(By the way, I once asked my students of who is the main character on the film Troy and they unanimously said “Troy!”.  Forgive me guys, cannot just get this out of my head till I share it).

Since my elementary day up to high school, writing was not my cup to tea, though I was the go to guy when they needed someone to speak in front of hundred younger students for hours.  These are the two sides of me:  I cannot write well what I speak about best.  I look like Brad Pitt but there also lies my secret weakness.

Writing was then like a fearful and futile exercise for someone who could not translate into words all his spoken verses.  Here were some instances:

1.  I got sick with raging fever when my teacher asked me to join a writing contest to represent our class.

2.  I failed the scholarship final examinations which was an essay writing test.  Plus, my Arabic handwriting made my score worse.  They thought I was applying for a scholarship to become an “Imam”.

3.  When almost all of my classmates enrolled on an elective class about advance creative and technical writing, I was one of the few who enrolled on Advance Math and Integral and Differential Calculus.

I guess those are already juicy details before I got myself all too humiliated.  But trust me, when I say I never peed on my pants during a writing contest. LOL!

Crossing the Threshold:  Singing Another Mantra

I told myself that obviously I will never escape the curse of writing about something, for something and for someone.  It was like someone whispering, “You can run, but you cannot hide”.

And it became my personal resolve to overcome my fear by no other way than always have a face-to-face duel with it.

I promised myself that I will just write…write…and write…and to hell with all the grammar and flawed style and very basic use of the language.  I will just learn them along the way.  There is no other way than to take a leap of faith unto an uncharted territory by sailing right through it.

I promised myself that when I reach the age of 25, I will get one of my writing published.

Hummm…Hummm…Hummm…That was my mantra.

The Inspirational Book by 27 Bloggers Around the World

And the cosmos never failed me.

My short story entitled “The Lesson My Students Taught Me” got published on the book Inspirational Thoughts and Stories of Bloggers All Over the World, the brainchild of Mam JenaIsle to continually support amateur and budding writers/bloggers.

The book is certainly a book of love, labor and creativity of 27 writers and bloggers around the world which makes it in itself an inspirational feat.

I was first all too hesitant to submit my output to Mam Jena for the same reasons I shared above; the very fact why I am on the bottom part of the list.  But Mam Jena has that rare character of not only twisting some arms lovingly but also twisting my fate by challenging me to step up to the challenge.

Thanks Mam Jena!  Thanks for trusting me and giving me the opportunity.

Oh, I think I’m seeing more hands!

Show your support guys for this project and to all bloggers/writers who contributed on this book.  You can grab for yourself copy here.  Or at Mam Jena’s official site.

And who knows, you could be the next published blogger/writer featured on the upcoming poetry book being planned to be published by our very own Mam Jena.

By the way, this Brad Pitt turned 25 last March 26, 2009. 

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