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Buat yang bergelar atau bakal bergelar Doktor


posted by Martinelli Hashim

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Saya salin semula sebuah status dari facebook.

Kepada anak-anak yang bakal jadi doktor ...sila baca dan hayati.


In Memory of Dr. Richard Teo (1972 - 2012)

Below is the transcript of the talk of Dr. Richard Teo, who is a 40-year-old millionaire and cosmetic surgeon with a stage-4 lung cancer but selflessly came to share with the D1 class his life experience on 19-Jan-2012. He has just passed away few days ago on 18 October 2012.

Hi good morning to all of you. My voice is a bit hoarse, so please bear with m
e. I thought I'll just introduce myself. My name is Richard, I'm a medical doctor. And I thought I'll just share some thoughts of my life. It's my pleasure to be invited by prof. Hopefully, it can get you thinking about how... as you pursue this.. embarking on your training to become dental surgeons, to think about other things as well.

Since young, I am a typical product of today's society. Relatively successful product that society requires.. From young, I came from a below average family. I was told by the media... and people around me that happiness is about success. And that success is about being wealthy. With this mind-set, I've always be extremely competitive, since I was young.

Not only do I need to go to the top school, I need to have success in all fields. Uniform groups, track, everything. I needed to get trophies, needed to be successful, I needed to have colours award, national colours award, everything. So I was highly competitive since young. I went on to medical school, graduated as a doctor. Some of you may know that within the medical faculty, ophthalmology is one of the most highly sought after specialities. So I went after that as well. I was given a traineeship in ophthalmology, I was also given a research scholarship by NUS to develop lasers to treat the eye.

So in the process, I was given 2 patents, one for the medical devices, and another for the lasers. And you know what, all this academic achievements did not bring me any wealth. So once I completed my bond with MOH, I decided that this is taking too long, the training in eye surgery is just taking too long. And there's lots of money to be made in the private sector. If you're aware, in the last few years, there is this rise in aesthetic medicine. Tons of money to be made there. So I decided, well, enough of staying in institution, it's time to leave. So I quit my training halfway and I went on to set up my aesthetic clinic... in town, together with a day surgery centre.

You know the irony is that people do not make heroes out average GP (general practitioner), family physicians. They don't. They make heroes out of people who are rich and famous. People who are not happy to pay $20 to see a GP, the same person have no qualms paying ten thousand dollars for a liposuction, 15 thousand dollars for a breast augmentation, and so on and so forth. So it's a no brainer isn't? Why do you want to be a gp? Become an aesthetic physician. So instead of healing the sick and ill, I decided that I'll become a glorified beautician. So, business was good, very good. It started off with waiting of one week, then became 3weeks, then one month, then 2 months, then 3 months. I was overwhelmed; there were just too many patients. Vanities are fantastic business. I employed one doctor, the second doctor, the 3rd doctor, the 4th doctor. And within the 1st year, we're already raking in millions. Just the 1st year. But never is enough because I was so obsessed with it. I started to expand into Indonesia to get all the rich Indonesian tai-tais who wouldn't blink an eye to have a procedure done. So life was really good.

So what do I do with the spare cash. How do I spend my weekends? Typically, I'll have car club gatherings. I take out my track car, with spare cash I got myself a track car. We have car club gatherings. We'll go up to Sepang in Malaysia. We'll go for car racing. And it was my life. With other spare cash, what do i do? I get myself a Ferrari. At that time, the 458 wasn't out, it's just a spider convertible, 430. This is a friend of mine, a schoolmate who is a forex trader, a banker. So he got a red one, he was wanting all along a red one, I was getting the silver one.

So what do I do after getting a car? It's time to buy a house, to build our own bungalows. So we go around looking for a land to build our own bungalows, we went around hunting. So how do i live my life? Well, we all think we have to mix around with the rich and famous. This is one of the Miss Universe. So we hang around with the beautiful, rich and famous. This by the way is an internet founder. So this is how we spend our lives, with dining and all the restaurants and Michelin Chefs you know.

So I reach a point in life that I got everything for my life. I was at the pinnacle of my career and all. That's me one year ago in the gym and I thought I was like, having everything under control and reaching the pinnacle.

