Dear Hafiz,

I just would like to say some words of encouragement after reading your blog(hope you dont mind :D)...



even though im not close to you anymore,
the moments I spent with you will forever be etched in my
no matter how hard I try to forget it.
Well, sometimes things are just meant not to be forgotten.
But yes, im not to forget that youre stll my fren to me.
So I hope you will just reflect after what I have to say
for I care for you like how I care for my best frens.



First of all, heres a poem for you,
made by my own best fren when i broke down,
when things went too hard for me, beyond my control...
i was so touched by the fact that she even bothered to create a poem :



Cry if you must



tears were one thing that God made

for you to release when victory fades





tears were the one thing that you could

take away the pain and bring you peace





i watched and stood and saw you cry

what could i give to make them dry





to see your smile shine once more

the beauty of joy like before





i could not understand your pain

yet you feel it time and again





what can i say that will heal the hurt

what can i do to rid the dirt





if tears were for crying

then so it must be true

that those that are dying

have nothing left to do





even without a lifetime

to look ahead and run

the race ends there

under the shearing sun





i lost my words to say

i cannot comfort you

but only stand to tell

whatever that is true





if you give up now

then those tears are wasted

cry as you will

the hardship you have tasted





but if you give up now

then there is nothing more

for me to hold on

and to adore





yet if you give up now

tomorrow is but a pain

but cry if you must

and try harder again








And yes, you dont ask for all these

but Life is nvr easy.

Rmb ur purpose of living, not to be in ur own wonderland,

but to worship God who created us,

to lean on Him and seek for his Strength,

for we are His servant and he is our God.





So then why live?

God created you, you are meant to be on this Earth,

so your presence is not a mistake.

So God will always give us trials, obstacles,

everything that is not easy and we have to go through them.





If you run away from them, you will suffer.

if you overcome them by seeking help from God,

you will suffer temporarily but you will be blessed behind all these,

heard of "Blessings in disguise"?

im sure you have.





Dont let the people around you be part of your identity,
determine who you truly are.
So what if theyre illegitimate? So what if they smoke?
yes it hurts cos they have the same blood as you.
but just rmb, it it YOU who decides who you want to be, not them.
So be good, and find your own Hafiz youre comfortable with,
the one who never fails to brighten up one's day.

Have you ever thought, why do you care so much of what ppl call you or think of you?
who are they to affect your feelings? You know urself best.

Above all scoldings and punishments by ur mum and dad,
they do all these cos they love you, they dont wanna lose you.
They dont want another son to end up like....you get what I mean.
youre their asset. Look on the bright side.
you think u suffer now and u have no life, too controlled by them,
but u will grow up to appreciate them.
Trust me, i feel the same way too. but i managed to overcome my childish thinking.

And pls, it is nvr too late to have hope and belief in yourself.
youre still young and ure wayyy more fortunate than ppl you dont know.
who cant even go to sch, who suffer from a broken family.

My brother passed away last yr,
5 days before my most important national race(cross-country) last yr.
then this yr, my grandma passed away.
My parents nvr fail to make me and my second bro upset,
they quarrel EVERYDAY and always mention about divorce.

I even went thru counselling b4,
cos my frens were worried that it wld affect my studies.
But on top of all these, i noe God had plans for me.
Life is unfair. But God is fair.
We have sinned so many times, but He nvr really punishes us really badly.

have u ever thought of it?
u mentioned so much vulgarities, have u ever met with an accident?
No matter how hard your life is,
God and your frens are there to support you hold you so you can keep going.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
It will nvr end.

For everything you
go through, you know its part and parcel of life.
But the most important thing is not the suffering, its the blessing you gain behind it.

You dont realise, every hard time you face, you grow stronger.
A stronger Hafiz, not a sissy Hafiz.
Prove to your parents you are a good child.
Gain their trust, not rebel.

If you promise something, keep it. If you say you wont do it, then dont.
Im not sure whom you have lost; Gwen or Fiona,
but just to let you know,
true frens are hard to get, losing frenship is like a bitter pill which is hard to swallow.
Just pray that she will come back.
Its not the end of the world.
if youre the reason of why she left, i guess its not too late to apologise.
If it takes courage to go to her, then pluck up your courage and forget about your ego.

Last thing i want to say is, be proud.
Be proud that you have been going through all hardship
yet you are still standing up tall. Look up and face the sky.
I have faith in you that you can do all things with God's help.
Just by reading your blog, I kinda miss your old self.
I dont really know how youre like now, I wish I could talk to you again to find out.

xoxoxoxo,
Izati :D



" I can accept failing. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan






-thanks izati ^^