imraz

this morning, a philosophy was shared with me and my boss by my dear friend, imraz ikhbal…. it is a simple one that most of us experience but fail to internalise… “whatever that doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger”. i reflected on it, guess it is very true. i need to remember this each time i go through adversity from now on...

imraz was my colleague when i first started work in 1998 and we both are still in the same department now in 2008… 10 long years…. he was my colleague initially, after a few months, i reported to him from march 1999 to september 2001. then, i moved on to another department within the same company after having learnt as much as possible and continued to be his friend up till now. my everyday interaction with him has always been a learning experience: looking at me through his eyes, about him, politics, religion, life and the list goes on and on…. we had gone through a lot together, been by each other as we went through the good and the bad in life, bickering and telling off each other, yet he is still a friend. he got married a few months after i got to know him, his mother passed away a few months thereafter, another of his loved one followed suit in a tragic manner, he got separated and divorced, he remarried last year. the same year, a black spot in his career was attempted, he was framed with a fraud case he was entirely innocent of but was found guilty, he survived the ordeal & after many months later, his verdict of guilty was yesterday overturned by the appeal committee. this is only a summary of the roller coaster events that took place in the last 10 years of his life. he is the most colourful character that i have known in my life and i am glad to have known him….

and guess what, i married a man who is soooo similar to this guy!!! my karma…..