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Sunday, 13 January 2019.

4.51pm, HAR an Indon and Pakistan boss at Haji Naseeb restaurant, Ampang Waterfront ping me to send a Paki young man to TBS. The man knows some Malay, yet the boss came to me ask me to send him to the TBS, "dia tak tau cakap Bahasa."

5.22pm, MUN a Malay woman at the same TBS main lobby Gate C sending to Lorong Tanjung 3 Ampang Jaya.

5.45pm, AZF at a luxury big house Jalan 4B Ampang Jaya. It was heavy rains and she was sent off by the security guard under an umbrella. I sent the young Malay woman to Jalan Bangkung Taman Bandaraya, Bangsar.

6.21pm, LEL at The Nomad Serviced Residence. I thought she was a chinese lady, but actually both of them are Malays. There are 2 stops, the first one is at Batu 5 Jalan Ipoh Taman kok Lian. The last stop is at Lorong Mahsuri 4, Taman Bunga Raya, near UCTAR.

Break at Surau Taman Bunga Raya. Pee and pray.

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Dear diary, this is a Grab driver story I copy-paste from whatsap group. Not sure if it's true or not.

Hari ni dalam sajarah...
Pertama kali aku naik grab, sembang dengan driver sampai driver menangis. Allahu Akbar...

Siang tadi aku pi KL sat atas urusan kerja. Sampai Airport Subang, macam biasa book grab utk ke tempat meeting. Memandangkan aku sampai Subang kol 12.20tgh hari, so aku terus book grab ke Masjid Saidina Abu Bakar As-Sidiq, Bangsar utk solat Jumaat...

Driver grab ni seorang lelaki Melayu dalam lingkungan pertengahan 50an. Orangnya smart, bila mula bersembang aku dapat simpulkan dia ni educated dan knowledgeable dalam business & corporate world...

Bila dia sembang bab meniaga, korporat aku pun tokok tambah apa yg patut. Asalnya sekadar layan ja apa yg dia sembang sementara nak sampai ke destinasi...

Tiba2 dia bgtau kisah silam dia. Dia ni rupanya seorang bergelar "Datuk" dari Kerteh. Dulu dia seorang jutawan. Bisnes buat pelantar minyak dan kerja2 yang berkaitan oil & gas industry...

Masa kaya, akaun bank ada berjuta-juta. Apa anak isteri nak semua dia belikan. Katanya sekali supply besi utk binaan pelantar minyak kurang2 pun dalam RM15-20 juta...

Kereta mewah ada 5 buah. Rumah banglo ada di Pahang, Terengganu & KL. Anak 3 orang dan seorang isteri...

Tahun 2016, Allah uji dia dan keluarga dia. Dengan sekelip mata dia jatuh susah. Bisnes dia tak menjadi. Dah supply barang dan buat kerja payment tak dapat, rakan meniaga pulak tipu, supplier cari mintak payment, bank hantar notis saman sebab tak bayar loan dan macam2 lagi...

Kemuncaknya semua harta terpaksa dijual dan dilelong. Dia ada ambik lawyer untuk lawan tuntut bayaran dari pihak yg berhutang dengan dia, tapi kes bertahun tak selesai juga. Legal fee dan lebih RM100k. Akhirnya dia tak teruskan kes sebab xdak duit nak bayar legal fee...

Disebabkan habuk pun tak ada, akhirnya isteri dia minta cerai. Isteri kahwin lain dan anak2 ikut isteri. Sampai tahun lepas anak lelaki sulung dia kahwin pun, dia langsung tak dijemput. Kiranya hubungan dengan isteri dan anak2 terus terputus sejak jatuh miskin...

Katanya lagi hidup dia kini kosong. Isteri sendiri dan anak2 pun boleh lari. Kaum keluarga dan kawan2 apatah lagi. Pada mulanya dia pernah minta bantuan ahli keluarga, tapi dihalau. Minta bantuan rakan, semua melarikan diri. Nak hutang dengan bank, bank reject...

Masa bagitau kisah family dia, dia mula menangis especially bila dia cerita tentang kegagalan dia mendidik isteri dan anak2. Dia cuma mampu bagi duit tapi bukan kasih sayang, didikan dan mengajak ke jalan Allah...

Perkara yang paling dia tak sangka dalam hidup, seorang isteri yang selama ini hidup bersama dengan dia lebih dari 20 tahun waktu senang boleh tinggalkan dia kerana kemiskinan. Anak kandung tak mengaku dia ayah. Keluarga sanggup buang dia sedangkan suatu ketika dulu apa yang ahli keluarga dan saudara mara dia nak, dia bagi..

Sekarang ni harta yang dia ada cumalah sebuah kereta Produa Axia untuk buat grab. Untuk berteduh, dia cuma menyewa bilik RM200 sebulan di area Ara Damansara. Rutin hidup dia, bangun bawa grab dan pulang rehat di bilik sewa. Makan di warung atau kedai mamak. Pernah ketika tengah makan dia ternampak rakan lama bergelar Datuk juga, kelam kabut dia sembunyi sebab malu. Pernah juga beberapa kali nak ambik passanger di Airport Subang. Bila dah dekat, rupanya orang yang dia kenali maka terus dia memecut laju dan cancel trip. Semuanya kerana malu dan terasa dirinya terlalu hina. Hidup dia sangat kosong. Segalanya tiada. Katanya, "Kalau bukan Islam jadi macam saya, confirm dah terus bangunan atau bunuh diri. Nasib baik saya tak sampai ke tahap itu"...

