2011 will come to an end very soon. And how do I sum up 2011? Well, I didn't usually give an F about leaving a year (pardon my vulgarity there. After all, it is just an alphabet). For me years are only a set of number which change once in 365/366 days. However, I think 2011 is a very interesting year for me. Interesting in away that a lot of things happen in my life during the year of 2011. But I'm going to keep that to myself okay.
Hopefully 2012 will bring many good things to me in a number of ways. Hopefully the bad things that happened in 2011 will not occur again and improvements over 2011 will take place in 2012. That's all for 2011. I'm humbly wishing you all a happy new year!
P/s: Please be wise on spending your new year. It is better to do some reflection on what happened in your life a year before. :)
You may remember that I went to the interview with Western Digital regarding the HEIGIP. Well, alhamdulillah. I got it. I don't know how because honestly, I didn't feel confident at all with the interview. Whatever it is, I got it. Praise to Allah.
To be honest, there are a few reasons why I'm not putting too much hope from that interview. Firstly, as I mentioned earlier, my parents wants me to work with the government. Secondly, I'm not a laboratory kind of person. If I do the internship with them, for sure I will be placed at the laboratory because of my major in chemistry. So, I just did my best during the interview but not having too much hope for it. Besides, my CGPA is not very strong as compared to the others.
Although it makes me think that maybe I'm now connecting the dot previously marked for me. Maybe He is trying to show me the way in which I should go. Because I'm a human. I need a lot of guidance. Although I prefer to work as an administrator, maybe that work is not suitable for me. As I always say, we may not get what we want. But He definitely gives us what we need. Maybe this is what I need.
However, this is only for internship. It is not necessary that I will end up working with Western Digital because there are a lot of selection procedure I have to undergo before they decide to hire me as their chemist. So this is just a mere 1st step for me. It is still early to make a conclusion.
I do hope for the best for my life. Pray for my success guys. I hope the path I take will bring prosperity to me in 'dunia wal akhirah'. Amiin...
Here are some picture of the HEIGIP launching at Putrajaya officiated by YBM KPT.
Those who are seconded to Western Digital
Yupp. I was interviewed by NTV7. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to see myself on TV.
Let's kick off with the story about my mom. She took her SPM about 32 years ago. And she got 2nd grade for her SPM. Doesn't sound spectacular now. But back then, it was way above average. On the other hand, my father is only a 3rd grader. Fast forward to the present, my mom is only a clerk and my father is an officer at the federal department. I'm sure when my mom received her SPM result, she must've thought that she is going to have a good position at this time. But she was wrong! I'm not saying that working as a clerk is a bad profession but it could've been better for her. Hey, I'm a son of a clerk and I'm telling you, I'm proud of the way my mom raised me up.
There is a story actually behind the story of my mom. A few years before my grandmother died, I asked her of all her children, who is the smartest in terms of academic achievement? She told me it's my mom. She actually told me that my mom was offered to further her study at a university but due to the hard life that my mom's family is having, my grandmother doesn't tell my mom about it and she kept the offer letter to herself. She said that they cannot afford to pay for the university fee. Pity isn't it? But it happened nevertheless. The highest education for my mother is only SPM. The best part is, my mom doesn't know this story until one day I decided that the deserves to know.
I remember a time when my family were attending a wedding of the daughter of my mom's classmate. She met a lot of her classmates and even her schoolmates. Most of them is just an ordinary person like my mother. But one particular classmates of her has become a lecturer at the Institut Pendidikan Guru in KL. She told me that the person was not a very bright student when she was at school. My mother was always better than that person when it comes to an academic achievement. But now, it's different. The person is having a much better life (in terms of position) than my mom.
What I'm trying to say here is that we often look at life short sightedly. We never really know what's ahead. Thus, we always come to a conclusion earlier than it should be. People always perceived that going to a university will always give you a good result in your life later. But this is not necessarily true. Upon coming back to Malaysia, I've worked temporarily at different organisation for a number of time. And I found that most of my co-workers are university graduate with PTPTN debt to pay for. And they are underemployed. Work as a hard labor arranging boxes. You don't have to have a degree to arrange boxes. Everybody can do it. Yes, you can argue that the time has not come for them yet but does they ever thought that they will arrange boxes one day? I bet they don't. Because they are human. And human judgement are mostly flawed.
Another example is my lecturer. One my lecturer told me the story of his life. He started his university life as a pre-science student. Pre-science is a program for those who are not really eligible to go straight to diploma. In short, their SPM is not good. They have to spend a year for that before they can go to diploma provided that their pre-science result is outstanding. A few years later, he is my lecturer with a master degree. Who would've thought that?
It is very sad for me when many parents focuses on academic achievement of their children. They scold their children for not getting a lot of A's in their exam when what they should do is to motivate them to not give up in life. Keep on pedaling if you don't want to fall from your bicycle. Yes, I agree that academic achievement is important but it's not everything. It is impossible for us to know what lies in front of the corner but it is possible for us to prepare ourselves to face anything that lies ahead.
Let's listen to this song. It has a very deep meaning.