Well, I was wrong. I didn't have everything under control. About last year March, I started to develop backache in the middle of nowhere. I thought maybe it was all the heavy squats I was doing. So I went to SGH, saw my classmate to do an MRI, to make sure it's not a slipped disc or anything. And that evening, he called me up and said that we found bone marrow replacement in your spine. I said, sorry what does that mean? I mean I know what it means, but I couldn't accept that. I was like “Are you serious?” I was still running around going to the gym you know. But we had more scans the next day, PET scans - positrons emission scans, they found that actually I have stage 4 terminal lung cancer. I was like "Whoa where did that come from?” It has already spread to the brain, the spine, the liver and the adrenals. And you know one moment I was there, totally thinking that I have everything under control, thinking that I've reached the pinnacle of my life. But the next moment, I have just lost it.

This is a CT scan of the lungs itself. If you look at it, every single dot there is a tumour. We call this miliaries tumour. And in fact, I have tens of thousands of them in the lungs. So, I was told that even with chemotherapy, that I'll have about 3-4months at most. Did my life come crushing on, of course it did, who wouldn't? I went into depression, of course, severe depression and I thought I had everything.

See the irony is that all these things that I have, the success, the trophies, my cars, my house and all. I thought that brought me happiness. But i was feeling really down, having severe depression. Having all these thoughts of my possessions, they brought me no joy. The thought of... You know, I can hug my Ferrari to sleep, no... No, it is not going to happen. It brought not a single comfort during my last ten months. And I thought they were, but they were not true happiness. But it wasn't. What really brought me joy in the last ten months was interaction with people, my loved ones, friends, people who genuinely care about me, they laugh and cry with me, and they are able to identify the pain and suffering I was going through. That brought joy to me, happiness. None of the things I have, all the possessions, and I thought those were supposed to bring me happiness. But it didn't, because if it did, I would have felt happy think about it, when I was feeling most down..

You know the classical Chinese New Year that is coming up. In the past, what do I do? Well, I will usually drive my flashy car to do my rounds, visit my relatives, to show it off to my friends. And I thought that was joy, you know. I thought that was really joy. But do you really think that my relatives and friends, whom some of them have difficulty trying to make ends meet, that will truly share the joy with me? Seeing me driving my flashy car and showing off to them? No, no way. They won’t be sharing joy with me. They were having problems trying to make ends meet, taking public transport. In fact i think, what I have done is more like you know, making them envious, jealous of all I have. In fact, sometimes even hatred.

Those are what we call objects of envy. I have them, I show them off to them and I feel it can fill my own pride and ego. That didn't bring any joy to these people, to my friends and relatives, and I thought they were real joy.

Well, let me just share another story with you. You know when I was about your age, I stayed in king Edward VII hall. I had this friend whom I thought was strange. Her name is Jennifer, we're still good friends. And as I walk along the path, she would, if she sees a snail, she would actually pick up the snail and put it along the grass patch. I was like why do you need to do that? Why dirty your hands? It’s just a snail. The truth is she could feel for the snail. The thought of being crushed to death is real to her, but to me it's just a snail. If you can't get out of the pathway of humans then you deserve to be crushed, it’s part of evolution isn't it? What an irony isn't it?

There I was being trained as a doctor, to be compassionate, to be able to empathise; but I couldn't. As a house officer, I graduated from medical school, posted to the oncology department at NUH. And, every day, every other day I witness death in the cancer department. When I see how they suffered, I see all the pain they went through. I see all the morphine they have to press every few minutes just to relieve their pain. I see them struggling with their oxygen breathing their last breath and all. But it was just a job. When I went to clinic every day, to the wards every day, take blood, give the medication but was the patient real to me? They weren't real to me. It was just a job, I do it, I get out of the ward, I can't wait to get home, I do my own stuff.

Was the pain, was the suffering the patients went through real? No. Of course I know all the medical terms to describe how they feel, all the suffering they went through. But in truth, I did not know how they feel, not until I became a patient. It is until now; I truly understand how they feel. And, if you ask me, would I have been a very different doctor if I were to re-live my life now, I can tell you yes I will. Because I truly understand how the patients feel now. And sometimes, you have to learn it the hard way.

