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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Back Again

Oh! It feels so good to be able to blog again.

It's been pretty hectic for the past one week. Got back from KB then dropped by at Tg. Malim then off back to Melaka. Then to Putrajaya to accompany dear cik HB submitting his KPT papers. Then Melaka again to finish off with the packing.

Now we are in TM. Just arrived from Melaka at 12.30 am. At first we wanted to move out from our rented house in Melaka within this weekdays but the lorry is only available on this coming Sunday. So we have no choice. Since we have planned to go back to KB by 2nd of Ramadhan which is next Tuesday, we decided to go back to TM for a while to spend some time with my family before we off to Germany. Friday, we have to go to Putrajaya again to collect the cheque, then Saturday to meet some friends, then off to Melaka again for the moving out day on Sunday.

We are counting days now...yet there are still some things are incomplete. Just now we were browsing the net looking for temporary accommodation in Darmstadt before we could get a permanent rented place. There is this youth hotel that offers accommodation at affordable price but we were not very sure whether children are counted in the room booking because we couldn't find any option that includes children. So we sent e-mail to inquire about the matter.

Anyway, we have plan B for that matter. Cik HB's friend in Germany has arranged for his friend who lives in Frankfurt to meet us at the airport on our arrival day. We will be staying with this friend at his house for the first night. If we couldn't get a place within the temporary period, this friend has given assurance that we can stay at his place. But we hope we would get the youth hotel cause it is much better for us to be in Darmstadt rather in Frankfurt to get things settled and we do not want to cause anymore hassle to this new friend. It's good enough that he's meeting us at the airport and offers his place for our stay the first night.

Hopefully things are going to be in smooth run......

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Just An Update

Hehehe..finally I get a chance to update.

We are in KB now. Yesterday was my SIL's wedding. We bought the TMnet prepaid card and by using the fixed line, we get connected to the net. op. Using dial-up is not as bad as we have expected. Not as fast as Streamix of course but fast enough to do some browsing on the net.

Good news, our visa is now ready for collection. So does the necessary papers for KPT submission. Flights tickets are booked and confirmed.

However, there are several things to do. We haven't move out from our rented house in Durian Tunggal. That must be done by next week. Just 2 more weeks to go.

Ok, Nabihah is crying like baby and it's very disturbing. I gotta stop now.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

My Last Working Day

Yeay!!!!!

Finally, after two months waiting, and after have been working for 6 years 15 days, the day has finally arrived.

The project team had arranged a farewell lunch for me yesterday. They even bought a Secret Recipe cake. I know it's a norm to have a farewell party when a colleague leaves, but I didn't expect these construction guys would take effort to arrange for a farewell party. How sweet.....

KFC....huhuhu

The yummy cake

The project team. Don't ask which one is the evil boss.
He was not around. Invited but refused to come.

Me and Herda, my only lady companion for the past 2 months.
Now that I'm leaving, she'll be the only female at the office

This could be the end of my engineering career. Yes, I've said I hate my job but at certain points, I love my job too especially when I was a designer in the HQ. I feel proud to see some of the projects that I have involved with have been in operation. I've learned a lot for the past six years ever since I started working with SMHB. I'm thinking to pay a visit to my HQ, to meet my ex-colleagues (oh, they have become ex now!) especially Mr. Meyappan, my mentor.

Anyway, though working at site has made me so miserable (I call it the dark time of my working career), with evil boss (I think you have heard enough about him, huh?), long distant daily drive, problems with works, I'm so grateful that Allah s.w.t gave me the strength to go through all these obstacles. At one time, I have thought of going back to HQ, but then I thought again, all these are just small challenges in life, I can avoid this time, but there's no guarantee that I would not face these kind of challenges in the future, would there? So just deal with it.

And I did it. Did it. Yes I did it (nyanyi mcm Dora the Explorer...hehehe).

The past 15 months I have survived driving 240km a day, 1 road accident (read here), several car break-downs and lots more. It was hard but now I feel stronger.

The car that has served me for the past15 months.
Because of its problems, I've learned a lot about car maintenance.

This is my 'baby': Bekok Raw Water Transfer Project.
Bye-bye. X dapat join masa MB potong riben nanti...kekeke


I would not be blogging for a while after this. There is no Internet at home. Besides I'd be busy with lots of things to do. Anyway since I have to return the sim card of the telephone number I'm currently using to the company, and I need to get a new telephone number, I would probably looking for prepaid type that offers broadband. Ada tak, ha? And to friends and acquittance that read my blog and keep my current number, please take note that the number is no more mine after 31/7/08. Nanti kang you all call, takut org lain yg jawab, ok!

Tomorrow is a new beginning of new career: Full time housewife!!!! How exciting!!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Israk Mikraj

Selamat menyambut Israk Mikraj kepada muslimin dan muslimin.

