Minggu, 05 Juni 2011

"Air ini hanya khusus untuk insinyur"

"Air ini hanya khusus untuk insinyur"
(Kisah Nyata Inspiratif)

Kekuatan"SIKAP POSITIF"
Kita tidak bisa mengatur bagaimana orang lain berperilaku terhadap kita.
Kita tidak pernah tahu bagaimana keadaan akan menimpa kita.

Tapi kita sepenuhnya punya kendali bagaimana menyikapinya.
Apakah ingin hancur karenanya? Atau bangkit dengan semangat "Bersikap Positif" dan menjadi bagian dari solusi.

Di sebuah perusahaan pertambangan minyak di Arab Saudi, di akhir tahun40-an.
Seorang pegawai rendahan, remaja lokal asli Saudi, kehausan dan bergegas mencari air untuk menyiram tenggorokannya kering. Ia begitu gembira ketika melihat air dingin yang tampak didepannya dan bersegera mengisi air dingin ke dalam gelas.

Belum sempat ia minum, tangannya terhenti oleh sebuah hardikan: "Hei, kamu tidak boleh minum air ini. Kamu cuma pekerja rendahan. Air ini hanya khusus untuk insinyur" Suara itu berasal dari mulut seorang insinyur Amerika yang bekerja di perusahaan tersebut.

Remaja itu akhirnya hanya terdiam menahan haus. Ia tahu ia hanya anak miskin lulusan sekolah dasar. Kalaupun ada pendidikan yang dibanggakan, ia lulusan lembaga Tahfidz Quran, tapi keahlian itu tidak ada harganya di perusahaan minyak yang saat itu masih dikendalikan oleh manajeman Amerika.

Hardikan itu selalu terngiang di kepalanya. Ia lalu bertanya-tanya: Kenapa ini terjadi padaku? Kenapa segelas air saja dilarang untuk ku? Apakah karena aku pekerja rendahan,sedangkan mereka insinyur ? Apakah kalau aku jadi insinyur aku bisa minum? Apakah aku bisa jadi insinyur seperti mereka?

Pertanyaan ini selalu tengiang-ngiang dalam dirinya. Kejadian ini akhirnya menjadi momentum baginya untuk membangkitkan "SIKAP POSITIF" . Muncul komitmen dalam dirinya. Remaja miskin itu lalu bekerja keras siang hari dan melanjutkan sekolah malam hari. Hampir setiap hari ia kurang tidur untuk mengejar ketertinggalannya.

Tidak jarang olok-olok dari teman pun diterimanya. Buah kerja kerasnya menggapai hasil. Ia akhirnya bisa lulus SMA. Kerja kerasnya membuat perusahaan memberi kesempatan padanya untuk mendalami ilmu. Ia dikirim ke Amerika mengambil kuliah S1 bidang teknik dan master bidang geologi. Pemuda ini lulus dengan hasil memuaskan. Selanjutnya ia pulang kenegerinya dan bekerja sebagai insinyur.

Kini ia sudah menaklukkan ”rasa sakit”nya, kembali sebagai insinyur dan bisa minum air yang dulu dilarang baginya. Apakah sampai di situ saja. Tidak, karirnya melesat terus. Ia sudah terlatih bekerja keras dan mengejar ketinggalan, dalam pekerjaan pun karirnya menyusul yang lain. Karirnya melonjak dari kepala bagian, kepala cabang, manajer umum sampai akhirnya ia menjabat sebagai wakil direktur, sebuah jabatan tertinggi yang bisa dicapai oleh orang lokal saat itu.

Ada kejadian menarik ketika ia menjabat wakil direktur. Insinyur Amerika yang dulu pernah mengusirnya, kini justru jadi bawahannya. Suatu hari insinyur tersebut datang menghadap karena ingin minta izin libur dan berkata; "Aku ingin mengajukan izin liburan. Aku berharap Anda tidak mengaitkan kejadian air di masa lalu dengan pekerjaan resmi ini. Aku berharap Anda tidak membalas dendam, atas kekasaran dan keburukan perilakuku di masa lalu"

Apa jawab sang wakil direktur mantan pekerja rendahan ini: "Aku ingin berterimakasih padamu dari lubuk hatiku paling dalam karena kau melarang aku minum saat itu. Ya dulu aku benci padamu. Tapi, setelah izin Allah, kamu lah sebab kesuksesanku hingga aku meraih sukses ini.

Kini sikap positfnya sudah membuahkan hasil, lalu apakah ceritanya sampaidi sini?
Tidak. Akhirnya mantan pegawai rendahan ini menempati jabatan tertinggi di perusahaan tersebut. Ia menjadi Presiden Direktur pertama yang berasal dari bangsa Arab.

Tahukan Anda apa perusahaan yang dipimpinnya? Perusahaan itu adalah Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company)perusahaan minyak terbesar di dunia. Ditangannya perusahaan ini semakin membesar dan kepemilikan Arab Saudi semakin dominan. Kini perusahaaan ini menghasilakn 3.4 juta barrels (540,000,000 m3) dan mengendalikan lebih dari 100 ladang migas di Saudi Arabia dengan total cadangan 264 miliar barrels (4.20×1010 m3) minyak dan 253 triliun cadangan gas.

Atas prestasinya Ia ditunjuk Raja Arab Saudi untuk menjabat sebagai Menteri Perminyakan dan Mineral yang mempunyai pengaruh sangat besar terhadap dunia.

Ini adalah kisah Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi yang sejak tahun 1995 sampai saat ini (2011) menjabat Menteri Perminyakan dan Mineral Arab Saudi.

