The Promotion

2005. It has been a great start of the year and i hoped it stays this way, but We all know it's impossible. Life is full of it's ups and downs. Full of tribulations. But, i won't lower my spirits thinking of something that have yet to come. All i shall do is pray for the best and may i be able to stand in with life challenges. Today, i went back to office as it was a compulsory thing. I was needed to sign some documents. And there was two occasions to take place in the afternoon. 1. Chinese New Year Lunch 2. Announcement of Promotions. No one else knew about my promotion except for my GM and HR. I had told them to keep mum about it until this very day. They Agreed. I was informed on the promotion last December but the effective date will be today. So, from that time, I am still what i am. I didn't mutter a word to anyone other than my hubby. Even my parents was not informed. At 12.30pm, everyone was gathered at the foyer. GM made a speech. Show slides on the sales revenue for last year and the profits the company have made. Then came in the announcement of the promotions. There were 4 of us given the oppourtunity for a greater level of career prospects. 2 of them was from the production while the other 2 was from the administration department. I was the 4th person to be announced. And from today, I shall be carrying the post of a Manager. I will be given the opportunity to lead a team of customer service and sales personnel. And i will still be home based. The GM gave a word of praise that turned me all red with flattery. I wished that the ground would sucked me in like a vacuum. Eyes was staring and the room was cold dead silent, apart from the voice from My GM while i stood right beside him. Malu Nyer! He said. I was diligent at doing my work and always fast to find a solution to tide down the tidal waves. I was efficient and good at handling my customers. He gave me the promotion based on my performance, my sales turnover and commendations by customers. He even concluded that he loves my humble yet firm working etiquettes. I somehow made good relationships not only with the customer, the management colleagues but also the production workers which somehow helped me wriggle my way through whenever i needed a job to be done by production teams, materials to be purchased and $$$ to be factored aside for my projects. He said good communicating skills and relationship with everyone is important. I had that very essence and my atitude should be an example to be set. Macm yea yea ajer! Malu lah! When i was awarded the promotion all i could say to myself, Syukur Alhamdulillah. Insya ALLAH, I shall do my even best in my new position. I guess my every success was not based only on the education level that i have in my hands but humbleness. Accepting everyone. Be it the aunties, uncles, young lads and colleagues of the lower level. I treated them with respect and made out as friends. Due to my good relationship with this lower end people, it have managed to get me on my spot. Why? Whenever my project was seeing a delay in delivery and deadline have to be met No Matter What, they helped me out to achieve something rather than nothing. That made my customer less angry. And i will too follow suit to run machines, do QA,packing or whatever needed to be helped to achieve my delivery of the products. At the end of the day it's a win win situation. We need each other to get things done. The production team needs the Sales personnel to bring in revenue and we need them to produce the things. So why play hierarchy? So what if i was under Management levels? Will i get a place in heaven for that? We are all MERE HUMANS. Live on food and water to survive, given birth to, fall sick, need the lavatory, sleep and we will all die. What's with status quo? Nothing! My epitome of life, Be humble and set an average mind but persistent to achieve one's goal. As my father always reminded me, Sombong itu adalah selendang ALLAH, bukan milik kita. Di laknat jika kita menyombong diri. Sombong adalah sifat syaitan. Dan balas kejahatan dgn kebaikan kerana orang yg menang adalah mereka yg sabar dan redha. Jgn balas kejahatan dgn kejahatan, ia akan membakar diri sendiri. Dan solat adalah tiang hidup kita. Ianya adalah satelit perhubungan antara ALLAH dan kita. Makin kita bersujud padanya makin melimpah barakah ke atas kita. Bila diberikan sesuatu kebaikan di dunia, baliklah ke asal tauhid bahawa ianya datang dari ALLAH. Pemberian sementara untuk dunia. Bersyukur kita, melimpahlah, Lupa diri, kita akan mengigit jari satu hari. I heeded his advice. And i can see the nature wonders of it. I may not be a true great muslim, i may at times missed a step but i'm proud to be borned an Islam and Allah is my GOD! I may not be the richest, brightest, beautiful person on planet earth but I'm contented with all that i have in my life. I will not ask for more. With this, Syukur ALHAMDULLILAH YA ALLAH, For the best in me.