My father’s eyes
How to raise u children eh? What are the criteria taken into consideration? Parenting books? Let my wife read it (she did not btw). The only model or example that I can look upon is my parent and definitely my father. He is my idol, my inspiration, my role model, my everything. He’s a strict person, very conservative in certain matters but surprisingly very open minded(as later I discovered). He emphasis on manners, religion and dicipline as the most important things in life. Respect the elders (where I found out very handy during my mckk years) in terms of language used, tone, eye contact, etc. Dicipline is important in every aspect in life. Most of the successful people shares one common trait between them; Dicipline. I kinda lack of it (admit la) and see what happen to me. Well so far my brothers and sister successfully pursuing what they’ve dream of and they kinda better in this aspect than me. I prefer to do things my way.
I’m kinda strict with my children (of cause to Nisha lah. Iman only 2 months plus). Well she was raised by her ma tok (my wife’s mother) so sort of spoilt. Hmm btw there’re issues that I think I dun have to post it here. To sum things up is that I dun want Nisha to be influenced by negative things. So far it seems like those negative elements had penetrated her and there’re some traits that I really dun like. Perhaps that I’m too conservative but there are things that I can’t tolerate. Manners, Religion, Dicipline ( Now I do sound like my father)
Being a father makes me realize and understand most of the things that my father tought us and the reasons why he done something that I felt at that time kinda illogical towards his children. I’m still in learning process, apprentice. Now I know laa abah and perhaps someday I manage to look in this matter from his eyes and tell my children “One day you will understand”
