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Boss VS Leader

A Most Ambitious Experiment

 

"Now," Robert told his wife, "I am going on a long trip. You won't see me for years, but I will come back and see you."

     "Where are you going?"

     "I am going into the future. I am sure you will be angry when you see me, but it won't be for long, because once I have seen you, I will then vanish again and you will see me standing in this very spot exactly five minutes from now."

     Robert's wife was puzzled.

     "I am curious what our 401k will do if I invest in certain options and leave them," he said. "I've decided to go twenty years into the future and see the outcome."

     "What if you can't come back?"

     A slight pause - then, "I hope I made the right choice."

     "What do you want for dinner?"

     "I wouldn't make anything for me now, but, five minutes later, I will tell you what I want."

     Robert left for the basement. His wife, still confused, but knowing that Robert was a puzzling man, went to the kitchen to make dinner, with or without her husband's request. She was quite unsure what to make of all of it, but, after a few minutes, she quickly forgot the conversation.

     Later in the afternoon, Robert's wife walked over to the basement door and knocked. She waited. She knocked again, and, again, nothing. Finally, she opened the door and walked down to the laboratory. Robert was nowhere to be seen. She hadn't heard him come up. Where had he gone?

     When supper was ready, and the light outside turned a dim color, Robert's wife called out his name, but no one answered. The house was quite still.

 

     "I don't like this," she thought. "He's never been late for dinner before."

     Robert's dinner grew cold, and his wife placed it in the oven to keep warm hoping he would notice it when he came back. In the morning, Robert's plate was still warm in the oven. He had never touched it. His wife looked for him once again and called out his name, but it was to no avail - he wasn't in the house.

     After several days, Robert's wife contacted the authorities and told them what had happened. They searched the house for clues, but all they could find was a slightly discolored spot on the basement floor.

     "Did he say anything before he left?" they asked.

     "I'll be back in five minutes," she said.

     After the authorities had left, and after several more days, weeks and months, the case was officially closed. Robert was missing, but since no foul play could be determined, it was decided that he had just deserted his wife. Robert's wife was not pleased.

     Years passed, and Robert's wife was able to secure a job that kept her living slightly above poverty level. Day after day, while working, she cursed her husband for leaving her. She would never forgive him. Never! Her face became more wrinkled and the pretty smile she once wore turned into a permanent scowl.

     Finally, twenty years to the day her husband had left, Robert's wife was sitting at the kitchen table when she heard a noise coming from the basement. She immediately got up in fright. Who was down there? She heard footsteps slowly walking up the stairs and - finally - the door flew open and there, before her eyes, was none other than Robert. He didn't look any different than when he had left.

 

     "You!" she managed to say.

     "Okay, what's the value of our 401K?" Robert asked.

     "Where have you been?"

     "That doesn't matter. What matters is the value of our 401K. I need to know if I invested wisely or not."

     "You left me twenty years ago with nothing to live in and expect to find anything left of the 401k?"

     "You spent it all?" Robert asked. "Oh great - that's just great. I'll be right back."

     Robert turned and went down into the basement.

     "Robert? Robert, where are you?" Robert's wife said but suddenly saw a brilliant blue flash of light and then nothing. Robert had vanished once again.

     Robert's wife went back to the dining table. She sat down and tried to think of what had happened. Her mind was muddled. She couldn't think. The 401k had been - had been - she thought - left untouched when Robert had first left, but now - she was beginning to remember different things. The 401k had been placed in a trust. A trust where she couldn't touch the money for twenty years. Then, she remembered that when the authorities had informed her that Robert had deserted her and was never located, that she had him declared legally dead so the trust would be legally hers without waiting for twenty years.

     Another flash of light in the basement, more footsteps, and Robert walked into the kitchen.

     "The value?"

     "I told you I spent it."

     "I put it in a trust."

     "I had you declared legally dead." Robert's wife said.

 

     "Oh bother," Robert said. "I'll be back again."

     A flash of light and Robert's wife was again confused.

     "Did I say spent it? Spent what?" she thought. She had tried to obtain some money after Robert had left her. When she had gone to inquire how much was in their 401k, she had found out that Robert had withdrawn the money and had hidden it somewhere - but where?

