Yesterday around noon one of my ex schoolmate called and in normal tone he said āyou already knew about him right?ā I said who? He said _____ has gone this morning? Iām speechless and can hardly believe thatā¦how could it be? Last two weeks we just had a long chat till midnightā¦about him pursuing his dreams furthering his studies as undergraduate in one public university in northern Malaysia. And I can still remember that he keeps on repeating that he will gone bald before he can finished his study.
A few days before I received a call from him asking about subjects that Iāve taken during my bachelor, whether Iāve taken this and that and asking whether I still keeps the books or notā¦I said I left all the books at the university but I still have my brother there and he might took the subject and I told him that I will asked from my brother when he came back. But then he seems to be in the state of emergency and frequently sms me asking about my brotherās assignments. Iām amazed to see how he did his follow up between me and my brother.
Around that few days, he frequently called and sms me, I told him that I can just email those assignment to him but he insist of coming to my house and put it in his thumbdrive. On that day I wait and waited but still no sign of him comingā¦until at about 6 pm he called and said he want to come to my houseā¦I said I cant meet him that time because I had another friend waiting for meā¦a friend from a far..he said..ok tell him when I arrived homeā¦
I thought I might finished seeing my friend in about 30 minutes but then I had to accompany them for few hours..by that time I deeply apologized because of the delay and he said..it okā¦donāt let them down, they come from a farā¦
I rushed home around 10pmā¦and I sms him to notify him that Iām homeā¦then after a while..he came, alone with his beloved motorcycle..Last time I met him was on March 2010ā¦then I showed him all my assignment from my undergrads to post grads together with the thesis..both bachelor and mastersā¦I compiled it earlier together with my brotherās assignmentā¦I said to him..you can refer but you should not copy it directlyā¦it was just a guideline for himā¦he was so worried about the format, and confuse with APA, footnote, and endnoteā¦then I showed to him what I knewā¦not so long before the laptop shutdown due to the low batteryā¦and he saidā¦If he knew that..he will bring his laptop insteadā¦
Luckily I have copied all the folder in his newly bought thumbdriveā¦āspecially for assignmentā he saidā¦and then quickly rename it with his nameā¦then he told me about the problems he has to face after he resume his study to undergrads levelā¦I said Iāve experience it all..its a normal stuff for meā¦and he also complained about the new systems that was not so user friendly that it took him sometime to adaptā¦
At around 12 midnightā¦he leaves my houseā¦saying that he will depart to his school at the morningā¦and hopes that I will be able to help him in the future when it comes to his studyā¦I said that Iām so proud of him that he continue his study and I will try to assist him the way I couldā¦
People said that a person will act weird 40 days prior they actually goneā¦sadly all that weirdness make sense when the person already goneā¦the same thing with himā¦I knew him for more that 10 yearsā¦since 1996ā¦he was my classmate from 1996 to 2001ā¦ he was my partner in class from 1999 to 2000ā¦yet Iām still puzzled on the way he thanks me for the small favor I did to himā¦he did asks a number of our friendā¦I gave it to him and he repliedā¦thanks a lot my friendā¦āsahabatku dunia akhiratāā¦so silly of me for not noticing thatā¦by that time..I think āwhats wrong with this guyāā¦that was quite extreme for the small favour I did to himā¦
Now after heās goneā¦all of that make senseā¦why he insisted of seeing me when I can simply email to himā¦and that he still come to my house even though its quite lateā¦I can see now how that make senseā¦he said that I better be at the place where I worked now so that I can be quite close to himā¦Iām sorry broā¦my eyes were shed with tears when I tried to recall what you have said last two weeksā¦it turns out to be that you will be leaving us this soonā¦
Hope you will be ok in your new world bro...may your heroic actions last forever in our memories...you did not vanished just like thatā¦you are still a hero that brings us togetherā¦may ALLAH blessed HIS mercy on your soulā¦I will remember what you have said last two weeksā¦to all my friend who read thisā¦lets not forget about our āHeroā yaā¦
To be continuedā¦
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