Happy 20th Anniversary

Today is my 20th anniversary & alhamdulillah, Allah swt masih kekalkan jodoh kami... Happy Anniversary my dear wife... I love you always... Thank you for being there during my ups & down... I always remember that till my last breath...

Love you Salmiza Md Amin

8th September 2012

This date mark another milestone in my life when my youngest son finally managed to meet his grandparent in Kedah. To make it sweeter, it was his 1st & his grandfather  81st birthday...

They had great time together & my parent keep on saying how Rayyan really resemble my late brother when he is 1 year old...

Alhamdulillah

It' not what it seems...

It's not easy to be seen being fair eventhough you're fair... But whatever I leave it to Allah swt because I know I've done my best to be fair & my conscience is clear... Only Allah swt know what have I done & that's more important than what people felt... After all, I'm answerable during judgment day...

Ya Allah... Keep me strong & guiding me because I will keep on thriving to be a good boss, father, husband, son, friends & person... Amin

Slow

Since started at new place, things are very busy... Hardly have time to fb or blogging... The network ban make it even worst... Nevertheless will try to find time to blog whenever i can...

Polishing Day

Today is my polishing day... Started in the morning with Honda City followed by Sonata before taking a break... After Isya, managed to polish only Waja... Satria Neo gotta be next... Too tired already... Anyway, good exercise & happy to see shining cars...

Good bye TIB

Yesterday was a very emotional day for me.

I left TIB with a very heavy heart coupled with teary eye frm my staff... This is the most difficult decision i ever made in my career... Things are so well for me there & I have full back up from 100% shareholders, chairman, directors, colleague & staff...

However, I have to put my family interest above anybody else as the offer & prospect is too good to turn down...

I wish TIB all the best & may our relationship will remain cordial after this.

Aidil Fitri

Salam Aidil Fitri... Maaf Zahir & Batin

Ramadhan

Dengan bergemanya azan Maghrib bermakna berakhirnya Ramadhan tahun ini...

Adakah akan ku bertemu lagi dengan Ramadhan?

Aidil Fitri

Aidil Fitri comes again...

This is suppose to be time for all to rejoice, but for me... I wish I could just fast forward it...

This is the most difficult time for me since all my family want me to be around in the morning of first day, but I have to choose one due to unavoidable reasons...

This year suppose to be the other family turn... but they have to make a sacrifice just to lessen my headache... Thank you very much and there is no word I can describe how much I appreciate it...

InsyaAllah, as long as we are sincere and honest, Allah swt will reward us... it may not be now, but it will be worth it...

As for me, I love you more and more for your sacrifice... You're not selfish and willing to sacrifice for other people happiness really admire me...

Salam Aidil Fitri

1Million Malaysians against Evidence (Amendment) (No2) Act 2012

Below is my understanding taken from 1 million Malaysian Against Evidence Act 2012 fb....

Section 114A of the Evidence Act disproportionately burdens average individuals who, if wrongfully accused of publishing illicit content online, may not possess the resources to prove their innocence in court.

Those brought to court under Section 114A must have, in addition to adequate legal representation, more than a basic understanding of how the Internet operates to prove that they did not publish illicit content.

Knowledge of IP addresses, servers, and complex networks is necessary to provide evidence of one’s innocence in cases covered by Section 114A. This information, however, is not known by, or available to, average Internet users. Section 114A, therefore, burdens innocent individuals presumed guilty on the basis of circumstantial evidence.

Section 114A also threatens the individual right to freedom of expression. Internet users may undertake measures to avoid false accusations of their guilt. A blogger, for example, may unduly censor any comments made by readers that could be considered defamatory, seditious, or libelous. This would defeat the participatory purpose of blogs, which provide a platform for the open dialogue among individuals.

As a result, Section 114A inadvertently stifles public discussion about pertinent political or social issues and protects public authorities, such as the State, from public scrutiny.

What else should I do?

One thing that I hate most is when people make judgement from hearsay... Worst, they did not even listen to your explanation and straight away explode for no apparent reason...

Despite of countless effort made to change them and make them understand not to repeat the same mistakes, it is often fall into deaf ear...

