Selamat Hari Raya

Selamat Hari Raya

Saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri buat semua teman dan saudara yang mengenali.

Semoga Ramadhan yang lalu berjaya mendidik kita menjadi insan yang lebih berguna untuk agama, bangsa dan tanah air.

Saya juga ingin memohon maaf kepada semua seandainya ada sebarang kesilapan yang terlanjur saya lakukan.

Kullu 'aam wa antum bikhair..

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Victory

Victory

We are living a life of constant change. Whenever there is change, we should expect challenges as well. In order for us to win any challenges, we have to face our greatest competitor, none other than ourselves.

Just recently, I was bombarded with so many jobs. I don't know why but my bosses or even colleagues will always use this statement to make me accept anything that they are giving, "Ini la peluang ko nak belajar bende baru,". I hate to say this but they are totally right.

Learning new things are good. Very good. However, it is not always fun and fancy. I also should accept the fact that by pain only I can develop myself further. Having said that, I was fighting a constant fight with myself ever since to "learn new things". HUHUHU

Have a look at my "To-do List"

1. Quotation Committee presentation paper for lube oil analysis.
2. Paper preparation and presentation to area owner for Steam Turbines Improvement Plan.
3. Technician annual performance report.
4. Technician monthly score card submission.
5. Quality check plan for motor PM22513 repair.
6. Technical Committee presentation for KT1101 and PGD governors improvement plan.
7. Engagement with vendors for electronic overspeed module incorporation at KT1101.
8. Priority list and action plan for about 10 fans which are experiencing outstanding vibration.
9. K22353 regenaration blower Bad Actor study.
10. Wet Seal system technical sharing session with fellow engineers and Technical Professional.
11. Oil seal improvement study and presentation.
12. Budget preparation for Reliability Section.
13. Budget estimation of rotary equipment related repair (including mechanical seal, bearing replacement and total overhaul) to be submitted to Maintenance Department.

I know most of you might not have even a single idea on things I've listed in my "To-do list" above. But believe me every time I sat on my workstation, looking at the list only was enough to give me stress and headache the whole working hours. Nasib baik bulan puasa, kalau tak ada yang telan 2 biji panadol terus, pastu ngantuk..

But, I believe by completing all those jobs and withstanding all the pain, I will be able to take up more difficult challenges in the future. With great power, comes great responsibility.

Stephen Covey once said, new muscles are only developed when a person feels pain resulting from exercising in which old muscles were "broken". I believe the same principle is applied here.

It is indeed painful to complete all those stuff but I have to overcome myself to be better. Victory is my goal. Let me win over myself first before aiming for something greater.

Selamat mengimarahkan Ramadhan yang berbaki 3 hari sahaja lagi.

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Taraweh

Taraweh

Hari ini, seorang Arab dijemput menjadi Imam Taraweh di Masjid Paka tempat di mana saya biasa solat fardhu.

"Fadhlan minallahi wan ni'mah" tidak kedengaran usai 2 rakaat pertama solat Taraweh. Orang di sekeliling saya kebingungan bila imam terus bangkit untuk menyudahkan 2 rakaat yang seterusnya. Saya sendiri berasa kekok.

Semasa di New Zealand, itu fenomena biasa. Bila diselidiki, memang tidak dijumpai nas yang kuat membicarakan perihal berselawat bagi mengisi sela masa antara 2 solat taraweh. Ia merupakan inisiatif orang Malaysia mungkin untuk menyempurnakan sunnah berehat sebentar antara 2 solat dengan diisi alunan zikir serta selawat kepada junjungan mulia Muhammad S.A.W.

Salahkah berbuat demikian? Wallahua'lam..

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Anak sulung lebih bijak..huhu

Anak sulung lebih bijak..huhu

Sorry, kid, first-borns really are smarter - Health - Kids and parenting - msnbc.com

I found this article while browsing through my hundreds of unread news feed.

Quite interesting though to know that there is actually a dedicated study done to verify this as a hard fact.

Being the eldest has given me a lot of advantages as well as the opposites. Apart from having the nicest attention during my "younger" days, I also learned a lot especially in becoming a more responsible person. This actually helps in preparing myself before having my own family.

