Maulidur Rasul Holiday

Yesterday is a public holiday in Malaysia in conjunction with Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. birth date...

My family and I joined a few VOCM friends and their family for short and fun outings at Karyn Resort in PD... We gather somewhere along Seremban – PD R&R area around noon and proceed to hotel...

Karyn Resort is a 3 star cozy hotel by the beach... it was a bit secluded which is just nice for private outings... Since I’m not feeling well, I proceed to hit the sag right after checking in whilst others are having fun in the pool...

I joined the group later in the evening for our fun and interesting Banana Boat ride from resort to Teluk Kemang and back to resort... wow... all of us really had fun and I must say, this is the highlights of the outings... Due to overwhelming response, we had to arrange for two rides... I participated in both rides... The first is a bit sedate due to small children involvement where we only had 1 ‘jump’ at the end of the ride... the second ride is more adventurous since it was participated by adult mostly... this time we had two ‘jump’, first at Teluk Kemang & another one at the resort... hahaha…... It was really fun and joyful events... to me, it worth every 'sen' of it...

After Maghrib prayers, we proceed to seafood dinner... the food is nice and price is quite reasonable too... our plan for another session after dinner somehow was cancel as most of us already tired then... Coupled with my fever acting up, we decided to call it a day slightly after 1am...

The next morning, we had buffet breakfast plus TT by the pool side whilst watching the kids had fun in the pool... we check out at 12noon and straight back home... Now my fever is getting worst, but nevertheless, I still enjoy every minute of the time we were there... Thanks to noorizz for organizing this trip and to naza, dzul, wakiki & sheron for your company... Look forward to the next trip in near future... now I’m under house quarantine...

Salam Maulidur Rasul

Sempena maulidur Rasul, izinkan saya berkongsi sedikit tentang sifat sifat peribadi yg terdapat didalam pemimpin agung kita (Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.) yg patut kita cuba contohi...


10 sifat peribadi yang mesti dipupuk

Sifat peribadi yang luhur merupakan aset penting dan berharga dalam kehidupan seseorang. Ia menjamin kehidupan yang indah dan bahagia tidak kira lelaki mahupun wanita.

Tidak semua di kalangan kita memiliki sifat mulia yang luhur ini sejak azali.
Sebab itu ia harus dipupuk supaya sebati di dalam diri kita dalam menjalani kehidupan seharian.

Hayati 10 sifat peribadi luhur di bawah, tanamkan ke dalam hati sanubari, lalui kehidupan yang lebih bahagia…
1. Tulus
2. Rendah diri
3. Setia
4. Berfikiran positif
5. Perwatakan ceria
6. Bertanggungjawab
7. Percaya kepada diri sendiri
8. Pemaaf
9. Mudah berkira
10. Empati


Tulus

Tulus atau ‘transparent‘ merupakan sifat yang paling disukai oleh semua orang. Ketulusan akan membuatkan orang lain berasa aman dan dihargai dengan kehadiran kita.

Orang yang tulus tidak akan memperbodoh atau berbohong apabila berkata-kata. Sebaliknya sentiasa menyatakan kebenaran, tidak suka mengada-ngada, berpura-pura, mencari-cari alasan atau memutar belitkan fakta.

Prinsip tulus ialah “berkata benar walaupun pahit”. Namun begitu, adalah lebih sempurna jika sifat tulus ini digabungkan dengan kebijaksanaan. Supaya ketulusan tidak menjadi penyebab yang boleh merugikan diri sendiri.

Rendah diri

Bukan rendah diri di atas kelemahan, tetapi merendah diri kerana kehebatan dan kekuatan. Inilah yang sukar manusia lakukan. Hanya orang-orang yang berjiwa kental mampu bersikap rendah diri. Ibarat padi yang semakin berisi semakin menunduk.

Orang yang bersikap rendah diri mampu mengakui dan menghargai keunggulan orang lain. Sikap sebegini mampu memberi impak terhadap dua situasi.

Pertama, membuatkan orang yang lebih tinggi pangkatnya daripada kita untuk berasa segan dengan kita.

Kedua, membuatkan orang yang lebih rendah pangkatnya daripada kita untuk tidak merasa kekok apabila berinteraksi dengan kita. Hebat bukan?

Setia

Kesetiaan merupakan satu sifat yang tinggi nilainya. Orang yang setia sentiasa dipercayai dan boleh diharap, selalu menepati janji, mempunyai komitmen yang tinggi, rela berkorban dan tidak berkhianat.

Berfikiran positif

Orang yang bersikap positif sentiasa berusaha melihat segala sesuatu dengan pandangan positif, meskipun dalam situasi yang buruk.