Sedikit pengisian agama berkaitan Israk Mikraj yg dipetik dari blog Ustaz Abdul Halim Abdullah.
Mari kita hayati:

“Katakan (kepada mereka), ‘Kamu lihatlah apa yang terdapat di langit dan di bumi’..”(Surah Yunus:101). Dari 2 butir pasir di bumi hingga apa sahaja termasuk planet saling menarik antara satu sama lain dengan nilai tetap yang sama di mana-mana alam ini, G=6.67428×10E(-11)m3kg-1s-2 dalam formula F=Gm1m2/r(2) !! Subhanallah !! - Kenangan subjek Physics masa Matriculation 1983 di Australia. (Foto oleh NASA).

Pada hari Jumaat 4.7.2008 (1 Rejab) yang lalu, kita memasuki bulan Rejab yang didalamnya berlaku peristiwa Israk Mikraj yang bersejarah. Peristiwa tersebut bukan sahaja menunjukkan kekuasaan Allah swt di atas sekelian makhluqNya dan benarnya kenabian Muhammad saw, bahkan ianya juga membuka ufuk pemikiran dan cita-cita manusia sejagat dari hanya sekadar terhad kepada muka bumi ini semata-mata kepada cakerawala ciptaan Allah swt yang amat luas dan jauh, siap untuk diamati untuk lebih kita mengenali Tuhan Pencipta Agung, siap untuk diterokai agar manusia memperlengkap dan meninggikan kualiti ilmu pengetahuan demi memenuhi cita-cita tersebut.

Setelah kewafatan Khadijah ra, pendokong moral dan material perjuangan Baginda saw dan kewafatan Abu Talib, pelindung Baginda saw dari ancaman fisikal oleh kafir Quraisy pada Tahun Kesedihan, Dakwah Islam berada diposisi paling tenat disegi saikologi Nabi saw dan para Sahabat ra sendiri, maupun disegi tiadanya kemasukan baru ke dalam agama Islam dari kalangan penduduk Mekah. Dengan azam tidak menyerah kepada keadaan, Baginda saw mencuba nasib, mencari peluang baru untuk Dakwah ini di Taif, 80 km dari Mekah, namun harapan dan sangkaan Baginda saw meleset. Di Taif, Dakwah tidak diterima, Pendakwah dihina dengan dibaling batu oleh penduduknya. Pintu Dakwah ditahun ini hampir tertutup. Namun Allah swt melalui Surah Huud, mengarahkan Nabi saw terus beristiqamah menjalankan amal Dakwah ini meredah fasa-fasa gelap yang sedang menyelubunginya, tanpa isteri yang mendorong dan tanpa bapa saudara yang melindung. “Shayyabatni Huud” (Surah Huud telah mengubankan rambutku !!).

MasyaAllah !! Setelah 9 bulan perjalanan, Amerika menjejakkan alatnya di planet Marikh pada 25.6.2008 lalu dan hari ini menunjukkan fotonya kepada umat manusia di bumi. Tanah Marikh diambil dan dianalisa. Foto ini boleh tiba ke bumi dengan pantasnya, melalui perantaraan apa? Orang kafir sibuk meneroka alam baru sedang umat Islam pula sibuk melayan tuntutan Kuasa-kuasa Besar Dunia dan bercakaran sesama sendiri.

Allah swt tidak membiarkan Rasul Akhir Zaman berpanjangan dalam kemuraman seperti itu. Dakwah ini harus dipacu hingga berjaya bukan sahaja di Mekah, tetapi ke seluruh dunia, merangkumi sekelian jin dan manusia. Pada malam 27 Rejab ~620M, Jibril mengejutkan Rasulullah saw dari lamunan malam dan mengisyaratkan kepada Baginda saw bahawa kenderaan Buraq telah siap di luar sana untuk membawanya ke Masjidil Aqsa di Palestin, naik meredah 7 petala langit, ke Sidradul Muntaha melalui Baitul Makmur, memenuhi undangan Allah swt. Di Masjidil Aqsa Baginda bersolat mengimami kesemua para rasul, melihat bandar Baitul Maqdis, memilih susu dan menolak arak. Di langit, Baginda bertemu sebahagian para rasul, diperlihatkan gelagat penghuni-penghuni Syurga dan Neraka serta tanda-tanda kebesaran Allah swt yang lain. Di Sidratul Muntaha, Baginda diwahyukan Allah swt apa yang hendak diwahyukan olehNya, termasuk kewajipan Solat, ibadah yang paling utama.

