Started off the day dragging myself out of bed and craving for energy as my body’s battery drained from another long night trying to get my beloved son (who is a 12 year old special child on the autism spectrum for those who haven’t noticed) to sleep. He is without a doubt, a handful especially on days he randomly spirals out of control. But I know for a fact that there is a lot going on in his mind, and to be fair to him, most times it’s beyond his control. Don’t believe me? See it for yourself. So come nighttime...
It’s been a long day – after a long haul the night before comforting my one and only special son, followed by continuation of public worry on COVID-19, which is at the verge of being declared a pandemic, and last but not least, back to back meetings – I’m low on fuel. But: the health panic, which actually represents everyone’s worry of unprepared death (which is never certain in the first place),the forecasted economic crisis expected to be just around the corner with market crashes and actual impact on people (sudden salary cuts involving three airlines) already happening, the busyness of...
The past few days have been unsettling for Malaysians following the sudden increase of COVID-19 cases. It significantly jumped from a base of 25 cases to above 100 within 9 days. Days ahead are uncertain as the numbers keeps on increasing with no sign of this global calamity slowing down. In Malaysia particularly, the COVID-19 ‘panic-demic’ (as it is yet to be declared pandemic despite over hundred thousand cases infected worldwide – higher than SARS, MERS or Ebola in the recent years) was against a backdrop of a political ‘turnover’ that caught everyone by surprise, which have brought to where...
On a lazy and laid back Sunday, let’s touch on something a bit lighter, personally closer and hopefully (and logically) everyone could relate to (unless you decide not to). The subject randomly came out during a session by Dr. Ashraf as a “by the way” thing, but to me it was so important that I decided to share it here. The issue has always been there, he just helped to frame and summarize it for easier understanding and remembrance. Practically, everyone knows about it, whether we realize it or want to admit it is separate thing altogether. It’s something most of...
The lead facilitator for CIIF’s Chartered and Fellowship Masterclass (CFM) was a man by the name of Dr Mohamed Ashraf Iqbal – a man with many skills and knowledge. While spending the early part of his career as a mechanical engineer and a consultant, he then joined the Islamic Finance scene as a Board and Shariah Committee member of an Islamic Bank, backed by a Ph.D in Islamic Finance from INCEIF. He is a walking knowledge house for sure, with the amount of books he read and his ability to connect so many implicit parts of the world, naturally connecting them to the...