Orang sebegini lebih suka membicarakan kebaikan daripada keburukan orang lain, lebih suka membicarakan tentang harapan daripada kekecewaan, lebih suka mencari penyelesaian daripada berputus asa, lebih suka memuji daripada mengecam, dan sebagainya.

Berperwatakan ceria

Bukan semua orang dianugerahi wajah yang ceria. Oleh itu keceriaan tidak harus dinilai dari ekspresi wajah dan tubuh tetapi sikap dalaman (hati).

Orang yang ceria adalah orang yang dapat menikmati hidup, tidak suka mengeluh dan selalu berusaha meraih kegembiraan. Dia juga mampu mentertawakan situasi, orang lain, juga dirinya sendiri. Dia mempunyai potensi untuk menghibur dan mendorong semangat orang lain.

Bertanggungjawab

Orang yang bertanggungjawab akan melaksanakan kewajipannya dengan bersungguh-sungguh.

Andai melakukan kesalahan, dia berani mengakuinya. Ketika mengalami kegagalan, dia tidak akan mencari kambing hitam untuk disalahkan.

Bahkan kalau dia merasa kecewa dan sakit hati, dia tidak akan menyalahkan siapapun. Dia menyadari bahwa dirinya sendirilah yang bertanggungjawab atas apa pun yang dialami dan dirasakannya.

Percaya kepada diri sendiri

Rasa percaya kepada diri sendiri memungkinkan seseorang itu menerima dirinya sebagaimana yang dianugerahkan oleh Allah s.w.t, menghargai dirinya dan menghargai orang lain.

Orang yang percaya kepada diri sendiri mudah menyesuaikan diri dengan lingkungan dan situasi yang baru. Dia tahu apa yang harus dilakukannya dan melakukannya dengan baik.

Pemaaf

Kebesaran jiwa dapat dilihat dari kemampuan seseorang memaafkan orang lain. Orang yang berjiwa besar tidak membiarkan dirinya dikuasai oleh rasa benci dan permusuhan.
Ketika menghadapi masa-masa sukar dia tetap tegar, tidak membiarkan dirinya hanyut dalam kesedihan dan kekecewaan.

Mudah berkira

Orang yang mudah berkira menganggap hidup ini ringan. Dia tidak suka membesar-besarkan masalah kecil. Bahkan berusaha mengecilkan masalah-masalah besar.

Dia tidak suka mengungkit masa lalu dan tidak mahu khuatir dengan masa depan. Dia tidak mahu memeningkan kepada dan memberi tekanan kepada diri sendiri dengan masalah-masalah yang berada di luar kawalannya.

Empati

Empati adalah sifat yang sangat mengagumkan. Orang yang mempunyai sifat empati bukan sahaja merupakan seorang pendengar yang baik tetapi juga dapat menempatkan diri di tempat orang lain.

Ketika berlaku konflik dia akan selalu mencari jalan keluar terbaik bagi kedua belah pihak. Dia juga tidak suka memaksa pendapat dan kehendaknya sendiri. Dia selalu berusaha memahami dan mengerti perasaan orang lain.

Kesimpulan

10 sifat peribadi luhur di atas sangat berharga jika dapat diadaptasi dalam hati masing-masing. Bukan mudah, tetapi berbaloi jika dapat sentiasa ditanam, dipupuk dan dirasai oleh semua orang.

The Corporate Language

A lesson from corporate world...

"We will do it" means
"You will do it"

"You have done a great job" means
"More work to be given to you"

"We are working on it" means
"We have not yet started working on the same"

"Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means
"Its not getting done... At least not tomorrow !".

"After discussion we will decide - I am very open to views" means
"I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"

"There was a slight miscommunication" means
"We had actually lied"

"Lets call a meeting and discuss" means
"I have no time now, will talk later"

"We can always do it" means
"We actually cannot do the same on time"

"We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline" means
"The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."

"We had slight differences of opinion" means
"We had actually fought"

"Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you" means
"Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"

"You should have told me earlier" means
"Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"

"We need to find out the real reason" means
"Well I will tell you where your fault is"

"Well... family is important, your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected" means
"Well you know..."

"We are a team" means
"I am not the only one to be blamed"

"That's actually a good question" means
"I do not know anything about it"

"All the Best" means
" You are in trouble"


hahaha... how true...

Always Think Positive...

Another interesting story on positive thinking....

It is LOGICAL. Think about the answer sincerely.

Once there was loving couple traveling in a bus in a mountainous area. They decided to get down at some place.

After the couple got down at some place the bus moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody on board was killed.

The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus"

Why do u think they said that?