To me, this kind of people only wasted my time... if they are not interested with what you said, take it lightly of what you said... then they don't deserve you...

My patience is getting thinner day by day...

Is it worth it?

Loyalty... is it worth it to be loyal to certain people? How do we measure the level of loyalty?

I'm talking here more on employee/employer or subordinate/boss personal context... There are people who is loyal only when the chip is up but immediately turn away when they are down...

This is something that you really have to consider carefully... When I was down, this is the person who lend his hand to assist me... so i believe, now is the time I have to stick with him when he was down...

At the same time, you may be caught in the situation where you have to choose your family well being vs loyalty to your boss who help you a lot when you were down...

It's tough...

Patience Has A Limit...

It is not easy to be patience... but nevertheless we have to strive harder to be patience especially during fasting month...

InsyaAllah will keep on improving even though at times, I lost my patience...

Happy 52nd Anniversary Mom & Dad

Congratulations and Alhamdulillah to Haji Shahabudin & Hajjah Rosnah on your 52nd Anniversary...

I'm proud to be your son and my doa is always for both of you.

Thanks Mak & Ayah... Love you always...

Still remembering your 50th Anniversary celebration...

Congrats to Pandelela

Congratulations for winning Bronze medal in 10m platform diving in 2012 Olympic...

It is Malaysia's first-ever medal in diving and also makes the 19-year-old from Sarawak, the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympics medal...

Congrats and thanks for lovely Merdeka gift...

No more 1Merdeka...

Thanks to stupidity & selfish National day celebration chairman & committees with your Janji Ditepati theme...

Now we got so many Merdeka theme in history.... Kelantan, Kedah & Penang had theirs... What to do? Some ppl think Merdeka celebration is only for their political party...

For heaven sake...put Nation above political please....

Do not vote for DAP

Hmmm... interesting topic in Utusan in the last 2 days... Do NOT vote for DAP... Reason? Because they are against Islamic law/hudud.... Great!!!

That's the point in my mind all these while... Hudud is Allah swt's law... Everytime we pray, we admit to Almighty that HE is the one and only and HIS teaching is the truth... Right after our solah, we said, NO to hudud... double standard?

Next question in my mind... since it was clearly stated that we should not vote for DAP due to their stand against Hudud... then what about MCA, MIC & the mother of all party i.e. UMNO????

I've read enough of what MCA & MIC stand on hudud not to mentioned countless statement made by UMNO leaders why Hudud could not be implemented in Malaysia.... Since UMNO been leading and governing the country in the last 50 years, what have they done about hudud? This will never been an issue if PAS did not raise it....

Should I vote MCA, MIC, UMNO, DAP now? Most likely NOT...

Merdeka

I simply lost of words looking at this year Merdeka theme & song...

Gosh!!! I think this is the first time the theme and song is so bias... Nak muntah!!!

BN is so desperate huh? Come on lah... Merdeka is for all Malaysian citizen regardless of political background... those in-charged should take this opportunity to unite the Malaysian... From what I see, it is more like 'bodeking' in progress....

I may be fence sitter, but this action really puke me and instead of supporting, I prefer to choose the other side now... Do not over do it lah... Your action insulting Malaysian's intelligence...

5 years ago...

I had a very valuable experience 5 years ago... Incident that change my perspective towards life and makes me appreciate my love ones more...

It was about 2am in the morning, whilst on my way to Kajang from Ampang where I've met with an accident near Putrajaya... the car was badly damage but alhamdulillah, I'm escape injury free (not even a scratch)...

Looking at the photos, no body will believe that I'm scratchless... but that's the beauty of Volvo cars... the safety is excellent and my trust towards the safety of the car proven... I doubt I'll be here writing about this incident if I drive other brand... Just look at internal photos below, which clearly show, how safe the passenger and driver in the car during the accident...

Except for airbag, everything is in tact internally... that's Volvo when you met with an accident in excess of 200kmh...

Whilst I'm glad of Volvo safety... but most importantly, it was Allah swt that decided my time is not up yet... through this incident, HE had given me time to change my perspective towards live and re-think of how I live my life...