Tidak seperti roket yang hanya dipakai buang sekali sahaja disetiap pelancaran dan operasi, “space shuttle” berjaya dicipta Amerika bertindak seperti teksi antara langit dan bumi, boleh diguna berulangkali. Setakat ini 4 buah space shuttle iaitu Columbia (dilancarkan pada 12.4.1981, tepat 20 tahun selepas Yuri Gagarin, manusia pertama ke angkasalepas), Challenger, Endeavour dan Atlantis telah dihasilkan. Tiap satu memakan belanja setahun budget seluruh negara sedang membangun di dunia.

Sekembalinya Nabi saw ke Mekah dari langit, kekuatan Baginda saw untuk berdakwah lebih kental. Segelintir orang Islam murtad kerana tidak dapat menerima hakikat boleh berlakunya peristiwa Muhammad saw pergi ke Palestin dan langit serta kembali semula dalam malam yang sama. Para Sahabat ra yang lain bertambah keyakinan dan kekaguman mereka kepada Nabi tercinta. Bagi Nabi saw pula, melihat sendiri kesudahan manusia di Syurga dan Neraka sudah cukup memberi motovasi penuh untuk menyelamatkan mereka didunia lagi, sebelum mereka menempuh alam Pengadilan dan Pembalasan, belum lagi berpeluang menerima wahyu langsung dari Allah swt di Sidratul Muntaha. Tiga tahun selepas itu, keimanan baru, lebih tinggi dan teruji inilah yang menjadi asas kepada Hijrah dan penegakkan Negara Islam di Madinah.

Ini foto bersejarah kerana kali pertama foto bumi diambil dari angkasalepas (pada ketinggian 300 kilometer). Foto ini diambil oleh Yuri Gagarin, angkasawan Rusia dan manusia ketiga ke angkasalepas pada 12.4.1961, selepas Nabi Isa as (selepas percubaan membunuhnya) dan Rasulullah saw (dalam peristiwa Israk Mikraj).

Dari sinopsis ringkas peristiwa Israk Mikraj, dapat disimpulkan sebahagian pengajaran berguna untuk umat selepasnya dan kita seperti berikut :

  1. Kehebatan dokongan isteri, kerukunan rumahtangga adalah salah satu asas kejayaan dalam diri Pendakwah dan Dakwah itu sendiri.
  2. Perlindungan seperti yang diberi oleh sesiapa contohnya Abu Talib, biar pun dia bukan seorang Islam, adalah penting dalam memastikan Islam berkembang tanpa gangguan terutamanya di fasa awalnya.
  3. Kepentingan Masjidil Aqsa dan Palestin di dalam perjuangan Uslam dan umat.
  4. Dengan Nabi saw menjadi imam semua para Rasul yang lain di Masjidil Aqsa, hari ini dan selepas ini, umat Islam mestilah menjadi imam (pemimpin dan pembimbing) kepada umat-umat yang lain, dan bukan sebaliknya seperti yang berlaku hari ini. Umat Islam mesti bekerja ke arah itu.
  5. Solat adalah ibadah terpenting dalam Islam. Di Hari Kiamat, tidak dinilai amalan-amalan lain jika solatnya dinilai sebagai gagal.
  6. Iman pendokong-pendokong perjuangan Islam, termasuk para Sahabat ra akan terus menerus melalui proses penapisan, untuk membeza dan mengasingkan permata dari kaca.
  7. Negara Islam tertegak bila ada jemaah manusia yang bersedia memikul tanggungjawab tersebut dengan keimanan yang telah teruji seperti para Sahabat ra.
  8. Umat Islam dituntut melihat cakerawala dan kehebatan penciptaannya, bukan terhad atau terkongkong kepada apa yang ada di bumi sahaja.

Masjid Kubah Batu (Pelancaran), di tengah-tengah Masjidil Aqsa, Palestin. Di sini tempat pelancaran kenderaan Buraq membawa Rasulullah saw ke Sidratul Muntaha, menembusi 7 petala langit dan Baitul Makmur. Hari ini ia ditawan oleh Yahudi yang dilaknat Allah swt. Pembebasannya sebelum Hari Kiamat dijamin Allah swt. Bila ? Siapa pembebasnya ? Apa ciri-ciri mereka ? Bagaimana mereka dididik (dihasilkan) ?

Marilah kita sama-sama merai dan memperingati peristiwa bersejarah dan besar ini, dengan mengatur atau menghadiri ceramah mengenainya. Jauh lebih itu ialah mencedok pengajaran-pengajaran darinya untuk kehidupan berkeluarga bersama anak isteri dan perjuangan bersama-sama teman-teman yang beriman. Sekian.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Handover Notes

Uh!Oh! It's time to prepare the handover notes....

But handover to whom?

Had a small talk (very short one!) with that evil boss just now. I think he's in denial stage that I'm leaving....hahaha. Bukan perasan dia suka saya tau.....I think he knows I hate him. But he needs me!!!