     Another light and Robert was there in the kitchen again.

     "Do you know how much you put me through? You left me nothing to live on."

     "This will all be a bad dream," Robert said.

     "If it wasn't for some gold coins that I found buried in the backyard, I would never have survived."

     "You found the gold coins?"

     "So that's where you hid the money!" Robert's wife said. "Good. I'm glad I found it and spent it all!"

     Robert went back into the basement and disappeared. His wife sat still for awhile expecting him to appear, but he never did. She got up and went to cook. She thought of her husband and tried to remain bitter against him. She suddenly couldn't think of what would make her bitter. Deserted her? He had never deserted. What an imagination she must have. As she opened a cupboard, Robert walked into the kitchen.

     "Have you decided what you want for dinner?" she asked. "I haven't started making anything yet."

     "Leave me alone, I'm not hungry," Robert said and sat down at the kitchen table.

     "What's wrong?"

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     "Can't you keep your grubby hands off our money for twenty years?"

     "What?"

     "You can't let me leave you for a measly twenty years without spending everything we have, can you?"

     "What are you talking about, honey? You haven't been gone for five minutes and already something is troubling you."

     Robert looked at the wife of his youth.

     What if he killed her? He could strangle her now, go into the future, see what the 401k did, come back a few minutes before, and live happily ever after.

     "May I see that dish towel for a sec?"

     Robert's wife handed it to him, and, much to her desperate surprise, he tied it around her neck and choked her, all the while telling her, "Don't worry, this is just an experiment."

     Robert went back down into the basement, and twenty years later reappeared in a flash of light.

     "Who's down there?" a man asked walking down the basement stairs.

     Robert hadn't thought of this. He looked for somewhere to hide, but it was too late. The new owner of the house had a rifle.

     "Say your prayers."

     "Wait! I can explain!", but it was too late. Robert was immediately shot and fell backwards quite dead - a most miserable end to a most ambitious experiment.

 

A Road To Jannah

#Floodvictim

Keluarga Wriggers turut merasakan simpati kepada mangsa-mangsa banjir di Malaysia.

Doa | Sabar | Tawakkal

Giving What We Can

"The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others, (Homer) ".

2014 will come to an end thus we need to contribute something to the society before the year end.

Please look forward to our event 'KEMBARA AMAL' on 5 DECEMBER 2014. 

Doing charity and helping the people around us will contribute a lot of experiences for us and to the society.

YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS AS A WRITER

     When we decided to be a writer, many things to be considered, but if it is what we think we are a part of it, it must be a passion to put on it. Here I will tell you a little bit what you have to know before you have the title of a writer.

     First, you must enjoy what you do. If you are the person who can spend hours daily only to write, edit and write again and you love to do that, you have choose the right job. The feeling of negative will arise if you push yourself doing the stuff you didn't like.

     Secondly, you must have patient. Fail to have that, you will be in the big trouble. Stress, pressure, procrastination, moody and many other negative things will follow. Writing need patient in order for you to make a better work. Beautiful word and sentence only can be made by the calm-hearted person.

     Last but not least, you have to be an observant. This is one of the bases in writing. If you can see the world, surely you can write. We will have many ideas. When we are in our hometown, we are supposed to look at the character of the residents, the surrounding where the people are living, the event and many more. When we are travelling, the character changed and also its surrounding. This can be include in our writing. You only have to see.

     Before I close my writing for this time, try to think that how if I can use my skill for the better future of the community. Maybe my writing will inspired someone out there. So, we should never think to write bad stuff. There are no wrong but better for us to do the kindness.

All praise is due to Him.

Life Study Hack!

Week 8

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Activity : tests and quizzes fever

Feel like you’re working hard but still can’t reach your study goals? here are some quick tips to help you make the most out of your study time.


1. Study with a partner or in groups, and peer teach.

Actively engaging the information with someone else not only helps you to learn, but makes studying more enjoyable. Just avoid turning your study sessions into a social hour. Now find your group and study together at the IRC :)



2. Step into your teacher's shoes.

Prepare yourself to teach others, prove that you understand the subject 100%. Also, you have a higher chance of achieving a firm understanding when you share knowledge with someone else.