Syukur Alhamdulillah... whilst I'm still the same dare devil driver... but now, I'm closer to Allah swt... Allahuakhbar

Which one is the lesser devil?

I'm talking about Malaysian politician...

My comment is solely based on my personal observation, reading from various sources and personal experience...

To be honest, I hate both, BN or PR... But between the two, I'm at the moment incline towards PR solely due to PAS was part of it... I voted BN twice and PR twice so far... unfortunately, I'm still the same...

As per the topic... I chose PAS due to being the lesser devil of all...

In this modern world, there are too many liars, lies, fake videos, stories etc... People are no longer afraid of Allah swt by spreading lies for their political benefits...

Since there are too many confusion to the extent you no longer certain which one the truth, the best is to go back to basic... i.e. Islamic teaching... Of all the parties available, ONLY PAS is the closest to Islamic teaching...

As far as I know, Islam is ONE and ONLY way of life... so if you really understand it, Islam is in everything, be it life, government, financial etc... The moment UMNO separate between Islam and government/ruling, then you are NO longer up holding Islam as a way of life... How could you pray to Allah swt 5 times a day and advocate that HE is the ONE, but the moment you finish your prayer, you are upholding human law to govern the country? Isn't it obvious?

How could UMNO claim that surau or masjid is solely for prayer when even during Rasullullah s.a.w. time, the Prophet already practicing ruling and preaching in surau and masjid?

To me it is very simple... looking at the above scenario, obviously if I voted for BN or in particular UMNO, I'm endorsing their stand of separating between religion and ruling...

Since PAS had been advocating full Islamic law, as a Muslim, I felt it is only right for me to give them a chance to be in power at Federal level and make changes to the law... it may look slim as even most Muslim are no longer subscribe to the real teaching of Islam but more towards UMNO Islam...

I'll nevertheless do my part and at least in after life, my conscience is clear of my intention to upheld Islam as a way of life...

Datuk LC Wei 2012 Badminton Olympic Final

It was a very interesting final between Datuk Lee Chong wei & Lin Dan today...

This is the final that I never felt despair depite of Datuk losing his final... He had shown great improvement and it was only luck that deserted him today...

I love to see how patience he is in his game today... Except for few error in the second set, the third game was really thrilling... going point after point, fighting every shot and used all his experience to outwit his opponent...

His game really took Lin Dan by surprise and the world can see how relief he is after getting the final point in rubber set... For the first time, I saw Lin Dan panic and losing his confidence... that's shows how far had Datuk Lee Chong wei given him the tough time...

Whatever it is, great game Datuk and congrats...

Note to Sal

My dear wife, Salmiza...

Firstly I want you know that I still and will always love you...

We have gone through so many things together in the past 20 years... good and bad, ups and downs.. and yet you remain loyal to me... that's something that I can never repay you...

You are my inspiration and strength all this while and I really appreciate it... my pray is for our marriage to remain in tact till my last breath...

I may be marrying another one and to date you will never understand the reason behind it... but I know, your sacrifice will be rewarded greatly by Allah swt... As human being and husband, I will always pray for you and forgive all your mistakes towards me (if any)...

To date, I've done my utmost best to keep you happy and ensure you will never be slighted... everyday I pray to Allah swt to give me strength and be fair to you... Alhamdulillah, as far as I know, I'm fair to both in my own way that suits both your need...

I also want you to know that I never regret marrying you and our kids, Aimi Afiq & Alif is the most valuable gift that I can give it to you...

Sayang,

You are amongst the most patient person I ever met... especially in dealing with my 'karenah'... no matter what, you never give up on me and always there for me whenever I needed you... This is the trait that I will never forget and makes my love towards you stronger...

There are so many things and sacrifice you have made, especially during my difficult times, only Allah swt can repay you... Trust me... You may not appreciate it now, but in time to come, you will... If Allah swt give me an opportunity to open the door for you in after life, it was Al Firdaus for you sayang... my love for you is eternity and nothing can separate us except Allah swt...

I could not find any other better words to describe my gratitude towards you but I know, you do feel it. Love you always sayang...

Wassalam

Note to Emma

My dear wife Emma...