And why do I said he's in denial stage? Because he refuse to discuss on the works that I have and suppose to pass to somebody. I tried to discuss about it earlier in the late morning, but he shut me up by saying 'until the day you leave'. Hello!!!!! That day is in 2 days and I hate last minute things, ok! And not that he was busy...he was playing solitaire, mind you!

I know without me around, he would be helpless (not only me saying this, but the whole project team). He's the remote controller. And what is there to remote control when the human device is not available?

Client needs report? Info?

"Ros, prepare bla,bla, bla, I want it tomorrow"

Client visits site early in the morning?

"Ros, this En. A is coming tomorrow. You entertain him"

And all minutes of meeting, progress report, bla and bla....I wonder who's going to do it.

As far as I'm concerned, the HQ has not said anything about sending somebody to replace me. And looking at the condition now, I don't think they would because the works is not so much now. Resident Engineer should be able to do these works without his ARE.

I love to hear if he is in the mess later on (mmg ku tidak punya hati yg baik). It serves him right! But I know if he's miserable, he will mess up other people too. Like, probably asking the supervisor to do stuff he's not supposed to do. And this project is like my baby. I should take a good care of it though I'm not staying to see the plant commissioning.

So, handover notes is a must!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Is That So?

Ever since I put my resignation letter almost 2 months ago, I receive lots of questions, remarks and comments from people around me. When they heard that I have resigned, the question they'd ask was 'So which company you going to join?', instead of asking 'Why do you resign?'

When I told these people that I'm not going for a new job, but I will be a full time housewife (without telling that I'm going abroad), here are some remarks I got:

"Staying at home? Are you sure about this?"
"You have the cert. and experiences. Why you want to waste such things?"
"Your husband must be rich that now you can quit your job and stay at home, huh?"

Hmm....looks like being a housewife is a degrading move to these people.

Then, they heard that I quit my job because I'm to follow my dear cik HB furthering his studies and I receive these comments:

"Can't your husband go alone? Why must you sacrifice your career?"

"Since you are there and doing nothing, why don't you further study as well?"

"Try get a job or do business, don't waste your time there"

Hello! Doing nothing? Don't they think that taking care husband and kids is a job as well, though it's not a paid one (but we're paid by pahala if we are sincere about it, right?).

So is it wrong if a graduate mother leaves her job simply because she wants to give priority to her family?

My two precious girls

I too, heard these phrases number of times before (not meant for me, mind you!):

'Belajar tinggi-tinggi, akhirnya duduk dapur jugak'

or

'Penat2 mak ayah hantar belajar tinggi2, berhenti jaga anak, buat apa?'

Actually if dear cik HB doesn't further his study abroad, quitting job definitely not in my plan, at least not yet. Because other than helping in paying our daily expenses, I'm also giving monthly allowance to my parents. And now with increasing price of almost everything, of course, I would choose to be working.

But it's a married life, when one spouse gets a better chance to upgrade his career, don't you think that the other half must sacrifice? And to live separately for 2 years time......I think I would be so selfish not to follow dear cik HB and it's not fair to the children as well. Besides, there is no financial problems for the family to go along. And we have done some calculation, with the money that cik HB will receive, we can still give monthly allowance to both sides of our parents.

And my career is not at the peak too, I'm still the underpaid engineer, I hate my job, so what's the big deal about quitting my job? Of course I'm aware that if I'm not working for 2 years period of time, chances for me to get the job that I have now is very slim. Anyway, I never thought of working back as engineer. I'm thinking to further study after we come back or I would find a job that is not so demanding. My priority now is my children. I want to spend more quality time with them.

Anyway I don't intend to put aside the idea that I should be studying or working while I'm staying there. I'll see how are the things there. If the opportunity is there, why not?

Whatever it is, I am redha with the choice I make. So 'shuh-shuh' all the negative remarks!

Friday, July 25, 2008

How Sad.....

My heart sank when I read news on a father who suicided after he murdered his two small children. (For more details read here)

I don't understand. First of all, he's a Muslim and self-suicide is a big sin in Islam. Secondly, if you want to be dead, why must your kids die too? I understand this guy was miserable because of his marriage is falling apart. His family said he was a doting father and took turn taking care of the children. How could a doting father kill his own kids? Is this a way to protest to the wife that he didn't want a divorce? To make the wife suffer her whole life, thinking that she is the reason for the death of his husband and children? Like, the news of a mother who killed her kid to revenge her adulterous husband?

True enough we do not know what is it actually going on.....

But one thing for sure, we must have strong iman while going through our life. Life is very challenging, it's up to each of us how we would face it.

Semoga Allah s.w.t melindungi kita semua.......