This family has gained a new supir, Alex passed his driving test yesterday (3rd time lucky!) I had already told him if he didn’t pass this time, I will not be paying for further tests nor extra classes 😅 Alhamdulillah, he passed. He had gotten “stuck” on the circuit (litar) part of the test, previously. The first time it was because he wasn’t used to the car used in the test and the clutch “sensitivity” was different and as a result of fumbling, he couldn’t hold his position when asked to stop on the hill part of the circuit.
The second time, parallel parking was his undoing. He wasn’t exactly in the box ke apa. Whatever it is, Alhamdulillah that he has passed now. His brother Sascha passed the first time around because he took an automatic car licence test. Alex nak “flex” and tunjuk macho by taking a manual car licence test, so mendapatlah dengan clutch segala bagai 😅 It’s a good thing though that he can drive a stick. It could be a skill that can come in handy, who knows. Like that time when we were in Cape Town and the only automatic car left to rent was a Mercedes E-Class that would have cost me RM5,000 for 3 days. The alternative was a manual V*lkswagen Polo… so acik was forced to use her rusty stick-driving skillz 😆 Cuba kalo acik tak reti drive manual. Melopong lah… the family wedding convoy schtick at the time required everyone to have cars.
In other news, I want to record here for posterity that two days ago, Wes told me he realised something… perhaps a bit too late.. that he should have stuck with his ventures even when things went very badly. (Haaaa… finally!) He said, all his friends who stuck with things even when things went badly pear-shaped, managed to make something of themselves… managed to succeed.
Yalah, kau kan ada “safety net” aka yours truly. This is why you never had the staying power to stick with your business ventures to see them through. Susah skit, givap… rasa pressured sikit mulalah buat excuses nak cabut lari. Wes does have this tendency… to escape, to run away… when he cannot handle things. He even left us, his family… the children were so small still to kononnya try his luck overseas.
Did he ask me first whether I would be OK on my own with the kids..? NOT AT ALL. He never asked me whether it was OK for him to leave me on my own to care for our small children and myself… he just TOLD me he was not coming back home after he went to visit his dying father (whom I adored to pieces). Boleh? So apalah takat business² dia tu dia nak tinggalkan. Kita ni yang memang TANGGUNGJAWAB dan AMANAH yang Allah SWT letakkan kat dia pun dia boleh leave just like that. So…? *shrug*
Baguslah at this ripe old age nak masuk 6-series ni, he finally got the “epiphany” (which was terang lagi bersuluh Stadium Camp Nou for everyone else around him to see dah lama berjaman… but tak apalah…) I just mentioned the adage, “A rolling stone gathers no moss”. He heartily agreed, as though he heard it the first time. May Allah SWT Guide you to be someone who is stronger and more steadfast to anything you commit to, Wes. May Allah SWT turn you into a “stone that gathers moss”. Aameen!
Sebabi itu acik rasa, what AH said in his vitriolic missives to Wes tu… banyak yang hit the mark juga. And I feel that quite a few has made him change a little, for the better… which is ALHAMDULILLAH. Otherwise, siapa yang berani nak sebut pada Wes all these hard truths yang kena setepek kat batang idung aquiline dia? So ada hikmahnya juga apa yang abang dia AH ni buat.
May Allah SWT Guide AH to be a better sibling and human being. Aameen.