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If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to get down, the resulting time delay could have been avoided and the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed ..!!!

Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when u can help others.

Many times in life, the opposite of Success is not Failure, its Quitting.

How to Overcome Your Worries: 5 Timeless Thoughts...

Got this from one of the self motivation course i attend in MIM recently...





”Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” Benjamin Franklin

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” Elbert Hubbard

“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.” George F. Burns

Worries. They can circle around and around in your head. Becoming louder and louder as they sap your strength and make you feel you weaker. It’s no fun.

So what can you do about it? Here are five timeless thoughts to help you overcome or at least lessen the worries in your life. I hope you find something helpful.


1. 80-90 percent of what you fear will happen never really come into reality.

“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” Winston Churchill

“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” E. Joseph Cossman

This is a big one but one that is easy to forget about. Most things you fear will happen never happen. They are just monsters in your own mind. And if they happen then they will most often not be as painful or bad as you expected. Worrying is most often just a waste of time.

This is of course easy to say. But if you remind yourself of how little of what you feared throughout your life that has actually happened you can start to release more and more of that worry from your thoughts.



2. Don’t mountains out of molehills.

“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Swedish Proverb

“Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” Arthur Somers Roche

“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.”
Dean Smith

It’s very easy to fall into the habit of making mountains out of molehills. You think and think about a small problem until it becomes something that you believe may ruin your life.

So why do we do it? Why don’t strive to make things easy and simple?

Well, one reason I believe is protection from pain. By making the problem huge can you can invent a helpful excuse to convince yourself to not take action.

Another reason is that the ego wants more. It wants to feel better or worse than someone else. By making things more complicated than they need to be you can make them feel very important. And since you are involved in these important things, since you have these BIG problems, well, then you have to be important too, right? Plus, by doing so you can get a lot of attention and comfort from other people.

So how do you get out of the habit of making mountains of molehills? Three tips:

* Zoom out. Ask questions that widen your current perspective. Questions like: “Does someone have it worse on the planet?” The answer may not result in positive thoughts, but it can sure snap you of a somewhat childish “poor, poor me…” attitude pretty quickly. This question changes the perspective from a narrow, self-centred one into a much wider one and helps me to lighten up about my situation and to be grateful about my life.

* Bring awareness to you own thought patterns. Ask yourself questions like: “Honestly, am I overcomplicating this?” and “What is the simplest and most straightforward solution to my problem that I may be avoiding to protect myself from pain?”

* Realize that much of this is in your head. Your relationships to what you want to achieve are – just like your relationships to people – to a large extent just in your head. Think that something is easy and simple instead of “heavy” and complicated and your perception of that external thing you want to achieve tends to change too. Experiment and find healthy and effective relationships to what you want to achieve instead of just seeing something like many people may do.


3. Let go of that familiarity and certainty.

“Worry is like a rocking chair–it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” Unknown

”People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” George Bernard Shaw

Whatever you have been doing perhaps for decades feels familiar and comfortable. Even if it may be something destructive as worrying. Taking a leap of faith and going into the unknown, making a change that may turn out to be positive, can feel scarier and more uncomfortable than what you are used to. Even if what you are used to is worse in the long run.

But at some point you have to make up your mind to start letting go of that old familiar part of yourself. You have to fill up the space all that worrying used take up with new thinking. It may feel uncomfortable. It is not so intimately familiar as your past thoughts.

It can be scary and exciting at the same time because now you are not just someone who sees him/herself as worrier and that uses some techniques to lessen that. You are instead making a deep change to who you are, to how you view yourself. You are letting go of something that has been a big part of you and are leaving it at the side of the road.

One great tip that I have learned for making it easier to let go is to first accept it. Then to let it go. When you accept something instead of resisting it you stop feeding more energy into your problem and making it even bigger. A bit counterintuitive.

This is useful when it comes to letting go. If you first accept what you want to let go you aren’t so emotionally attached to it and still feeding it with your focus and energy. And so it becomes less powerful and easier to just drop. As long as you resist it then it will be hard to let it go.

Another helpful hint for letting go is found in tip #1 in this article. All that worrying in your past may not have been very accurate at all. So perhaps it’s a smart choice to let go of that habit?


4. Focus on a solution.

“There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.” Harold Stephen

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.” Robert Frost

”You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.” Pat Schroeder

To move out of worry it’s very helpful to just start moving and taking action to solve what you are concerned about.

Two tips that have helped me to take action more consistently are:

Using a morning routine.