Dia kata kat aku, "Saya tak tahu sebab apa. Tapi encik ni macam ada aura yang menyebabkan saya kongsi semua ni. Encik customer pertama saya yang saya kongsikan kisah hidup saya. Saya bukan minta simpati, cuma sekadar berkongsi pengalaman hidup. Encik masih muda. Manalah tahu kalau encik kaya suatu hari nanti, jangan jadi macam saya. Silap saya, saya bela bini dan anak2 dengan duit tapi bukan dengan didikan agama dan kasih sayang. Itu yang dia orang tak pedulikan saya"..

Nak cerita panjang lagi. Cuma dipendekkan
cerita, kata2 aku kat dia, "Saya tak tahu nak kata apa. Cuma saya doakan Allah bagi kekuatan kat Abang utk teruskan kelangsungan hidup Abang. Allah sebenarnya sayang Abang. Dia uji Abang dengan kesusahan supaya boleh kembali kepada Dia. Kalau Allah terus uji dengan kesenangan tak tahu bila kita akan ingat Allah dan kembali pada Allah. Maaflah, saya sendiri pun tak betul. Cuma bagi saya, bila takdak sesiapa bersama Abang, inilah peluang terbaik untuk Abang dekatkan diri dengan Allah. Keluarga tak sayang tapi Allah sayang Abang. Dia buka jalan seluas-luasnya untuk Abang dekatkan diri dengan Dia. Banyak bersabar dan berdoa. Doa sama untuk bekas isteri dan anak2. Insya Allah, saya doakan suatu hari nanti dia orang akan kembali pada Abang. Paling penting dalam kita kalut bawa grab, solat kena jaga"...

Kisah macam ni kita selalu tengok dalam drama, tapi hari ni aku jumpa kisah yang real. Apapun moral of the story, sebagai suami atau ketua keluarga, tanggungjawab kita bukan setakat cari duit tapi yang lebih utama mendidik dan memastikan isteri dan anak2 jadi insan yang bertakwa...

Credit to Azdy Mohd Arshad

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Google translated:

The day in history ...
The first time I took a ride, chat with the driver until the driver cried. Allahu Akbar ...

This afternoon I was on KL to work. Up to Airport Subang, like the usual book grab to the meeting place. Since I got to Subang kol 12.20tgh day, so I kept the book grab to Masjid Saidina Abu Bakar As-Sidiq, Bangsar for Friday prayers ...

Drivers grab a Malay man in the mid 50's. The person is smart, when I start chatting I can conclude he's educated and knowledgeable in business & corporate world ...

When he talks about business chats, my corporate adds to what's okay. Just because it's okay to chat with what he's chatting while he's on his way ...

He came to his old story. He was apparently a "Datuk" from Kerteh. He used to be a millionaire. Business for oil rigs and oil and gas industry related jobs ...

Rich times, bank accounts are millions. What a wife and daughter she wants to buy. He said once the supply of iron for the construction of oil rigs was less than RM15-20 million ...

There are 5 luxury cars. Bungalow house in Pahang, Terengganu & KL. 3 children and one wife ...

In 2016, God tests him and his family. With a twinkle he fell hard. His business did not become. Dah supply goods and make payment work can not be, your business partner deceptive, the supplier is looking for mintak payment, the bank sends a notice of summons for not paying loan and more ...

The highlight of all the property is forced to be sold and auctioned. He has an ambassador for the opponent to demand payment from the debtor with him, but the case has not been completed over the years. Legal fee and over RM100k. Finally he did not go through the case because he had to pay the legal fee ...

Due to the absence of dust, he finally divorced his wife. Other married wives and children follow the wife. Until last year his eldest son was married, he was not immediately invited. Perhaps the relationship with the wife and children continues to be broken since the fall ...

He says he's alive now empty. His own wife and children can run. The family and friends are all about it. At first he had asked family members for help, but was driven. Get help from friends, all escaping. Debt with bank, bank reject ...

When he was about his family, he began to cry especially when he told him about his failure to educate his wife and children. He is only able to make money but not love, educate and invite to God's way ...

The thing he'd never thought of in life, a wife who had lived with her for more than 20 years could easily leave her because of poverty. The siblings did not claim to be his father. The family was willing to throw him when he was a family member and his relatives wanted him to.

Now is the treasure he has just a Produt Axia car to grab. For shelter, he only rented a RM200 room per month in Ara Damansara area. Routine of her life, wake up grab and break in the rental room. Eat at a stall or mamak shop. When she was in the middle of her meal, she saw her old friend nicknamed Datuk, too, her fog was hiding for shame. There were also several passenger passengers at Airport Subang. When it's close, it seems that the person he knows then continues to accelerate and cancel trip. Everything is shameful and feels too despicable. His life is very empty. Everything is gone. He said, "If it's not Islam I'm like, I'm sure it's still building or suicide. I'm good luck to that stage" ...

He said to me, "I do not know why, but there's a aura that makes me share all of this, my first customer who I share my life story, I'm not asking for sympathy, just sharing my life experience. I do not know if I'm rich like someday, do not be like me, I mistreat my wife and children with money but not with religion and compassion, that's what she does not care about me. "

Long story again. Just shortened
"I do not know what to say, I only pray to God for the strength of Abang to continue the life of Abang, Allah is really dear Abang," he tests Abang with difficulty in returning to Him. I do not know how much I love God and I'm back in God, I'm sorry, I'm not right, just for me when I'm with anyone Abang, this is the best opportunity for Abang to come close to God. open the way for Abang to be close to Him, to be patient and to pray, the same prayer for my wife and children, God willing, I pray that someday he will return to Abang. keep "...

This is the story we always look in the drama, but today I find a real story. Whatever the morale of the story, as a husband or family leader, our responsibility is not just to make money but to educate and to make sure that our wives and children become righteous people ...