Am I smarter than the rest in my family? Maybe.. hehe

However, now I feel threatened by this guy:

Selamat berpuasa

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Ramadhan Mubarak

Ramadhan Mubarak

Ini merupakan kali kedua saya menyambut ramadhan di Paka, Terengganu. Saya masih tidak dapat membuang rasa kagum pabila hadir ke masjid untuk menunaikan solat Tarawih semenjak semalam lagi. Masjid benar-benar penuh bagaikan sewaktu solat Jumaat gambarannya. Istimewa sekali.

Namun, "keoptimisan" saya ini terhapus terus tatkala mengenangkan apa yang berlaku pada tahun lepas. Masjid hanya penuh sebegini di awal-awal Ramadhan sahaja. Semakin ke penghujung, semakin sunyilah jadinya.

Keadaan ini dilihat sama sahaja di pelusuk dunia mana sekalipun. Semasa saya belajar dahulu, lebih kurang beginilah keadaannya dengan satu perbezaan ketara. Memandangkan New Zealand bukanlah negara majoriti Islam, sambutan hari raya tidak dimeriahkan dengan jualan murah di sana sini. Maka, tertumpulah juga umat Islam mengerjakan ibadah di saat-saat akhir ramadhan terutamanya pada malam ke-27. Masjid-masjid lazimnya akan mengadakan qiamullail jama'ie pada 10 malam terakhir Ramadhan. Pada malam ke-27, bukan sahaja sewaktu Tarawih masjid2 dibanjiri, malahan pada waktu qiamullail begitu jugalah keadaannya. Lebih istimewa.

Alangkah manisnya jika ini berlaku setiap hari tatkala waktu subuh menjenguk..

Terkenangkan Ramadhan di Auckland..

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Busy

Busy

We are very busy. Looking at the current situation that we are facing in this world, makes us become busier than ever.

If you are someone who follows world and Malaysian news, you will notice that there are a few issues that are occupying the front page of most newspapers.

1. Israeli raid on humanitarian Flotilla aid to Gaza.
2. Oil spills from BP's Deepwater Horizon Rig at the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast.
3. Malaysian sugar shortage.
4. World cup warming up sessions injuries.
5. Apple launched its new iPhone 4.
6. Many more

Being a normal person who is not so clear about his own big dreams, I feel like I'm not contributing much in making this world a better place to live in. I even feel that I'm not even capable of improving my own self by much.

People are fighting their way up to champion the humanitarian cause in Palestine. Companies are challenging each other in coming up with products that bring the world's technology a few steps further. Organisations are working hard to lend a hand in helping those in need. National teams are struggling really bad to become winners in what ever competition that they are competing in.

At this very moment, What I can do is just sit in front of my laptop, reading the news, read some books and after this I'll go to work. I'm busy at doing nothing actually. Maybe, this is the time when I have to challenge myself and run very far from complacency.

I feel very busy everyday. But I'm not sure if I'm spending my time being busy in attending the right thing. Sometimes, I was just busy wandering around my work place compound, surfing useless pages in the net, reading things that I don't understand and etc. No impact at nothing at all.

I have to be busy at the right thing, starting NOW...

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Comfortable

Comfortable

Why do some people work hard from one day to another?

Why do people venture into big businesses?

What are we expecting when buying a decent building to be owned as our home?

If we think deeply about it, the different guessing that we have is actually rooted from a single reason. So that we can live more comfortably.

Once we have the experience of living in a very comfortable condition, most of us will rather fight than letting that "feeling" go. Hence, you will always find people who are already rich, will work their way to become richer.

I have no problem with this. In fact, if being rich can bring us closer to Allah, some scholars said we should not let it go.

There are some cases where people are willing to let go of all their wealth because they just experienced their spiritual awakening and straight away thought that becoming less rich is more favourable by The Almighty (the act of becoming a Zuhud person). This is not particularly true.

Ibn Taimiyah once said, Zuhud is the act of letting go things that does not bring us any benefit in the hereafter. While those that benefit us, should be sustained as much as possible. Experience tells us that usually, these things are not in our favor. For example, we can be a billionaire. No problem. But, those wealth that we have should not be kept for our usage only. It should be spent for the benefit of others and more holy if this is done in the name of Allah and Islam.

Hence, it is our call now. As human, we are not who we think we are, but we are who we choose to be. If we choose to live a life of comfort, we could probably die as a mediocre homosapien that does not contribute to the betterment of this world. However, if we choose to live a life of sincere contribution, the reward that is waiting for us is tremendous.

Let us have more understanding and faith about the unseen future so that we will not suffer then.

Qul Aamantu billah, thum mastaqim..

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