Even as you start just your first year, and you embark this journey to become dental surgeons, let me just challenge you on two fronts.

Inevitably, all of you here will start to go into private practice. You will start to accumulate wealth. I can guarantee you. Just doing an implant can bring you thousands of dollars, it's fantastic money. And actually there is nothing wrong with being successful, with being rich or wealthy, absolutely nothing wrong. The only trouble is that a lot of us like myself couldn't handle it.

Why do I say that? Because when I start to accumulate, the more I have, the more I want. The more I wanted, the more obsessed I became. Like what I showed you earlier on, all I can was basically to get more possessions, to reach the pinnacle of what society did to us, of what society wants us to be. I became so obsessed that nothing else really mattered to me. Patients were just a source of income, and I tried to squeeze every single cent out of these patients.

A lot of times we forget, whom we are supposed to be serving. We become so lost that we serve nobody else but just ourselves. That was what happened to me. Whether it is in the medical, the dental fraternity, I can tell you, right now in the private practice, sometimes we just advise patients on treatment that is not indicated. Grey areas. And even though it is not necessary, we kind of advocate it. Even at this point, I know who are my friends and who genuinely cared for me and who are the ones who try to make money out of me by selling me "hope". We kind of lose our moral compass along the way. Because we just want to make money.

Worse, I can tell you, over the last few years, we bad mouth our fellow colleagues, our fellow competitors in the industry. We have no qualms about it. So if we can put them down to give ourselves an advantage, we do it. And that's what happening right now, medical, dental everywhere. My challenge to you is not to lose that moral compass. I learnt it the hard way, I hope you don't ever have to do it.

Secondly, a lot of us will start to get numb to our patients as we start to practise. Whether is it government hospitals, private practice, I can tell you when I was in the hospital, with stacks of patient folders, I can't wait to get rid of those folders as soon as possible; I can't wait to get patients out of my consultation room as soon as possible because there is just so many, and that's a reality. Because it becomes a job, a very routine job. And this is just part of it. Do I truly know how the patient feels back then? No, I don't. The fears and anxiety and all, do I truly understand what they are going through? I don't, not until when this happens to me and I think that is one of the biggest flaws in our system.

We’re being trained to be healthcare providers, professional, and all and yet we don't know how exactly they feel. I'm not asking you to get involved emotionally, I don't think that is professional but do we actually make a real effort to understand their pain and all? Most of us won’t, alright, I can assure you. So don't lose it, my challenge to you is to always be able to put yourself in your patient's shoes.

Because the pain, the anxiety, the fear are very real even though it's not real to you, it's real to them. So don't lose it and you know, right now I'm in the midst of my 5th cycle of my chemotherapy. I can tell you it’s a terrible feeling. Chemotherapy is one of those things that you don't wish even your enemies to go through because it's just suffering, lousy feeling, throwing out, you don't even know if you can retain your meals or not. Terrible feeling! And even with whatever little energy now I have, I try to reach out to other cancer patients because I truly understand what pain and suffering is like. But it's kind of little too late and too little.

You guys have a bright future ahead of you with all the resource and energy, so I’m going to challenge you to go beyond your immediate patients. To understand that there are people out there who are truly in pain, truly in hardship. Don’t get the idea that only poor people suffer. It is not true. A lot of these poor people do not have much in the first place, they are easily contented. for all you know they are happier than you and me but there are out there, people who are suffering mentally, physically, hardship, emotionally, financially and so on and so forth, and they are real. We choose to ignore them or we just don't want to know that they exist.

So do think about it alright, even as you go on to become professionals and dental surgeons and all. That you can reach out to these people who are in need. Whatever you do can make a large difference to them. I'm now at the receiving end so I know how it feels, someone who genuinely care for you, encourage and all. It makes a lot of difference to me. That’s what happens after treatment. I had a treatment recently, but I’ll leave this for another day. A lot of things happened along the way, that's why I am still able to talk to you today.

