"One of the reasons I married my husband is because of his genuine empathy. Empathy sangat penting in marriage ya. Contohnya last night, i terjaga sebab batuk-batuk. Then i pergi toilet. I keluar toilet, i tengok dia pun terjaga. I said i’m sorry if i woke him. He asked if i’m okay? I said i am. And continue to baring. Then he came with vicks on his hand. Ask me a permission to rub the vicks on my back, my nose, my neck & my chest. That’s empathy. Sometimes we don’t need to ask. It’s the little gesture 💖
I run every day for 20 minutes & if I miss a day, I add 20 minutes to the next day. This has truly been a game changer. Tomorrow, I'm supposed to run for 4 months.
A Gen Z joined the team.
Week one.
During onboarding, the manager said,
“We sometimes stay late during peak periods.”
Gen Z nodded.
Then asked,
“Is that paid… or just expected?”
The room went quiet.
- No attitude.
- No rebellion.
- Just a question.
Later that day, HR mentioned “growth opportunities.”
Gen Z replied,
“Does growth include raises, or just more responsibility?”
Again, silence.
- No laziness.
- No entitlement.
- Just clarity.
That’s when the team realized something.
When people say
“Gen Z is lazy,”
what they really mean is:
Gen Z watched old generation
- skip meals,
- miss birthdays,
- work weekends,
- and burn out
only to be told
“budgets are tight”
and “be grateful you have a job.”
So Gen Z chose differently.
- They don’t romanticize overwork.
- They don’t confuse suffering with ambition.
- They don’t trade health for praise.
They still work hard.
They just refuse to work for nothing.
It’s not laziness.
It’s pattern recognition.
And honestly,
after everything old generation went through…
Can you really blame them?
5 years back, I saw something that still hasn’t left me.
A pregnant woman came in.
Healthy. Smiling.
No complications throughout her pregnancy.
No “high-risk” label.
No warning signs.
The kind of case where the whole family walks in expecting just one thing:
a baby’s cry.
Her labour progressed well.
Everything looked routine.
And then…
something happened so fast
that it didn’t even feel real.
She suddenly said:
“I can’t breathe.”
Not mild discomfort.
Not anxiety.
Real breathlessness.
The kind that makes everyone in the room freeze for half a second
before panic takes over.
Her breathing became rapid.
Her face changed.
Her body started trembling.
And within moments
she collapsed.
The room flipped instantly.
From:
“Almost done.”
To:
“CALL FOR HELP.”
From:
“Everything is fine.”
To:
“START CPR.”
Machines started beeping.
Oxygen was rushed.
Lines were placed.
Drugs were pushed.
Seconds felt like minutes.
And then the unthinkable happened.
Despite everything…
she couldn’t be saved.
And then came the part that shattered everyone.
The family saw a perfectly healthy pregnant woman walk in…
and a dead body come out.
They didn’t ask politely.
They didn’t process slowly.
They exploded.
“How can a healthy woman die like this?!”
“There were NO complications in the entire pregnancy!”
“You doctors have killed her!”
Some were crying.
Some were shouting.
Some were blaming anyone they could see.
And honestly…
I couldn’t even blame them.
Because to a normal person, this doesn’t make sense.
A normal pregnancy.
A normal delivery.
And then sudden death?
It feels impossible.
It feels like someone must have “done something wrong.”
But the truth is…
sometimes medicine witnesses something terrifying:
A body can collapse like a switch has been turned off.
I was just a new intern then, I asked my seniors and that day, I learnt the name of that nightmare.
"Amniotic Fluid Embolism"
And that’s when it hit me:
We take pregnancy for granted because we only see the “happy ending.”
But behind the scenes, a woman’s body is walking a tightrope every single day…
and sometimes, everything can change within seconds... without any warning.
@ikarbertweet Dulu ada Menteri nak bagi makanan percuma kat sekolah, tapi politik halang. Tengok anak Korea, makan berkhasiat kat sekolah setiap hari. Itulah pelaburan masa depan
Teringat dulu masa sekolah rendah, masa sesi kenalkan diri kat dalam kelas cikgu suruh bagitau pekerjaan parents. Apa tah yang relevant nak kita bagitau info tu kat satu kelas 🌝
People say kids need their parents hug. But for me, i need her hug more than she needs mine. The only moment where i can close my eyes and feel comfort.
Masih bitter dengan orang yang takde empathy tu 🌚 semalam pulak dapat berita yang kitanya still kena buat jugak ward supply untuk ubat DD masa bulan 2 nanti. Dahla kena buat sorang sepanjang minggu. Masatu dah 37/38w, tapi katanya kita boleh buat lagi sebab due hujung bulan 🤣
Yang kita ni nak guna kemudahan balik awal sejam sebab pregnant dah lebih 22w pun tak boleh. Macam la pregnant tu sepanjang tahun. Nak guna dari 22w sampai 38w je pun 🥱
Salah satu nasihat Ali bin Abi Thalib yang membuat hati jadi tenang:
"Jangan terlalu dikejar, jika memang jalannya pasti Allah memperlancar. Karena yang menjadi takdirmu, akan mencari jalannya untuk menemukanmu."
Dengan arwah mak, aku tak banyak penyesalan tentang “benda-benda yang tak dapat dilakukan”. I did my best and semoga Emak halalkan kekurangan2 yang aku xdpt buat.
Tapi aku menyesal sebab pernah tunjuk perasaan.
Ada satu time, aku terdengar mak aku berbual dgn kakak (phone call)