All the best, Abang!

Esok, 5 September 2005, Abang akan menduduki peperiksaan UPSRnya. Sesuatu yang dah lama "ditunggu" oleh Mak Lijah, Pak Lijah dan Abang .

Apa lagi yang dapat Mak Lijah katakan kepada dia selain dari, "Do your best, leave the rest to God". Ini merupakan kata-kata yang pernah ayah Mak Lijah pesan setiap kali Mak Lijah akan menduduki apa-apa peperiksaan penting.

I have tried my utmost best to see that Abang is all prepared for the exam but boys will be boys, what more can I do? Abang, I must say, is a brilliant child. He excelled in English and Science. Unfortunately, he is simply enjoying life just a little bit more by simply being a typical boy. He just likes to play! He loves football (sampai pecah cermin tingkap rumahlah) and badminton and the PC is all his whenever I don't use them (which is most of the time now). That's why he could not do as good for other subjects like Maths because Maths requires too much time and he just could not wait to go out to play, whilst Bahasa Melayu is too complicated for him.

Mak Lijah kini hanya pasrah. Biarlah apapun keputusan yang dia bakal perolehi nanti, asalkan dia dapat menikmati kehidupannya sebagai kanak-kanak like any other kid should. Dia pun kini mula kelihatan teruja apabila diminta mengisi borang permohonan ke asrama penuh kerana katanya hanya yang terpilih sahaja diberikan borang tersebut. Sekurang-kurangnya itu memberikan dia motivasi untuk mendapat semua A walaupun selama ini pencapaian itu does not really matter to him.

Well, Mohamad Irsyad Affan, all the best to you. Mama tak pernah jemu berdoa supaya Abang dapat melakukan yang terbaik dan memperoleh keputusan yang setimpal dari peperiksaan ini.