Blessing In Disguise

I am sure everyone has had a day where you have series of unfortunate events. That's what happened to me today. As usual, woke up at 5.30 pagi, shower, perform Subuh prayers, got dressed and left for work at 7.00 a.m. Normally, between 7.30 a.m - 7.45 a.m. dah sampai office but on that day the traffic jam on Federal Highway was unusually bad (accident rupa-rupanya pagi-pagi buta ni!) and by the time sampai office building, carpark was already full. Terpaksalah park kereta at an adjacent building where the parking rate is a little higher and had to walk quite a distance. Sampai office just at the nick of time, a few minutes before 8.30 a.m. It's not that my boss mind tapi rasa guilty kalau masuk lambat. Normally I like to start my day at work early so that I do not have to stay back too late and I could clear a few things without any interruption. The day at the office is normal with the usual workload except training scheduled on that day had to be postponed. I was relieved since I had tons of things to do.

Tiba-tiba terasa pulak nak change mobile phone. I was using Nokia N70 for the last 8 months. Got my sis to buy it in Dubai since it was a few hundred cheaper than here. At first I wanted to just buy a new one and kept the N70 but then again, it's not practical to maintain 2 mobile phones. So, I traded it in and got myself a Sony Ericsson K750i. It's smaller and lighter. I was pleased with my purchase but the unfortunate thing is that I lost my sunglasses. Yang sedihnya, it was only 3 months old, Emporio Armani and bought at Harvey Nichols in Dubai. I only realized it missing when I was at my brother's place, moving my stuff from my mum's car to my car.

I have been driving mum's car to work because I had to leave my car with my brother so that he could take it for service. As I drove home at around 9.00 p.m. I called Dr Mobile Clinic where I bought my mobile phone hoping that by any chance I might left it there. I even asked the salesman to help me check at the Mastercard booth where I stopped to redeem free gifts. Negative, no sunglasses sighted. As I drove home, I was cursing myself, why did I bring it out of the car, how I could be so careless etc etc. When I got home, to my horror I realize that I left my house keys in my mum's car. Terpaksalah, drove back all the to my brother's place to collect the keys.

On the way back home, I terfikir kenapalah benda-benda ni terjadi kat I. Ditambah pulak tiba-tiba Era pasang lagu Bad Day by Daniel Powter. Kena batang hidung sendiri. Mungkin juga Tuhan nak ingatkan I yang lalai sebab these few days, ada jugak terleka dengan urusan dunia sampai terbabas sembahyang. Kat Midvalley tadi pun, sebab pentingkan buat facial appointment and beli handphone dulu sampai dah dekat 15 minutes nak masuk Maghrib, baru terhegeh-hegeh nak pergi surau sembahyang Asar.

Mungkin jugak unfortunate circumstances ni blessing in disguise supaya kita sedar apa-apa rezeki yang Tuhan bagi tu boleh diambil balik dalam sekelip mata. Kalau tidak melalui kesusahan mungkin manusia akan terus lalai dan lupa diri. Kadang-kadang, bila ditimpa malapetaka pun kita kena bersyukur sebab ia ujian ke atas kekuatan iman dan agar kita lebih tabah dan kuat menghadapi dugaan.