I never said this but I know one day you will read this, insyaAllah...

You came to my life unexpectedly and through short courtship, we got married... even then, we go through rough patches before we officially pronounced as husband and wife...

Our union is very much fated by Allah swt and I've done countless istiqarah and despite of me trying to abort the marriage by leaving you for 3 months without any news, we still meet one day unexpectedly...

I know it is very tough to be a second wife & honestly you deserve better than what you get now... but to me, you had done extremely well...

You may look beautiful/photogenic, but to me, it was your attitude and sincere heart that capture me... I never say this but I know you are very sincere through my observation and test I've put upon you... Your patience with my attitude and my family attitude is something that I greatly admire...

There are so many instances when you sacrifice your own feelings and rights just to ensure I can give more time & attention to my first family. Despite of what others said and do to you, you still smile and generous to them is another factor that really amazed me... You still showered them with your doa and prizes during their special day despite of knowing that your prizes may not be accepted by them... You are the ones that bought some of the prizes for me to give to my family which most people thought it was from me... Thanks dear, I really appreciate it...

Some people think that you came to my life and had taken part of my money or wealth from my family... only Allah swt and me know that it was you that been helping me tirelessly despite of brickbats you got from my family... I salute you dear... My pray is for Allah swt to bless you more based on your sincerity & honesty.

Alhamdulillah, today, my mom & sis had seen your sincerity and had praised you... Honestly, I never say much about you, the only thing that I asked my mom to do is to pray and seek Allah swt guidance about you... I ask her because mother's doa and prayers is the most 'afdal'... Her praise & attitude towards you answered everything...

My advice to you, keep on being sincere and insyaAllah one day, people will see your sincerity just the way I saw it... Whatever you had gone through is actually Allah swt way of showing me your true character...

Dear,

I marry you initially solely because I want to guide you and ensure your faith towards Islamic teaching remain in tact... Your past experience and test you had gone through almost makes you lost faith in Allah swt...

Alhamdulillah, I succeed in doing that in my small way... Seeing you started praying and recite Quran and Yassin is a good start... InsyaAllah in near future I will instill more in you...

I know how much you really wanted to perform Umrah but sacrifice your desire to paved way for me to bring Kak Myza... I remember that and insyaAllah, you will be there one day...

Your patience in many things is something that had not gone unnotice... I may not say it, but I know and appreciate it... Whenever I saw that, I pray to Allah swt to blessed you more...

Your attitude and honesty had now makes me loves you so much and whatever it is, I will always forgive you for any mistakes you may have with me...

My only gift that I can give you to date is none other than our own prince, Rayyan Zarif Sazali... he is my 100% duplicate and should I'm no longer around, he will always remind you of me...

Thanks for being my wife, patience with my attitude and loving me whole heartedly dear... i can never repay your sacrifice but I know Allah swt will reward you accordingly...

Wassalam

Happy Birthday Aimi

Just came back from celebrating my daughter 18th Birthday together with my in-law family in Gombak...

Abah writing here just to wish you once again, Happy Birthday and would like to let you know that I love you & always proud of you.

My prayer is always for you to success in life...

Insurance Brokers

I never touch on this topic before...

Talking about Insurance... some people get taboo with it... what more if you are telling them about Insurance Brokers...

First thing in their mind would be to associate this profession with land broker etc... a middle man who only know how to earn commission... Some may even associate brokers with an agent... This is a totally wrong concept...

Firstly, Insurance Brokers is a professional body and expert in Risk advisory and Management. To be an Insurance Broker, you must be qualified i.e. degree or professional qualification and the license is only issue by Bank Negara Malaysia under strict guidance & scrutiny.

Their role is more like a lawyer who represent client in the court of law or legal matters... Insurance Broker represents corporate client in the risk analysis, management and transfer in the insurance / risk management field...

In fact, to certain extent, Insurance Brokers tasks is more than other professional profession like lawyers, engineers, architects & engineers to name a few... this is because, in each Insurance Broking firm, they normally employed people from these background to cover all element of risks... So to compare them with normal Insurance agent is an insult to the profession.

