Starting the year....

I left 2007, it didn't leave me!
It is me who is moving ahead.....

The Burj Al Arab, welcoming 2008. Where I was last night, it was electric. The excitement and anticipation were buzzing in the air on a dark and chilly Jumeira beach. My family together with seven other Malaysian families were amongst tens of thousands others. We arrive at around eleven, picked out spot and spread our picnic offerings.






A new year it is, but not a new life! Your miseries do not fade away just because the seven has changed to an eight. You still have to pay your bills, dig into your pocket every time you pass through one of the many tolls, and face the same faces at home and at work. Make no mistake about that....
A new year it is, but not a new life! New resolutions won't get you anywhere - except to the same place you left off a year ago. A new life - can start any time you choose it to be. But, the starting point is with yourself.
.......Think positively - of yourself and your life.
Cultivate an indomitable spirit. Believe you can and will succeed. Make a list of positive statements about yourself and read them everyday, not just on a new year's day.
Do not make excuses or put yourself down in conversations with others or with yourself. And analyze the people you come in contact with on a regular basis. Are these negative people or positive people? Your friends should support you and lift you up, not depress you and
drag you down to their level. And when someone compliments you, say thank you. That’s important. Many people receive compliments and respond with, “oh well, I’m really
not…”.
Believe in yourself and others will believe in you.





I left 2007 behind me.....just like I would like to leave my past where it belongs. In the past!
The past is just that–the past. What happened in the past does not necessarily allude to what is going to happen in the future.
Each new career, new relationship, and new friendship have their own
unique potential. If you were let down in the past, you can’t let that
affect your present and future. They aren’t the same.
If you live in the past, you will constantly live in a self fulfilling
prophecy. Your life will suck because you
expect it to suck. Or it will thrive because you believe you can! It’s that simple.
And just in case you have some doubt - ok, i am with you. There is an enemy!
The only problem is that the Enemy is You.

In order to conquer the outside, you must first conquer the inside. Look to yourself. We hold ourselves back more than anyone else has the power to. When you realize this is the reality you will find it easier to deal with your issues and make progress toward your goals.

So, please take another look at the list of resolution you have written. Then take a good look in mirror - at yourself!

My best wishes to everyone - and HAPPY NEW YEAR! But, I can only make wishes. You determine how 2008 shapes up for you....no one else!
Work hard, and pray even harder.
Smile and love a lot.
Be truthful - especially to yourself.
Make someone happy everyday.
Hug and tell your loved ones you love them, while they are alive. Life can be taken at anytime - with little notice.
Say sorry, if you made a mistake. But forgive everyone before forgiveness is asked for.
Whether you like or hate someone -their lives move on. The difference is by forgiving them - you harbor no ill feelings in your heart. Ill feelings eat your soul, yours! No one else.
Sleep well, drink lots of water, wake up for Fajr prayer, and always include your parents in your doa.


( Along, Angah, Achik, Amirul, Haziq, Luqman - ayah loves you! )
(Lil - let us make 2008 our best ever......)