3. Eat brain food.

Don't eat brains, we are not zombies! Your brain needs the proper nutrients to keep it going. Because of this, what you eat and drink also play a huge role in how sharp your brain is. Eat fruits and dark chocolate. 

Don’t forget H2O. Hydration is equally important. Your brain cells need water to function properly and increase their efficiency. 



4. Take breaks

Your brain is like a muscle. It needs exercise to become stronger, but it can also tire if you overwork it. Need a solution? Salah is the most effective method to rejuvenate your brain! Need something interesting? Recite the Qu'ran; it's a great way to relax your mind and soul.

"And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - We will surely assign to them of Paradise [elevated] chambers beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers"

[QS 29 : 58]

A “Better” life?

              Teknologi. Perkataan yang menerajui zaman modenisasi kini. Dalam perkembangan media penyebaran maklumat; internet, teknologi juga semakin menjangkau luar batasan minda. Alat-alat, gajet-gajet dan mekanisma yang terinovasi hasil daripada perkembangan tersebut pada asalnya tidak pernah terbayangkan oleh pemikiran manusia. Satu demi satu teknologi baru tercipta hasil kreativiti manusia; telefon pintar, tablet, komputer riba, sistem penyimpanan data Cloud, aplikasi-aplikasi sosial seperti Whatsapp, WeChat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook dll. Inilah yang menjadi kegilaan dan perbualan orang ramai.

  Persoalan mula timbul; adakah teknologi-teknologi ibarat cendawan tumbuh selepas hujan yang ada pada masa kini  merupakan satu rahmat ataukah menjadi bala kepada manusia? Bukankah teknologi sepatutnya menjadikan hidup manusia lebih mudah? Bukankah sepatutnya ia menjadi rahmat kepada kita? Apakah bala yang dimaksudkan itu?Seringkali kita terbaca di media akhbar akan isu-isu hangat yang berlaku dalam kalangan masyarakat kita; kes zina janda dan remaja, kes zina kanak-kanak umur 9 dan 11 tahun, kes rogol perempuan dengan 8 orang lelaki, kes rompakan, ragut, bunuh dsb. Apakah yang menjadi punca kepada masalah tersebut?

Kini, media sosial yang ada sudah sangat mudah didapati dan digunakan bahkan mampu meliputi lebih ramai orang di dunia ini.

              Aplikasi-aplikasi media sosial tersebut dengan mudah boleh di muat turun ke dalam telefon pintar dan tablet yang dimilik oleh hampir setiap orang pada masa kini. Melalui Facebook, dengan mudahnya kita boleh berhubung semula dengan rakan-rakan sekolah yang lama, rakan pejabat mahupun ahli keluarga yang berjauhan. Dengan WeChat, kita bahkan boleh mencari pengguna aplikasi tersebut yang berdekatan dengan kita.

  Perkara tersebut boleh menjadi peluang untuk kebaikan malah juga untuk kemaksiatan. Pada masa kini, para pengguna media sosial dengan mudahnya memuat naik gambar-gambar, informasi diri dan orang yang dekat dengan mereka tanpa menyedari bahawa data-data tersebut boleh dimanipulasi dan disalahgunakan oleh pihak yang bertanggungjawab.

  Namun, penyalahgunaan kemudahan tersebut bukan sahaja dari pihak ketiga, tetapi juga kepada pengguna tersebut. Teknologi yang sepatutnya memudahkan urusan kehidupan digunakan untuk memenuhi kemahuan diri, membuang masa dengan melayari internet secara berlebihan, bermain permainan video dan juga menonton drama bersiri Melayu, Korea mahupun Inggeris secara berlebihan.

              Pada dasarnya, sememangnya diakui bahawa teknologi yang ada masa kini mempunyai berjuta manfaat, namun penyalahgunaan menyebabkan menjadikan teknologi yang sepatutnya membawa pembaikan dipandang sebagai pembawa masalah. Aplikasi-aplikasi yang ada pada telefon pintar Android mahupun IOS pastinya menyediakan aplikasi manajemen dan pengurusan; memudahkan, mengefektifkan dan mengefisienkan pengurusan masa. Laman media sosial sepatutnya dimanfaatkan untuk amar ma’ruf dan nahi munkar dengan berkongsi kata-kata nasihat, artikel yang memberi kesedaran dan bermacam lagi peluang dakwah yang boleh dimanfaatkan. Teknologi-teknologi yang ada sepatutnya digunakan untuk permanfaatan kepada Islam.

