My Children

How interesting life has been for me so far. With changes happening at work and home in frantic pace, I am taking stock to see how far I have come and how further I should go in my life.

Let me start with my children. Aqilah and Aqil came into my life about 9 years and 6 years ago respectively. Ever since then, I have been trying to be the best father that I can to them. Inevitably, I fumbled, sometimes a bit, sometimes pretty bad. But I must say that with each lesson learned, I became more competent. And by being more competent comes confidence. Thank you children for giving me the opportunity to become a significant other whom you can trust and depend on.

Aqilah has become an independent young lady who has started to form a mind of her own. Not that I mind at all. In fact, I feel that with that, I could help guide her to become a more responsible, critical and forward-looking individual who can contribute to her family, community and nation in the future. The more pressing issue for Aqilah is to get her in the best fitness shape possible for her 1.6 km NAPFA run challenge in 2011.

Aqil has grown to be quite a challenge. Being a boy, he has shown a few tendencies of curiosity. Having experimented with a few 'unique' behaviours in school, he was definitely taken to task by my wife and myself. Nevertheless, I have enjoyed his close attachment to me and how he is looking up to me as a role model. I pray hard that I will not disappoint him. He has shown lots of interest in sports and outdoor activities. I will try to help him achieve some of his sporting dreams and guide him to do what's best for him.

I just hope that my children will have big dreams and hopefully, I can be part of them. That is it for now. Till next time.......