Specially dedicated to all my children & students

It is so easy for me to love you all
Today is a beautiful day for me
As streams of wishes filled my inbox text
I just want to tell you all
How it has been a real pleasure for me to reach out and touch your lives
As my love for you all grows each passing day
I pledge a promise to make you all happy
I love you all unconditionally
Let me reaffirm my love to you all on this special day
I am truly blessed by having you all as my children

(Thank you Azah, Wan, Id, Apiq, Iman and those whom I have the honour to be included in your life)

ADAM

Adam dah pergi Jepun. Dia baru pandai berjalan. Bila jumpa lagi, Insya Allah, mungkin dah besar. Seperti Amirul, Angah dan Aimi, mereka membesar di Taipei. Balik sekejap ke KL, dah terbang lagi ke Tokyo. Tak pe lah, tambang MAS sangat murah, nanti Yong terbang sana.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ID

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is Syafiq's birthday (forgot to wish him when we went to SMAP Labu the other day); 10th February is Syahid's birthday Syahid is in RMC) and Salman (Iman)in MOZAC will be celebrating his 13th birthday on the 12th of this month too. Dearest boys, allow me to wish the three of you at the same time (note to Salmah; please pass this message to the boys) because whatever wishes and prayers from me are meant for everyone of you; and also to all my nephews and nieces.

I wish you all the best in whatever you do. May ALLAH bless you with health, wealth, love and a kind heart. I know you, boys are doing well in your studies but I still wish you will work, even harder. Apiq, your PMR is in Oct and Id, you will sit for your SPM at the end of the year. How time flies. Still fresh in my mind how you, boys, when you were small. Those were the days! It seems just like yesterday when I hold Apiq when he fell down from the dining table in Berisu and since your Umi(mother) was not around then; I had to accompany your father (my brother-in-law) to Alor Gajah Hospital. You were crying like mad and your tongue were bleeding and had to be stiched (could not remember exactly how many stiches) and I could still remember holding you when the doctor stiched you up. Lots of moments; but now you are grown up, taller than me. I pray that you will soon be able to memorize all the Surah and one day, be a Hafiz and a medical practitioner (doctor) as well.

Id, I wish you will proceed in the Armed Force as one of the professionals (doctor, engineer?) and for that, work really hard. And Iman, just worked very hard to adjust to your new surroundings and follow your brothers' steps. All of you grow up very fast and before we (your parents and me)know it; you all are handsome teens already. Remember the days when you were three mischievous small boys and how we had to put up with your terror acts. Those days have been left way behind and of course, we are looking forward to matured Apiq, Id and Iman.

Whatever you all will be, I pray that you will be kind-hearted gentlemen, loving and caring , sensitive to other people's needs, passionate on environmental issues and lastly but not least, be good (pious) Muslims. And, thank you, for including Yong (me) in your lives before and now (hopefully, too, in the future)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOYS.

AkmaI Hadi

Yan (adik yang ketiga) menghantar pesanan ringkas bahawa anak sulungnya, Akmal ditawarkan ke tingkatan satu di MRSM Serting. Mendengar sendiri suara Akmal di telefon malam tadi nampaknya ada keraguan di hatinya untuk menyambung pelajaran di sana; dia sudah mulakan pengajian Tingkatan Satu di sebuah sekolah harian di Tampin, aliran agama sejak awal sesi persekolahan 2009. Yong faham Akmal sudah selesa dengan persekitaran sekolah dengan guru-guru dan rakan-rakan yang baru. Agak sukar untuk memulakan lagi langkah kedua pula untuk berpindah sekolah. Rasanya, Yong, Mak Lang(adik kedua ,Salmah) dan semua ahli keluarga mahukan , kalau boleh, Akmal menerima tawaran ke MRSM. Walau bagaimanapun, sudah tentu Akmal lebih tahu apa yang Akmal nak lakukan dengan sedikit bimbingan ibu. Saya cuma berfikir alangkah baiknya sekiranya tawaran MRSM dihantar serentak dengan tawaran ke SBP dan sekolah-sekolah harian biasa. Kesian, anak-anak yang baru tamat sekolah rendah terpaksa melalui banyak perkara baru dan sistem kita tidak membantu mereka untuk lebih selesa. Adaptasi dan asimilasi mengambil masa; orang dewasa seperti saya juga gusar dan ambil masa untuk sesuaikan diri di tempat baru; apatah lagi anak seusia Akmal. Yong doakan yang terbaik untuk Akmal.