I'll just end of with this quote here, it's from this book called Tuesdays with Morris, and some of you may have read it. Everyone knows that they are going to die; every one of us knows that. The truth is, none of us believe it because if we did, we will do things differently. When I faced death, when I had to, I stripped myself off all stuff totally and I focused only on what is essential. The irony is that a lot of times, only when we learn how to die then we learn how to live. I know it sounds very morbid for this morning but it's the truth, this is what I’m going through.

Don’t let society tell you how to live. Don’t let the media tell you what you're supposed to do. Those things happened to me. And I led this life thinking that these are going to bring me happiness. I hope that you will think about it and decide for yourself how you want to live your own life. Not according to what other people tell you to do, and you have to decide whether you want to serve yourself, whether you are going to make a difference in somebody else's life. Because true happiness doesn't come from serving yourself. I thought it was but it didn't turn out that way.

Also most importantly, I think true joy comes from knowing God. Not knowing about God – I mean, you can read the bible and know about God – but knowing God personally; getting a relationship with God. I think that’s the most important. That’s what I’ve learnt.

So if I were to sum it up, I’d say that the earlier we sort out the priorities in our lives, the better it is. Don’t be like me – I had no other way. I had to learn it through the hard way. I had to come back to God to thank Him for this opportunity because I’ve had 3 major accidents in my past – car accidents. You know, these sports car accidents – I was always speeding , but somehow I always came out alive, even with the car almost being overturned. And I wouldn’t have had a chance. Who knows, I don’t know where else I’d be going to! Even though I was baptised it was just a show, but the fact that this has happened, it gave me a chance to come back to God.

Few things I’d learnt though:
1. Trust in the Lord your God with all your heart – this is so important.
2. Is to love and serve others, not just ourselves.

There is nothing wrong with being rich or wealthy. I think it’s absolutely alright, cos God has blessed. So many people are blessed with good wealth, but the trouble is I think a lot of us can’t handle it. The more we have, the more we want. I’ve gone through it, the deeper the hole we dig, the more we get sucked into it, so much so that we worship wealth and lose focus. Instead of worshipping God, we worship wealth. It’s just a human instinct. It’s just so difficult to get out of it.

We are all professionals, and when we go into private practise, we start to build up our wealth – inevitably. So my thought are, when you start to build up wealth and when the opportunity comes, do remember that all these things don’t belong to us. We don’t really own it nor have rights to this wealth. It’s actually God’s gift to us. Remember that it’s more important to further His Kingdom rather than to further ourselves.

Anyway I think that I’ve gone through it, and I know that wealth without God is empty. It is more important that you fill up the wealth, as you build it up subsequently, as professionals and all, you need to fill it up with the wealth of God.

Mencari Damai Yang Tersembunyi


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Ada teman bertanya apa impian hamba.
Wahai teman, dalam usia petang ini apalah yang hamba perlu cari lagi. Hamba tidak dimanjakan oleh kehidupan. Namun kerasnya dunia tidak menghalang hamba mencari dan terus mencari sisa-sisa kelembutan dunia untuk dikongsi bersama mereka yang hamba santuni.

Mengharapkan ketenangan yang mungkin bersembunyi. Tetap meyakini dahsyatnya gelombang di lautan masih saja menghasilkan mutiara indah di dasarnya.

Berangan-angan membayangkan sosok seorang wanita yang punya ketenangan di wajahnya. Tiada rungutan atau sungutan di bibir jauh sekali kata-kata kasar kepada sesiapa pun...... wanita berperibadi mulia, tidak gundah tidak gulana.

Hamba mengimpikan sosok itu adalah hamba. Di mana saja dia berada, hanya keceriaan yang disebarkan pada setiap ketika, di setiap situasi. Aura positif terserlah, penuh ikhlas menerangi dunia.
Dia bukan kaya namun kekayaan jiwanya melebihi kayanya sorang jutawan. Dia bukan orang berpangkat namun kuasa tarikan peribadinya mampu menundukkan egonya seorang egoist.

Dia mampu membahagiakan orang lain kerana bahagia memang sudah meliputi kehidupannya. Bahagianya ditemui melalui pencarian redho Ilahi. Gembiranya diperolehi kerana dia suka menggembirakan orang lain. Mereka digembirakan bukan dengan pemberian wang ringgit. Bukan pula dengan ampu-ampuan yang dibuat-buat.
Mengimpikan menjadi wanita seperti itu.