  Namun begitu, kenapa perkara tersebut tidak berlaku? Pastinya disebabkan para penggunanya tidak ditarbiyah dan tidak diberi kefahaman tentang Islam.  Gajet-gajet yang  ada sepatutnya memudahkan kita menambahkan kefahaman tentang agama namun digunakan untuk melayari laman yang tidak berfaedah apatah lagi digunakan untuk melayari pornografi dan laman sesawang yang hanya membuang masa.

  Sebagai konklusi, permanfaatan terhadap teknologi hanya boleh terlaksana dengan wujudnya kesedaran dalam diri pengguna. Jangan pernah kita menyalahgunakan nikmat yang Allah berikan bahkan kita gunakan nikmat yang ada untuk mengingkari perintah-Nya dan meninggalkan larangan-Nya. Pastikan gajet-gajet kitalah yang mampu membawa kita ke jalan syurga dan bukannya menjerumuskan kita ke dalam neraka.

“Maka yang mana satu di antara nikmat-nikmat Tuhan kamu, yang kamu hendak dustakan? ” [Ar-Rahman 55:13]

              Namun begitu, kenapa perkara tersebut tidak berlaku? Pastinya disebabkan para penggunanya tidak ditarbiyah dan tidak diberi kefahaman tentang Islam.  Gajet-gajet yang  ada sepatutnya memudahkan kita menambahkan kefahaman tentang agama namun digunakan untuk melayari laman yang tidak berfaedah apatah lagi digunakan untuk melayari pornografi dan laman sesawang yang hanya membuang masa.

  Sebagai konklusi, permanfaatan terhadap teknologi hanya boleh terlaksana dengan wujudnya kesedaran dalam diri pengguna. Jangan pernah kita menyalahgunakan nikmat yang Allah berikan bahkan kita gunakan nikmat yang ada untuk mengingkari perintah-Nya dan meninggalkan larangan-Nya. Pastikan gajet-gajet kitalah yang mampu membawa kita ke jalan syurga dan bukannya menjerumuskan kita ke dalam neraka.

“Maka yang mana satu di antara nikmat-nikmat Tuhan kamu, yang kamu hendak dustakan? ”

[Ar-Rahman 55:13]

The m-o-s-t Influential People in the World

              Oprah Winfrey,  Barack Obama, Nick Vujicic, Tiger Wood, Bill Gates, etc. Definitely, most of us must agree that we are familiar with these names, certainly because they stand as the most influential and powerful people in the world.  If only we could list their success, or their worth, it would end perhaps tomorrow, a week, or even a month??

                  Okay now, let us  skip on that and move on the TOP world’s BILLIONAIRES. Rather than continue exaggerating about their wealth, let’s be inspired to be like them! Forbes (2013) lined up 5 richest individuals worldwide as:

1. Carlos Slim Helu ( Mexico )

2. Bill Gates ( US )

3. Amancio Ortega ( Spain )

4. Warren Buffet ( US )

5. Larry Ellison ( US )

 

                   Have we ever wonder, where’s our name? Perhaps, everyone would love to be there, with tremendous dreams and ambition putting them as our idols. We keep updating their achievements, from day to day. However, we have forgotten to consider the stories behind that. The stories that tell us how hard the journey they have been through, until they are whom they are now.

  Let us consider the stories of a very special man without limbs, Nick Vujicic. Why do I say that he is very special? Very incredible actually. He live without limbs, no hands, no legs, with only 99cm of height. But the power of thinking positive and thinking big have bring on his spirit to live more spectacular  than normal people. Instead, he has  inspired so many people. Like what he has stated in his famous quotes :

“Life without limbs? Or life without limits?” 

