..Telah mendapat kelulusan untuk pulang awal bagi memulakan sesi percutian 9 hari 8 malam di Pantai Timur Semenanjung Malaysia ..
Nik: (sengaja berbahasa skema) Nak mintak izin..* belum sempat habiskan ayat*
Ketua: mintak izin nak kahwin? ok saya izinkan..
..ok, speechless dalam suasana gelak-tawa teammates sekalian..
..Kepada yang bercuti-cutian sempena Hari Wilayah dan CNY nanti, selamat bercuti ya..
Disclaimer: Entri ini mungkin memakan masa untuk dihabiskan proses pembacaannya, agak-agak penat membaca, boleh rehat jap :)
Entri ini diilhamkan oleh kewujudan email bertajuk ‘The Story of Appreciation’ dalam Inbox sebentar tadi..
Dan sebelum kita sama-sama mendalami isi kandungan email itu, kasi peluang untuk pemilik blog berceloteh jap ye..hehe..
Ok.Sejak kecil, kita diajar mengucapkan terima kasih kepada sesiapa di atas pemberiannya dari segi pertolongan, barangan mahupun ilmu.. Kepada Yang Maha Esa, menunaikan segala perintahNya dan meninggalkan segala laranganNya merupakan satu tindakan terima kasih seorang hamba kepada Pemiliknya yang Satu..
Ketika kita masih kecil, ibu dan ayah akan mengajar kita menyebut terima kasih apabila dihulurkan gula-gula mahupun permainan walaupun ketika itu kita sekadar boleh menyebut “macih”..
Ketika kita belajar di sekolah, apabila guru selesai mengajar, ketua kelas akan bangun lalu mengucapkan terima kasih sambil diikuti oleh rakan-rakan sekelas yang lain.. tapi budaya ini tidak diamalkan ketika di universiti/kolej..kalau ada pun, secara individu, itu pun ketika hampir menduduki peperiksaan..
Ketika kita menaiki kenderaan awam, seperti teksi mahupun bas, pernahkah kita mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pemandu? Biasanya pemandu akan cakap terima kasih , tapi tidak salah jika kita yang ucapkan terima kasih kerana pemandu tersebut telah membantu kita ke destinasi dengan selamat..untuk pengangkutan awam yang lain seperti komuter mahupun lrt, ucapan terima kasih boleh diterjemahkan dalam bentuk tindakan menjaga kebersihan, tidak melakukan vandalisme dan mematuhi peraturan yang ditetapkan ketika menaiki kenderaan itu..
Budaya berterima kasih sebenarnya sudah tertanam dalam diri kita sejak kecik. Tapi kenapa apabila kita sudah mampu berdikari, sudah mampu memiliki segala yang diingini, kita lupa untuk berterima kasih kepada orang sekeliling kita apatah lagi kepada al-Wahhab,Maha Pemberi Kurnia dan al-Razzaq, Maha Pemberi Rezeki..
Menghargai orang sekeliling bukan dengan kebendaan semata-mata, yang lebih bernilai adalah budaya berterima kasih dan rasa hormat antara satu sama lain..yang penting, ianya IKHLAS..
Ok,sekarang kita beralih kepada isi kandungan email tadi..celoteh kat atas tadi sekadar kasi hint kepada kisah yang bakal dibaca ini :)
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none".
The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'
The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."
The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.”
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.
Sekian, terima kasih sebab baca sampai habis..perhargaan jugak ni..hehe..
Syarat #1:
mzhany: Nik kena buat entri dengan tajuk “mzhany 1st GA” tau
nik: Baiklah..cuba tengok di atas..copy-paste lagi..hehe..
Syarat #2:
mzhany: Nik kena letak banner dalam entry nik tau..
nik: Baiklah, nik dah sertakan banner tersebut seperti di atas..
Syarat #3:
mzhany: Nik kena letak link ke entri mzhany 1st ga tau
nik: Baiklah, cuba klik setiap hyperlink dalam entri ni, ke manakah hala tujunya?hehe
Syarat #4:mzhany:Nik, dah follow belum blog mzhany, kalu tak nak follow pun takpenik: Dah follow sejak dulu lagi....wajib follow sebab blog kegemaran kan..hehe
Syarat #5:mzhany:Nik, blog mzhany ada dalam bloglist nik tak?nik: Sudah semestinya..mahu bahan bukti? hehe
Syarat #6:mzhany: Nik, nanti dah siap, tinggalkan kesan bukti kat entri mzhany 1st ga tau..nik: Nanti, dah siap entri ni, nik terjah ke sana ye..
Syarat #7:
mzhany: Nik, mzhany 1st ga ni tidak seperti rancangan Pilih Kasih..dan tiada istilah kroni boleh menang..pemenang dipilih secara cabutan undi oleh kami suami isteri ye..nik: Baiklah, untung sabuttenggelamtimbul, untung blogger, dapat menang mzhany 1st ga ..hehe
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