We celebrated my dad's 50th birthday last year. Mom decide to make a grand celebration for dad as you know, all the things he has done for the family and friends and seriously we had a blast, you see i never saw my dad going high when he drinks as he is known to never over drink but that night he was high and I saw a different side of my dad actually. My dad, being in the army always have maintain a certain extend of strictness to us all, but that night, he was extremelly childish, joking and laughing around with his schoolmates, family and whoever present there.. hahaha.. it was a nice scene to
watch actually.....My dad life story is a very inspiring one actually, being the second among six sibling, he basically too the responsibility of bringing up the rest of his siblings... A very smart student but my grandfather just couldnt afford to send my dad for his higher education, my dad's schoolmate once told me that when my dad was in form 4-5, he always used to fail his science subject, so often that the school headmaster publicly humiliated my dad by saying he will never succeed in passing his SPM (sorry dont know what they called SPM during my dad's time). Upon hearing that, my dad felt really hurt but inside he was so angry that he wanted to show his headmaster who he is. Well you might think he waited for school to over and then go and whack his headmaster outside school... that didnt happen actually, he started to work extremely hard non stop and in the end, he actually passed his science subject with grade A1... and guess what, the same man who humiliated him in front of the whole school had to present the best student award for his achivement in front of the whole school. For me thats not suprising at all because i still see him doing that till today.
After graduating from high school, he wanted to pursue his studies, that was the time unfortunately grandad retired and told him he cant afford to send my dad for higher education. Broken hearted, my dad had to work as labourer, lorry driver assistant, and a sweeper in some factories in Penang before deciding to join the Malaysian Arm Forces. My dad was one of the few army officers who got rid of the communist from our country, something im extremely proud of.. who wouldnt isnt it... Dad married my mom in 1986 and i was born 2 years later, the same time my dad was promoted to major in the forces. Well to say that he enjoyed being a soldier, i dont thik so because, there were just too many politics happening where, people cant accept soldiers who speak nothing but the truth, they only like people who obey what they say and follows them, wherever they go like a dog.. i think you get who i meant by the 'PEOPLE' right. That was the reason it took my dad 20 years to get promoted to a Liutenant Colonel.... so you see... when i was born, he was promoted from captain to major and now when im 20 he is promoted to a colonel.. NOT FAIR AT ALL!!!!
There is this one thing that i envy my dad, his heart... you know, people can backstab him, use him and treat him like a dirt but when they need his help, he is always wiling to do so, and when we ask him why, he says, its always good to forgive and forget as we all make mistakes... Another incident that i must say is quite sad actually is when his dad passed away. You see, when my grandad passed away, my dad was in Indonesia serving the United Nations for the problem that occured in Timor Timur, and my grandad passed away a day after my sister's birthday which was on 14th april and he died on the 15th... my mom immediatly informed the Military headquartes to send this message to my dad as soon as possible. We all did what was needed for the funeral and hoping my dad would call.. During the time we were about to take my grandad's body for the last rites, my dad called, and he sounded so jovial which made us all think has my dad been so shocked that he is now mentally unstable??? the truth was, he called to wish my sister happy birthday and he had no clue of his fathers passing, when my mom told him what happened, he was shocked but he composed himself immediatly.. thats the beauty my dad has... he just can face anything that comes in the way....
Now, he olso accomplished his dream for 15 years, getting his masters, he did his masters in International Islamic university with high grades. When i look at my dad, i see a man who has survive many battles. He is my idol and seriously i think i am one of the luckiest person in the entire universe to get a great man like him as my dad.
I can go on talking more about him, but then its okay... i'll stop here for now.
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