Thursday, May 24, 2007

Mass Rapid Transit(ion)

We go through many transitions in life. Sometimes, it takes years to go from one transition to another. Other times, you are forced to move or to move without prior notice. Although it's a major life transition, but when opportunity comes, you just have to grab it.

Within a period of 5 mths, I made a few major transitions in my life:

- quit my job @ en-naeem
- take up a Post Grad (finished a challenging semester)
- tutoring madrasah students (and vow to stay out of job for a year to focus on my studies)
- tried my luck and sent a resume to a social service organization
- went for the interview (just to see if I'm accepted)
- was accepted on the very day!

And I grabbed the offer.

Crazy yea?

Am I excited? Hmm...I am, but there's also some dilemmas.

- how am I going to inform my students?
- will I be considered as inconsistent with my decision?
- will I be expecting too much from this new workplace? how will it fair compared to the previous one?
- can I balance work and study?

I decided to take up this job because it compliments my studies..or rather, the skills that I learn will be applicable to the work. And I really need to practice it or it'll be left to rot.

I know I have to decide for myself. But I felt assured when my closed ones encourage me to go for it.

I felt so blessed by Allah....but I am never a good servant to Him.....

There are also other feelings that stir inside me. I really felt for my friends who are still struggling in securing a job. I can't help it, but how I wish that all of us will be blessed by his Rizq. But I'm sure He will work his wonders, and with their patience and endurance, they will be rewarded by Him one fine day.

Dearest friends, let's pray together for a good future ahead.

~to cross the line might be the way across~

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

heyyy kak! congrats!! i'm sure that it will help ur studies.. and vice versa..

Anonymous said...

congrats.. am happy for you.. :)

Anonymous said...

hey..im a blog-hopper..apparently, you're doing something im interested in doing..and that is taking a counselling course! my question fr now, where are you studying? ur reply will be a great help to me since im a twenty something myself..bt unlike you,im in limbo. :(

help....

[hopper]

Anonymous said...

hey there! i'm doing a counselling course with Edith Cowan University. It's a distance learning conducted by Academy of Human Development, S'pore.

do i know u, anonymous?

RJ said...

nur!!!!
congratulations! I'm so happy for you! I can't think of a better or more caring sweetheart for this field that you're venturing into than yourself :D
-rafiq-

Anonymous said...

congrats... its always better to be heading in a direction than to stay at one point...

rashid

Anonymous said...

where dd you take your degree?

oh, im anonymous to you btw..just a hopper.

[hopper]

Anonymous said...

;) It's ok, but maybe u cud use a nickname so it'll be easier for me to identify.

I took my degree in Al-Azhar, Egypt.

Anonymous said...

what degree did you take in azhar?

im so sorry for asking soooo many questions :S

hopper a.k.a Tree-Hugger

Anonymous said...

me => tree-hugger

hey, now I remember where i saw nick. hehe. but still dont noe yr identity but it's ok :) i took a degree in usuluddin there.

ask as many questions as u like.. i dont mind :)

Anonymous said...

haha..ok..so, you had a degree in usuluddin..bt how did you get into the counselling post-graduate course? dont you have to be from the same course?

[Tree-Hugger]

Anonymous said...

The institution considered my degree (although it's in Islamic Studies) and also my working experience. I was very grateful of my previous employment at a mosque which exposed me to hands-on youth and community work.I was also required to sit for an interview before I could get accepted to go for the course :)

Anonymous said...

wow! really? ok, ure officially the poster girl of the moment. hmm..ok. at the moment, im thinking of going to JCU to take my degree, honours and maybe masters there..BUT it's damn expensive..my other option is to go UIA study psychology, come back here then take the post-grad dip in psyc undr JCU jugak..bt i dunno if that can happen. so right now, im in limbo...
any advice fr me?

[tree-hugger]

Anonymous said...

Tree-hugger, I think I need to know a bit about yr background first, before giving u any advice :)

Maybe u wanna leave a private msg at my friendster / email. It's umaizah910@hotmail.com

Or if u prefer a tele-conversation, do let me noe :)