the royal lake club

MEMORIES OF THE ROYAL LAKE CLUB WAS TRIGGERED WHEN MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, tuan hj.AZAM,EXPLAINED THAT ALLAH TEST US TO REMOVE OUR SINS,MAShAALLAH,as i have lots of time to reflect on my life,and am at deaths door in years,maybe days,hours,minutes. my biggest regret was centered upon the royal lake club .it all began when i was employed by lorrain esme osman (LEO)to be the deputy general manager in his company serply sdn. bhd.,being an understudy to an aging leftover expatriate ,a gentleman called don mclellan both of us knew very well that i was to takeover from don as the general manger,only question being when. in spite of that ,we had a great relationship and he almost daily dragged me to both his drinking locale,the THIRD FLOOR LUNCH CLUB(TFLC) AT KATHYS PUB IN WISMA STEPHEN AND THE ROYAL LAKE CLUB IN LAKE GARDENS KUALA LUMPUR. I WAS WEAK AND COULD NOT RESIST THE TEMPTATION AND SOON,I WAS A REGULAR MEMBER AT BOTH OUTLETS AND FREQUENTED BOTH DAILY AND MADE LOTS OF ACQUAINTANCE AND DEVELOPED FRIENDSHIPS WITH MANY IN MY INDUSTRY,THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IT WAS DRINKING, TALKING AND PLAYING DARTS NON-STOP. DAY AFTER DAYS,YEARS AFTER YEARS TILL THAT FATAL NIGHT AFTER ANOTHER intoxicated DRINKING SESSIONS AT THE ROYAL LAKE CLUB,WHEREIN I WAS STRUCK BY STROKE. WHaT IS MY BIGGEST REGRET??? IT IS THE SENSELESS DRINKING FOR WHICH I AM NOW AND HAD BEEN FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, PAYING THE PRICE. WOULD MY LIFE HAD BEEN DIFFERENT???? COULD I NOW BE ENJOYING BLISSFUL RETIREMENT INSTEAD OF BEING A CRIPPLE ???? THE DRINKING WAS THE KILLER,BUT GREAT LIFETIME FRIENDSHIPS WERE MADE,ONE THAT LAST TILL TODAY, QUITE A LOT ARE ALREADY DEAD AND SEVERAL DYING JUST LIKE ME,COULD THERE HAD BEEN AN ALTERNATIVE lifestyle???,WHAT IF I HAD NOT MET DON MCLELLAN AND INSTEAD DRIFTED TO A LIFE OF REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT SURAUS AND MOSQUES,WOULD I HAVE AVOIDED THIS STROKE OR IT HAD ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN THAT I WOULD BE afflicted WITH STROKE EVEN BEFORE I WAS BORN. WALLAHUALAM,ONLY GOD KNOWS.I WAS TOO WEAK TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST ,I WOULD FAVOUR LIFE FREQUENTING THE ROYAL LAKE CLUB,MADE ALL THE FRIENDSHIPS BUT NO NO,NOT THE DRINKING thAT IS MY BIGGEST REGRET IN LIFE,THE SENSELESS DRINKING,YA ALLAH PLEASE FORGIVE ME YA ALLAH