Halal Japanese Food - Oshima restaurant

121113…Today we had no lecture but there was an interesting sharing session by the founder of Oshima Restaurant (she is among the pioneer of Halal Japanese Food in Malaysia), Mdm Asnidar Hanim Yusuf. Did you ever heard about this restaurant? I bet you don’t (this is the first time I heard about this restaurant), but let me tell you why you should try to come to this restaurant. First of all, they provide halal food so that people can come without doubtful or hesitant (was-was). I can guarantee it. For your information, there are a lot of Japanese restaurants with Halal certification in Malaysia but majority the owner of the restaurant was not a Muslim yet. Second, it is at affordable price. You can eat in ease without worrying about the price.

As for me, she was so amazing. How she can ‘change’ from engineering field to business field (she is the owner of Oshima Restaurant and at the same time pursuing her PhD in engineering at USIM), how she can overcame all the challenges and obstacles (such as persuading her supplier to get halal certificate, bank loan and grant, and many more). If I’m not mistaken, she has mentioned that “it’s not always bad to fail; the most important thing is how you bounce back after the failure”. That was the real meaning of the success.

What I get from this sharing session is be positive all the time. Always put your trust on Allah, He is always with us. He will never put us in difficult situation if we could not handle it. He only gives test to us to show that He care and love us.

Surah Al-Baqarah (2:286)

Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."

Knowledge is everything. Without it, you are no one. Knowledge is not something that we can get in the class only; we can get it at anyplace, anytime and from anyone even from ‘makcik cleaner’. Don’t ever try to stop seeking for the knowledge. So, before you want to start a business or other things, please make sure that you have knowledge about it.

Anyway, thank you to Miss Ummi for giving us such a great opportunity to meet someone who full of motivation and experience in real life. Hopefully I can be like her, contribute something to others! See you soon. May Allah bless us \(^_^)/ Peace no war!!!