Books & A Camera

Most people waste time as if life will go on forever.

Abdulbary Yahya

Published on: 19th January 2012 - 26 notes,

Life,

Turn to Allah, and Allah Will Turn Back to You!

Published on: 23rd December 2011 - 2 notes,

On the first week of my job at my current workplace where we are a project team for the new airport complex, i met our office’s driver. He was talking about how he got the job as a driver. Before joining the company I’m working in, he was working at one of the palm related company (if I’m not mistaken). It occurs in my mind he’s married with kids and the job he’s doing i believe pays him very little. Actually we met on my first day at the office. He just came out from the prayer room praying Solat Al-Duha. Back to our conversation, he told me how his previous job pays better than his current job. He has to leave his previous job because the company was shifting to other location. In order to stay working with the company he and his family has to move or he needs to travel almost two hours everyday and if he stay with the job he will not be able to send and picked up his kids from school. One thing he said that really hits me is that “Allah knows best, He’ll help me get through this, Allah is the one Who give us sustenance”. Since then, every time he came across my mind, I pray to Allah to help and bless him. A very strong and hardworking guy, gave his fate fully to Allah and love his family so much. I’m very sure Allah will not neglect him.

Almost one year pass by since we had the talk. I went for hajj and just after I came back I got to know he is promoted to a new position where he is now one of the team members on the client side for monitoring the construction of the new airport terminal building where the total development cost of the project is estimated at RM 4 Billion. He is an inspiration for me. I met him early this week and say my congratulations to him. He still remember the talk we had and he told me “I’ve told you, Allah will help me”. Although tears did not came from my eyes, but he did shook my heart well. And yesterday, at the progress meeting for the project he was there sitting next to me. From working as a driver then become one of the key person that will make sure Malaysians will be flying from the new airport. He is a man to be inspired of.

Do You Want to be Rich?

Published on: 22nd December 2011 - 11 notes,

I was reading Screw it Lets Do it by Richard Branson while driving to work this morning (At the red traffic lights) and I came across one interesting point made by Richard. He said that businesses doesn’t always do harm to the world. In fact he mentioned businesses can brings and promote goodness to the society. Some of the biggest foundation are setup by the richest man in the world. Take a look at Bill Gates for example.

This reminds me of some of the richest Prophet Muhammad’s companions (R.A.) likes Abd Rahman bin Auf and Sayyidina Uthman bin Affan. They used their wealth to help the spreading of Islam and defending the country.

So whats wrong with wants to be rich? Lets us all be rich and do some good things out of it. May Allah bless us all…

zulfadhli

I “love” My Job (yea right…)

Published on: 20th December 2011 -

Look around your workplace. If let say you ask every single one of your colleague whether they like their job or not. What do you think they will answer? What you will answer? When I thought about this question. I believe every single colleague of mine will say they wanna quit or they are so stressed about their job or something similar. The bottom line is they and me don’t like our job for what ever reason there might be.

So why bother working? To get money? fame? status? or ? Would you trade your time, your sleep, your family (this would be the most important point) and your life for the your reason of going to work which most of us don’t like? Or would you rather have a less salary in return with a better life work balance?

Would it be wrong to have a normal non famous job with a good salary? Yet why most of us wants to go to Multinational Companies and get good wages with a package of stress and less work life balance?

Ask yourself… I’ve been asking these question so many times and I got my answer. The only thing left for me is the right time to use the answers. You know what I mean…

zulfadhli