KHALIS -chess nut competing again

today, my chessnut, khalis is out there in klang in another chess competition. preliminary reports from the wife is that he had lost a few early games and won one. unsurprisingly!!!, he is too fast in making his moves, i couldn't help but wonder whether he inherited that from me, now, how do i teach him the virtues of patience, a lesson i learned in my affliction. i have told him to count to ten before making his move and also to recite the surah al-ikhlas continuosly, but he seemed unable to digest it and just brushed it off, maybe the words of my eldest son, iskandar, were very true and accurate, i.e. best for him to enter more competition and hopefully the constant loss would perhaps sink-in that the chessnut is not superboy. funny isn't it, that the principle of more failures would be an invaluable experience and asset in our pursuit of glory and honours. it's true , one only has to look at america where endeavours are encouraged and failures are not looked down upon, perhaps this should be the guiding principle of the new pakatan government, after all the DAP AND PAS has had numerous trials before it climaxed in the mar8 recent victory.