BEAT him twice, and you’ll get RM2.
That was the challenge to anyone willing to play a game of chess with a 12-year-old autistic boy, Sinar Harian reported.
Muhammad Nur Raziq Muhammad Nur Qisti had issued the dare in a bid to improve his skills in the board game.
His mother Nur Syazana Zakaria, 36, said she never expected him to be good at chess, so she was surprised when a teacher told her they wanted her son to compete in a national-level chess carnival.
The boy’s parents tried asking friends if anyone could play with him, but no one had time.
“That’s how we decided to advertise inviting people to play chess with Raziq at the stall. I’m running a wantan mee stall (in Seremban) to earn extra income to pay for his chess class fees,” Nur Syazana said.
When no one came forward, she posted on a Malaysian chess community Facebook page to look for “opponents” for her son.
She did not expect it to go viral and within two days seven individuals came to play chess.
“In the post, I wrote that the condition was a 15-minute game, and if the opponent won twice, they would receive RM2.
“Raziq only lost once,” Nur Syazana said.
Today, she added, her small stall is no longer just a place to earn a living, but has become a “training arena” for her child to pursue his dreams.
> First introduced to using a spanner while still in school, a 29-year-old man has now become a successful entrepreneur in the automotive industry through the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) pathway, Sinar Harian reported.
Mohamad Shafiq never imagined that his interest in cars would one day lead him to owning two automotive workshops in Bandar Seri Botani, Ipoh, generating a monthly income of up to RM60,000.
“TVET allowed me to learn through practical training. We were also exposed to real workshop environments.” he said.
After completing his studies, he worked to gain experience before opening his own workshop with the full support of his parents.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