Even to own or operate an Insurance Broking firm the cost is even higher and more stringent than opening legal firm, clinic, engineering firm etc... As a result only giant corporations can own an Insurance Broking firm... amongst the giants that own an Insurance Broking firms are Sime Darby Group, Tradewinds Group, CIMB Group, Mara Group, Johor Corp, Antah Group, Sarawak state (through Amanah Saham Sarawak), Kedah state (Kedah SEDC), Selangor state (Selangor SEDC), Maxis/Bina Riang, FELDA Group, Tune Group and many more...

And amongst the conglomerate that used Insurance Brokers as their advisors are PETRONAS, ESSO, SHELL, MAXIS, Sime Darby, PTP, Malaysia Airport, MAS, Air Asia, PAAB, TNB Group, Telekom Group, CIMB Group, Bank Islam, SIRIM, MDeC, MMC, Malakoff, Tanjong Plc, MISC, Prasarana, MRT, Bernas, Gamuda, YTL, 1MDB, UITM, UM, UUM, Pantai Group and all other international companies like Dell, Intel, Motorola, Samsung, Microsoft etc...

Will share more about this profession and business in near future...

Aiseh...

I thought I managed to escape after my dinner with CEO last night... Now Tan Sri Chairman would like to meet pulak...

With due respect, I'm honoured with the interest from them to keep me... but this is against my principle... furthermore, bulk of my decision is due to my family... They are my ultimate priority...

Will see the outcome of meeting this coming Monday...

In the cross road...

I've tendered my resignation last Friday...

It caught a lot of people by surprise as I'm doing extremely well with the company as I'm considered as rising star in the company. The Chairman, the Board members and even fellow colleague had look up at me...

My office been making handsome profit and achieving budget is not an issue for the next 2 - 3 years as quite a number of projects are already in the pipeline...

In term of pay and benefits, no complaint either... all taken care of... and most importantly, the freedom of my work schedule...

Then why I decided to tender?

Honestly, I myself don't know... what attract me to the other side is solely the new challenges & international exposure. (Off course the extra I'm getting that will benefits my family...)

I'm taking this as a new challenge to see how far I can go and I can only pray to Allah swt for HIS help & guidance... after all, where am I now is what HE had dictated for me... InsyaAllah, should I'm succeeding again in this new challenge, I will spend more towards HIS cause... to me, whatever HE gave me is for me to share with less fortunate people...

I pray to Allah to keep my feet on the ground and remain humble...

At the moment, I hope I've made the right decision and only time will tell...

Typing Words vs State of Mind

I believe quite a number of people had experience when what they wrote (be it letter, e-mail, sms, bbm etc) was misinterpret by the other party...

Through my experience, these happened due to the state of mind of the other party... if they are in angry mood / negative thinking, they will interpret your writing as negative too... E.g. even simple words like 'WHAT'... try to read it when you are angry and happy... the tone can be different...

We write sms/bbm sometimes in hurry, so we may not put the right punctuation at times, guess what happened to the other receiving end who is not in the right state of mind...

The best is, if you ever felt offended, try to call the person that send you the message and listen to his tone of asking the question... you will then know what he meant...

What I could not understand is somebody who always think negative about you and what you think an harmless message can turn to be 3rd world war...

Whatever it is, always have positive intention of whatever you read because through positive thinking only then we can reduce our stress.

just my 2 cents...

Rayyan Zariff

7 September 2011 marked another significant date for me when I had my latest addition in the family... It's a baby boy, called Rayyan Zariff.

It was an anxious moment though as he was born 7 months old with less than 2kg weight... Alhamdulillah, today, he has grown up to be a fine young boy... my wife sacrificing her business for 3 months to take care of him had proven to be the right choice...

He is also the least problematic to raise so far, very jovial and smart... I'm now a proud father of 3 sons, 1 daughter & 2 step sons...

I really hate hypocrites

There are many people who I termed as hypocrites...

They know only how to talk but they never practice what they talk...
They showed to the world as though they are the victim when the actual fact they victimised others...
They pretend to be pious but they never practice what Allah swt teach...
They think what people did to them is bad when what they actually did was worst...

Stop pretending...

