Salam Rejab

Assalamualaikum (",)

Dalam kesibukan, hari ini dah masuk hari kedua bulan Rejab..Bermakna, dalam 2 bulan saja lagi kita akan menyambut bulan Ramadhan yang ditunggu-tunggu. Jom, kita bersihkan hati, mantapkan ibadah, kuatkan 'stamina' dan insyaAllah semoga Ramadhan tahun ini menjadi Ramadhan yang terbaik.

"Allahumma Bariklana Fi Rajab wa Sya'ban, Wa ballighna Ramadhan" riwayat al-Tirmizi, maksudnya, Ya Allah berkatilah kami dalam bulan Rejab & Sya'ban dan panjangkanla usia kami kepada Ramadhan, dan berdoalah dengan membaca ayat ke 8 Surah ali Imran agar berterusan semangat beribadah daripada sekarang hingga bila-bila.

Indahnya sifat sabar

Sabar itu istana Iman. Begitulah kata-kata pujangga. Hakikatnya, antara ratusan sifat-sifat terpuji (mahmudah) sabar boleh dianggap sebagai penghulunya. Ini jelas apabila Al-Quran sendiri mengulang-ulang kalimah ini tidak kurang dari 70 kali.

Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyah pernah diriwayatkan berkata : Yang bermaksud :

"Sabar itu tidak tertanggung melainkan dengan kesabaran jua".

Secara istilahnya, sabar bererti ‘menahan diri atas perkara-perkara yang tidak disukai, demi mencari keredhaan Allah'. Yakni, walaupun sesuatu perbuatan itu tidak kita gemari, bersedekah umpamanya, kita tetap bertahan melakukannya demi keredhaan Allah. Firman Allah (S.W.T) dalam surah Ar-Ra'd ayat : 22 yang bermaksud:

"Dan orang-orang yang bersabar kerana mengharapkan keredhaannya Tuhannya".

Secara mudahnya, sabar sering diertikan dengan ketenangan hati, tidak panik ataupun berkeluh-kesah dalam menghadapi apa jua situasi.

Kebaikan sifat sabar ialah :-

1) Sifat sabar dinisbahkan oleh Allah dengan sifat rasul-rasul Ulul Azmi sebagaimana firman-Nya dalam surah Al-Ahqaf ayat 35 yang bermaksud:

" Bersabarlah sebagaimana rasul-rasulnya Ulul Azmi bersabar"

Ulul Azmi adalah lima rasul yang amat cekal menghadapi cabaran dan tentangan umat mereka dalam menjalankan dakwah. Mereka ialah Nabi Muhammad s.a.w, Nabi Isa, Nabi Musa, Nabi Ibrahim dan Nabi Nuh a.s

2) Sabar membezakan antara manusia dan makhluk lain. Allah mencipta binatang punya nafsu semata-mata. Ia tidak dilengkapkan dengan akal, juga tidak dihiasi dengan sifat-sifat terpuji. Manakala para Malaikat pula diciptakan Allah suci dari hawa nafsu. Mereka asyik beribadah kepada Allah tanpa memerlukan sifat sabar sebagai perisai. Sedangkan kejadian kita manusia, pada awalnya hanya nafsu memerintah, sewaktu akal masih putik. Kita hanya tahu menangis bila kelaparan atau kesakitan. Sedikit demi sedikit akal mula membesar seiring tumbesaran jasmani. Kemudiannya kita dilatih bersabar sedikit demi sedikit. Hinggalah kita baligh dan wajib mematuhi syariatnya.

Namun terdapat juga tersalah tanggap tentang konsep sabar. Antara salah konsep masyarakat kita dalam mengertikan sifat sabar ialah :-

a) Kompromi . sabar dan kompromi adalah dua kalimah berlainan makna, walaupun kita perlu bersabar untuk berkompromi. Ada perkara yang kita tidak boleh berkompromi terutamanya bila melibatkan maruah diri, bangsa dan agama.

b) Menyerah. Seringkali kedengaran oleh kita melafazkan :

"Apa nak buat, bersabar sahajalah".

Perlu ditegaskan, sabar bukannya tewas atau kalah. Malah setiap muslim perlu mengambil tindakan penyelesaian yang sewajarnya sekiranya menghadapi masalah.

c) Tidak berusaha. Bersabar atas kemiskinan ataupun kecacatan diri bukan bererti menerima bulat-bulat keadaan yang berlaku. Allah menyeru agar manusia berusaha sedaya upaya baru kemudiannya berserah kepada Allah. Firman-Nya dalam Surah Ar-Ra'd ayat :11 yang bermakusd :

"Sesungguhnya Allah tidak mengubah nasib sesuatu kaum hingga mereka sendiri mengubahnya".

d) Sabar hanya waktu susah. Mungkin pelik bagi sesetengah orang jika dikatakan kita juga perlu bersabar pada waktu senang. Ini mungkin kerana sifat sabar kerap dikaitkan dengan kesusahan dan penderitaan. Padahal, yang lebih sukar adalah sabar sewaktu senang untuk membendung sifat-sifat tercela di dalam diri seperti bakhil, bongkak dan sombong agar kita menjadi hamba yang bersyukur.

e) Pasif. Memberi maksud sabar sebagai tunggu dan lihat juga tidak tepat. Sepatutnya orang yang sabar adalah pro-aktif, yang mampu bertindak selangkah ke hadapan dari orang lain. Ini kerana hatinya yang tenang yang memungkinkannya berfikir dengan waras.

