TGIF.....

Well, another week have gone by and the end of the year is getting closer. I have a very good friend back in Malaysia- Rahman Sulaiman. I called him Cik Man and we have been friends for the last 20 years. When I left Malaysia, I never thought I will here this long. Never say goodbye to him before I left but we do keep in touch either by email or telephone. Anyway, every end of the year, I always called him to wish him Happy New Year and we always say 'Hoping the coming year will be a better year!'
As for me, the last 2 years have been good and have been blessed by Allah. I have a good permanent job, a good house that we lived in though financially we are still struggling. Since 2005, we have been struggling very hard. We have gone through some tough time. We have been thrown out from the house we lived in as I cannot afford to pay the rent for 5 months. Shazmeen was only 11 months then. We had to move out immediately as the landlord cannot give us anymore time. He came one evening and throw us out of the house. We manage to take only a bag each of our cloth. He kept all our belongings till now until I have the money to pay him. I m paying him slowly whenever I can.
Since we don't have any money and any place to go, I had to leave Nora and Shazmeen at a friend's room for 2 night. I was very sad and devastated to put them in that situation but I had no choice! I slept in the car for 2 nights. I had a crappy job which pays only £180 a week. From there, we stayed in a hotel for 2 nights until eventually we managed to get a studio flat for £150 a week. We have only £30 to live on. We stayed there for about 3 months until July 2007. I was offered to work with PC Harrington Ltd. I m looking forward to that. I was to report duty on 30/07/2008.
As we have given noticed to move from where we lived, we had to move out without having another placed to go. With all our bags in the car, we drove to Hayes to look for a room to live. With only £100 in the pocket, our futures look bleak. I felt so sorry for Nora and Shazmeen.......
But as always, ever since we are here, Allah always protect us and always show us a way and a solution out of our predicament. We found a room just before Maghrib and the landlord agrees to take a deposit of only £50 till my next payday. The room was not brilliant-on top of his shop. But at least we have a room for the night and weeks coming............
I started my new job with PC Harrington the following Monday. My new boss-Trevor Healy was brilliant. I get along fine with everybody. The wages was ok and I know from then onwards we will be ok....