Riang Ria Hatiku..

Ada sesuatu yang membuatkan hatiku berbunga riang hari ini.. Bila mana apa yang aku nantikan selama beberapa hari ini akhirnya tiba juga. Hanya Allah jua yang lebih mengetahui dan aku amat bersyukur kepadaNya yang telah memakbulkan doaku ini. Sesungguhnya perkara ini amat terkesan sekali kepadaku dan aku yakin semua ini ada hikmah di sebaliknya.

Hari-Hari Tanpa Facebook

Semuanya bermula pada 27.03.11 bila aku dan teman sekolah lamaku bermesej melalui facebook.. Secara tiba2 temanku ini bercadang untuk berehat dari berfacebook selama 2 minggu.. Aku yang tidak yakin dengan cadangannya itu terus mencabarnya.. Malangnya dia dengan selamba berkata yang dia sanggup menyahut cabaran itu dengan syarat aku juga melakukan perkara yang sama. Temanku ini mahu kami berlawan. Hah.. terkedu aku dibuatnya.. Mulanya aku cadangkan supaya kami tidak bermesej sahaja tetapi tidak dipersetujui oleh temanku ini. Dia mahu semua aktiviti facebook dihentikan. Ahh.. giler.. lama betul 2 minggu tu.. Tapi aku tak mahu mengalah.. Disebabkan aku yang mula2 mencabarnya maka aku akan tunjukkan yang aku juga boleh melakukannya. Jika sebelum ini aku boleh hidup tanpa facebook takkan sekarang tak boleh kan!

Maka bermula dari tarikh hari ini, 28.03.11 bermulalah hari2 ku tanpa facebook. Aku yang semakin hari semakin berasa seronok melalui kehidupan seharianku di samping berfacebook mula terasa seperti kekurangan bila tidak dapat berfacebook seperti biasa. Ini belum sampai sehari.. Bolehkah aku bertahan selama 2 minggu ini. Melihat posting daripada teman2 terasa ingin sekali aku turut serta memberi komen atau respon. Walau apapun aku akan terus bersabar. Aku tak akan menyerah kalah sebelum berjuang.. Hahaha..

Biarlah waktu yang menentukan siapa yang akan menang dan siapa yang akan mengaku kalah. Aku cuba untuk tidak melakukan kesilapan yang boleh menyebabkan aku kalah. Ganjarannya bukanlah apa sangat pun.. Siapa yang kalah kena belanja siapa yang menang. Itu saja! Soalnya bukan ganjaran yang menjadi keutamaan. Ini adalah soal ketahanan mental sama ada boleh bertahan atau tidak. Aku tak akan semudah itu untuk mengaku kalah. Aku juga ada egoku tersendiri..

Tunggu.. kita tengok siapa yang akan kena!!

My Birthday

Hari ni, 22 Mac 2011 adalah hari ulang tahun kelahiran ku. Alhamdulillah.. aku bersyukur kepada Allah kerana masih diberi kesempatan untuk bernafas lagi di muka bumiNya ini. Aku bersyukur di atas segala kurniaanNya terhadapku sehingga ke usia ku saat ini. Aku bermohon mudah-mudahan Allah sentiasa memeliharaku, memberkati, memberi kesejahteraan, kebahagiaan, kegembiraan dalam hidupku di dunia dan di akhirat.. Insyaallah..

Bersempena dengan hari lahirku hari ini banyak sekali ucapan dan doa diterima daripada rakan2, teman2 sama ada secara in person atau melalui telefon, SMS, YM mahupun di ruang facebook meskipun aku tidak mengwar-warkan tarikh lahirku di situ. Terima kasih wahai teman2 ku atas ingatan anda semua. Aku amat2 menghargainya..

Semoga doaku di hari ini dimakbulkan Allah. Aminn.

Update 22.03.2011

Lama sungguh blog ini tidak dikemaskini.. Aku sendiri terasa bosan setiap kali buka blog asyik posting yg sama.. Dah banyak kali buka blog nak update tapi kesudahannya tak update2 juga. Aku menyedari walaupun blog ini tidak secantik mana, tidak seistimewa mana, tidak semeriah blog2 yg lain, blog ini tetap ada pembacanya.. Cuma aku tidak mengetahui atau mengenali siapa mereka yg membaca blog kesayanganku ini. Mungkin hanya seorang dua yg dapat aku kenali berdasarkan lokasi mereka berada. Walau apapun aku berterima kasih dan menghargai kepada sesiapa yg sudi menjadi pembaca setia blogku ataupun yang membaca secara tidak sengaja.

Sepanjang blog ini menyepi kehidupanku dilalui mengikut rutin seperti biasa. Tiada perkara menarik untuk dicatatkan sebagai cerita manis.. Pergi kerja, balik kerja dan melalui cuti hujung dgn aktiviti seperti selalu juga.

Sejak aku pandai berfacebook urusan seharian jadi tambah sibuk. Selain dari menjejak rakan2 lama dan mengambil bahagian serta mengupdate facebook ada pula di kalangan teman di sebuah group yang aku cipta merancang untuk buat reunion tahun 2012. Secara tak langsung aku terlibat sama untuk monitor perkembangan tersebut disebabkan aku yang mencipta group tersebut. Sehingga kini usaha sedang dibuat bagi mengumpul seramai mungkin teman2 bagi menjadikan misi tersebut menjadi kenyataan.

A Great Piece

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"

The youth answered "none".

The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"

The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.

The director asked, "Where did your mother work?"

The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner.

The director requested the youth to show his hands.

The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, "Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"

The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water. This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: "Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'.

The Director asked, "please tell me your feelings."

The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, "This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired. Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?

You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.