Bila buah durian mula luruh kebumi
Sepuluh budak hitam
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This morning a phone call from an old classmate brought the sad news that one of our normal biweekly lunch group of four passed away in KL following a heart operation... Ten days ago I called him up for our lunch, my turn to host, but he declined, not feeling too well. That was the last time I heard his voice.
So an Indian member of my lunch group has left us. In our group were one Indian, one Chnese and two Malays, a true Malaysian community, closely knit without false and pretension.
So I have lost another of my group of ’55. He is the 14th to leave us of the original group of 42. Yes, out of forty two fourteen, ONE THIRD, have gone. Who will be No. 15th ?
Two days ago I bought four very good local durians from a roadside seller. He had only about twenty fruit, all from his trees. “I know my durians, pakcik. They are good. Musim tahun ini tak panjang.” I paid the price he asked for and left to enjoy the fruit with my family.
It is just like “Musim durian dah tiba dan akan berakhir when the last has fallen”, a reminder.
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And this afternoon I received the following e-mail from my daughter:
‘Just to inform babah that my ex-school mate, a cancer patient, died this morning’
Dalilah Tamrin has departed. I often visited her blog to read and to admire the thoughts of an exceptional hamba Allah. She was one of those whose attitude towards life inspired me in my work. I listened to her words in the song composed, and I felt the way she felt of the unavoidable truth.
It is just like “When autumn leaves begin to fall”, a reminder
May Allah reward her with mercy
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Biarlah kita
Berkhidmat kerana Tuhan untuk kemanusiaan
