Hari ini dalam sejarah

Alhamdulillah, Allah telah berikan saya peluang untuk menerima dos pertama vaksin pada hari ini. Harapnya seperti yang lain, tiada kesan sampingan yang serius selain pembentukkan antibodi untuk melawan COVID-19. Dos pertama AZ @ 10.18 pagi, 29 Mei 2021 Tatkala saya mendaftar secara sukarela dahulu, saya juga berfikir banyak kali, hingga ke pagi saya membaca artikel berkenaan vaksin AZ. Saya juga ada perasaan takut – kita semua takut yang tidak pasti, kita manusia biasa. Tetapi saya tekad ambil juga, sebagai tanggungjawab kerana ramai yang takut pada ketika itu. “It has to start somewhere” saya memujuk diri saya sambil melihat wajah anak...

How I ended up here

My late dad spent more than half his career in the insurance industry. Started off in London where he spent 7 years before coming back and joining the local insurance company Talasco Insurance, running the life insurance division. I grew up knowing this but didn’t really know what insurance actually meant. What I remembered from his time in Talasco was his staff (which is more of his friends) and sports. I had the chance for to meet many national legendary footballers and hockey players including the late Mokhtar Dahari (who used to be branding manager) and Karim Pin (who also married...

It’s been a while

I did not manage to meet the KPI I had set for myself to post an entry at least once a week. The truth is I got into an accident and my mind was set on recovering from it. In between I was tied up with the usual busyness of work and being Ruzain’s daddy. Superhero: Accident Prone Man Alhamdulillah I’ve more or less recovered and at least 85% look like myself – just left some scars that would need time to heal itself. But in the past few weeks, I tried a new project with Ruzain to do some vegetable...

We Made It!

When Alina shared the link via WhatsApp, I didn’t get it at first but because it was her who shared, I immediately went on clicking on it anyway.To my pleasant surprise, and I was definitely surprise and super happy to see the financial literacy program that started from a random discussion between 3 people: Alina, Intan and me at San Francisco Coffee, Menara Shell on 8 August 2019 has made it this far.  Fun(d) For Life featured in Ringgit 01/021 From a random idea, ending up at a pilot 3 days camp up north, which then became a dream to...