Our patrol officer, SGT Kayisah, was conducting foot patrol when she came across an elderly resident requiring assistance near Block 220 Ang Mo Kio. Without hesitation, our officer stepped in – SGT Kayisah helped wheel the resident to the nearby supermarket, assisted her to purchase groceries and also to bring her back to her residence after that.
This seemingly small, but gracious act, makes us proud.
Kudos to the officer!
Source: Ang Mo Kio North NPC
WO Rennysa Bte Ithnin joined the SCDF after she found out more information about the organisation at a Career Fair. She was immediately sold by the opportunity to learn lifesaving skills and the adrenaline rush of attending to emergencies.
Having been a firefighter in various fire stations for many years, she is now a Senior Instructor in the Civil Defence Academy’s Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Branch.
It is hard to fault the tangy WO Rennysa for being too-cool-for-school. A mother of three and a passionate instructor herself, WO Rennysa believes that every learning experience should be a fusion of theoretical and practical vigour, and most importantly, it must be a fun and memorable one.
With this mindset, WO Rennysa has taught hundreds of local and international trainees from different professional industries on HazMat identification and mitigation techniques. Her trainees include local participants like members from the Company Emergency Response Teams, SCDF Emergency Responders and international participants from countries like Bhutan, South Korea and Oman.
At the start of every course, WO Rennysa makes it a point to break the ice by gaining a better understanding of her trainees and their professional background. WO Rennysa believes that it helps inject a sense of warmth to the classroom and that in turn, allows her trainees to feel more comfortable about asking questions candidly. WO Rennysa also explained that adult learning takes place more effectively through discussions instead of the traditional classroom learning methods.
WO Rennysa applies the same principles when teaching her children. Together with her husband, they guide them through discussions instead of instructions.
“This is what I strive to achieve as an instructor and mother, and it is to deeply embed in my trainees and children the ‘moral of the story’ instead of the countless number of technical points that he or she should memorise,” WO Rennysa said.
Source: www.scdf.gov.sg
Do not conflate religious conservatism with extremism.
As is always the case, once a terrorist attack occurs (which again seems to be the exclusive domain of Muslims, as the media has shown from its reluctance to use the word ‘terrorist’ to describe the murderer of Jo Cox), experts rush to dissect what is wrong with Islam.
Almost inevitably, there will be a group of analysts who suggest that Islam itself is the problem, and that Islam needs a ‘reformation’. They would then proceed to conflate expressions of religious conservatism with extremism.
Which is not only mistaken, in my opinion, but extremely dangerous. Suddenly, conservative Muslims are viewed with much suspicion. How many times have we heard – whether in jest or otherwise – people making remarks such as ‘eh why your beard so long? Like terrorist/osama/al-qaeda/isis.’
What these people do is essentially equate conservatism with extremism.
Personally, i do shake hands with members of the opposite gender, i do wish non-Muslims on their festive occasions, and so on, but i know many Muslims who do not, but utterly despise extremism and extremists.
And if we start saying that conservative expressions are signs of extremism, as was recently done when it was suggested that not wishing ‘Merry Christmas’ was a step toward/an indication of extremism, where do we draw the line? What about those who do not shake hands with those of the opposite gender? What about someone who dons the hijab? Or someone who only eats halal? Or someone with a beard?
We must be more careful in using terms such as ‘moderate Muslim’, ‘extremist’, ‘radical’ inter alia, as words do have meanings, and they may shape perceptions. Otherwise, we may end up creating unnecessary frontiers in the fight against extremism.
Source: Walid J. Abdullah
Thanks to those muslim friends of mine during this fasting month still doing as much as us in the respective field of work….for people who knows me know that i seldom post on FB but i really cant stand it anymore…On behalf for those people who do not understand, this is a special mth to them. As a senior in the society and in the company why you cant simply exercise some flexibility and empathy on them.
My friend did not even ask to be release earlier from work all he or she does is ask to be release on time so that he or she can break fast together with their family..furthermore to that he or she had done his or her due diligence in their work, whats left was just the job for the relevant parties and you on purpose knowing that its time to release them so that they can break fast on time but you for no apparant reason decide to make them stay back to do NOTHING after their working hours.
On top of that you have other non-muslim support staff ready to stay behind to help out. Why cant u just release them ON TIME?
Is that how a senior in both the society and company should be acting? Or literally u r just plain cruel?
For thoses who knows my company you all should know that it should not be the way.
Still thanks to all of you muslim friends out there
Care to share
Source: Bob Toh
Met with an accident today, rear ended by a Malay uncle driving a van at a slip-road.
He came out of the vehicle extremely apologetic, kept shaking his head saying he will be responsible for the damage. As I was reassuring him the damage is not significant, he told me it is to him, especially since it’s during the Ramadan period and Hari Raya is coming up.
I choked.
I told him to use the money meant for the repair and put it to good use. Bring his family for a nice meal etc.
He cried and hugged me, kept asking if I am for real. He said he is heading to the mosque for night prayers and asked for my name, promising to pray for me. Pretty much lost for words.
Happy holidays my Muslim friends. I can sleep better tonight.
Source: Johnny Yang