He did it, that is my son Khairul Syazwan aka Besor

He did it, with flying colours at that!
Not many, save for us, believe that he could do it
That is our son, Khairul Syazwan, or Iwan, or Acik , or Besor to his rugby chums

I was at Istana Abu Bakar when he personally called me
He told his Mama that he would call me personally
"Aboh, Acik dapat 6 A!" he was so full of zest
"A1 English, Perdagangan, Sains, EST....A2 Seni dan Ugama...Yang lain B3 dan B4

WOW! That's was what I could say in such a time
I was so very very happy

Acik was indeed a very happy boy, to say the least
He was restless as soon as it was announced that SPM result would be out on 12 Mac
He was impatient to show to the world that rugby players could be good students too
He had beautiful dreams many nights before the results
Dreams about him scoring many A's

Looking back when he was in Form 3, 4 and 5...
He was an avid rugby player since Form 1 in BM High School...
From a chubby slow-moving boy in Form 1 he had proven himself that...
He could do anything if he put his mind to it...

Still remember him saying that he might be too slow for the game...
His first coach prodded him to try and never to give up...
I told him he has the body for rugby
Soon he became a rugby player...playing for the under-18 team when he was 14...

In SMK Gunung Rapat he excelled as a rugby player...
I pushed him from every aspect in rugby...
I never missed his games...
Because I was so often at his games that I was elected Deputy President of Kesatuan Ragbi Perak
Out of great love of rugby, I was always very supportive of him and his rugby chums
I was basically their adopted father...
Bringing them to match venues....
Bringing food to them...
Giving moral support when their morale was low...
Writing to NST when they were unjustly labelled as school crooks...
Writing to NST when they played well even without a coach...
WRiting to NST when the school dropped the sport science as a subject...

Rugby, to me had changed him...
Still remember the time when his Principal called him...
Whe he decided to join Form 4P2...
To her he was too good for the class...
4P2 was the last class...at least to their eyes...
I supported him for his decision...
But I always remind him not to be influenced by the majority...
To show good examples and to give good influence to his rather 'left-out' classmates...
That he did brilliantly...
He was the model student of the class (his class teacher told me so)

Coming back to rugby...
He continued to play well..
SMKGR beat STAR, KE, MCKK...
Once he even gave his school the winning try against STAR...
He was so happy after that...

Rugby took a lot of his class time...
He missed school for 1-2 months in Form 4 and 5 too...
I was not that worried..
For I knew he knew it...

When I was transferred to Pahang he decided to stay put in SMKGR..
At firts we were worried...
But he reassured us that it would be ok...

His short life in the hostel did him wonders...
In that short time he put all his effort in academics...

When SPM came, he was confident..
Even though he did badly in his SPM trials..

After SPM he boldly told us that he could scare 5 - 7 A's...
We were surprised at his great confidence...
He surprised us more when he saif he could score an A for Perdagangan...

It was true...
He did fantastically good in his SPM...
He scored 6 A's and 4 B's..

He changed his academic plan...
He switched from Sports science to Architecture as his first priority...
I just cannot wait to see him being accepted as an Architect student....

THAT IS KHAIRUL SYAZWAN, our son...