rebooting and changes

The only thing that is certain in life is changes. One must embrace changes, not fear them. The fear of stepping out of the comfort zone is huge, but not accepting changes will eventually cause failures. Be ready of anything.

Life bring a lot of junk, both in memory and burdens. In order to start over, we need to reboot. Just throw out everything that has the least importance, and start fresh. With clean slate, and clear goals and directions. What past is past.

Books to read;

Getting thing done: David Allen
Ready for anything: David Allen

Sambut raya

Raya has come and gone. I do observes that raya has becoming more of a celebration away from the true meaning of Islam. For instance, peopel seem to be happy to celebrate raya, with all preparations and spending a lot of money.

Do they spend the same amount of money to welcome ramadan, where all the blessing is? It is not raya that is important, but the ramadan. I believe people tend to forget the real purpose of ramadan and puasa.

For example, you spend RM500 for cloth, lansir and kuih raya. Do you spend that much for sedekah, majlis buka puasa, derm anak yatim, etc.

a reunion , 25 years later

how time has fly. we had our reunion 25 years later for batch 78-82 SMS kelantan. some interesting statistic on how some of us come out;

1. one has become a millionaire
2. one has died due to colon cancer
3. one has a stroke and still recovering
4. one lost an UMNO election for ketua pemuda
5. one has 2 wives
6. one has start and close as many companies as your fingers
7. one still not finishing his PhD
8. one has give up his PhD
9. one has begin her PhD
10. many work as teachers
11. many has 1 kids
12. many sacrifice time and money to attend from as far away as Johor, and Alor Star
13. many have put on weight
14. many have more white hairs than black
    
15. one drive a taxi for a living
16. many is KL based

our different roles

each of us have many different roles; muslim, father, husband, profession, friend, neighbour, etc. and each roles have its own responsibilities and rules.

say, as a muslim you have to dicipline your son, and as a father you like to give as much space and freedom to your son to make his choice. there would be conflict, but the important point is to have aguide line.

this is where Islam, al-quran and hadith, provide a guideline for your role. as a father, you should do this, as a muslim, you should do this. having the guideline will make you honest and happy.

reunion 25 years

a group of us, SMS kelantan batch 78-82, is having a reunion on 23/6/2007. just to see your school mate after 25 years is precious. It not about boasting, but about trying to recapture the innocence and friendship 25 years ago.

GTD

Have been trying to read and understand the process of GTD, a book about personal management. Heard good review about it.