Dia mengasihi mereka dan mereka menyayangi dirinya kerana Allah..... kasih suci yang tidak mendambakan apa-apa.

Dihatinya hanya ada redha... tidak luka apabila disakiti oleh manusia tetapi pedih apabila dinoda oleh dosa.

Oh Tuhan, sehari-harian hamba melalui cabaran kehidupan, menyaksikan persengketaan, mendengar fitnah yang tidak berkesudahan, menemui manusia yang mengejar nama, harta dan kuasa, hidup saling berdengki, menjatuhkan yang lain....semua itu menyeret diri untuk dipalit bersama dosa yang menggelapkan jiwa....

Perlu rasanya lari seketika mencari ruang untuk bernafas, mencari damai yang tersembunyi.
Ingin saja hamba menjadi seekor semut kecil di dalam lubang yang tidak dikenali oleh sesiapa. Ingin menjadi insan kerdil yang tidak disebut oleh manusia di dunia tetapi dikagumi oleh makhluk di langit.

Ingin sekali untuk menjadi wanita sempurna. Wanita yang tidak nampak besarnya dunia kerana di hatinya ada Allah Yang Maha Besar. Dia tidak nampak tingginya langit untuk dijulang kerana matanya sering tunduk ke bawah berselimutkan tawadhu', sujud menyembah Rabbul Jalil. Ia akur kepada hakikat ia tidak mungkin mampu menawan dunia sebelum menawan bumi yang di bawah.

Tidak salah untuk berangan-angan walaupun masih jauh untuk dicapai...... Ya Rabb....,capaikanlah.


Apabila kenaikan pangkat bukan milik kita


posted by Martinelli Hashim

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Arahan pentadbiran.... proses penilaian kepemimpinan dan kecekapan akan dilakukan oleh pakar luar untuk kumpulan pegawai kanan. Allah Maha Besar. Dinilai prestasi kerja pada usia kerjaya yang sudah petang sebegini....ah, agak kurang menyelesakan. Ia amat baik untuk kakitangan muda.

Bekerja, bekerja dan terus bekerja tanpa jemu. Mengambil 'extra mile' tanpa disuruh. Mendahului orang lain hadir ke pejabat dan meninggalkan pejabat selepas orang lain sudah pulang. Kerja hujung minggu memerah otak dan keringat  ketua tidak melihat..... Namun berjaya naik pangkat pertama kali hanya selepas bertahun-tahun bertugas. Diberikan anugerah khidmat cemerlang. Kata orang  ini adalah anugerah berprestij untuk kakitangan pengurusan kerana hanya seorang penerima setiap tahun. Trofi kaca yang sangat cantik di simpan dalam almari sebagai kenangan saja.

Semua itu bukan lesen untuk naik pangkat. 

Apabila pakar penilai bertanya, "Apakah sumbangan puan yang membawa kejayaan kepada universiti."

Saya jawab, "Kalau kejayaan pengi'tirafan yang tuan maksudkan, saya telah membawa universiti meraih anugerah antarabangsa dalam projek kemasyarakatan."

Itu juga bukanlah lesen untuk naik pangkat.

Kalaulah ada soalan MCQ  bertanyakan, "Apakah lagi yang kurang?" Apakah disebabkan:

A. Prestasi kerja yang rendah
B. Tidak disukai pihak atasan
C. Ada masalah disiplin
D. Gagal membawa impak postif kepada organisasi
E. Tiada kekosongan jawatan
F. Tidak satu pun dari yang di atas 

Saya akan jujur membulatkan F sebagai jawapan. Cuma rezeqi belum menyebelahi. Menghentam pihak pentadbiran tidak sama sekali.

Saya bertanya kepada ketua,"Kalau hasil dari penilaian nanti didapati seseorang kakitangan yang rendah pangkatnya mendapat pencapaian lebih tinggi dari kakitangan  yang lebih tinggi pangkatnya, apa yang kakitangan bawah itu boleh dapat?"

Ketua senyum. 

Solan itu TIDAK mungkin akan dijawab begini."Kakitangan bawah itu akan bertukar pangkat dengan kakitangan yang lebih atas."