Terbayangkah, hanya dengan mengembangkan hinaan menjadi hal yang positif, isu air segelas di masa lalu membentuknya menjadi salah seorang penguasa minyak yang paling berpengaruh di seluruh dunia.

Sabtu, 04 Juni 2011

Iron Radiators.

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Prices are very reasonable and competitive as Paladin are not agents but own and operate their own workshop with skilled radiator technicians and artists giving the opportunity to keep costs to a minimum without the extra costs added of the "middle man". Check out our radiators for sale at the moment and enjoy a real bargain for your home.
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Radiators For Sale
Paladin Radiators have certain cast iron radiators for sale within our extensive range. Our radiators are already affordably priced however the cast iron radiators on sale are a real bargain. Request a brochure (link), a beautiful full colour publication full of ideas, which arrives with a full price list with all the prices including the radiators for sale, your brochure will be with you 48 hours after your request is received. Alternatively you can call our sales team and they will inform you immediately regarding all the radiators for sale and they will send to you an emailed price list by return.
The Paladin Radiator Calculator
At Paladin Radiators we try and provide a comprehensive BTU calculating service and will calculate your BTU requirement upon request. Please go to Calculating your BTU (link) for details. Today with the many advantages of the internet to gain knowledge and heightened awareness the practice of calculating your own BTU to purchase cast iron radiators for your home has become common place with the radiator calculator found on many web sites. Paladin Radiators fully realise that a BTU calculation is the foundation base for any cast iron radiator order. When calculating your own BTU requirements it is important to realise that a BTU calculation is important to get right and the best person to advise anyone is a plumbing or heating engineer on site as each home is different with many variables that can affect the BTU calculation. At Paladin Radiators we try and provide a comprehensive BTU calculating service and will calculate your BTU requirement upon request taking into account all the variables which most self access radiator calculator tables miss out. Please go to Calculating your BTU (link) for details or telephone our sales team on 01205 350070. A wrong BTU calculation for any room can leave you without sufficient heat during a cold snap or cause you to have wasted money on a cast iron radiator that is far too powerful for your room space. Our Paladin sales team will help you to calculate a heat loss that is correct for your home. BTU is an abbreviation for British Thermal Units and most heat loss calculations are set out as BTU or wattage requirements.
The Paladin Traditional Towel Rail Range
Stylish and functional, the Paladin collection of antique style towel rails gives the perfect finishing touch for your bathroom, cloakroom or kitchen. Paladin offer a custom built traditional towel rail option and you can choose your pipe colour finish as well as your inner radiator colour. The choice is always yours, be creative. The traditional towel rail is now a very popular choice for both period and contemporary bathrooms due to their functionality of heating a bathroom as a radiator coupled with an integrated rail for hanging towels, thus giving the comfort of warm towels or simply to dry towels after use. The Paladin traditional towel rail range is inexpensive, easy to maintain and extremely beautiful adding functionality to the bathroom as well as a designer appearance. Paladin offer the advantage of custom building your own design of traditional towel rail around a cast iron giving you the opportunity to create a wonderfully individual traditional towel rail for your home. Paladin Radiators will custom build a traditional towel rail to the heat output required and to suit your taste, utilising cast iron radiators for extra authenticity and design flair, as well as custom colour to compliment your dècor. Phone our sales team for more information on 01205 350070. The Paladin traditional towel rail can have the advantage of dual fuel. There are many benefits of a dual fuel towel radiator, the main benefit being that you can choose whether you want the whole central heating system to power the traditional towel rail or to have the towel rail heated independently by using the electric option. There is nothing quite like the comfort and luxury of warm towels as you step out of the bath or shower. The traditional towel rail is enjoyed not only as a luxurious comfort but can also be very aesthetically pleasing for both the contemporary or period style bathroom. Traditional towel radiators add an extra dimension of luxury to life and ensure you never need to use a damp cold towel again and there is nothing like the feeling at the beginning of the day or at the end of the day of being wrapped in a warm dry fluffy towel after a bath or shower.
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Paladin Radiators have now perfected a new and stunning range of designer paint effects for our extensive range of cast iron radiators. Go to (link) custom finishes. Our workshop team at Paladin have risen to the creative cause and produced a wonderful new range of paint finishes for the Paladin cast iron radiators in response to traditional radiators becoming the popular designer choice for both the period and modern home. There is now more choice available to have your radiator finished to match your dècor perfectly. There are two new exciting paint effects available now from Paladin Radiators, the distressed antiqued look and the highlight look. These stunning new paint effects offer more creative choice for your home. For the period home, barn or warehouse conversion the antiqued distressed paint effect, now offered by Paladin Radiators especially for the traditional cast iron radiator, looks well. This new paint effect is available in rich antiqued copper, opulent antiqued gold and stunning antiqued pewter. A fantastic look that fits well against old stone or brick walls, wood panelling and against walls painted in historical matt colours as well as those walls adorned with the beautiful new flock or embossed wall papers so widely popular today. The new highlight paint effect by Paladin is beautiful and works well for the larger more ornate radiator bringing out every beautiful detail of the raised ornate designs Paladin have within the ranges offered. Cherubs, flowers, dragons and scrolls along with twisted vine leaves come alive with this new paint effect which helps further accentuate the beautiful detail of each eye catching traditional ornate radiator within the Paladin cast iron radiator range. The new highlight effect is perfect to show off really impressive centre piece traditional radiators within a room, making a real feature of what is effectively a piece of functional art in cast iron. This new antiqued distressed look also fits well with the French designer ‘shabby chic’ country look so popular now for a contemporary kitchen or bedroom that has been designed around this new popular look. The distressed antiqued cast iron radiator compliments well with the distressed furnishings and wood around the ‘shabby chic’ room.