Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Assalamualaikum. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all readers Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri/Eid Mubarak. May Allah bless us and lead us to the correct path. InsyaAllah.

Last Day In Flextronics

Today is my last day in Flextronics. Got lots of emails from colleagues wishing me luck, and getting my contact details. Took a bunch of photos with friends, and most dearly, with my dearest department mates. My boss Oliver Tan is also leaving, and today is also his last day here. So today is a double mourning session :(

I wish all of my friends there all the best, especially to HS Teng, Zalmawati, Michelle Lim, Tee Than Wee, Chong Li Fun, YC Ooi, Wee Kui Hwa, SB Loh, and CL Wong. Not forgetting our boss, Oliver Tan. Our paths will cross someday. InsyaAllah.

Suicidal Tendencies

Last afternoon, I drove home after work. At about 3 km prior to reaching my home, there was this Malay lady with a couple of her kids inside a car waiting to turn right from a junction on my left. I drove along the stretch not expecting the lady to stuff her car's nose in front of me all of a sudden - I was only about 10 meters from the junction so I thought she should be able to see me quite clearly. Well, most drivers should, anyways.

She ended up placing her car across the road in front of me, and I had to do emergency braking to avoid bumping into her. I stopped, honked, and looked at her. She had the audacity to actually look at me in the face as if I was the one at fault! Gosh. I waved my hands at her, signalling her to move out of my path. I was fasting and so I did not intend to curse nor swear nor fight over such matters.

Last night, my wife was driving home from her Mandarin class. At around the same junction, a similar incident happened. An Indian biker with his mom as his pinion rider shot across the junction onto the main road and almost killed himself and his unfortunate mother in the process. There were cars on both opposing lanes, one being driven by my wife, and both cars had to brake abruptly to avoid hitting the this pest rider. My wife came home, disgruntled.

This morning, while driving to work, I had to swerve to avoid a bus coming into my lane from a junction on my right. The driver should be able to see me coming from his field of vision, but he chose to come onto my lane anyways.

Are these Malaysians blind or what? I wonder what their parents had taught them when they were young regarding moral codes and conduct. Whatever they were, the lessons should spill and translate into their driving mannerism and the like. So we have such suicidal drivers and riders.

I am fasting today, too, so I cannot go swearing. But you get the idea.

First Day Of Ramadhan

This morning, it rained somewhat heavily, but somehow, there was a certain serenity about everything. When I got off for work, the journey was calming and peaceful with only a small number of vehicles on the road. I drove moderately fast to enjoy the full view of the beatiful surroundings. I loved the way the water droplets formed themselves on my car's windshield.

Praise be to Allah who had created this universe.

The Coming Of Ramadhan

Alhamdulillah, the month of Ramadhan is coming. Let all of us spend our days and nights in remembrance of Allah and let us all try to as much good deeds as possible. This is our chance to seek atonement for our mistakes and sins. May our deeds be accepted by Him. InsyaAllah.