Semua orang tahu peluang kenaikan pangkat kakitangan pentadbiran amatlah terhad. Ia hanya akan berlaku apabila ada kekosongan jawatan. Apatah lagi semakin banyak jawatan-jawatan pentadbiran diambil alih oleh ahli akademik. Keadaan yang tidak memberi masa depan yang menarik untuk 'career path' seorang pentadbir. Jurang yang besar antara akademik dan non-akademik yang membuat masing-amasing merasa dimangsai juga bukan suasana yang selesa untuk bertugas di sebuah institusi pengajian tinggi..

Bagi manusia biasa mungkin semua itu akan mengurangkan rasa teruja untuk bekerja. Mengurangkan motivasi untuk berkhidmat. Menambahkan rasa marah kepada pengurusan yang membuat keputusan.

Bagi yang sabar akan terus setia dan bagi yang mempunyai peluang di tempat lain akan meninggalkan jawatannya. Bagi yang geram akan terus bersungut dan bersungut di luar atau dalam facebook dan tweeter dan mengutuk pentadbiran. 

Bagi saya misi bekerja lebih dari segalanya kerana di dalam kita bersungut, kita tidak tahu apa di sebaliknya. Mungkin  ada hikmah ketua yang tersembunyi. Selagi ketua masih menyembah Allah dengan sebaiknya, dia tidak mungkin menganiaya anak buahnya.

Realitinya, pemergian yang pergi tidak ada siapa yang akan menangisi dan rungutan yang merungut tidak akan ada siapa yang kasihan.

Moga Allah menjadikan  diri ini termasuk golongan yang pertama, yang sabar dan cuba memahami. Walau sukar walau jarang-jarang. Ingin menjadi orang yang tidak mengharapkan apa-apa. Tidak menindas atau mengambil hak siapa-siapa. Cukup maklum bahawa peluang yang ada sangat tipis kerana mereka yang berada di atas semua lebih muda  dan sudah tentu saya akan bersara dahulu sebelum mereka. Sehebat manapun pencapaian, kemungkinan yang ada tetap kecil.

Saya teruskan menyerahkan diri untuk dibuat penilaian. Ujian diambil, temuduga dilaksanakan dan hasil kerja berkumpulan dinilai. Liat rasanya untuk meneruskan memandangkan masih banyak tugas penting yang perlu dilaksanakan selain dari menghadapi temuduga yang panjang. Namun, seperti biasa...."Setia berkhidmat demi Allah untuk universiti tercinta". 

Saya teruskan melaksanakan tugas dengan sepenuh jiwa. Minggu demi minggu berlalu. Hari ini keputusan penilaian diterima. Pakar penilai yang sangat baik memberitahu, "Tahniah, puan. Dari hasil penilaian, kesemua pencapaian puan sangat cemerlang dan lebih tinggi dari jangkaan yang diletakkan." 

Saya senyum bukan  kerana gembira. Tidak ada yang perlu digembirakan kerana ia masih lagi tidak berstatus lesen untuk naik pangkat. Saya senyum kerana merasa lucu membayangkan kalaulah ketua saya menjawab, "Awak akan ambil alih jawatan pegawai lain yang rendah nilainya dari awak."

Bayangan lucu yang boleh membuat diri sendiri senyum itu sudah cukup memberi nikmat walau hanya sekadar bayangan dan kalau berlakupun saya tidak akan mahu.
Rakan seperjuangan 
yang tidak pernah bersungut

Kembali ke kerusi di pejabat membawa perasaan berbaur. Saya memerhati kakitangan yang begitu setia bekerja tanpa jemu juga tanpa kenaikan bertahun-tahun. Mereka bekerja, bekerja dan bekerja penuh dedikasi tanpa mengira masa dan tenaga. 

Walau dalam serba kekurangan, kami tetap gembira bekerja bersama bertahun-tahun. Kerja mengotori tangan, menjelajah tempat-tempat yang orang lain tidak sanggup masuk. Tidak ada seorang pun di antara kami yang terasa ingin bertukar ke jabatan lain. Saya yakin sayalah pegawai yang paling seronok dengan tugas di organisasi ini dan paling bahagia kerana mempunyai kakitangan yang tidak pernah memberi masalah.