This is perhaps the most powerful tip I have found so far in this area. You simply set up a routine in the morning that you do as soon as you wake up. This works so well because what you do early in the day often sets the context for your day. As humans we have a strong tendency to want to be consistent with what we have done before. That’s one big reason why a bad start often leads to a bad day and a good start often leads to a good day. Read all about my and other people’s morning routines in this article.

Focusing on and taking responsibility for the process, not the potential results.

I use this when I workout. I don’t take responsibility for the results in my mind. I take responsibility for showing up and doing my workout. The results have come anyway from that consistent action. And this makes it easier for me to take this action when I know that is all I need to focus on. Instead of using half of the energy and focus I have available on hoping that I “reach my goal real, real soon”.

Focus on the process and you will be a lot more relaxed and prone to continue than if you stare yourself blind on the potential results that never come as quickly as you want to and puts you on an emotional rollercoaster from day to day.


5. Tomorrow will come anyway. Live and fully enjoy here and now.

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” Leo F. Buscaglia

It may sometimes seem that by worrying we can less the sorrow of tomorrow. But it never works. It only sucks the life out of today and this moment.

To be able to live better today and to be able to take that action to prevent the possible sorrow it’s important to learn to live in the present moment. Because it’s there that you can do things in the best possible way with your focus fully on what you are doing.

Three of my favourite techniques for drawing myself back to the now are these (the first one is the one I use most often right now):

* Focus on what’s right in front of you. Or around you. Or on you. Use your senses. Just look at what’s right in front of you right now. Listen to the sounds around you. Feel the fabric of your clothes and focus on how they feel. Be still right there and just take in the world around you.

* Pick up the vibe from present people. If you know someone that is more present than most people then you can pick his/her vibe of presence (just like you can pick up positivity or enthusiasm from people). If you don’t know someone like that then I have often recommended listening/watching to Eckhart Tolle in the past. I still do. I especially like his book “Stillness Speaks”. Another guy that I find helpful for picking up presence from is Wayne Dyer.

* Paraliminals. I reviewed these guided meditation CDs during my free time and they have become one of my favourite way for reconnecting with the present. I just plop down on my bed for 25 minutes or so to relax and listen. Afterwards I feel relaxed and energized and my self-talk tends to shut down or decrease significantly for maybe half a day. This makes it a lot easier to be in the present moment and just focus on what is going on right now.

Ali...

Tomorrow I gonna meet Melaka CM, Datuk Seri Utama Ali Rustam... the same guy I kutuk kaw kaw last year in my blog (on Shah Rukh Khan Datukship)...

This gonna be good opportunity for me to gauge him and people surrounding him... anyway, will only share good things about him here later...

Year of Tiger Resolution?

It has been more than a week since I last wrote here... things are a bit hectic despite of CNY holidays...

Too many things that I had gone through for the last 1 week but the most significant thing is the piece of similar advice received from my boss ustaz & fengshui master... one thing amazing about my boss ustaz is, we never meet before but for sure he know hell a lot about me... not through my boss either...

Anyway, their comment and advice is, this year gonna be a good year for me... and two things that I must always remember;

1. To do more charity
2. Be more quiet/reduce being out spoken/speak only when necessary

Hmmm... the first one is quite easy for me, insyaAllah... but the second one, I got to try real hard... being out spoken and frank with everybody, this gonna be tough one... Anyway, I will try...

For a start, from now on, I will speak less about other people... next I decided to share more on whatever Islamic knowledge I had/received all over... to me, by doing so I hope I can do my small part in ‘dakwah’ to readers here... at least when I’m no longer in this world, people can still read and benefits from it... Best getting more friends than hurting them...

I’m doing this is not just to remind others, but more for me too coz I’m no angel either...

But on other matters, I will still share my thought here...

Go-Kart...

Last weekend I participated in 2nd VOCM go-kart competition... with the agreement of fellow VOCM committee members & regulars, we decided to turn the fun event into an annual championship with 6 – 8 legs of racing.

The format is as per F1 rules & overall winners will be determine based on who gather highest point after all the 6/8 legs...

For second leg last weekend, the venue remains the same i.e. Shah Alam Stadium... Once again we had 14 participants despite of the absence of JB members. But the race time had been changed to 2pm!!! “Mengelegak otak...” hahaha... But anyhow, we all still had fun...

I was unlucky this time around as my kart engine dies off at starting line during race proper. The Marshall took so long to restart my kart and by the time I start I was almost 1 lap behind others... despite of the setback, I still managed to finish in 12th out of 14th position... hehehe...

Anyway, it is not so much of the placing, it’s the sportsmanship that counts. And more importantly, I’m glad everybody enjoyed themselves during the race... I finish with 0 point this time and hopefully will have better luck in the next race...

