Exposed

Its Saturday. I woke up, slightly dazed. I stood up and went to the bathroom and took a shower. Put on my school clothes and went downstairs to continue my speech for the 'Cakap Petah' competition. I left the house around 7.20am, remembering that I had to arrive at school by 7.30am for the P1 Exams for 2010. So, I arrived school around 7.45am. Hehe... the S3's in my class where Abdul Rahman Aziz, Abdul Rahman Rahim, Sakinah Nawwarah, Syaira and Rufaidah. But Abdul Rahman Rahim was absent but we managed. The kids were cute but it took me some time to get used to tell them without helping them. It was ok.

At about 12 something, Cikgu Zulkifli called me and told me to go downstairs and meet him to ride the bus. 15min later, the S5's got down and we all crowded inside the bus, except for Cikgu himself. Arrived at Al=Maa'rif bout 1.20pm. Got in a room for all the contestants and had to right on notes bout what we were gonna talk about. When the competition started, I asked myself how I got myself into this mess. At one point, I even thought of running away. But I couldnt. So, I told myself to take it like a man. I dreaded the worst. I made friends with this one Al-Junied guy named Taharuddin. He was cool.

I was last to go so it was really scary. When I did do it, the 5min given seemed only like 2min. But hey, you cant fight time. I was shaking a bit cause I didnt get to finish my whole story. In the end, the winners of both group A and B were girls from Al-Maa'rif. Sis Hanisah and I got consolations but it was alright for me. Taharuddin also got consolations. After the ordeal, the S5's praised me even though I didnt win 1st or 2nd or 3rd. They all liked the part where I stated that smiling was akhlak and gave them a big smile. So it was all 'Baik ah, Abdullah!' or 'Senyum eh?' and such. Rode the same bus which brought us to Al-Maarif and about 15min later, I found myself back at an empty Irsyad. Did my Asar prayers (Oh, and I did my Zuhr at Al-Maa'rif) and left for home.

Thanks be to Allah for helping me overcome my fears and nervousness...

Wassalam...