Apakah lagi yang saya inginkan lebih dari ini?

Tiba-tiba ada suara dari dalam. Suara hati yang berkata, 

"Apa pun rezeki yang kita dapat di dunia ini, kalau ia haram kita akan diazab dan kalau halal kita tetap akan dihisab. Kedua-duanya menyakitkan."

Tersentap seketika. Suara ini membunuh semua keinginan saya untuk naik pangkat. Habuan dunia walau halal namun tidak terlepas dari hisab di padang masyar. Subhanallah .... pujukan Allah melalui suara hati cukup membuat diri ini malu mengharapkan pangkat dari manusia.

Buat kesekian kalinya suara-suara hati ini mengingatkan saya tentang diri yang sedang dalam perjalanan menuju destinasi abadi. Jalan ini yang Allah sudah pilih dan apabila sudah ternyata jalan ini sudah cukup membahagiakan, apa lagi yang perlu dicari......Allah telah mencukupkannya.... tidak perlu lagi yang lain... dengan lafaz 



حَسْبِيَ اللهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

saya  teruskan perjalanan  dengan langkah yang tidak goyah sambil menagih restu dari Ilahi.

Kejayaan tiba didestinasi yang diingini tidak bergantung kepada pangkat apa yang kita terima.  Bersihkan niat, sucikan jiwa...yang sedikit tetapi penuh barakah, itulah yang kita cari.



Artikel ini buat mereka yang merasa kecewa dengan apa yang mereka lalui tetapi masih ada sayang terhadap universiti tercinta ini. Kalau di luar sana benar-benar lebih baik untuk kehidupan di dunia dan akhirat pergilah tanpa ragu-ragu. Kalau tidak bersabarlah kerana mungkin di sebalik yang kita benci itu ada nikmat yang tersembunyi yang akan terserlah hanya pada saat-saat kita amat memerlukannya.

Kata ulama, harta dunia ini nampak sangat besar semasa kita mengingnkannya dan ia akan begitu kecil selepas kita memilikinya.

Pilihanraya Kampus


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Di Syria mereka serang menyerang dengan peluru. Yang zalim sudah jelas kemungkarannya dan yang dizalimi sudah gembira menerima pahala syahid.

Terkedu saya melihat serang-menyerang mulut dan tulisan di kalangan pelajar untuk memenangi pilihanraya kampus.  Yang diserang, dituduh zalim masih mengucap shahadah dan solat 5 waktu malah sebahagian besarnya adalah ahli jemaah setia masjid SHAS waktu zohor dan asar. Yang menyerang dan menuduh zalim juga mereka yang berbicara tentang kesatuan ummah.

Nasihat buat warga UIA yang sedang panas mengharungi pilihanraya kampus.  teruskanlah menegur apa saja bagi membantu menambahbaikan lagi universiti. Universiti membawa amanah ummah dan kita perlu bertanggungjawab sama-sama menggerakkan misinya.

Tidak dinafikan adanya seribu kepincangan di sana-sini namun yang pasti  tuduh-menuduh, sindir-menyindir dan serang menyerang ini tidak membawa apa-apa kebaikan. Ia hanya menyuburkan rasa kebencian yang sangat memudharatkan.

Semasa menegur gunakanlah ayat-ayat menyeru bukan menyerang. Menasihati dengan penuh tawadhu'... bukan menghina. Dibimbangi kita tidak tahu yang kita serang itu mungkin tidak bersalah atau telah mendapat pengampunan dari Allah.

Kita dan mereka masih berkongsi shahadah. Usah sakit-menyakiti kerana kita tidak tahu bila Allah akan mengambil nyawa kita, bimbang tidak sempat bermaafan. Gunakanlah ayat yg mendamaikan bukan memperpanaskan.

Kita pendakwah bukan penghukum, pemberi peringatan bukan penghasut, penyuluh jalan bukan penambah keceleruan. Persaudaraan kita tercalar dan musuh ketawa gembira .....

Nasihat ikhlas dari orang lama kerana bimbang kita lupa siapa musuh kita yang sebenarnya.