Kerana kekurangan ilmu dan praktis, sabar kerap dianggap sebagai matlamat atau penyelesaian. Sedangkan sebenarnya sifat sabar adalah wadah atau perisai ampuh yang mesti digunakan untuk mencapai matlamat hidup dunia dan akhirat.

(Dipetik dari: http://www.jais.gov.my)

Layyinulharir:

Teringat tentang teguran seorang sahabat saya..masa tu, solat tarawih kat surau.Saya merungut sebab rasa panas sangat+ surau tu sesak dgn jemaah. Tersentak dalam hati bila dia bagi nasihat supaya tak merungut bila buat ibadah, betapanya saya tak sabar untuk hal yang sekecil itupun....Terima kasih atas teguranmu, ingat sampai hari ni walau dah 2,3 tahun dah berlalu..

Macam mana nak latih sabar? Mungkin boleh dimulakan dengan mengurangkan segala rungutan walaupun untuk benda yang kita rasa sangat kecil sekalipun..

Start it now! =)

Tough questions during interview

Some tough questions that might be asked during the interview:

• Tell me about yourself
• What can you offer us?
• What are your strength?
• What have you accomplished?
• What are your limitations?
• What do you know about the company?
• If I spoke to one of your previous class teachers/tutors, what would he say about your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
• What are your ambitions for the future?
• Why do you want to work for us?
• What do you find the most attractive about this job?
• What is least attractive about this job?
• Do you consider yourself to be a creative person?
• How would you describe your own personality?

Some sample questions that you might want to ask the interviewer(s) :

• What do you see as the main priority when starting in this job?
• What challenges do you think the job holder will face?
• Can you please tell me about the training and development available to the successful candidate?
• How would you describe the culture of this organisation?
• What are some objectives that you would like to see achieved in this job?

(By Deloitte Consulting Malaysia Sdn. Bhd)

Sample interview questions

These are some of the sample questions that might be asked during interview:

1) Education and training

• Why did you decide to go to the college
• Tell us about your college course
• Do/did you enjoy any particular part of your studies more than the rest?
• Can you tell me about a project that you worked on at school/ university?

2) Employment history

• Have you had any work experience?
• Tell me a bout your last job.
• Why did you leave your last job?
• What have you done since you left your last job?
• What have you achieved that you are most proud of?
• Tell me about a problem at work that you have had to deal with.
• What would you do if you were faced with a problem you could not deal with?
• What are the most satisfying aspects of your current/ last job?

3) Interests

• What are your hobbies or interests?

4) General.

• What are your strengths?
• What are your weaknesses?
• Why should we employ you?
• Which other organisations have you applied to?
• What does 'equal opportunities' mean to you?
• How would you put equal opportunities into practice?

5) The job.

• Tell me what you know a bout the organisation.
• Why do you want to work for this company?
• What do you think you can contribute to this company?

(By Deloitte Consulting Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.)

Interview Preparation

Top 10 tips for interview:

1)Research the company thoroughly:Use the internet, telephone and ask for information to be mailed to you, e.g. company's annual report or other relevant info.

2) Know the location of the interview: Get a map and plan your route

3) Be prepared: Bring along a copy of CV, a notepad and pen

4) Perfect your image: Have clean clothes, shoes, hair and fingernails! Use positive body language.

5) Think of the image that you want to portray: Make your answers enthusiastic, interesting and knowledgeable.

6) Arrive in the area with time to spare: Report for the interview at least 5-10 minutes early.

7) Memorise the name(s) or job title(s) of your interviewer(s)

8) Anticipate questions and prepare answers

9) Be prepared to sell your key personal qualities.

10) Have three questions ready to asks the interviewer(s).

And very importantly, turn off your mobile phone!

(by Deloitte Consulting Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.)

Widen my knowledge

After about two weeks joining pre-employment programme, suddenly I realised that I have a very little knowledge about other fields (eg: about corporate world) , except in teaching profession and cooking only. (So bad right?huhu..)

So, this is the time where I need to improve myself to become a more knowledgeable person, not only focus in the fields that I like.

The more we learn, sometimes we will feel there is a lot more things that we don't know.

So, what should I do?

-Read more
-Listen more
-Rest less

Wait a minute,
I haven't told u right, what is this pre-employment programme is all about?
Owh, ok, let's begin.

This programme is aim to improve the employibility skills especially in soft skills such as communication, self-confidence, grooming and etc .Everything is free;food, accommodation, training, plus the trainee will get a certificate and allowance of RM400. Starts at 8.30 a.m until 6.15 p.m for one month programme is quite challenging for me. Its like use up all my energy and consequently I am very tired and sleepy at night. But still until now, I feel this programme is very interesting, beneficial and enjoyable=)

Layyinulharir: will update more about this pre-employment programme

venerable and vulnerable

1) Venerable

-(Adj, formal) venerable people or things deserve respect because they are old, important, wise.
e.g: a venerable old man
a venerable institution/tradition

-(The venerable....-use only before noun, in the Aglican Church) a title of respect used when talking about an Archdeacon
e.g: the venerable Martin Roberts

-(The venerable...-use only before noun, in the Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a dead person who is very holy but has not yet been made a saint.

2) Vulnerable

-(Adj) to be weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally: to be vulnerable to abuse/attack/illness.
eg: She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.
In cases of food poisoning, young children are especially vulnerable.
The sudden resignation of the financial director put the company in a very vulnerable
condition.

-(Noun) Vulnerability
eg: the vulnerability of newborn babies to diseases.

[From: Oxford Dictionary, 6th edition]