Me & Pa

Pa was the opposite of Ma - very gentle and kind at heart but strict. Always the "perfect gentleman", Pa had made what me is today - softhearted and gentle.

Me recollections of Pa was not that much. The fact that Pa had sacrificed his "nomadic" policeman job to settle down in his village, surviving on a meager pension supplemented by odd jobs, for the sake of his children's education, would speak volumes about the man. Pa truly believed in education for the salvation of his children. Pa would rather be poor then leaving his children without a good education. To him, education is the key to a better future. Even though he did not live long to see that "future", me can testify that Pa was absolutely right!

Thank u Pa, thank u so much more, u did not sacrifice in vain, your children are now passing down your "key" for the better future of your grandchildren.

May Allah blessed your kind soul Pa aka Encik (we all addressed Pa as "Encik" or Mr maybe due to getting used hearing people called him so during his policeman days) - al-Fatiha.