawak satu set bawak socks and telekung je la, kain takpayah. Ataupun kalau dah baju menepati pawai tu takyah bawak telekung pun takpe. Ala ni common sense la ni, tapi selalu gak saya jumpa orang gelabah-gelabah tak bawak telekung nie.

Trick 3 : Untuk yang menganjurkan open house pun kena la sensitif sikit, agak-agak dah waktu solat tu readykan lah sejadah and tempat proper untuk tetamu solat. Ataupun tunjukkan saja masjid/surau yang berdekatan. Biar kita ni biasakan budaya`solat-friendly' sikit. Benda ni inspired me masa semalam bila ramai kawan beraya kat rumah saya and kebetulan waktu Maghrib, diorang ni siap solat berjemaah lagi walaupun limited space and sejadah ada 2 je. Salute la korang..

Tip 4 : Kan orang selalu datang tanpa diduga, and perempuan ni biasa la leceh sikit nak gosok baju la, tudung la, kena matching pulak tu. Jadi gosok la beberapa helai baju lebih awal, so kalau ada tetamu yang terjah ke kita takdelah kelam kabut sangat.

Trick 4 : Ni best, haha. Setiap tahun tu buat la baju raya yang colour lebih kurang je, so takyah la nak kena gosok tudung lain untuk baju lain. Mungkin tudung yang sama boleh match dengan baju lain kan, so jimat masa dan tenaga. Haha

Ada banyak lagi tapi macam dah lupa dah sekarang, kalau dah ingat nanti saya tambah lagi. Korang kalau ada tips and tricks lagi boleh la share jugak, bukan apa untuk kesenangan kita semua. Bak kata orang, bersihkanlah hari raya kita dari kekotoran dan kemurkaan Allah :)

Salam Aidilfitri :)