Friday, May 23, 2008

R&D Day and MC

Last night I was informed by my boss (thru sms) that I was nominated to be co-MC for the R&D Day. I was not surprised, but more disappointed. Earlier, about 2 days ago, I was told by the head of my sub-committee of R&D Day, that I was nominated as back-up MC. I didn’t agree. But what can I say? I was nominated by my Director. I can’t refuse to take the task, or else I won’t get any bonus this coming July. Furthermore we just had our appraisal last 2 weeks. Arrrgghh..

I wonder why Mr Director nominated me. I have no experience being MC. I am still new with the company. 2 years is still considered junior executive. I proved nothing to him that I can be an MC. I don’t know if can deliver the task. In fact I have not yet deliver the article he asked me to write. How can he nominated me to handle for such big event, where Tun Musa Hitam, Dato Seri Zubir and Dato Azhar will be the guests of honour. There are many others who capable of being MC, those with fluent English, not me. Aarrrrgghh..

I’m not just worried about delivering the task. Preparation is another thing. Who will prepare the script? I am taking a 1 week leave the whole next week. My baby sitter is taking a leave from Monday to Wednesday, and we are going back to my hubby’s kampong on Tuesday’s night till Sunday. We have bought flight ticket for that, which we had planned much earlier. Its RM400 tau!!! The worst thing is there will be a full rehearsal on Friday, where we will be still in kampong. We can’t just cancel the ticket. If we want to change the date, we have to pay few hundreds more. And that is why my hubby was so upset last nite. I am extremely upset too. I don’t know what to do. I am trapped!!!

I once was advised by my boss. He said “if the company calls u to come to work, even during the weekend or during your holiday, you must come back”. At that time we were asked to come on Sunday to work because some VIP wanted to visit our labs. But I didn’t show up because we were in kampong. What a coincident. Everytime balik kampong also. So this time, I have no reason to refuse.

The only solution I can think about right now is come back earlier. We will still go back to Kelantan on Tuesday night, but my son and I will come back to Sepang on Friday morning, so that I can still attend the rehearsal, and know what to do on Monday the R&D Day. I hope its worth for what I am sacrificing.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Article and Innovation Workshop

When I was asked by my SVP I to write an article about a workshop I attended, to be published in our company bulletin, I was surprised. I was wondering if he actually wanted to send the instruction (thru sms) to somebody else, instead of me. He was one of the observers in the workshop. I guess maybe he instructed me because among the participants, I was the most junior executive he knows. I kinda worried initially. I don’t know if I could write a good article. My English is terrible, very straight forward, with limited vocabulary. Blogging wouldn’t be that difficult as I can just mix up the Malay-English anywhere anytime I feel like doing so. But writing an article is different, especially for a company bulletined. I just hope that I’ll manage to write something that meets my boss’s expectation. Bak kata one of Akademi Fantasia’s participants, Nadia – “Redah ajerr”. By hook or by crook, I must write something. It is an order. It has been a week since the 2-days workshop ended. But I haven’t started to write anything yet. How????

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Tazkirah Sarapan Pagi

Pagi ini saya telah mendapat ilmu/pengetahuan baru dari sesi tazkirah waktu sarapan pagi. Di pejabat saya ada seorang rakan yang gemar bercerita dan berkongsi ilmu2 agama termasuk lah cerita2 sejarah. Banyak ilmu yang berguna saya pelajari dari cerita2 yang disampaikan. Waktu sarapan pagi adalah waktu di mana kami berkumpul dan makan bersama sambil berbual2, samada berbual kosong mahupun sesuatu yang berilmiah. Sebenarnya selalu juga rakan saya ini berkongsi ilmu. Tapi sebelum2 ini saya tak pernah tulis ape yg saya pelajari. Jadi bagi mengelakkan saya lupa, saya rasa saya patut tulis di blog ni. Dpt juga berkongsi ilmu dgn pembaca.

Cerita yang disampaikan pagi td mengenai kisah Nabi Musa a.s. Menurut rakan saya ini pada zaman Nabi Musa a.s, iman bersifat ‘ainul iman’ atau iman yang timbul dari apa yang dilihat. Pada zaman itu Allah telah menunjukkan Ke-Esa-anNya secara zahir selama 40 thn kepada umat Nabi Musa a.s. Antaranya Laut Merah terbelah, makanan turun dari langit, air keluar dari batu tergantung dan pakaian yang membesar bersama pemakainya. Namun begitu iman yang bersifat begini tidak kuat. Ketika Nabi Musa a.s. pergi mengadap Allah selama 40 hari, umatnya telah menyembah berhala (patung sapi emas).

Berbeza dengan zaman Rasulullah s.a.w, di mana iman bersifat yakin dengan sepenuh hati walaupun sesuatu yang tidak dapat dilihat, mahupun sesuatu yang di akal manusia itu tidak logic. Contohnya pada malam Israk Mikraj, Rasulullah telah menaiki buraj (sejenis binatang) dari Masjid Haram ke Masjid Aqsa dan kemudiannya naik ke langit. Semuanya berlaku dalam satu malam. Jika difikirkan oleh akal fikiran manusia yang sgt terbatas ini, tentu sahaja ianya tidak logic. Tapi sebagai orang Islam kita wajib percaya dan yakin, itu lah Iman.

Dari cerita yg disampaikan juga, baru saya tahu bahawa umat Nabi Musa a.s itu terbahagi kepada 12 puak. Ketika Laut Merah terbelah, Allah telah membuat 12 belahan laut untuk 12 puak, yang mana setiap puak melalui satu belahan (bukan seperti yang digambarkan, laut terbelah dua). Pada ketika Firaun sampai di tepi laut merah yang sedang terbelah itu, Firaun sedar bahawa laut akan bertaut kembali dan dia akan lemas sekiranya dia turut mengejar Nabi Musa a.s yang sedang melintas laut yg terbelah itu. Allah telah mengarahkan Jibrail menunggang seekor kuda betina yang kemudianya berlari di depan Firaun. Ia telah menyebabkan kuda jantan yang ditunggang oleh Jibrail mengejar kuda betina tersebut, lalu masuk ke dalam laut yang terbelah. Pengikut2 Firaun juga turut masuk ke dalam laut yg terbelah itu apabila melihat raja mereka masuk. Seperti yang diketahui umum akhirnya Firaun dan pengikut2nya mati apabila laut yang terbelah pada mulanya, kembali bercantum.

Sebenarnya banyak lagi yang diceritakan oleh rakan saya ini. Tapi tidak dapat saya karang semula kerana ada yang saya lupa. Barangkali lain kali saya patut membawa buku nota kecil dan mencatatnya ketika dia bercerita. Apa2 pun saya sgt bersyukur dgn adanya orang seperti rakan saya ini. Moga2 bertambah pahala dan ilmunya berkat ilmu yang disampaikan kepada saya dan rakan2 yg lain.