Enjoy some of the photos below courtesy of “botak”

Hati...

It's Friday... a bit of tazkirah received from my colleague to share... moga semua dapat menfaat...

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Iman adalah Mutiara didalam Hati manusia Yang meyakini ALLAH!

Manusia hanya dapat menilai keikhlasan seseorang itu daripada suara atau mulut mereka, tetapi ALLAH melihat keikhlasan itu dari HATI mereka.

Dari Abu Hurairah R.A, Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda: “Manusia, dua matanya itu pemberi petunjuk. Kedua telinganya itu corong. Lidahnya itu juru bahasa. Kedua tangannya itu sayap. Kedua kakinya itu pos dan HATI-nya itu raja. Apabila raja itu baik, niscaya baiklah tentera2nya”. (HR Abu Na’im dan Thabrani).

Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda, “Sesungguhnya Allah tidak memandang kepada tubuh kalian dan tidak pula kepada rupa kalian, tetapi ALLAH memandang kepada HATI kalian”. ( HR Muslim)

Rasulullah S.A.W. besabda, “Dalam diri manusia itu ada segumpal darah, yang apabila baik maka baik seluruhnya, tetapi apabila buruk maka buruk seluruhnya, itulah HATI’. (HR. Bukhari)

Dari Abdullah bin Mas’sud R.A. Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda: “Tidak akan masuk syurga orang yang didalam HATI-nya terdapat rasa sombong walaupun hanya sebesar dzarrah”….”Sombong itu menolak kebenaran dan merendahkan sesama manusia”. (Hadits Riwayat Muslim).

Janganlah selalu menganggap yang diri kita sentiasa benar, dan orang lain selalu salah, jika ini ada didalam HATI kita, maka berhati-hatilah, kerana kita telah diperbudak-budakkan oleh kesombongan kita.

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sesungguhnya yang baik datang dari Allah swt & yg buruk dari hamba ini yg lemah... wassalam

Sigh....

I sometimes really at lost on how to handle certain people...

When they make mistake & say sorry... you forgive them... then a few days later, they repeat same thing again & once again they apologise, you forgave but a bit bitter... then for heaven sake they repeat again the same stupid mistake & easily apologise... this time, I really dont know what to say or do... yes, I do forgive but the question in my mind... do they ever learn from their mistake? do they really sincere in apologising? damn... I'm really at lost facing this kind of human being...

Anther thing that i could not tolerate is people who take whatever looks like theirs as theirs without having any inkling that possibility theirs is already in their possession somewhere...and the thing that they take is really not theirs till the rightful owner asking about it... haiyaa... for heaven sake, please... please... please... you are not the only person in this world own that OK?

Needs a lot of Thinking... Can you answer this?

Got this from a friend of mine... hahaha


Once there was a bus conductor, who was very rude to his passengers.

One day a beautiful young girl, of around 18 years,tried to board the bus, but he didn't stop the bus. Unfortunately the beautiful young girl came under the bus and died on the spot.

Angry passengers took the conductor to the police station, who in turn took him to the court.

The judge was not at all impressed with him and gave him capital punishment.

He was taken to the electrocution chamber.

There was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room.

The conductor was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him! .

But to everyone's amazement, he survived.

The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.


After a few months, this time, a good looking middle aged woman tried to board the bus but the conductor didn't stop the bus.

Unfortunately, this time also, the good looking middle aged woman came under the bus and died on the spot. Again angry passengers took him to the police station, who in turn took him to the court.

The judge took one look at the conductor and gave him capital punishment.

The Bus conductor was taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room.

He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him.

This time also to everyone's amazement, he survived.

The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.


A couple of months later, an elderly gentleman tried to board the bus.
This time the Bus conductor, remembering his earlier experiences, stopped the bus.
Unfortunately the elderly gentleman slipped and died due to his injuries.

The conductor was taken to the police station and then to the court, to the same judge.

Though he hadn't done anything wrong, but considering his past record the judge decided to set an example and gave him capital punishment.

The Bus conductor was again taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room.

He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him.

This time he died instantly !!!!!!!!!!!



The question is why didn't he die on the first two occasions, but died instantly the third time??

Try to solve it yourselves. This is rather interesting and answer is perfectly logical. If necessary read the puzzle once again.

Still you couldn't, Then see below...







Think hard








Tired????







wanna know the answer????


Answer :

During the first two times, the conductor was a Bad Conductor, therefore electricity didn't pass through him.

But during the third time, he was a good conductor, electricity passed through him freely and he died!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !

Ha Ha Ha ha !!!!!!!! Obviously you gotta revise your science chapter on Electricity? ?



Hope you have a good day...