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| Zainuddin Ismail |
The beginning of the year started with a lost of a very dear friend, whom I could identify with in thought, wit, intelligence, religious outlook and abstract subjects. His demise came so sudden that I was in shock for a while. Having only discovered Facebook in Ramadhan of last year and reconnected with him again in October after 30 years, rediscovering a wonderful friendship of the greatest experience, it really hit me hard emotionally. In reality though, I understand that all that is alive will return to its CREATOR at its expired time.
I dreamt of him, the night that he died, and was so looking forward to telling the next day, but he was no where to be found on FB. The day after, his daughter Ayuni posted on his wall that her father had died in his sleep while stopping at a gas station on his way back to Kelantan to see his wife and children. But having to deal with reality at times is not so easy. Zainuddin Ismail was a great friend to me and I will always remember our special friendship and will always remember him being a unique personality, someone who is loved by many and missed by many. The more incredible after realization was his posts which were messages of him leaving us, but the most glaring was his last post, which he had written in chinese, and no one bothered to interpret until after he passed on, which left us all a message that he will miss us too.
Zainuddin Ismail died on January 9th 2010 at a young age of 47. My friend, wherever you are, you are greatly missed.
I dreamt of him, the night that he died, and was so looking forward to telling the next day, but he was no where to be found on FB. The day after, his daughter Ayuni posted on his wall that her father had died in his sleep while stopping at a gas station on his way back to Kelantan to see his wife and children. But having to deal with reality at times is not so easy. Zainuddin Ismail was a great friend to me and I will always remember our special friendship and will always remember him being a unique personality, someone who is loved by many and missed by many. The more incredible after realization was his posts which were messages of him leaving us, but the most glaring was his last post, which he had written in chinese, and no one bothered to interpret until after he passed on, which left us all a message that he will miss us too.
"wo ye xiang nian ni.... :)" (translated as "I too miss you")
My wall post:
You are terribly missed by many and thus so many of us looking for comfort through your wall. You posted so many pictures before moving forward on your journey, so that we will have memories of you and your glaring last post "wo ye xiang nian ni.... :)" (translated as "I too miss you") is a message to keep us pacified until we meet again .. in the next time and space and dimension. You were not just filling space here my friend, you touched the lives of many people that crossed your path.
Zainuddin Ismail died on January 9th 2010 at a young age of 47. My friend, wherever you are, you are greatly missed.