-Nick Vujicic

Dean’s List Vs Deen’s List

“Congratulations, you’ll be honoured with the Chancellor Award!”.  What a wonderful world would it be, if only the award is bestowed to us, with all the honourable endowment and being acknowledged as the top student, for getting Dean’s list in all semesters. Dean’s list! The cherished desire of every students, whom are always trying to give their best by sacrificing their time, money, enjoyment , so they will achieve ‘superb’ results in every examination. Talking about sacrifices, have you ever heard about those people who are willing to devote whatever they possess, to get Deen’s list instead?

“And of men there is he who would sell himself to seek the pleasure of Allah; and Allah is Compassionate to His servants.” [Al-Baqarah, 2:207] 

Deen’s list, or in other words, Allah’s list. An award of innumerable value, if compared to the Dean’s list. Not every student would be willing to strive in obtaining Deen’s list. And perhaps not everyone has even  ponder to sacrifice whatever they are blessed with, to be bestowed with this award. Why? Granted, this wondrous ‘golden star’ is very hard to achieve, preposterous! But it would never be impossible.  The same thing goes to a person’s dream to achieve both Dean’s and the Deen’s list.

How to acquire the Dean’s list, and at the same time, to capture real list of Him? Here we go :

i. Wicked time-management
Wicked? The term ‘wicked’ here does not imply the evil or nefarious meaning, but it is a kind of being masterful in your own time planning. Yes, that’s it! M-A-S-T-E-R-F-U-L . This keyword signifies that our methods in arranging our time and scheduling is very important : How much we can divide our time, so we can optimize it for both Deen’s and Dean’s stuffs?  As the Arabic proverb says,   “Time is like a sword: if you don't cut it, it cuts you. Or in other words,  "If you don't make use of your time, it will make use of you" .

ii.  Never Jumble Up your PRIORITY
              Undoubtedly, we as Muslims must put our Deen as the first, of our priorities.  Let me give you a simple phenomena : Someone is doing his assignment, with full concentration, wishing that he can finish it up as soon as possible. Few minutes after that, the Azan is heard. What should we do? Continue with our assignment or come back to it later after fulfilling our duties to our Allah first? Do not let the assignments and studying to be an excuse, from     fulfilling our duties to Allah S.W.T.,  the one most prioritized.
 
iii. Do not Let your Niat Lose Track
            Let us look back into our hearts, and observe  our niat.  For whom do we live for, why do we try to struggle in our studies. Indeed, we must  always straighten our niat, everything is for Him. Not only in our prayers or  fasting but in whatever we do. Insya-Allah.

“Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, therefore serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience.” [Az-Zumar, 39:2]

Indeed, SUCCESS is a MUST for a Muslim

What does the word success mean to you? According to Oxford Dictionaries (2013), success is defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. While in archaic term, success is the good or bad outcome of an undertaking. As we can see, people nowadays are prone to misunderstanding of the actual meaning of success. Most of them when asked, will simply answer that success is the precious time when they manage to conquer the prosperity of this world. Either the success in their studies, or career, in form of wealth!

It is undeniable that everyone in this miraculous world wants to succeed. Nevertheless, as Muslims, we should understand the actual meaning of ’success’ in Islam. Islam treats the term of ’success’  in a much deeper and vast meaning than simply attaining something as temporary as wealth, fame or position. Instead, Islam treats these as distributions of the bounty of the Allah S.W.T The Most Merciful  to any amongst his servants His slaves He pleases, NOT a barometer of success.

What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous.  Will ye not then understand? 

[Al-An’am, 6:32]

In Islam, we have to strike a ’boom’ in both the world and hereafter. Achieving the prosperity in the academic or corporate world does not mean that we can be delinquent  in  our  duties  to    attain   His    maghfirah    and mardhatillah. Certainly, the journey to reach our finishing line is a hard-fought battle. Attaining His pleasure is not a simple task. We have to be obedient to Him, and the most important thing, be sincere to Allah.

Sometimes, though we have reached the ‘high’ in achieving our goals, we still feel that we are unsatisfied, and not in peace. We feel like our life is desolated. Why? Reflect back to our intention in life. For what reason do we live for? Why do we struggle in this counterfeit world? For whom? Is it true that we live for Allah?  

Let us perceive this verse :

"I have only created 

jinns and men,
that they may serve Me."
[Az-Zariyat, 51:56 ]