Rezeki kita lain-lain...

"Tahun lepas masa kawan-kawan batch saya ramai ambil PTK3, saya masih sibuk dengan baby saya. Tak apa lah lambat sikit kak, rezeki kita lain-lain"

And I couldn't help agreeing with her.
So, I'm late in attending PTK3, hence late in getting my confirmation. So what?

Allah has provided my family and I with ample sustenance, alhamdulillah.
I might have earned less than colleagues from the same batch in terms of monthly salary - but in the past three years Allah has given my family enough to:

- assist FIL in paying his debts of quite a substantial amount;
- buy a Toyota Wish, a Sony Vaio laptop (and got Dell XPS as a gift), a Canon Digital Kiss camera
- save enough to pay for the car's freight, tax, and what nots without having to take a Bank Rakyat loan; and
- go travel/sightsee a little bit while we were in Japan.

I guess there is more to life than merely earning a lot. And I'm not even comparing myself to friends from the corporate world - it goes without saying that many of them are earning a lot more. Still, I believe in the concept of barakah and I always pray that Allah gives me and my family rezeki with barakah.

We might not earn as much as others do - but we find our earning enough. Our children are in good health, there is not much trouble with the car, nor much trouble with the house.

We might not earn as much as others do - but we do not find ourselves terribly burdened by debts. Apart from my housing loan, we do not have to pay for study loans or personal loans or even credit card debts. So, we spend according to our limited capability, but we don't feel belittled by the little that we earn.

"Sikit tapi mencukupi", alhamdulillah.
And to me, that is a sign of barakah, insya Allah...