It’s the 13th Lunar day.
I turned 40 an hour ago.
40 days before I was born, my elder sister Juliana passed away.
When I was 2, I was a sick child, diagnosed with having Acute Glomerulonephritis, Atopic Eczema, and has Thallassemia Hb A&E.
When I was 3, my mother hid me underneath the bed during the May 13th tragedy.
When I was 4, I could draw the map of the world.
When I was 5, I was sent to a chinese kindergarten.
When I was 7, I started elementary school.
When I was 8, I “lost” my parents to the government and the people.
When I was 9, I felt so lost and lonely.
When I was 11, my great-grandmother passed away.
When I was 13, I went to college.
When I was 14, I went round the world.
When I was 15, I broke my wrist playing rugby.
When I was 16, I represented college and state for swimming and water-polo. I did my first scuba dive. I met my soulmate.
When I was 17, I went off to England for my tertiary education. My paternal grandmother passed away.
When I was 21, I joined Malaysia Airlines first, then the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
When I was 23, I did my first parachute jump.
When I was 25, I got married for the first time.
When I was 26, I got my first car that I use until now. My daughter, Noor Farhanah, was born.
When I was 29, I represented the Malaysian team in the Benson & Hedges Golden Dreams Parachuting Competition. Later I busted an ankle skydiving. I then did a stunt for the movie Lurah Dendam. I was conferred the Kesatria Angkatan Tentera by the 10th Yang DiPertuan Agong. My daughter, Noor Fazira, was born.
When I was 30, I left the Air Force. My marriage fell apart.
When I was 31, I represented Malaysia in the International Parachuting Competition in Cha-Am, Thailand.
When I was 32, I was part of the team that parachuted down to the North Pole on April 21st, 1998. Both my maternal grandparents passed away 6 months apart. I remarried. I performed my Umrah. I was conferred the Ahli Mangku Negara by the 10th Yang DiPertuan Agong.
When I was 33, I became the first Malaysian to perform a BASE jump off the KL Tower. I performed my Umrah again.
When I was 35, I performed my Haj. I organised the first Malaysian group to windsurf across the Strait of Malacca to Sumatera, Indonesia. I did my last record to jet-ski for 1000 kilometers non-stop in 21 hours 11 minutes and 42 seconds.
When I was 36, my second marriage fell apart. I remarried later. My son, Mohamad Amirul Farhan, was born.
When I was 39, my daughter, Noorunnisaa, was born. I became an Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Master Scuba Diver, Divemaster and Deco Diver.
I am now 40.
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