.......MSSM Sport Secretary 07/08....a great challenge to come.....

Entry ini ditulis pada hari Khamis,22 Nov 07,12.05am....

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Alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah..

Segala puji-pujian hanya bagi Allah,Tuhan yg Maha Agung…

Miracle…

Itu lah yg wajar sy katakan..apabila saya akhirnya terpilih utk memegang jawatan Female Sport Secretary of Malaysian Students Society of Manchester (MSSM).

Saya tidak maksudkan istilah “terpilih” utk menang. Tetapi,terpilih utk ke hadapan. Terpilih utk menyahut cabaran,dgn menolak ke tepi tentang kemenangan.That’s not the point of making sudden decision to run for the post for the very last minute of chance.

Menceritakan detik-detik keajaiban yg berlaku…..

Sehari sebelum menjelangnya Annual General Meeting (AGM) iaitu semalam,male Sport Secretary (Sport Sec) menghubungi saya,requesting for my commitment to run for the female sport sec post.Katanya,tak ramai org melayu yg nk bertanding.5 posts tertinggi dah di kuasai oleh org Cina,which is dh tak de peluang dh kalau nk run any 5 top posts tu sbb dah lepas daa deadline utk hantar manifesto.Tapi yg posts bawah2 ni,boleh je kalau nak masuk bertanding,tak yah manifesto..nak terjengul kat depan on the spot masa AGM nnti pun buleh,menurut kata ex-sport sec laa..saya terfikir,”aih,ade jgk lagu tu yek..?sesuka ati je nak terjengul gitu…huhu” tapi ia benar…

Saya sangat tertekan smlm.Keputusan yg perlu dibuat secara drastic.Memang saya nak post tu,sbb saya aktif sukan,dan saya nak contribute sumthing to Malaysian here in Manchester,especially issue mixed volleyball yg turun temurun tak selesai2.Tapi,ada beberapa perkara yg buat saya berat hati sangat nak mengatakan YES.Akhirnya smlm,saya beritahu ex-sport sec,saya taknak masuk bertanding.

Hari ni,Allah takdirkan saya “terpilih” ke AGM MSSM,utk kasi sokongan kpd rakan-rakan Melayu yg bertanding.Sekali lagi,ex-Sport Sec bertanya saya bila melihat saya masuk ke dewan,”Wani,betul tak nak run?” I said,”Betul.Tak nak.”(smile).He said,”Think first ok.Then let me know if you change your mind.” I just smiled and nodded my head.

Masa tu calon Vice President yg ke-2 sdg menyampaikan manifestonya.Sesi soal jawab di lakukan setelah kedua-dua selesai berucap.Saya paling tertarik dgn pertanyaan ex-Pres MSSM 2 tahun lps,Shahrin ( Arin ).Soalannya berbunyi:”Come on guys!Make us confident enough to choose you as our new Vice-President.What do you wanna do to make the gap closer amongst the members?Can you see the gap here?(while pointing the vacant seats,separating audience who sat at the front and at the back).”Saya nampak dia mcm kecewa dgn calon-calon yg ada di hadapan audience. Mereka mungkin tidak seperti yg diharapkannya. Ex-Pres sesi tahun lps juga nampak kecewa.Apabila soalan Arin cuba dijawab oleh calon-calon di hadapan, saya menoleh ke belakang sekali lagi.Nampak Arin sedang tunduk sambil mengurut-ngurut dagunya.Kelihatan memikirkan sesuatu. Mungkin juga gelisah.

Manusia mencari manusia yg berkualiti utk memimpin dan melaksanakan kerja.…pengharapan dari orang-orang yg ingin dipimpin kepada org yg bakal memimpin..berkaliber..yg berketerampilan… mungkin kerana itu,ex-Presidents berasa tidak puas hati dgn calon-calon yg akan mengambil alih tampuk pemerintahan MSSM bagi sesi baru ni.

Kualiti manusia tu abstrak.Dan ia perlu dibentuk.Jika tidak dgn satu langkah,manakan jadi langkah yg seribu..? Jika tiada permulaan,bilakah akan terbentuk kualiti itu..?

Seorang demi seorang keluar menyampaikan manifesto,bermula daripada jawatan Vice Presiden (Presiden takde sape berani nak bertanding..this is a big issue to think..hurm..),Secretary,Treasurer,Assistant Treasurer,Welfare Officer,Events Co-ordinators, dan tiba lah giliran utk post Female Sport Secretary.Sepanjang majlis berlangsung,ramai yg approached saya,”Wani,run la Sport Sec” tak kurang juga yg bertanya saya personally,”Kenapa tak nak run Sport Sec?Awak boleh la,Wani..”.Hurmm..a hard question to answer.

When it came to Events Co-ordinator post, I was inspired by someone named Jee.He is a Chinese guy that I first knew him 2 weeks ago, at volleyball tryout. That was the first time I saw him.Today,he was really impressing.Full of nerve and encouragement. I was totally inspired when he shouted,”Malaysia Boleh!” at the end of his speech.Fuh,gema satu dewan.

There was only one Malay girl amongst the people who ran for the overall posts,she was running for the Events Co-ordinator.I was knocked. What will happen when she is the only Muslim Malay girl in the committee..? Where are the others?? Where??

The ex-Sport Sec kept encouraging me to run the post.He was really full of hope.But I still refused.Until the time came...Female Sport Sec candidate to give her speech.The Chinese girl was just coming up ,without any manifesto preparation,standing there and gave speech promptly. Suddenly I felt like motivated to go out at the front as well.In other word,YES,I’m willing to run for the post.Just before she finished her speech,I stood up abruptly,and looked back,searching for the ex-Sport Sec.Fortunately he was just not too far from me and he noticed me.I walked towards him and say,”I want to run for the post.” He was amazed,”Are you serious?”.”YES”,I replied,firmly.

He moved to the front quickly,telling the MC that another girl was willing to give her speech and run for the post.What a drastic decision I made.There I was,in front of the audience,willing to speak,but with nothing in my mind,no preparation at all.

But,as the saying goes,”Miracle does happen…” yes,it did happen…

He gave me the strength to speak in the front whereas it is my ultimate weakness ( I think) to stand up before audience and give public speaking.Usually my heart will be beating faster, about to drop from it’s place,I will be so so so nervous that even I could not utter a word out of my mouth.But it was indeed a miracle,how Allah has made it easy for me…

Definitely there was lacking in my speech, since I did not prepare at all.. In fact,I planned just to talk in Malay,since it would be easy for me to convey what I wanted to talk about.But,it just went like that.The encouragement and brave flowed gently in my heart.When Allah wills,nothing can stop it…=)

Alhamdulillah..I managed to deliver my speech,if not good,at least ok. Thanks to Allah that He gave me the ideas how to answer those asked questions.Alhamdulillah..

Here I am, with a new task awaiting. MSSM Sport Secretary for new session 07/08.Time is deprived now..no more main-main… but lots of main soon to come…that’s what sport excos have to do rite…? to promote health and active life to the society..so,come on everybody,let’s be with me.Activate Your Life! *Wink wink* =)