Resignation

I've submitted my resignation late Friday evening last week...

I never expected that my resignation create so much significant to the company to the extent today I got calls from my CEO, Directors & Chairman persuading me to reconsider my decision...

Off course not to mentioned staff and business associates which make it tougher for me... The least I'm expecting to hear my CEO cried when he talk about me... he did all he can to make me stay and even taking a flight to KL this Thursday with fellow Director to see me...

This is the toughest decision I ever have to make... Because I love my company, I love the colleague and Directors... they are all kind to me and had been very supportive of me...

All my life I always think of other people feeling, it is about time for me to think of what I want... If I decided to stay, that means I will again sacrifice my needs for others... if otherwise, for the first time I'm making decision solely for my benefits... Whatever, hopefully my meeting with them this Thursday turn up well and they accept my decision in amicably manner... We'll see till then...

Golf

Other than cars, my other passion is Golf... unfortunately due to family & work commitment, I'm still unable to spend much time on golf course... My home turf is Bukit Rahman Putra...

Nevertheless, in the last 12 months, I managed to participate in few tournament and mostly is corporate games...

Had good time and hopefully I will have more free time in near future to play more golf and improves my handicap...

Whatelse?

I've done whatever I possible can...
I gave her priority over everything...
I drop everything whenever she want me...
I sacrifice a lot of time & money towards her...
More than i spend on anybody else including my parents...
I even choose her first for Umrah trip...
I spend more time & money for her holiday...
I spend more on her expenses...
I even sacrifice the job that I enjoy just to get more money for her...
I sacrifice my hobby & passion so I can spend more money for her...
I always forgive her whenever she did wrong...
I gave her more expensive gifts than anybody else...
I changed for better to make her happy...
Yet she still potray to others in facebook as though I did not treat her well...

I felt unappreciated & ridicule by my circle...
The pain that I suffer all due to this...
Yet she's asking me what went wrong?

Its ok, that's why when I'm in pain & sick, I kept it to myself...
Maybe that's the way she want to repay my mistakes... Alhamdulillah...

Just that, when I'm no longer around hopefully she will realised...

But because I still love you... I'll sacrifice my ego for you & never fail to pray daily to keep the marriage in tact despite of her request otherwise...

Ya Allah, please keep me strong, humble & patience with this...

My 2nd Umrah - Pt 3

Alhamdulillah... our Umrah done... now time to visit our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. in Medinah Al Munawwarrah...

Our journey took more than 6 hours going through 6 lane highway across desert

We stop for lunch along the R&R... nice arabic rice with fried fish & chicken

We finally reach Medinah right in time for Dinner and after short stroll nearby the hotel, we decided to have a rest.

Despite of my wife unable to perform her prayers there due to health reason, we do spend quality time together for the next 4 days. As for me, nothing beats than managed to visit Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. again in his holy city... Al Fatihah...

On the 5th day, we started our 26 hours journey back home... Medinah - Jeddah - Cairo - Bangkok - KL...

For more photos, do visit my facebook account...

My wish and prayer is may this trip is not my last trip to Mekah Al Mukarammah & Medinah Al Munawwarah... Amin

My 2nd Umrah - Part 2

We reach Jeddah International Airport after 2 hours flight from Cairo...

For this year, all umrah visitors will enter the country through Haj Terminal... better organised and bigger as compared to normal terminal... This year also I'm going straight to Mekah Al Mukarramah instead of Medinah Al Munawwarah to perform my umrah first. So the journey by bus took us only about 1 hour to reach Mekah. Labaikallah...

We managed to reach Mekah Al mukarramah just before midnight and after simple refreshment in the hotel, we proceed to Masjidil Haram for our first Umrah...

Alhamdulillah all went well despite of not being able to meet my target of doing 8 umrah due to health reasons. I managed to do only 7 and at the same time managed to share my experience with my wife going through lives in Mekah. I'm really grateful to Allah swt for bringing me here again...

Catch some of the interesting moment we have in Mekah below

After 7 days in Mekah Al Mukarramah, we continue our journey to meet Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. in Medinah Al Munawarrah... we did tawaf wida and my prayers is to be here again whenever next opportunity arises...