A small token of advice for my sister =)

This post especially goes to my little sister (even tho u are not that LITTLE anymore, but u r still little to me! ehhe).

Nur Ili Izyan Romli

The anxiousness. The sweaty palms. The churning stomach. The dry mouth. The restlessness. The racing heart. Argh, I know these feeling. And oh-i-hate-them so! The so-called exam syndrome, which i am sure everyone despise. hehe. If you are having either one (or even all!) of these symptoms, fret not dearie. You are considered to be a normal mortal. hehe.

IB exam is this coming Wednesday, ait? Til 23 May rite? Mama and papa has been fussing me to give u a call to give u motivation for this exam. Everytime i call home, they would pester me to call u. Haha. I know ive rang u yesterday, and gave u some advice ( that is if u can call them advice! hehe). And i doubt u will even have the time to even read this post of mine. But i am still going to write it anyway.

You can do it, girl. I know you can. Mama & papa know you can. Kak sa, Elly, Eza, Yana and even pak mad know you can. And most importantly, even YOU know you can. We've seen how you work before this. You, bab study ni, memang i pon kalah kot. hehe. No doubt, insyaAllah, Allah will help you to get through this. He had even helped you to glide through the 2 horrifying years (thats how uve been describing it. hehe) in KMB. So, just pray and pray more, mek, that He will help you still for the exams.

If you think you can't do it, then you are wrong. Like i've said on the phone, the majority of the IB students managed to pass the exams. And we are no different than you. You have what we have. And we have what you have. There is nothing that we have more or less than you. We've made it to UK, and so can you beb. So can you =)

Just believe in yourself. Usaha selagi mana mampu.

I always remember back when i was in my early teens, if i complain kata

"Papa, paper maths tu susah gila.huhu"

He will always reply

"Mana ada paper yang susah. Tak susah. Cuma mencabar je."

Maybe that's not his exact words, but the essence is there. You get what i mean don't u. And believe it or not, that helps me a lot. Nothing is difficult. Challenging maybe. But not difficult. A challenge is something that we can counter. It is something that we HAVE to counter. If we think of it as a challenge, we will automatically push ourselves to the very limit to try to get through it kan? But, if we think of it as a difficulty, we might see it as an obstacle. An obstacle which might bring us down, hence hindering us from getting what we would like to achieve. That's just my interpretation of his saying though. hehe.

I know how Maths subject is haunting u up til now. So, if you find one of the papers to be challenging, don't let it get into you. You still have two more papers to sit for. Just don't let your feelings to conquer you ok mek? Even if you feel like you can't go on no more, just stop. Take a deep breath. And remember that Allah is always there for you. No matter what. Cry if you must. That helps me a lot. hehe. Cry and plea all you want. If you find the whole world pushing you down to your knees, then believe me sister, you are in the best position to pray. So pray and plea to Him all you want. For now, papa or mama or even me can't even do anything to help you. He is the one and solely help that you have. And believe me, He listens..

I wish for nothing but for the very best for you, izyan. I sincerely hope you and mek eza will be joining me here next year. we can have a mini romlis reunion here then! heheheh. How lovely will that be! yay!!! hehe.

Ok la. All the best, dear. You know we all love you. So tak yah stress stress ok. heheh. =)

Muaaaahh. Huggsss. Rinduuuu.

Signing off,
Your sister who can't wait for the summer break,
Aliaa