My story about 'lady luck'.

The first time I ever heard about this mademoiselle was back in 2004 or 2005. Quite late haa guys? Maybe.

I am not that kind of person who speaks English all the time. I speak no English at all at home. I was born in Kuala Terengganu, grew up in a surrounding where the Terengganu dialect is the only language spoken. I am not belong to the exclusive group of certain Malay kids who were very lucky to born or at least to grew up overseas, or to be raised in a home where they speak English.

So it is normal if I am quite outdated with English terms.

Back in 2004 or 2005, I do not remember it very well, but for sure it was Teacher Salmi or Sir Azlan who 1st introduce the 'lady luck' to my so called dictionary. It was just before a debate ecounter.

Teacher Salmi kata orang putih ni biasenye ucap 'good luck' dengan 'wish the lady luck is with you'.

Tapi kenapa aku cakap pasal benda ni?

Aku cuma rasa aku sangat bertuah. Dalam masa yang sama aku sangat bersyukur pada Allah sebab Tuhan aku lah yang bagi aku segala nikmat. Aku memang selalu bernasib baik.

I repeat, I am always lucky. The luck or the 'rezeki', what ever you want to name it, it is always with me.

Tuhan sangat sayangkan aku. Terlalu sayang pada hamba dia yang ini seorang. Oh aku tau Dia pun sayang kamu semua. Tapi kali ni aku nak cakap pasal macam mana Dia terlalu sayangkan aku. Dia sangat sayangkan kita semua.

Di saat aku bernafas dalam lumpur, dia bagi aku talian hayat. Di saat aku hampir lemas di lautan kegagalan dalam pelajaran, dia bagi aku pelampung. Dengan pelampung itu akhirnya aku berjaya kembali ke daratan. Sampai lah ke awangan, lupa daratan kejap. Bukan sekali aku terjatuh sampai nyaris mati lemas di lautan yang sama, tapi ada je pelampung yang dia bagi.

Dia ada bagi ke kawan aku yang seangkatan dengan aku di situasi A sama-sama dengan aku, jadi kami berjaya sampai ke situasi B. Di situasi B, Allah bagi pelampung tu ke aku, tapi tidak kepada kawan-kawan aku tu.

Pokok kisahnya, aku cuma nak memanjatkan syukur pada Allah sebab bagi aku peluang kedua ni dan aku berjaya. Alhamdulillah.

Orang-orang tertentu, anda tahu apa maksud aku. Apa lagi benda yang orang cakap di masa 2, 3 minggu kebelakangan ni berkaitan dengan orang-orang macam kita yang sedang berjihad dalam satu medan jihad yang biasanya dipandang remeh tapi hakikatnya, medan ini sangat besar dan penting. Medan ini boleh menggegarkan medan perang bersenapang, bom dan roket itu.

I am always a 'nearly' man. Just like how Manchester United was a 'nearly' club back in 2007. Nearly won the treble at the moment where they were already in the FA Cup Final, going to second match of the Champions League against AC Milan with a won match in hand, and leading the Premiership. But at the end, they only had the Premiership to cheer about.

Just like how Bayer Leverkusen was in 2002. This time it is even bitter. They were runner-up in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. So I don't have to tell you how was it.

These 2 tales are example of 'nearly men'. I can include myself as one of them. Not in football of course, but in what am I doing. They have football as their main profession, so you know what is equivalent of that thing in my life.

At the brink of a humilation enlimination, He gave me the chance. And I survived. Not very well, but just enough to put my nose just over the water to have a very little breathing space.

Maaf sebab aku bermain-main dengan perkataan malam ni. Kepada yang tahu, tahulah korang. Yang tak tahu, biarlah rahsia. Nanti bile ruang bernafas tu dah besar gile, aku cakap balik. Aku memang seorang yang cakap besar, tapi ada setengah tempat, aku lebih suka cakap besar bila aku memang stabil dan selamat.

The greatest point today is I beat an English girl for the English Modul of my IUT. This is definitely not something that can be proud of when other than that girl, you are competing against the French and other nations where English is not a language which is 'di dewakan' like in Malaysia.

But here is another reality, in the module of Law, I am the 6th worst student.

Forget about it. Finally I will have an awesome winter holiday. I can run away from Western Europe' cold winter to Athens and Isketambola.